Funny People

So I know its been a while since my last blog but, here's a good one for you. (True Story)

So I head to the batheroom the other day, at work. And this guy walks in in front of me, there's only one urinal so I go into the stall. I finish and wash my hands, I turn to leave and head back to work. When this guy passes by me out the bathroom door, without washing his hands. Don I follow him right into my store, so I grab some paper towel, and dry my hands infront of him.
He then pulls his phone out of his pocket and puts it on the desk and asks me to check his airtime and add some money to the account. Now knowing who he is, not such a nice person, and where he just was, I have to options. Be nice and decline respectfully with an explanation or be rude.

Work

So we all have good days (well. Not horrible days,) at work, and then we all have bad days at work. I just wish that we all had happy medium days all the time at work. I understand what my job entails, but my customers don't. Now I usually go above and beyond my job for most of my customers, but they don't realize that, they just expect it. I think that's the part that really disturbs me, that and the management above me.
Take my wifes job, her job is stressful, very, and the middle management above her is supposed to help relieve that. But of course their pretty much unqualified, glorified, people that think they remember how to do the job that my wife does. What they start to forget is that the job that they're harping about is a lot more stressful than they remember. So hey middle management, ease up, release the talons, and let us all do our jobs to the best of our ability and leave here at the end of the day with our sanity and a half smile, so we can get back to our real lives. Please, I beg of you let us be moderately happy for our spouses, friends, and family.

Finally!!!!!

So Sam and I went out again last night, we stopped at the same spot on the Ganaraska. We pulled up and down to the river we went, but nothing, one fish passed by us in 5 minutes. So we figured it was gonna be a quiet night, hopefully not though. We pulled further down river into Port Hope and stopped on the bridge. We got out to check it out and noticed that everyone down at the river was pulling in a fish. We decided to start there and work our way down river, we never left the first spot. The fish were running past us like Godzilla was chasing them up stream, I mean there were literally fish splashing me as they were going past. So Sam the "Salmonman" drops his line in and yep catches one, lets it go, drops his line, got another, releases it. I mean c'mon man, bloody hell, I feel like Daniel LaRusso being shown the ropes by Mr. Miyagi, "Fish On, Fish Off, now you try."


So I get one on, fight for a minute and I lose it, get another one on and wouldn't you know, I Finally land my first Salmon, its not a huge one but good enough for me. I can finally say I've caught a salmon; it weighed in at a whopping 11lbs. But the next two were just a little bit bigger, the second one was closer to 30lbs not lying Sam can vouch, and the Third was around 20 - 25lbs. probably some of the most fun yet was the fact that Sam was pulled in the river by one of his many catches last night. So were sitting there he gets one on, wrestles with it for about 5 minutes, the thing run right up on the rock ledge, I put my rod down to go and get the net. As I do Sam figures hell, it’s at my feet I'm just gonna grab its tail. So he's still holding his rod in his right hand and reaches down and grabs its tail with his left hand. I look over just in time to see the fish wiggle and Sam go feet first into the river, I couldn’t stop laughing, but not once does he let go of his rod. Keeps the tip up and the fish on, hilarity at its best, and history is the rest.

City Transit

So I'm taking the city transit today, something I'm not accustom too, but car's broke and Ames and my schedule didn't match up. So I'm riding the bus and have noticed a few things about it, price has gone up by about $.75 since last time I took it, the seats now have holes in the fabric to brush the dirt out. And the shocks are about 9000 times better. Above the door there's and advertisement that says, - Pregnant, know your options - Peterborough Pro life. The only place outside of a Dr.'S office you see that, the city pushing their views on people, nice. At the central bus terminal is the sound of children screaming, about 5 of them, all screaming at their teenage mother (not kidding) ironic eh. The CB Radio is blasting the voice of the drivers joking about the passenger that just got stuck in the door, kinda priceless. All that and I'm listening to someone blow their ear drums with their oversized headphones. Now, normally I probably wouldn't say this but the ride to work today was enjoyable, only because I was trying to see why everyone complains about city transit. Come on guys its not that bad, aside from the fact that it takes an extra 35 minutes to get to work, the city is quite colorful this time of year. In more ways than one.

