I have the craziest dreams

Do you recall your dreams? I recall the majority of my dreams and they are crazy! Take for example the one I had the other day...



I dreamt I was about to go into a life threatening surgery so I was going to have a bath to prepare myself for it. I remember walking into a room that seems to be a conference room that represented my house. My parents were there as well as numerous people from my past. They all seemed to be talking in hushed voices, not really talking to me. It was like they were attending my funeral. I walk through the room and no one turns to look at me for fear that I would see the pained looks in their face. I open a door to what was supposed to be the bathroom only to open it to the outside world where a claw foot tub stood at the end of a dock. I walk to the tub that's already filled with water and bubbles and climb in. As I am laying there, there is a man standing in the water fishing (as the tub is at the end of the dock) and he casts his rod. Slowly he reels his line in only to catch a fish. Excited I lean over the tub to peer at his catch swimming by. The tub somewhow moves back on the dock so the man's fish leaps on the dock as he is fighting to get away. The fish turns out to be huge and resembles a pig's face. That was when I woke up.



Crazy eh? I wonder what it means and if it has anything to do with the ongoing fish debate I am in.

I can't wait

I've been wanting something for the majority of my life and I am about to get it! It's big (well it fits me), red and full of awesomeness. I am about to get a motorbike :) Originally I was all over the cruiser, specifically the Boulevard S50. We went around to numerous bike shops around town which by the way there aren't many. We went to Custom Cycle where it took us 3 trips there before a salesperon actually took the time to talk to us and find out we were serious. It was only afterwards we heard other people complain about their service. It almost was like pulling teeth as he basically answered your questions and didn't offer information that a new biker should know about (I think I may have learned more off of other people shopping there!)

So Cyclemania rolls around and we went to it thinking there would be tons of dealerships there but I was slighlty disappointed at the lack of dealers there. I think there may have been less than 10 dealers there. So be it. We ran into some friends there who highly recommended the service from SuperCycle out of North Battleford but they were not present at the show. Hmmm lovely ole North Battleford where I was born and raised was only an hour-ish away. So off we went and I have to agree, the service there was awesome. I actually sat on a Boulevard M50 which actually suited me better so the decision was made!

Back to Saskatoon we go only to put more thought into it and after talking with our friend Allan we changed our minds again about the type of bike to get. So we acted on his suggestion and I can't wait for it to get here.... I wonder what I got ;-)

Happy Earth Day Everyone!

Did you wear green today? I did but I have to admit it was just a coincidence that I was wearing green today as I completely forgot about Earth Day. Why is it that I was more aware of Earth Hour than I was about Earth Day? Sure it was mentioned briefly in our staff meetings and Google changed their home page image to reflect it but outside of that I would have never known about it. I still don't even know the details of Earth Day besides the obvious that we should be doing our part in protecting the environment. I even went as far as searching for what events were taking place in Saskatoon and found relatively 0 events occurring (and yes I realize the site I referenced refers to the month of April being devoted to protecting the Earth).

I came to the conclusion that knowing the background of Earth Day didn't matter. I do my part to help save the environment, albeit small things but it's the small things that count no? If everyone adopted processes no matter how big or small of an impact they make, it can add up to a lot.

I do try to be environmentally conscious, seriously I do - I try to reduce the amount of paper bills I get (though I have to admit it may because I hate filing more than anything), turn off the water whenever its not required, turn off the lights when I don't need them, unplug appliances that are not in use, unplug chargers, recycle etc etc. I realize there is plenty more I can do and would be willing to adopt practices that other people follow. What are your practices and what do you think needs to be done so more people are aware of Earth Day?

Meet our babies

Meet our newest additions to our family. Their names are: (from top left to right) Mint, Basil, Dill, Thyme and (bottm left to right) Parsley, Italian Basil and Chives. Started on the evening of April 2, 2008 in their Areogarden incubator just a little over 2 weeks ago, both the parents and children are in good condition.

The one time I wished the weatherman was wrong

Yup, you guessed it. We got snow in the middle of April, again. I heard the horror story that it was going to snow, and snow hard and by golly when I woke up the next morning was it ever true.

Thanks Old Man Winter for delaying a delivery I have been wanting all my life.

Pet Peeve #2

People who clip their finger nails in a public restaurant. EWWW I don't care if you are done your meal and are just relaxing. You are not at home so don't make yourself that comfortable. Sure you may have that one nail that is just irritating you but go to the washroom and clip your nails there. I don't need to see your nail clippings flying in all directions, do you know how far they can fly?? Nothing grosses me out more in a restaurant than seeing people who clip their nails. Show some respect for those around you who are trying to enjoy their meals.

They're back!

That's right, the pelicans are back. Spotted 2 pelicans by the Saskatoon wier.