Life at the lake

The Staycation

A couple of weeks ago I realized that I hadn’t taken any vacation days in 2011. I have three weeks and over a week of flex time to use so I decided to take some this fall. With Mark playing Kinsmen Football, I can’t really get away or he doesn’t get to practice so instead [...]

Random Links from Around the House

Oct 24th, 2010

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The best photos of the summer on the cabin weblog. Wendy writes about our anniversary. I picked up this for Oliver’s Christmas gift. Not sure where I am going to hide it though. Mark wrote about our Thanksgiving weekend and doesn’t hide his bitterness that he isn’t allowed to watch The Wire.

Thanksgiving

Oct 11th, 2010

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Wendy posted a fair bit about our Thanksgiving weekend on her blog. No need to add more here.

Gazebo RIP

Jul 21st, 2010

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On Tuesday night a violent wind ripped through Arlington Beach and there was casualties. Among others (our neighbors gazebo), our gazebo suffered a premature death. Several of it’s welds broke which lead to a pretty big structural collapse. Now I think we only paid $99 for it from Superstore but I am unsure if I [...]

The Weekend that Was

Jul 11th, 2010

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Wendy blogs about her chaotic start to the weekend and why I realize why Kate Gosselin is such a control freak.

Refresh

Jul 9th, 2010

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I don’t take a lot of vacation days. Part of it is the nature of work… about the time I want time off, we are often short staffed. The bigger issue is me. I don’t enjoy vacations very much and it’s something that I have worked on more as I have gotten older. This week [...]

Off for the weekend

May 22nd, 2010

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I haven’t been posting much here lately but don’t read too much into that. I have had a bunch of annoying (but not serious) bugs going through my system which have made me be more inclined to drafting up some stuff but then watching television rather than post to them. I am also planting some [...]

Waiting for spring

Apr 22nd, 2010

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Out for a walk

Apr 20th, 2010

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Mark and Oliver film an episode of Mantracker

Apr 9th, 2010

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Sadly Oliver has lost our trail.

Build yourself an igloo

Jan 27th, 2010

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As a kid I remember thinking how cool it would be to live in an igloo (although at the time I couldn’t figure out how a structure built from ice would be warm. I posted more information over at Jordon Cooper Outfitters.

Vacation 2010

Jan 10th, 2010

by Jordon Cooper.

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Wendy and I have been talking about vacation plans in 2010. We are starting now because 2009 was a vacation debacle. Three of the four extended times away I had to come into work. It wasn’t so much works fault but staff were sick or injured and we didn’t have enough staff at the time [...]

Why Jordon Cooper Outfitters?

Jan 1st, 2010

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A couple of you have asked what my plan is for Jordon Cooper Outfitters as it hasn’t made a lot of sense for some of you as to why I have done it and why I am only posting once a day. Here is the short answer. I am posting once a day because it [...]

Where’s my hat?

Nov 11th, 2009

by Jordon Cooper.

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For the last couple of years I have been looking for an outdoor hat. I know I used to live in Calgary but I haven’t own a cowboy hat since a certain green velour cowboy hat in the early 80s and I don’t intend to go down that road again. Even if elected to high [...]