Another day goes by

We had our last dance class on Tuesday night and of course I forgot to bring something and I felt bad. Oh well. Last night I spent an hour sewing on a hair net on to my daughters costume's hat. Boy was that fun!
Had a nice hour reading the paper last night while kids were dancing, boy that was nice. Too bad it has to end.
Watched the amazing race and my team is winning yea, 100 dollars are in it for me if I win.
Then went on line and did some surfing. Darn dial up.
Also the van is acting up hopefully it is nothing, can't afford a repair job.
Tonight we were suppose to have a friend over for supper but they canceled last night so we invited my B- inlaw over. He is a very nice guy.
The day at work well what can I say it's over for another day.
Tonight I am going to ride my bike inside since there was that darn white stuff on the ground and -2 outside at 6am. Tomorrow is not going to be any better, and I have a race sunday morning. MM wonder how well I will do. The race is 40 ks or so and I am sure the race is going to be fast since these young kids want to blow the doors off us old guys. Well I will let you all know what happens.
Till tomorrow.
On a political note I hope the liberals lose if there is a election called! They are a bunch of crooks and we are suppose to trust them. Never again. Martin is like Nixion where he say's he has done no wrong and he has important work to do yet. Well one of the important things his party wants to do is pass a law saying it is against the law to charge more for hair cuts for woman than men. Or how about this one womans shirts are harder to clean then mens but they should be the same price according to the liberals. did i mention that I hate them...
Ciao all

Monday April 25th 2005

Monday April 25, 2005
Well yesterday I held my first soccer practice and it was cold and miserable. The kids we good but I need to teach them to kick the ball correctly, pass. They are having fun.
Next practice on Thursday at 7 pm the other 8 year olds will be there as well.
Found out my time for the ITT and I was in 7th place at 42 min. 17 seconds. Not bad for the first T.T.. At least in my mind. The older gent that passed me won it at 37 min 34 seconds. I have my work cut out for me.
You can find the race results at http://www.cycling.mb.ca/roadresults/April_24_itt.pdf.
You can find pictures at http://www.wpgcycle.tk/. I am in picture # 53.
Stayed up too late looking at the pictures, we have dial up.
Tuesday night is the last dance practice yea. The drive out to Selkirk is shorter than the ride. The best thing about going is that I get to spend a hour at Tim's drinking coffee by myself.

Friday to Sunday

I am a few days behind in my entries. Oh were does the days go when your so busy.
Lets start on Friday.
I took the kids to MTYP to see a play called Russell's world. I have trouble sitting through a one hour production after spending 3 hours driving! I had to pick up the kids across the city at my parents place, then had to pick up a friends child who lives close to the other side of the city. Then I had to pick up my sister-in-laws child all for the privilege to see a one hour production. Well the good part about this is that the kids enjoyed it, RIGHT. At least I stopped for a Tim's on the way and that south the tensions a bit.
Then after I put the kids to bed I played on Yahoo chat for a while talking to some friends I have not seen in years. That was great. Went to bed too late.
Now lets move on to Saturday.
I went on the FOG ride as usual started at 10am. Was very cold did not know what to wear so I took all my warm clothing with me and finally put on what I thought would be the right combination of clothing. The only part that was cold on me was my head. However I did put on my hood after a hour into the ride. The wind was strong and we went north to Selkirk via river road with a strong north wind.
As we were going up river road we got close to skinners hot dog stand and then there was a sprint to it that caught me unaware of. I was at the front of the pack pulling when all of a sudden a group went past me. I did not go after them, maybe I should have but I don't think I had the energy. I forgot to buy some bars before the trip so I did not have much to eat on the trip.
So after leaving Skinners on our way to Selkirk there was another sprint and this time I was watching for it but I reacted to late to catch up to them. I came on the outside lane due to the nature of the pack. There was about 30-40 people ridding today. So I lost out again.
On the way to the bridge there was another sprint I was closer to the front this time but came on the outside again and I could not jump fast enough to make the transition but once at the top of the bridge I did come down fast. Too late.
Then on the way to 44 hwy there was another sprint this time I stuck behind my future brother in-law and pulled out front. Yea I finally won one. Then there was another sprint I was about 5th on that one. At 44 we split again and some of us went to Birds hill park via 44 and 206. Guess what another sprint up hill to the park and I did okay I think.
My b-in-law is very good at these sprints and wins most of them. I am so impressed.
We rode about 103 k's in about 3 hours. I had a very good ride.
After the ride I went to Josephine's soccer practice and hung out there for a few hours. Then went home and did nothing.
Sunday I had a individual time trial. It was cold and windy all morning. I started in 7th in Cat 5. I thought I was doing good till this old guy passed me. That deflated my sails a bit, but hey I am getting back into the sport right! I did pass two guys so I knew I was not last. After the race I went home and BBQ some good burgers my wife made and had some friends over for lunch. They stayed all afternoon had a wonderful time with them. They are one of the nicest family I know. That night we had BB study with our group from church, we sang and shared our praises and prayer requests.

A little about me

Well yesterday I started my blog page and I have added a few links to it. I will tell you a little about myself, if anyone cares! I have two girls, a great wife and a darn dog. We live out in the country and we have a few acres of land, which takes me about two hours to cut the grass with a ridding mower.
I enjoy playing, watching hockey except this year there is no NHL so to me there is no hockey. I love to play golf, and I am trying to get back into bicycle racing. Road ridding is my fav. I am trying to get back to my marriage weight of 165lbs and I am down to 180, from 190ish. On the right track for weight loss, yea.
I am a Christian and I believe in the bible as it stands. I attend a MB church and I am a children worship coordinator there. So that means every two weeks I get up in-front of a bunch of grade 1 to 6 kids singing songs and then lead them in worship.
I could go on and on but I won't. My wife is a teacher and this year we took a 12, 16 year old students down to the Florida keys to a sea camp. I have to admit I learned a lot bot of sea life and about teens, they were a great bunch of kids and I would take anyone of them to be my child.
For my oldest daughter I am her soccer coach and I know very little about it so I feel sorry for the kids. It's hard to be competitive when it is not suppose to be competitive.
We have our first practice on Monday and I also will have a parent's meeting then as well. I am looking forward to this year. This is my second year of coaching the same girls so we should have some fun and I am going to expect more from them.
Finally what do I do for a living, I am a purchaser for the largest Furniture Company in Canada and I love to spend other people's money. I buy everything from screws to glass and I get to talk to people all around North America.

April 20 first entry

This is my first post and Tony from Ilco wanted to see it.
Ciao