Well last night, I took about an hour, and updated my web page. It was really overdue. I am not finished, but did add some pictures, and some text.
What can I say, I was bored, there was nothing on TV, didn't feel like watching a movie, my wife was asleep, it was raining and it was only 9pm.
so take a look if you want, I will try to update other sections in the coming days/weeks/months ( depending on many factors ).
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Renovations
The joy of renovating. This can be every homeowners joy, or dread. This all depends on whether the renovation is by choice of by need.
We started the renovations on what will become the nursery. They aren't major renovations, new moldings, new paint and some decorations. After stripping the moldings, I made a discovery. These "New" windows that were installed recently ( before we purchased the house ) were poorly installed. There is no Vapor barrier installed around the window, hence the condensation problem we have been having. I spent the day Sunday forearm deep in pink insulating wool.
The paint stripping is coming along, we have one full wall done. You may be asking why are we stripping the paint, well the previous idiot "oops, I meant to say owner" painting a coat of Latex paint, directly on top of the coat of Oil paint. Which means, that the latex in certain parts just peels off like seran wrap ( once you get a corner up, a sheet pulls up ).
What I am not looking forward to now is that, this was the window with the least visual problems. I am not looking forward to seeing the other window frames.
We started the renovations on what will become the nursery. They aren't major renovations, new moldings, new paint and some decorations. After stripping the moldings, I made a discovery. These "New" windows that were installed recently ( before we purchased the house ) were poorly installed. There is no Vapor barrier installed around the window, hence the condensation problem we have been having. I spent the day Sunday forearm deep in pink insulating wool.
The paint stripping is coming along, we have one full wall done. You may be asking why are we stripping the paint, well the previous idiot "oops, I meant to say owner" painting a coat of Latex paint, directly on top of the coat of Oil paint. Which means, that the latex in certain parts just peels off like seran wrap ( once you get a corner up, a sheet pulls up ).
What I am not looking forward to now is that, this was the window with the least visual problems. I am not looking forward to seeing the other window frames.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Hockey season has come to an end.
Well last night was game 7 of final round for Lord Stanley's Cup. It was a battle to the end, but Edmonton came up short. The game finished 3-1 ( 2-1 if you omit the empty net goal ).
It has been now 13 full years since the cup has been to its rightful home, CANADA. This is now 2 consecutive years, that a Canadian team has come within 1 game of bringing the cup home, last year was the Calgary Flames, and this year the Oilers, who were seated 8th at the end of the regular season. I firmly believe that it would have been a completely different series had Rolosen not been injured in game 1. I am not saying that Edmonton would have won for sure, just that the dynamic of the game would have been different. Rolosen had more confidence in the net, and in his puck handling abilities.
Oh well there is always next year.
There is one thing I would like to say to Pete Karmanos Jr.( who happens to also be the owner of the company I presently work for ) take care of Cam Ward, he is THE ONLY reason that Carolina won the cup. I am not saying that the rest of the team played poorly, they just didn't play exceptionnally. Maybe if they didn't have Ward, they would have stepped up their game, maybe not. There is no way to be sure.
It has been now 13 full years since the cup has been to its rightful home, CANADA. This is now 2 consecutive years, that a Canadian team has come within 1 game of bringing the cup home, last year was the Calgary Flames, and this year the Oilers, who were seated 8th at the end of the regular season. I firmly believe that it would have been a completely different series had Rolosen not been injured in game 1. I am not saying that Edmonton would have won for sure, just that the dynamic of the game would have been different. Rolosen had more confidence in the net, and in his puck handling abilities.
Oh well there is always next year.
There is one thing I would like to say to Pete Karmanos Jr.( who happens to also be the owner of the company I presently work for ) take care of Cam Ward, he is THE ONLY reason that Carolina won the cup. I am not saying that the rest of the team played poorly, they just didn't play exceptionnally. Maybe if they didn't have Ward, they would have stepped up their game, maybe not. There is no way to be sure.
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