Stolen Idea

I have been inspired to try something new, but old. Auntie Lisa does regular contests on her blog and I would like to create my own version - of course in an effort/test to see if it really does gain viewer participation. So here goes the stealing of an idea.

Join our contest and get a free coffee mug - oh, no! That was, join God's army and get a free flashlight from Veggie Tales. Okay, anyway. True or Myth: Nadia says the walls in our rental place look like a cow.

For this game. Please comment and say whether you think the statement is True or a Myth. Please do leave the reason for your guess, because that makes it all the more fun. If you're confused, just take a random guess and make something up. Oh wait, that's what I would do!

Amazed

I am thoroughly amazed at my orchid. Tim bought this for me last year for Mother's Day and it was beautiful. After I had enjoyed it for months and all the blooms died, I called my Mom and said, "Now what!" She told me to hack off the stem as far down as I could, continue watering it once a week and it will come back next year. I trust my Mom because she is a plant genius, but I really didn't have much hope that it would grow again. And look - it did. And it looks like it has even more blooms this year. And I get to watch all of them open up. As Nadia would say... "so cool!" Thank you God for these little glimmers of beauty.

Car Show

Well it's about time I (Tim) wrote a blog about my latest adventures. I thought it would be fun to take our new car on a maiden voyage. Well, you know, it's first long trip anyhow. And surprise, surprise, I still like it. Which is quite the feat considering I took it to Calgary to see my sister and the Calgary International Auto Show. The risk of course being that I would find something that I liked better and then not want our car any more. Well, I did. In fact I found many cars that I liked better. However, if you take out all the two seater cars and the ones completely out of my price range, it is a very short list. Therefore I have decided that I will make up my own categories and rate the best car that I saw at the show.
For the coolest Concept car: I have to say that even though it is a Ford, the Ford Shelby GR-1 was definitely the coolest. Others like the Chevy Camaro was nice, It was a little over the top, looking like a gangely teenager on steroids. I was very disappointed that the new Dodge Challenger was not there though.

For coolest car that I will never, ever be able to afford: That would have to be the Austin-Martin DB-9. What a work of art! Unfortunately they had it roped off so I couldn't drool directly on the glass.


For the nicest interior: I was surprised but I thought the nicest interior that I saw was in the Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder. It had a generous portion of gorgeous cream coloured leather that was offset by a burnt orange suede that just looked stunning. Perhaps it just stood out to me because it was different. Surprisingly enough, out of all the cars there, the nice interiors all had a very similar look. But the Eclipse stood out as nice, cool and different.

Funniest thing at the show: OK, I hope no-one is offended at this, but the funniest thing for me was watching a rather large lady, squeeze herself into a Mini Cooper and then say, "this is kinda small". No kidding, it's called a MINI!

Our future vehicle: Well there where two vehicles that I thought would be great for our family after they have depreciated for a couple years. The first was the new Hyundai Santa Fe. I sat in a Metallic Red one with very nice creamy beige leather seats. It did have the "old man wood" as my sister would say, but it was very nice. The interior was beautiful and very comfortable. It had the AWD and the third row of seats for a total of seven. I also sat in a Mitsubishi Outlander which had some very cool innovative things and was also very nice. Great alternatives to the dreaded Mini-Van.

My trip was a lot of fun and I had a blast with my sister. Thanks Lisa for the fun, the Mexican food, and the Krispy Kream dough nuts (which I forgot to bring with me and I'm sure she is enjoying them). I was telling Anna about an article in Car and Driver that I read, apparently a Hyundai Sonata V6 just like mine was clocked at 147 MPH in the states. That's 250 KPH! I was threatening to try it out on my trip (think of the time I would save). But don't worry, I didn't even get close to that. Slow and steady wins the race, and gets a sore bum. Till the next trip.

Tim

25 weeks down

I can't believe how big I am already with this baby. Most people think I'm not that big, but I FEEL big. Considering I'm 5 1/2 months, and 3 1/2 to go...oh, boy! Is this going to be a big Sawatzky boy? I am expecting a bigger baby, but Mom scared me yesterday when she said that "maybe you'll have an 11 lb. boy!" ha ha! Funny for you, but it could happen. Oh well. I'm not worried...well maybe that my skin won't return to normal size!

Nadia sure is excited about our baby. She always asks to carry the baby - then she gives my belly a big hug and laughs! She is also noticing that my belly is getting bigger. She says, "Mommy, big" and points to my belly. Then she tells me that she wants a baby in her belly. The only thing I can think to tell her is that she has to be married first. This could be bad when those kindergarten engagements start happening!

sweet rain, warm sunshine & no bugs

I feel so alive today! The snow is melting, the water is running and the temperature is above 0. I knew spring would come, but I didn't actually believe it. Although it is hard to endure the long snowy winters of the prairies, I really do enjoy having distinct seasons. It's something to get excited about. We can turn our attention from winter projects to summer projects. Well, our weekend project is to get the piles of snow away from the foundation so that we don't have a flood. But we can do it without risk of frostbite! I think that is pretty cool!

It's so beautiful today, I think Nadia and I will go for a walk - and it will be fun even though we will probably get splashed with muddy water from passing vehicles. But today I don't care!
Nadia thinks it's hilarious to play on the mattress when there are no sheets. Thanks for making me smile Nadia!