Happy Birthday Diane

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday Diane,
Happy birthday to you.

Love you sister, we hope you have a great day and get everything you want, yeah that too. Lmao.

The Reno's

I feel like I'm at a stand still, I started the mudding and taping tonight but I still have so much to do. We have to take the tub out, redo the Red Guard, two coats, then put the tub in and on a layer of thinset. Plumb the tub, apply the DensSheild to the front of the surround. Thinset and Red Guard that. Then do the mudding and taping on that side of the room. Build the Shower wall, and mud and tape that. Tile the entire bathroom, tub surround and all, Seal the tile, sand the whole room (Which is the worst part.) Final coat of mud and sand again, primer, and Paint. Then Build the Rear shower wall, Finish Plumbing the shower, Apply DensSheild, pour mortar for the floor, hook up the drain, thinset and Red Guard the shower walls. Tile the shower, and install the light fixtures. Install the glass doors, Seal all the tile, and finally take a bath. Wow, I wish I never wrote that out, now I'm really depressed, we still have a lot of work to do baby, sorry.

Salmon Fishing #2

So after the work week from hell, by buddy Sam, his brother Jon, and I all went back up to Port Hope again to try our luck once more. We stopped at the Ganaraska River, and tried there first Sam snagged one about 20Lbs, he released it. He got another on the line and he let me feel what it was like to fight it, so about 4 minutes in the darn thing snapped my line. So enough there so we headed out to the pier, after a little bit, snap Sam snags another one, this one he kept, it was a go 27-30Lbs (Picture attached.) I got another one on the line and wouldn't you know it, line breaks. So I've never tied a salmon fishing line so I got Jon to. Well while he's tying mine, doesn't he get a real nice bite, so I of course grabbed his line and wham. On goes the fight, a good ten minute battle and finally, I get him to the side of the pier. Sam reaches down with the net to pull him up and the fish does one more roll towards the net. Doesn't the darn thing have a huge spoon lure stuck in his mouth, the thing tangles up the net and catches my line. You guessed it, tears my line and the friggin thing gets away. Now I was really frustrated, cause man I want to snag my first one, cause the battle is soo much fun. So away we go again, get one on, start the fight, 5 or so minutes goes by and we hear a "CRACK," all I can think is oh no I broke the rod. Look up, nope, look down and the fish took all my line. Yeah nothing left on the reel, well that was that. It was an amazingly relaxing time though, Thanks again Sam it was a blast.

Friends

You ever sit back sometimes and realize how great your friends really are. Sometimes you'll just be sitting there and be like wow, I have some great friends. You may not hear from them for a while; so what, you may not see them for a while; big deal, but when it comes down to it they'll be there when you need them. Well the ones that really care will be take my buddy Brownie, Brownie and I haven't talked for a while, not for his lack of trying, dude puts forth a huge effort I just work too much, and I know as soon as we do get in touch it will be like nothing has ever changed. He'll still be just as kind as he always is, well still feel like brothers when the conversation is over. Just to know that you have been a good enough person inside that you have been able to surround yourself with others in life that care about you makes you fill up with pride. Brownie and I have been best friends since grade 5, we've had our arguments and our disagreements, we've gotten ourselves into our fair share of predicaments, but that guy's amazing, there's nothing bad that I could ever say about him. Or the guy who gets you back into doing something you love, something that will help save you some stress, or the one who just cares about your well being. The one who drops anything anytime to come help you, they have no excuses for anything, no matter what they're doing they help out. The ones who visit you when you’re sick or even call you on your B.S. Those are the kind of friends you know will be there forever, the kind you want there forever. So when you read this, take a moment and call one of your great friends, not for any other reason but to say "Thank you, for being there."

