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.