Programming is something that I’ve done since I was 6 years old. I do it at my job and and do it at home. Or at least I used to do it at home. Recently I’ve been having trouble turning a vision I have for an application into reality. I’ve been working on a personal …
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Month:November 2012
POD: Boys and the Video games
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today while Melissa and Violet were at our friend Susanne’s baby show,, Jacob had a friend over for a Video Game party. We were hoping to have more than one friend over, but that didn’t work out. What I’m happy to say is that Jacob and his friend Jordan …
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Fatherhood Friday: Growing up
Today we take Violet to see her ENT doctor for the finial check up before her surgery next month. I have tried to write about the coming surgery on and off all day. I wanted to write about how we decided that this is the right choice for our little girl, about how the thought …
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POD: Reading with Mommy
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today at the doctor’s office I took this picture of Melissa reading to Violet. I love the smile on Violet’s face. She was so happy to be reading the book with mommy. Of course it would have been nice if she had kept some of that happy for when …
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The giving of thanks and the buying of stuff
Today the our neighbors to the south celebrate thanksgiving, a day of food, family and football. It’s also a time to look at what you have and be thankful. I was thinking a lot about that tonight. Thinking about how thankful I am to have my little family. Of course looking at the American thanksgiving …
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POD: Puzzle Time
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today after skating Jacob had a play date at his friend’s house, so it was just me and Violet hanging out at home. So out came one of her puzzles and we sat on the floor and put it together. It was nice having some time with Just Violet …
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Windows Wednseday: Look and Feel
The Start Menu It’s funny for years I’ve tried to use the start menu as little as possible. When I use windows seven I only open it to search for apps that I haven’t pinned to the task-bar. I don’t search through the lists of all the programs, it just seems a wast. Even before …
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POD: Violet’s Tambourine
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today when I got home from work Violet showed off her tambourine. She made it at preschool and seemed really proud of it. So I thought it’d make a good Picture of the day.
Getting excited for Baseball
This morning the Toronto Blue Jay’s capped off an eventful week of changes with a morning news conference. After a disappointing season where the teams pitching staff was decimated by injuries, the fans were watching Alex Anthopoulos to see if he could address the need for starting pitchers and some new bats. The off season had a ominous start for the Blue Jays …
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POD: Christmas Lights in Novemeber
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today after a meeting at Violet’s preschool, I was walking home and I saw a few houses with Christmas Lights up. At first I was surprised that they were up so early, but then Sunday was the Santa Clause parade and this week is Thanks Giving south of the …
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