General Public

This was written last night but never made it through;

I love the general public, but why do people think that because I wear a shirt that I am the company. I'm sitting in Tim Hortons, and I have my work shirt on. There's a woman sitting with her daughter, and two friends two tables over from me and their pretty much screaming about the company. Looking right at me like if they say it loud enough, I'm gonna jump right up and either fix all their problems, or get into an argument with them. Welllllllll, I'm not, so keep going ladies, exhaust all your anger issues amongst yourselves, ill see you tomorrow when you need a new handset, when your asking me for a deal. I actually feel sorry for people like this, living life in their own little "Me, Me, Me," bubble. Close your mouth, smile, and live life a little bit happier, and you'll feel better tomorrow.

Drop a Blog

So I'm sitting here thinking about how we can let others in life ruin our days. I really think it sucks how we can pretty much give others complete control over our feelings and not even realize we have done so. That is until one day they do something that really bites you in the stomach pit, none of my family or friends have done anything so don't worry its not you. But everyone can relate to this, you could be happy all day and then bam, someone says or does something and your in a really bad mood andfeel hurt.

Happy Birthday's are in order

So just wanted to shout out a Happy Birthday to Ryan ford and Bryan York, both of you hopefully will have a herwy birthday.

Tell me why, I hate Mondays, well Tuesdays

So today is just your typical Monday, first someones pacing at our store door, complaint. Second someone comes in with a peice of product that is broken, should be able to replace it but not in accordance with the manufacturers policy. Then my bosses right hand man is harrassing me for some information that really has nothing to do with him. The paper work is getting backed up by the minute, and I'm loosing my hair, and its not even noon yet. Oh Sunday when are you coming around again?

Dusk till Dawn

Ok so Ames and I went to the drive in last night, we saw four movies, well I did, she saw two and a bit. The first was The Time Travelers Wife, the second was Inglorious Bastards, the third was Halloween 2, and the fourth was A Perfect Getaway, all were pretty good. Let's just say it was worth the $12, a person.

Dano

I just wanted to take a minute and say happy birthday to an amazing little man. Happy birthday Dano' I tried to call you today a couple times buddy. Aunt Amy and I wanted to sing you happy birthday, here it is man;
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,happy birthday dear Dano,
Happy birthday to you.

We love you big guy.

Great Day

So today was a great day, Ames and I spent the whole day together with no real destination in sight. It started with us sleeping in till 10, wow its been a while since we've done that, then when we did get up and showered we went to the farmers market. Our first time ever, I know I know how is that our first time. Bought some amazing produce, then went grocery shopping. After that we went and spent some time cat sitting Dice, and then went to visit Sam. We borrowed his net and went to the creek near by and caught some cray fish. We then went down to squirrel creek and had a picnic and Amy read while I fished. We just spent some quality time together, we needed it, so here's some pictures from the day.

Salmon Fishing

Ok, so I went Salmon fishing with Sam last night, although we didn't catch anything we still had a great time. I'd never done that before and wow would it of been really cool to catch one of those things. The Guy beside us caught three of them and they were huge. But I think the worst was when Sam was fishing, and some dingbat across from us cast his line right over Sam’s, so Sam being the nice guy just reeled his in and moved, yeah at that precise moment the dude caught one. Sam was pissed, so ten minutes goes by and bang he casts it right over Sam again. Well Mr. Not so Nice this time, yells "Hey your crossing my line, cast it over big guy, and this time to my right." Dude mumbled a little but reels in and does as he's told. A side Sam never really shows, but it works, lol, made me laugh for a little while, Sam’s serious when it comes to his fishing. Thanks again brother, I had a blast.

Dr. Disappointment

So the Dr. Never showed, he said that he had an emergency at the hospital he had to attend to, ok cool. But why didn't I get a call to reschedule. Well let's just say there's probably a reason he has all new front staff starting on monday, hmmm, yeah that would make sense.

