Wii would like to play

This is what I love about the Wii ... everybody has a good time playing it (and spouses can go a few rounds in the boxing ring)

Cats

Tamara's daily cat fix. The funny part of this is that Teemo would start cleaning himself, and Oakley would give him a whack.

Nothing better going on in Canada

Apparently there truly is nothing better to talk about than hockey in this country. The opposition parties in Canada's parliament felt that the choice of Team Canada's captain in the current World Championships warranted debate in the House of Commons during question period today.

Phoenix Coyotes' star Shane Doan was named captain of the national squad for this year's tournament in Moscow. So what's the big deal? Earlier in this season, Doan, an Albertan, was accused of making comments regarding French-Canadians during a tirade directed to a game official. Evidently, the opposition parties feel it is the government's place to select the captain of the hockey team, as they criticized the decision and targeted the Tory Secretary of State for Sport during question period.

Worth noting about this story:

• The NHL conducted an investigation about the alleged comments. It was never proven that Doan made such remarks, and he was never punished for doing so (despite receiving a game ejection for verbal abuse of an official)


• Doan has frequently represented Canada before and never indicated he has a disrespect for Francophones


• The captaincy of a sports team was being debated in our national government. I think that deserves mentioning again, just so that it sinks in

So, while we face things like long health care waits, shortages of doctors, serious climate change issues, homelessness, poverty, and countless other notable issues that our government should be focusing their efforts on, they are discussing the decisions of Andy Murray and Steve Yzerman in terms of personel decisions of a hockey team. My plea to all of our MP's: quit wasting our tax dollars; leave the hockey analysis and debate to the armchair GM's. If you care to join them, I'm sure there's a sports bar not far from Parliament Hill ... stop by after work to discuss it with some Sens fans while you watch the game and enjoy a pint. There are more pressing issues for our government to be dedicating their time towards.

Spring is here

Never mind that the flowers aren't real ... spring is here.

The impending break up

I know we haven't posted in quite sometime now. And I would like to say that life is dull, nothing happens, but in all honesty... there has been quite a few noteable events that have occured in the last month... (has it really been that long?) So here goes a few tidbits of our lives... just to tide you over for a bit.

Easter weekend, my parents came out and visited from Revelstoke. My brother and his girlfriend, Anh also came. It was a great time. I really enjoy hosting, and my family is my favorite people to host! :) I even made waffles and crepes (on seperate mornings). BUt we had a great visit, I got to finally break out the good china and silverware!

The Thursday following, Josh and I decided we wanted to trade in our x-box on a Wii (while we can still get a good chunk for the x-box). I brought it down, and everything we had added up to over $300, so that paid for the Wii and part of Wii play. They didn't have any Wii's in at the time, so I left, but when I got home, thye had called saying my Wii was in! So we got a Wii! We've been having lots of fun with it, and a lot of sore muscles! It's kinda crazy, everyone is having a hard time finding Wii's, and we go in and the same day we have one... no lines, or any hassles... and it was free (well not technically... but we didn't have to put out any money). I like the cow racing, boxing and fishing games, while josh picked up a football game. COME PLAY WII WITH US!!

Josh celebrated his 24th birthday on April 2nd.

We have a very strange cat. Our youngest cat (Oakley) is very very strange. He loves water.... you turn on a tap anywhere in the house he comes running. His favorite place is to lay in the sink. Even stranger... he'll be laying in the sink, and you need to wash your hands, so you turn on the tap and he just sits there. On several occaisions the sink gets completely filled and he just sits in it like its a bath. Strange kitty. I have some cute pictures that I will post as soon as I get josh to load them on my computer. Oakley also has learned how easy it is to sneak out when guests are here. So whenever we have company, as soon as they're in the front hall, he's waiting. Our other cat Teemo is one of the cuddliest cats now. :) He doesn't run away as often anymore at all. Definately need to load some cat pictures.

I have one more assignment to complete (for tomorrow), and one more final (Evolutionary Biology) next week.

I got a job out in Revelstoke for the summer!! I'm going to be the GIS student for the city. It'll be a great opportunity. So I can't wait. I start April 30th. Sadly Josh won't be able to spend the whole summer out there. His job has allowed him some time out there working from home and some time working here. So we have worked out a schedule for the summer. I'm sad he won't be out there with me, but he loves his job and doesn't want to give it up. But I think our time share plan should work out alright. I think there's no gaps longer than 3 weeks without seeing each other.... so this means there will either be double the posts (because we'll both have different things to post about), or even less. But we'll try to keep everyone posted on our lives.

So if you're in the Lethbridge or revelstoke area, come for a visit! We like company!

Anyways, that is all I can think of right now. I'll try to get some pictures up this week!

Looks like Josh is getting a new camera as well. Someone just offered to buy his current camera, plus with his birthday money, and the money from a website job, he has enough to buy the camera he's been wanting for quite some time. So that's exciting! :)