New Year's Resolutions

So it's January 1, 2007 and time to make those New Year's resolutions. I guess the only ones I'm making is to keep a better journal of my life and to keep in touch with friends and family better. What better way to do that than to join the masses and start a blog.

The annual New Year's Eve bash for our group was held at Nina's this year. This family-friendly tradition (ie. kids are allowed) started years ago by the Lowater family and in memory of them (no they're not dead...just not in Ottawa anymore) Kirk created the "Lowater Games". Like always, it's 'guys against girls' but for the first time ever, the guys actually won this year (but only by a few points). That's ok. We'll feed their ego once in a while but come back with a winning streak again. Don't get too comfy, guys. One thing I did notice though is that all but one movie quote came from 'guy movies' (totally not fair) yet the girls still got the majority of them (go Angelina and "Gladiator"...lol). All in all, it was a great time as usual. Thanks Nina and Stuart for hosting it this year. Your house was perfect for the event.

Connor, however, was not with us this New Year's Eve. He was invited to Dalan's house for a sleepover. The rule at Dalan's house is on New Year's Eve, they can stay up as late as they want. It should be interesting to hear the stories from that party later.


This Christmas was one to remember. The boys saved up their allowances, birthday money, Christmas money, etc. in order to buy a Nintendo Wii. They were getting close to their goal at the beginning of December and the word on the street was it was really hard to get your hands on a Wii. Sheldon diligently phoned different stores everyday for almost two weeks trying to find a Wii for the boys. In the end, he joined the other crazy people out there and camped out overnight at Best Buy when he heard they had a shipment coming in for the next morning. Luckily it has been a warmer than usual winter here in Ottawa so he didn't freeze too badly. He still had to go to work the next day too. So boys, you better realize how much your dad loves you. Crazy, I tell you.

Another cool "gift" this year was a new vehicle. Our old car is in its geriatric phase of life and the thought of dying and leaving us stranded in the cold this winter scared us into buying a new car just in case. The new addition is a black 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe that seats 7 and has heated front seats. A huge thank-you to Sherri for teaching us the best way to negotiate a good price.

Having two cars around right now is proving to be very useful. While setting up for the church's New Year's dance on Saturday, I had the the luxury of space in the new car and Sheldon had the luxury of not being stranded at home while I was gone all day.

Tomorrow I start the last semester of school. I am so excited. Only 8 more weeks of classes and then I have work placement. I'll be right in the Byward Market for work placement which I am very excited about. Oh and I get to play volleyball again next Monday. I can't wait. Sports injuries are definitely no fun and I found it very difficult to be patient during the healing process.

Well that's my update for now. Feel free to post your comments. It forces me to keep in touch with everyone. To see more photos, go to faybee44.spaces.live.com