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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.

The Amazing Race....Family Edition

For those of you who don't know my wife is a bit of a reality show fanatic. She loves her Survivor, Apprentice (Martha Stewart or Donald Trump), Big Brother but most of all The Amazing Race. This season's edition is for families of four.

So Paula has decided that this will be a family affair in our house as well. All five of us (sorry Meredith, you're not eligible) have chosen two families and the person with the winning team wins $25 (totally contributed by Mom and Dad) and second place gets $5. We plan to tape and watch on Wednesdays as a family since Tuesday's is our nutso day. Paula is also planning to put up a map of the world to track the teams. (you know your mom and dad are teachers when.....)

Here are the teams:

Martha: Gaghan and Weaver
Shea: Linz and Godlewski
Sam: Rogers and Schroeder
Paula: Aiello and Paola
Dean: Branson and Black

Wish us luck.

Let Me Help Make Your Life Easier

Those of you reading this blog will often get an email from me when I add content to the blog. There is an easier and better way.
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Update: This article is also a very good step by step tutorial on using Bloglines

Note: When he talks about news readers, my preference is bloglines simply because it's accessible from any computer.

Rudy entertains

I taped a bit of our Canada Day Celebrations with the Buchanans. I thought I had lost the tape but found it the other day. The tape is largely about my dog Rudy barking and trying to chase a cat. It's 92 seconds.

'Canada Day and My Stupid Dog'

By the way, you'll notice I changed the design because the other one was not displayed archived posts. I hope this one is more stable.

Life is Full

Everyone when asked, "how's it going?" will say, "Busy." Here's our schedule:

Martha
Gymnastics: Tuesdays 6:00pm

Shea
Volleyball: Mondays, Wednesdays 3:30-4:45
Voice lessons: Mondays, 3:15-4:00
Dance: Mondays, 6:15-8:15, Tuesdays, 6:45-8:30
Voila: Thursdays, 5:00-5:30

Sam:
Piano: Tuesdays, 9:15-10:00
Volleyball: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 2 hours each

Paula:
Hits the gym everyday for an hour to keep her shapely figure
Runs her bobbysocks website/businsess

Dean:
Completing Masters work this year
Managing 5 websites
Currently working on 3 video projects
Golfing as much as possible given limited time.


I can hardly wait till summer holidays!

The Back to School Video

I'll link over to my educational blog for this posting.

Surprise!

Paula's mom's birthday is the same day as their wedding anniversary. I'm not even sure if this was a birthday present or anniversary present. Anyway, we got Larry and Rosa in the car Friday afternoon and headed north to Saskatoon. Rosa didn't know where we were going. We picked up Terry and Brenda and drove to the Barn Playhouse.

We had a great meal outside and then watched "All Things Bright and Beautiful" in the barn. I think we surprised mom and had a great evening. We continue to build culture. More pictures here.

The Shareskis get cultured

We spent a lovely Sunday afternoon in the park in Regina listening to the Regina Symphony. This was our birthday present to Paula's mom. About 4,000 people gathered. I even managed to get in a very short nap. Enjoy this 94 seconds of Mozart.

Meredith arrives safe and sound

Meredith has arrived in Toronto and spent her first day getting her room set up. We've talked to her a few times with Skype and she's obviously very excited and pleased to be there. Here's a link to some photos of her last week.

See you in four months

We said goodbye to Meredith this morning as she and Kurt headed for Toronto. It will be a different house without her.

Last night we had a little farewell for her highlighted by a special presentation by her "boy friends". Here's the video of her reaction.


There are also some other photos on our Flickr site from some other summer happenings.

Franny the Flamingo

Martha spent her money at the Build-a-bear store. Here's the story of Franny, her new flamingo.

Skype Me!

I've been using a program called Skype for several months and now many of my friends and relatives are catching on to it. It's slogan is "the whole world can talk for free." It utilizes VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) and allows you to use your computer to call long distance to other computers for free. The quality is excellent. All you need is a microphone or headset. It's not recommended for dialup users but it still works. I'm guessing in the next 2 years, all phones will use VOIP. It's already available for regular phones in many areas.



So download it and give me a call sometime. My skype name is dean_shareski.