Pre-martial stress

Times Herald
Originally uploaded by shareski.

Think Meredith is stressed about her upcoming nuptials? Not likely.

Canada Day 2006

Canada Day 2006
Originally uploaded by shareski.

Great Day. You can see more details at Paula's website.

Cairn for Paula's grandmother

Yesterday in Moose Jaw a cairn was unveiled commerating the the 1954 air disaster where Paula's grandmother was killed.

Here's the local newspaper article.


Here's a virtual museum tour.

Meredith's Shower

Meredith succesfully passed her first duty as bride.


See all the photos here.

This is cool!

Martha types
Originally uploaded by shareski.

Finding an old typewriter gives Martha a few hours of amusement.

I'm done

Today I convocated from the U of S with my Masters. Altogether I've been taking post secondary education for 10 years. That's enough.

A gift for mom

Here's a video I did for church for our Mother's Day service.

This will save me a lot of money this summer

Skyper!
Originally uploaded by Kurt and Meredith.

Here's how Meredith and Kurt stay in touch. Free and better than voice only.

Meredith's recordings

Meredith spent a great deal of time over the past months recording a couple of songs she wrote. She is applying for a music grant through factor.ca. She's not counting on getting the grant but had a great experience in the recording studio, both recording and singing backup for a few other CD's.

Have a listen.

Hooked on You

Just Like Me

She'll soon be launching her new website meredithjordan.ca...as soon as her "webmaster" has some time.

Home from TO

We had a great time in Toronto. My workshop went well and now life is back to normal. All the photos are here:

Here's a short video I created to illustrate some fancy editing when you don't have good footage. The first part is the edited or recreated version, the second part is what was actually shot. You'll see what I mean.

Toronto Fun

We're having a great time in Toronto. Eating, shopping, golfing and visiting. I've been able to take in a couple of sporting events as well. Monday we got $200 tickets to see the Raptors. We only stayed for the first half and then Don and Reni took us out for supper. Tuesday I took Kurt and Meredith to the ball game while Paula and Reni did more shopping. Paula comes home tomorrow, I'll be home Sunday. All the photos are here.

Off in different directions

It has been a wild few weeks at the Shareski household. After returning from Florida, I'm sitting in the airport in Winnipeg awaiting my connecting flight to Toronto. Paula is already in the air on another flight and I'll meet her there in a few hours. Why are we flying separately? Well contrary to Paula's belief that couples should always fly separately in case of a crash (kids would still have one parent), it's because I doing a workshop next weekend at Don's church and she originally didn't want to leave the kids. As it turned out Shea and Martha went with her Mom and Dad to Cold Lake to visit Paula's sister Chantal. So she decided to come but we couldn't get on the same flight.

Sam and Rudy are at home. Sam will likely occupy his time play his new Xbox. Rudy will pester him for some activity. Hopefully Rudy will win sometimes.

Looking forward to seeing Meredith, playing some golf, visiting with Don and Reni and teaching.

Martha is Podcasting

Martha asked about recording audio for her blog so that means set up a podcast.
She's looking for comments so listen to her 4 minute recording and leave a comment. She'll be thrilled.

Check it out.

Great weekend in Florida

It's been a great few days here in sunny Florida. Weather has been quite hot. I don't mean to rub it in because I know the weather in Moose Jaw has been lousy...them's the breaks.

Getting ready to go to the conference. The city has free wireless so we've been coming down in the evenings to stay on top of emails and stuff.

Martha's Blog

Martha has decided to enter the world of weblogging to showcase her stories.



Check it out.

Steve Bell Concert

Our small group went into Regina Saturday to the Steve Bell concert. He was introducing his new album, Dinner with Bruce which is a tribute to Bruce Cockburn. Excellent concert.



Update:
Here's a 12 second video taken with my digital camera.

Trip to the Science Centre

We took the kids to the Science Centre in Regina on Wednesday. Here's a video of the day.
More photos can be found on our flickr site.

Paula's ball

Paula's ball
Originally uploaded by shareski.

This is actually ball number 3. The first two were punctured by various methods. I'm saying this is the last one. Watching someone bounce up and down on a ball while you're trying to watch television is very annoying. I've been told to get over it.

Point Counterpoint

Point Counterpoint
Originally uploaded by shareski.

I just received 5 free copies of the magazine with my published article. The online version has been up for a month but it was kind of cool to get the hard copy.

Martha's magnets

Martha's magnets
Originally uploaded by shareski.

Martha's school had a science/learning fair this week. Martha's class studied Magnets.

Ergomates

Ergomates, for those of you who don't know is a product invented by a friend of mine and now is a company run by a few of my friends. Today, this article was posted in a business magazine.

Dad hits 100!

My Dad just emailed me to tell me he hit 100 geocaches. It's been just over a year since he started so I'd say he's doing quite well. He's going to work hard on his second 100 while in Lakeland.


He also has his sites set on 74. That's the golf score he hopes to shoot this year to match his age.

Paula's new smile

Paula has always hated getting her picture taken. Lately she has developed a new strategy using what I call her "fake smile". She's been getting several compliments and I on the other hand have had a few "disses". This comment from my sister after viewing this picture.

"It looks like Paula and her dad".

So I too have to work on my smile. Here's my attempt to compete.

Martha Skates

Martha was very excited to go skating and use her newly painted skates. Here's a clip of her efforts.






