Actionhamster's World

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Have some chips!

Thanks to Kathy we now have an extra 1,600 chips for Poker Tournaments! Awesome! Thank God for Mike's Hard Lemonade!!!

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

1. First, some really good news ... there are only 6 days left until I'm finished my last course in my M.Ed. YEAH!!! I can't wait to graduate!
2. I have a talk to go to in the afternoon at Queen's. (1:30-2:30pm)
3. Today is first day of class in a Chemistry Course I am teaching. (3:00-5:00pm) Fun!
4. Go home to let Jack out for a pee. (5:20-5:40pm)
5. Pick up Erin at the Gym (5:45-5:50pm)
6. I have a dinner at the LoneStar with Cory, Siobhan, Jen, Alex, Tiff and Wayne. (6:00-7:15pm)
7. I have a talk tonight to go to at Queen's (7:30-9:00pm)
8. Before bed I have to prepare some things in order to teach another class tomorrow. (9:30-10:30?)

Holy smokes! That's a busy day! Pray for me HAHA!

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Here's Bolt Castle all lit up. Beautiful isn't it!

Here's Erin very pensive out side our apartment in the glow of Bolt Castle moment before I popped the question.

Did we have fun with the open bar? You decide!

Have we had too much to drink? You decide!

Here's the New Year's Eve band at the Bonnie Castle! They were really fun!

Here's Erin's friend Kathy and her BF Harry. How cute!

Erin ate a lot at the Dockside! Look at that belly!!!!

Erin by Bolt Castle New Years Eve Day.

Eric putting in a little "class" time at the library. The rare free Internet spot in Alexandria Bay!

Erin and the local Library... how fun!

Here's our favorite bar in Alexandria Bay: Skiffs. Home of the famous Ear Muff Lady, popular hangout of Potsdam T-Shirts and equipped with an excellent Juke Box. No pets please.

Here's the Brass Tacks restaurant in Alexandria Bay. Home of the best deep fried muchroom caps in the tri-state area and home to the worst butterfly shirmp in the continental US! YIKES!

Stirling and Jack sometimes get locked in Jack Kennel! (too funny!)

Some cute snowflakes on my car.

WOW! Check this out! The Spot: Cocktail Lounge, Bar and Air Conditioned Restaurant is for sale in Alexandria Bay....complete with awesome retro 70s orange and green exterior!!! Anyone want to go in on this with me?

If you thought Christmas was awesome... READ ON!

Erin and I got engaged at about 2:30 AM on Sunday Jan 1st, 2006. YEAH!!!!!!!! In the glow of lights of Bolt Castle, just outside our hotel room at the Bonnie Castle Resort in Alexandria Bay. She's very happy... so happy in fact that she started calling her friends at 2:30am in the morning to give them the good news. That's awesome! I'm very happy too! Erin's the best girl and I'm privileged that she said "yes!" There's no date just yet... we have to finish our school stuff before we do any wedding planning... but we're very excited. I've got a bunch of pictures from our New Year's adventures in Alexandria Bay to post and I'll get them up here for you very soon. Stay Tuned!

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Christmas was AWESOME!

Christmas this year was AWESOME!!!!!!!! We gathered on Wolfe Island for Christmas. Erin's brother Chris and his wife Jenny and their two kids (Emily and Charlotte) were there from Burlington as well. Christmas Eve dinner was yummalicious courtesy of Andy and Cathy's place. Yum! I especially enjoyed the 1,000 calorie bowl of soup and the beer-shooter Coronitas!!! (*grin*) Christmas day was at Erin's parents' place was loads of fun. After the Christmas present unwrapping we settled into watch a a movie in the afternoon. The evening brought a huge turkey dinner feast and Erin's brother John joined us as well. The fun event of the night was the kid-adult team game of Scategories! Does a restaurant named "Hamburger Hut" really exist? Can you order "Nuggets" as a pizza topping at a Pizzaria? Who really cares.... it was loads of fun. winners: Erin and Charlotte! Afterwards we all went to bed feeling great! Here's a few pictures from the weekend.