Sudoku's

Thanks to Kel over at Kelwhy's Place, Deb and I both have become addicted to these puzzles.

What is a Sudoku you ask???

You can visit the link on my side bar to get your very own DAILY SUDOKU.

Now isn't that a DEAL????

Have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dare I say 'Damn You Kelwhy!!!'

The Wedding Plans

It's hard to believe....But as of TODAY, July 17th, it's 20 days until Deb and I are married.

This past week we;

1. Got our Marriage License.
2. Booked Centennial Park with the Town on Grimsby. We are having an outdoor wedding with a Family Picnic. We're inviting family and a few very close friends as well.
3. Created and printed our Wedding Invitations, Deb did an absolutely brilliant job with the invitations.
4. We met with the minister and planned out the wedding
5. We went and picked out and picked up our Wedding Rings....Matching rings with white and yellow gold with a diamond, simple yet very elegant.
6. Picked up a Ring Chest to place the Rings in during the Service.
7. Decided what to do for food at the 'Family Picnic' part of the Wedding.
8. Decided on a very special ceremony that we will include in our wedding to include each of our children; Rachelle, Stephanie, Natasha, Cara, Robert and Mary and well as our grand-daughter Destiny.
9. We picked up something to use at the front during the ceremony to make it look 'Like a Wedding'. I'll take pictures later to show you all.

So as you can see, everything is falling into place, and rather quickly.

It's not that we are in any rush, it's just, we are so ready for this commitment. We want it to be today, and have it official, Husband and Wife.

Here and Now
and
Now and Forever

BBQ Time

Hello,

With the hot summer weather, surely we are all looking forward to juicy BBQ dinners. If your grill has gone on the fritz, here is a low cost replacement option for you, available at the following retailers for just one quarter: Fortinos, Canadian Tire, Zellers, Wal-Mart and many others. This grill is also available in the States at various retailers, to be announced shortly.

See picture attached, models may vary slightly depending on retailer.

Happy summer grilling. . .


Regards,

The BBQ Man

Kitto

Kitto was my dog, my friend, my buddy.......I have now lost Kitto again....But this time is forever......

Let me explain......When I was married, we as a family got Kitto. Kitto was a Blue Merle colored Sheltie, which had grown 'oversize'. Being oversize, the breeder could no longer show or breed Kitto, so he got him for a very good price.

Let me tell you about Kitto...... Kitto was the best dog I ever had.....

He was fully trained when we got him. When we walked him, he never left your side, even if another dog came by.

The first summer we had Kitto, we had gone to my friend David's place north of Montreal. We had to do some shopping in town, so we had left Kitto in the 'Stables', which is the building we were saying in. While we were in town, Kitto got out and bolted. We spent the WHOLE weekend tryign to find him. I must have drove 500 km, back and forth, forth and back.

Nothing...He was gone.....

Then on the Monday morning Kitto appeared out of nowhere....it was awsome....

Well, Kitto really became part of the family.......Camping.....going back to Montreal....he really was the best.

When I split from my wife, I decided it would be best if Kitto stayed with her and the girls, as I was going to be living in an apartment and perhaps would not be home all the time. I missed Kitto when we first split up, but I knew Kitto was happy. Kitto ended up going to live with my ex-wife's Aunt and Uncle, in Trenton. Ron really, really, really loved and took care of Kitto.

I understand Kitto really enjoyed his new home. Ron would take Kitto EVERWHERE. He got brushed EVERYDAY (OK, I admit, I never brushed him every day). Ron and Kitto did everything together. Kitto was living it up for the last two years ago.

I got I call Monday, that Kitto had a heart attack and passed away.......I was in shock....I'm still in shock......

Kitto had fallen on Sunday and from what I understand broke his hip, and then on Monday when they went to the vets, Kitto had a heart attack and died.

I miss Kitto. I miss that I never got to see him again. I'm so thankful to Ron and Easter for taking care of Kitto the way they did for the last two years.

THANK YOU!!

Ron, I'm sorry that you also lost your little buddy.....Kitto.....

(I will post a pic of Kitto as soon as I can find one)

We will ALL miss you Kitto...........

Getting 'UP'

Lovers of the English language should enjoy this one...:)

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?

We call UP our friends and we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special. And this UP is confusing:

A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions .

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets UP the earth.

When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so.............

Time to shut UP.....!

Oh...one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night?

U P

The Gala - Post Script

Ok....Perhaps I was a little upset by the events of the Gala. I'm only a human who has emotions and I ended up venting a little....

Marilyn does do a lot and did do a lot last year and deserved the President's Award.

I guess I remember why I do what I do at the theatre.....

I love working on the sets.....I love pulling the sound together.....I love doing the lighting design...I love the Stage Manager role.....not because I think I'm going to get an award....but because I love doing it.....I love hearing the people say what a good job WE ALL DID bring the play to the public.....

And THAT'S what its all about......And THAT is a 'View From the Escarpment'