For Thanksgiving we headed to the cottage. Being the Thanksgiving weekend, it meant putting the toys away for the winter. Last spring the boat got stuck in the mud. So, Dad decided to build a driveway on the back part of the lot. It was so much fun. He rented a bobcat and there were these huge piles of dirt for us to move. All the guys in the cottages in the area stopped by to play in the dirt. Here's the finished product.
A couple of weeks ago I broke a stick in my hockey game. It was very exciting, I've never broken a stick before. The ref was yelling at me and I didn't know what to do. Apparently, I needed to drop the stick. So, I dropped the stick and skated back over to my bench. I don't understand how they were not ready with another stick for me, or for my sub to switch with me. I was fighting for the puck, you wouldn't have thought they would have seen what was happening. We won 4-2 and we are currently in 5th place out of 8. The team is definitely starting to gel and it is great to have a coach (so rare in rec hockey). This weekend's game is at 11:15pm, which I am not looking forward to. I'll be at the office all weekend working on a project, so an 11:15 game is the last thing I wanted.
Halloween has come and gone for another year and once again there was Tim's annual Halloween bash. I must say this year's was an exceptionally fun time. I didn't make it to my skating class the next morning because I was pretty sure that if I tried to skate I would throw up, but it was fun none the less. Unfortunately, my camera became broken at the party. Something about letting drunk people touch electronic gadgets, maybe a bad idea. I did get the pictures off of the camera before it was sent away to get fixed. I won't post the incriminating photos of Tim licking the alcohol off of the counter (and dare I say, the floor). Once again Simon and Tammy had the best costumes.
Christi and I had the idea of being Tim's conscience for the evening. We had the costumes right, but I just couldn't stick with the plan. Apparently, I am not the person to try and help people to do the right thing. It was fun being blonde, though. Maybe when I get tired of the red, I'll go to blonde full time.
We ended up watching Nightmare on Elm Street later on in the evening and as always it freaked me right out. I still remember the first time I watched Nightmare. It was Leasa Collinson's house after our first night of drinking. I believe Teresa threw up that night and if I remember correctly, I was yelled at for spilling the alcool (oh the wonders of alcool). The group of us (I think there were 7 of us out that night - I think Kaite was even around then) were walking around Goderich in January and once we got back to Leasa's we started watching the video that Lonnie Rumig (wow, blast from the past) had lent us. I didn't sleep at all that night, I was so freaked out. I thought Freddie was going to kill me in my sleep. Why, oh why, am I am so intrigued by horror movies, I should know better.
Anyway, Halloween was a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy the pics and I hope everyone had an excellent Halloween. I wore my costume to work for Halloween. Almost everyone was in black, except for me. Everyone was wondering why I thought I could pull off an angel costume :)
This past weekend Christi and Mike had a basement warming party. Mike has put in a beer tap in the bar, how cool is that (with a Detroit Red Wings tap no less). A poker game broke out and I have to realize that Texas Hold 'Em is just not my game. I need to stick with 7card stud. Even though I kept losing, I had a lot of fun. Can't wait to go back to Vegas. Hopefully, the next time I go to Vegas someone will actually go out to the bars with me (I want to dance on the bar at Coyote Ugly). Unfortunately, there are no pictures of this party since the camera is being fixed. I'm hopeful that it will be back by Christmas.
Well, that is about it for me. I hope everyone is enjoying the fall weather. I still take the motorcycle out once in awhile, but it is about that time where it has to be put away. I should do that soon before it gets too cold.
