Surprisingly, there are a few people who still view this blog. No idea why, but thank you, Phil and Toni. Because of your dedication, we felt we couldn't wait another 363 days from our last post to update. So, in your honour, we have posted again. Yes, it's tres sneaky of us, but you should have seen that coming (check the blog name). Since our last post we have become dog owners as well. Because our previous post showed our two fluffy, furball kittens, in the name of fairness (and for those of you not on facebook) here is a shot of our devilishly handsome dog, Lando. (Also known as Little Bono for our West Coast relatives.)

It's been 363 days since the last post.
So much has happened: We're homeowners. We're kitten owners. We're full-time (almost!) teachers. We have two more nephews. Our cars died (goodbye and good riddance). We now thrive on the false sense that we are more actively ecologically concerned than everyone because we only drive one car that gets great gas consumption. But it feels good. We don't have the internet at home. (This accounts for the lack of activity on this blog.)
And yet, so much remains the same: Todd's still tres sneaky. Um... and ... ok, that's about it. Well, we're still married, and the Montreal Canadiens are still the greatest hockey team ever. But some things are just so obvious.

There's little to say. Just an update to let any of you who still bother to check this blog know that we're still here. And a picture of our kittens from May, at 7 weeks old.

This is a reenactment of the last video:
Brilliant, simply brilliant

The Vulture strikes again!

Merry Christmas

*I edited that pathetic hockey post I did and it even includes a video now.*


Looking Through Windows into the World
Yesterday I had a cool opportunity to learn how to remove and install windows. This is a big thing for me. I'm not really handy but I really want to be. I'm the guy who buys that manual for repairing his car and actually believes he'll learn to do all the work on his car. Needless to say, I was pretty happy to learn to do some work with my hands.


What I liked more about the experience, though, was that I learned all this at a refuge house where we were taking out old drafty windows and replacing them with new high quality ones. It always feels good to be doing something that you believe is worth doing. The best part of the whole experience was meeting two palestenians who left Israel a month ago because they found it too hard to live there. I always hear about the middle-east in the news and maybe even have minor debates with people over the dinner table about the issues. When I personally meet the people who been displaced because of the conflicts I kinda feel dumb just talking about it so impersonally.

I'm realizing the world is actually out there.
It's happening. I can talk about the way it should be, debating ideals and philosophical stances in an impersonal way.
Or I can jump in and do something.

We had front row for the penguins vs sabres game (September 30, 06). I added a bunch more pictures and made them all full size. Also, here is a link to a video my brother Joel took of the fight between Ruutu and Kalinenm, which was right in front of us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wFC2KbVSjg

"Perhaps, if I am very lucky, the feeble efforts of my lifetime will someday be noticed, and maybe, in some small way, they will be acknowledged as the greatest works of genius ever created my man. "