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| From Picture of the Day 2013 |
Today Violet went to her Kindergarten orientation, she was so excited to be at school. Watching her at the different activity stations was great. I can’t believe my Baby Girl starts kindergarten in September.
Category: General
POD: Fireworks
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| From Picture of the Day 2013 |
This weekend is the Victoria Day Long weekend and that means fireworks. Tonight the family headed to the big park to watch some of our neighbours put on a show.
POD: Riding around
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| From Picture of the Day 2013 |
Today I took a picture of Violet riding her little bike to the big park, I think it might be time to invest in a new helmet for my little girl.
POD: Sprouting like a Bean
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| From Picture of the Day 2013 |
Today I’m cheating a little with my picture of the day, only 1 third of it was taken today. The picture is of Jacob’s bean plant he brought home last weekend. on the left is two pictures I took yesterday and on the right is the one I took today before we headed out for swimming. I’m really impressed with how the little bean is growing. We might have to think about finding it a new home before the weekend is out.
POD: Ready for a Sleep Over
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| From Picture of the Day 2013 |
Tomorrow Violet and her Aunty Suzanne are going to try to see the panda’s at the Toronto zoo again. So tonight she headed out for a sleepover so they can head out bright and early. I captured todays picture of the day as she walked to Aunty Suzanne’s car.
POD: Happy Mothers Day
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| From Picture of the Day 2013 |
Today was mother’s day a day honor our mothers. So the kids and I got Melissa a couple of things. The first was a box of Waffles, of course I one upped her with Eggo brand instead of the no name they gave me for my birthday. Of course in the box wasn’t Blue Jay’s tickets, instead it was a Brett Lawrie T-Shirt she’d been eying all season.
One final note I want to say Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there, without you the world wouldn’t function.
POD: Afternoon by the Lake
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Today after school my mom took the kids down to the lake for some fun in the sun. They even managed to find a tree or two climb. They really love there after school adventures with their Nan.
When Backups Fail
Recently I have found myself thinking about why I started to blog. What did I hope to accomplish by writing in such a public way. My First blog was called Michael’s Thoughts. I started it to write about becoming a father. At least that’s what I think it was. You see I don’t have my original blog online anywhere anymore. I hosted it on a domain I no longer have. When I took it down I’m sure I backed it up, but over the last few weeks I have been looking for the files and I can’t find them.
I have gone through a couple of computers and a few different hard drives since I took my old blog down. And while I have found the sites supporting files, I can’t seem to find a backup of the data file. I know there was one, I remember thinking about setting up a site to see my old posts. Even looked at the SQL files, but I never took the time and now the files are lost. They don’t seem to be in the multiple directories of backups I have on my desktop, or my server. Are the stuck on one of the Hard drives I have attached to my spotty external drive enclosure? or in the stack of hard drives I’ve got stuck on a shelf in the store room.
Or have I just not looked hard enough, it’s so easy to get distracted while going through old files. Last night is a perfect example. While looking for the backup I found my T directory. It contains all my old Turing programs. I tried to run one of the compiled apps, windows promptly informed me that application didn’t run in this version of windows.
POD: Birthday Fun
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| From Picture of the Day 2013 |
Today I turned 36 and I had a great day, from breakfast in bed to an afternoon ballgame with my boy and capped off with a fabulous dinner and cake with the family. It seemed I have to many pictures to choose from. So I could do my usual and put together a collage of all the pictures, but I think the picture of Jacob enjoying the ball game is a better choice. He wasn’t even supposed to be at the game today, my friend Tom had invited me but couldn’t go at the last-minute. I was glad to spend the afternoon with my boy. Of course the one person missing for our little celebration was Violet. She spent the day with her aunt Suzanne at the zoo. It was a great day.
POD: End of Hockey for another year
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| From Picture of the Day 2013 |
This weekend Jacob’s Hockey season came to an end, so we got his Trophy and Team Photo. It was a good year for Jacob he score 4 goals and his skills really improved over the season. Of course next year we could have 2 kids playing hockey, that will make a busy Saturday Morning.