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cmh blog 05 2004 |
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Twin Ponds Beach House - Part 3
Here’s the third and final installment of photos from our recent trip to Jen’s parents’ beach house on the coast of Nova Scotia. These pics were all taken on their property on Bell’s Point in Port Mouton. They have a lovely pond, as well as a rock beach.
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National Capital Race Weekend
Well, my running clinic has come to a good conclusion with this weekend’s National Capital Race Weekend. I ran in the 5k race, and I am pleased with the experience. I believe that my spring running plan has been a success, as I am now running about the same amount I was running three summers ago, and it is only May, so I have the rest of the summer to keep exercising. I feel sure that if I had not done the clinic I would have only now been starting to think about a running plan. There were some frustrating aspects to the race. First, the large number of walkers (it was officially a run/walk race) were a bit of a problem. There were 3447 other people in the race, so there was a lot of threading your way from side to side along the course as you tried to run through the walkers. Also, I went out with my clinic to run the supposed course earlier this week, but the route we ran was not the real route, so that led to some uncertainty on my part during the actual event. Lastly, I feel that I finished with energy to spare, so I wish I had pushed myself a bit more. It has been a learning experience. If you really want to challenge yourself, I have learned, you need to go out on your own with a stopwatch. The race atmosphere is fun, and the screaming hordes at the finish are fantastic, but you can’t look to the race as a challenge. It’s kind of like a nice party that you have an invitation to (by virtue of your training). I do have a snazzy medal, and it is something that I would definitely do again, but I would go in with very different expectations.
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Truth of Parenting
Well, for all you parents out there, I present the fortune I got when I logged in just now: The full impact of parenthood doesn’t hit you until you multiply the number of your kids by 32 teeth. |
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Beach House Trip - Part 2
This trip was certainly full of photo opportunities. On Sunday we went to Summerville beach, and I took some more photos there. There’s also a pic taken in a local provincial park and a teaser of their property. There are another few pictures to follow. So stay tuned for installment number 3.
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Beach House Visit
Jen and I had a great weekend at her parents’ beach house on the south shore of Nova Scotia. I flew down after work on Friday and we went directly to their newly constructed house in Port Mouton (pronounced Port Muh-TOON). The names are flying fast and furious, but they seem to be leaning towards Twin Ponds Beach House; this owing to its placement alongside a little pond, and also alongside the very big pond. I’ll be posting some more pictures soon, but here’s a few that I took on Saturday when we went out for a walk along a nearby beach.
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A Balcony Garden
Our balcony is taking shape these days. We are expanding last summer’s gardening efforts due to the generally positive effects we experienced from last summer’s plants (flowers and tomatoes). The balcony gets lots of light, particularly in the afternoon, and our plants do surprisingly well (at least by my standards). This year, Jen has bought flower boxes (3 of ‘em) which are attached to the balcony railings. Two of these will be vegetable and one will be for flowers.
I have bought two hanging flower baskets, and two small flats of flowers (one is Verbena) to put into pots. The red flowers came from home hardware, and the others came from the Parkdale Market.
There will also be cherry tomatoes growing in pots… mmm yummy! |
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Successful Dinner Party
Jen and I held a successful dinner party this evening at our place. It was in honour of Mother’s Day, and my mum was in attendance along with the rest of my family. On offer was a leg of lamb (that had been in our freezer since Post-Christmas Christmas) and Jen’s groovy orange-date chicken. The lamb was fantastic. It was well done (just like Mum likes it). We love our electronic meat thermometer which has a probe that stays in the meat on a long oven-proof cable. The cable leaves the oven and connects to the readout which also has a ‘temperature timer’ that beeps when your meat reaches a programmed temperature. Using this great gadget, and armed with some basic knowledge about doneness and temperature, you can know exactly what state your meat is in without having to cut it open! Our lamb came out of the oven at 147° F, then its pan was covered with foil, and the roast stood until the temperature came up to 159° F. This is a temperature of just well done. The centermost slices had a teensy bit of pink in them in the right light. If you prefer medium, slice at about 152°-153° instead. In any case, the meal was grand. And we had a good time before and after too. I think my dad liked the french folk cds. Off to bed now, it’s been a long day! |
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Evil Shoes
It has been several days since my last post, and as busy as you might expect given the lack of updates. However, I have been having problems with my shoes. Not only a year old, and they are essentially worthless. This will no doubt come as a shock to those of you who watched my painstaking shoe purchase last year in Toronto, but I had to go out and buy new shoes in, like, 15 minutes because the old ones are shot. My new shoes don’t seem to have a photo on the interweb, but here is a pair that’s pretty close. I find it very unlikely that I will ever buy from Clarks the Crappy Shoe Vendor ever again. Basically, the soles are totally split and destroyed. If that doesn’t guarantee you a nasty note, I don’t know what does!
Clarks England Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to complain about the performance of a pair of Clarks shoes I purchased last July 19th at Feet First at Yorkdale shopping centre in Toronto. The shoes have the following numbers printed on the inside of the tongue: 30226, 12M, 05/02. Earlier this week I was walking on damp grass and noticed that my feet were becoming wet. When I got home I looked at the sole of the shoe and saw that it had split crosswise, just behind the toes. The split runs all the way through the thickness of the sole, all the way across my foot along the edges of the oval treads. I looked at the other shoe, and a similar split has started, it goes all the way through the sole in the center, again along the edge of one of the oval treads. I would expect that any quality pair of shoes would last longer than 9 1/2 months. I paid $181.68 for your shoes, all in, largely based on the premise that the Clarks brand was a well constructed shoe that would give me years of good use. Although I like the styling of your current offerings, the Clarks shoes I have seen in the stores this week continue to have the same soles with the oval pattern, so I have had to replace my Clarks shoes with a new pair from a different manufacturer. I am very disappointed with my transaction with you, and find myself out of pocket the cost of your pair of shoes. At this point, unless you can satisfy me that this was an isolated incident (a challenge, given that I have not one but two failed soles) I feel it is very unlikely that I will purchase another pair of Clarks shoes, and it is with regret that I will recommend to others that they avoid your brand. At the premium prices that you charge for your shoes, I expect good quality, design and manufacturing. Sadly, your shoes have let me down. Sincerely, |
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