Dr. Appointment

So I've had surgery on my deviated septum, my tonsils, and my uvula back in April. The surgery went well, hurt like hell, but reasonably well, the recovery took forever. I have now gotten some built up scar tissue in my left nostril, and had a follow up appointment this morning with the "unnamed," surgeon. Unfortunately up to this point it looks like the mans secretary never told him because he doesn't seem to be coming in today, let's just say I'm not really pleased. I should've known when there was no confirmation call yesterday. So now the other Dr. In this office is trying to get in touch with him to see what to do. As I sit here I am getting more and more frustrated and it really sucks, cause I was really looking forward to finding out what we were going to do about this scar tissue, ill give him 5 more minutes..................

Anniversary Date

Amy and I decided we were going to go out for dinner and a movie this evening to celebrate our anniversary and just spend time together tonight. So I have to admit I've never been a huge fan of Steak but wow we went to a restaurant called Hobart’s and it was amazing. Amy had the Rib eye steak with a twice baked potato and a Cesar salad, I had the Flat Iron steak topped with Grilled onions, Peppers, and Mushrooms and a twice baked potato, and a Cesar salad. I have a new found love for Steak, we had it cooked Medium well done, so there was a little bit of pink in it and it was probably the tastiest piece of meat I've ever eaten. Amy and I both agree that Hobart’s is now our new favorite restaurant, the Meal was amazing, the service was excellent, and the Chef gave me a recipe for Chimichurri sauce, which is a steak sauce I had on our honeymoon in Dominican. Then we went and saw the movie The Final Destination in 3D, the 3D part was great, and the Movie was a typical teenage bust. But all in all we had an amazing evening spent just between us; I just wanted to tell her again, happy anniversary and I love you with all of my heart.

Happy Anniversary

So Three years ago today, I woke up and the first thing I thought of was "Wow, today is the day I marry my best friend," I must admit I didn't realize how quick that day would be over. Our wedding was fantastic and graceful, and all those who helped and participated made it amazing, but what really made that day complete and utterly the most perfect day of my life was..................Staring into my fiancé’s eyes with no other sounds present. When we stood at the alter it was like at that very moment in time, our moment, the earth had stopped spinning, and there was no movement anywhere, No people talking, no babies crying, no traffic moving, it was literally just her and I standing there. I remember very vividly, looking into her big beautiful brown eyes, swollen with tears of joy, and seeing her smile so big and bright, watching as she shuttered with an energy that seemed to be nervous yet so calming to me. Holding her hand in mine, and knowing that this is it, this is the moment that she had been waiting for her entire life, am I everything that she wanted? Am I what she had expected when she dreamed of this as a little girl? I didn't know the answers to those questions, but what I did know is that she was the answer to all of mine, she was, is, and always will be my everything. She’s the biggest part of my day, the happiest part of my thoughts and the warmest part of my heart. She's my wife now and not my fiancé, for the past three years I have been blessed to have gone through life with her by my side. When I say I’ve found my true love, I mean I’ve found the one person in life that knows exactly who I am, inside and out, the one who knows me for me, my wife is my soul mate this I know. I know because when I think of her I still get warm inside, my soul burns with the desire to hold her, my heart aches when she’s not close, my mind wanders throughout the day; and I find it when it’s found her. I just wanted to say Happy anniversary to my baby girl, three years down, forever to go, I love you with all of my heart and can't thank you enough, you have made me the happiest man ever.

Tue, Sep 1, 2009

Holy cow, I can't believe its already september, where has the year gone. Well construction has been halted for a few days, were helping a friend move between yesterday and today. Tomorrow is my wife and I's third anniversary, wow where does the time go, I love you babe. So we will do a little on Thursday, but then on Friday I'm going salmon fishing for the first time in my life. I'm excited to do that, thanks to my buddy Sam I've found a love of fishing again.