More photos here.

Mere's grade 1 journal singer entry

Mere's grade 1 journal singer entry
Originally uploaded by shareski.

Sometimes those early dreams come true.

Holiday fun

Laptops galore
Originally uploaded by shareski.

This is what the holidays are all about. Watching some quality shows and working wirelessly on your laptops.

Progressive Supper

The 2nd Annual Progressive Supper was held on Wednesday, December 21st. Val organized this event involving 9 couples.

We began at Buchanan's with appetizers supplied by Penny and Julie. We headed over to Lisa's for soup made by Debbie. Sheri hosted and supplied a shrimp salad. The main course was at Val's and she prepared a chicken thing wrapped in a big fat noodle with almonds and green beans. That's a brutal explanation but Paula's not here to provide me with the correct details. We finished up at our house for Tarimsu.



More photos here.

Update: Allan and Darlene have posted more photos as well.

Meredith sings at Open Mike Night

Meredith took advantage of an open mike night at a local coffee shop Sunday night to perform with Kurt.

Her prof's have encouraged her to pursue these opportunities. They did very well and also performed well at a wedding Saturday and will also perform on Christmas Eve.

Something Stupid

The Road Trip

I'm sitting in a hotel in Jameston, ND eating pizza and watching football highlights. Me, Sam, Dalton, Tegan and Mark are on our way home from a weekend in Minneapolis. We saw the Timberwolves and Lakers, Vikings and Rams and a number of shopping venues.

We discovered Mark is an amazing shopper, Dalton prefers finding a nice bench and the hotel room was a dizzying array of sights and sounds. We learned many interesting things.



More pictures can be found here.

Paula and the Great One

Paula and Gretzky
Originally uploaded by shareski.

Paula's always' been associated with greatness. She still is.

Bethlehem Live

Saturday we took Martha and her friend to Bethlehem Live. This is a dramatic portrayal of the Christmas story simulating the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem. Live actors and animals made this a nice beginning to the Christmas season.

kurt is tierd

kurt is tierd
Originally uploaded by mereyy.

The title you see is written by my 18 year old who is taking advantage of a fairly expensive college to pursue her musical talents....Unfortunately spelling is nowhere to be found in her learning. But she done reel good.

Farmer Jim

farmer Jim
Originally uploaded by mj161.

My trip to Big Muddy

My younger days

Some photos of my younger days thanks to my father-in-law.



Clicking the image will take you to my Flickr site for more information.

I hate snow

It snowed today and I hate it. Martha was quite pumped and stayed out late building a snowman. Glad someone likes winter.

Bungee Jumping in Edmonton

This little clip is from summer. I'm trying out a new video service called Sharkle.

It's Official!

Although we've known for a few months, Meredith is now officially engaged to Kurt Buchanan. For those of you out of the loop this may come as a big surprise. Not to us. We're very happy and pleased with their decision.




Paula tells me this will be expensive.

Rudy Sings

Rudy provides us with a musical treat. Whenever Shea practices her viola, he joins her in a little duet. Here's a ten second clip of his howling.

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The people I live with

Do prove that I have quite a challenging crew to work with, here's proof:


I'm obviously up and about doing work, as usual.

Here's Martha who not only snuck the camera but is engaged in a number of questionable activities. Taking a picture of herself in action, may not have been the best move.



Click on the picture to see the details of all the trouble she's got into.

The New Shower's in, the new shower's in!

I had my first shower in 2 months. That sounds bad but I can assure you I have bathed, even though I hate it. The renovations are not quite complete but for me, this is what I've been waiting for.

Paula in her crib

Paula in her crib
Originally uploaded by mj161.

Looks like...Martha? Meredith? maybe even Shea.

Paula's dad recently purchased a slide scanner to convert his slides to digital. Not sure if this was a slide or old photo but we're hopin to get all our photos digitized.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Video

I did a little promotional video for our church today. Check it out. It's a 18MB download so if you're not on highspeed, start downloading, make a pot of coffee, do some laundry and it will ready.

Martha's Birthday

We got through Martha's birthday last week. It had a Paris theme. Here's the 3 minute highlight video.

Thanksgiving Weekend

This weekend was jam-packed with activity. Dad arrived Friday night and Saturday we managed to "install" 2 ceiling fans and a wall sconce. Dad and I golfed at Deer Valley and returned to have supper at Boston Pizza.

Brenda and Terry and Thomas arrived Sunday afternoon and Paula made an incredible meal. Before we ate, all the boys headed out for some geocaching.

Later that evening, we had coffee and pie in Barr's backyard.


Monday, after breakfast at A&W (Thomas couldn't get over the fact that the average age of the patrons was around 87), Terry, Dad and I golfed at the Hillcrest. The Redpaths left right after golf. Dad completed a few other small projects around the house and I helped him develop a presentation on geocaching that he's doing next week. (not exactly brain surgery but anyway...)

An excellent weekend.

Big Day at the House

Thursday turned out to be quite at day at our house. Martha turned 7 on Wednesday and had her party Thursday. Sam drove the van for the first time. Sam and Shea both received awards for top average in their grade. (Sam's actually came with $250 scholarship that I believe will buy him all the Cherry Coke he could want). Click on the images for the big picture.

Crosspost

I posted a photo essay of my day. Check it out.