Gold!!!!

I won a gold medal in my tae kwon do tournament for sparring on saturday!!!!!!! Sadly, i didn't win anything in patterns, but a GOLD in sparring totally makes up for that! Videos will be coming soon.

Another haiku

MY FAVOURITE PLACES IN ONTARIO

I love Toronto

I get to see my cousins,

Simon and Chloe

Aunties and Uncles

And my Gramma lives there too

We visit in Spring

We visit the farm

See Aunt Karen, Fiona,

And the animals

So many things there

There’s always something to do

Lots and lots of fun

I love the cottage

It’s deep in Tobermory

Down by the cold lake

I could swim all day

Canoe with Uncle Peter

And feed the seagulls

Lastly, Owen Sound

Aunt Nonie and all her kids

And her grandkids, too

Never want to leave

I could stay there forever

But there’s cats at home

Some Haikus

Here are some haikus I wrote for school. The teacher gave us some questions, and we had to answer them and write a poem with them. Anyways, here they are:

Go catch shooting stars

On your tongue, can it be done?

I do not think so

If your hair’s dirty

Rub it with dry oatmeal

It won’t do a thing

Tolerate balloons

No matter what sense it makes

Because it makes none

Can you teach your hen

To make you some chicken soup

If it’s made from her?

Can a great big axe

Apply powder to your nose?

Maybe, maybe not

Put watermelons

In a small berry basket

But they won’t be safe

Would you, perhaps, eat

A bullet at its top speed

Streaking towards you?

If you were to shrink

To the size of a pea, are

Your feet your first thought?

If you were to sprout

A tail, where would you keep it?

Not in your pocket

tinkerbell reveal

Fiona sees her new room for the first time! the ultimate reveal.

Simon's Story Book

Simon made a story book while he and Chloe visited Grandma today.

THE STORY OF THE CANTALOUPE WHO RAN AWAY

Written by Simon,

Illustrated by Simon

Once upon a time there was a cantaloupe who lived in a jungle and Mr. Cantaloupe went to a Shopping Mall.

People came and took the cantaloupe and the cantaloupe jumped out of the bag and ran away.

Fin.

Miss You All!

I miss the whole family so much. I have made an awesome screensaver for my computer with pix of the whole family. I can't wait to see everybody. 18 more days till we fly out!!! this is the only pic I have of the whole family, taken after Lorne and Corinne's wedding.

The Heritage Classic

So Natalie and I got an unexpected opportunity to go to the Heritage classic NHL game yesterday. Two tickets landed in our laps on Saturday afternoon, so we couldn't say no. It was cold. we stayed for the first period, and decided to leave before the sun went down. More than 40,000 fans meant there was a crush of people during intermissions. We made the right decision.
the tickets themselves are the most expensive tickets I've ever seen for a sporting event.


We were near the end, but certainly there were people much higher up, and much furhter away.

here's a view from our seats, about 10 minutes before puck drop (Click to enlarge the panorama!)








And here's us:

Blast from the past

Take 2 min. to look at this.

You may be back for an hour...

http://myochs.blogspot.com

done by Ken Bodnar.

Names and old shots that take you waaaayyy back.

passing of Anthony

Marg's brother, Anthony Vanderholst, who was in fact my date for Grade 12 graduation, passed away from complications due to cancer today. He around Dave's age, with 3 children in their late teens. A fire fighter for most of his life, the funeral will no doubt be a large one on Tuesday in Kingston.

Cosmic Zoom for the Web age...

http://www.powersof10.com/