Chuckle

Interesting things you find out when you have sons:

1. a king size waterbed holds enough water ot fill a 2000 sq ft house 4 inches deep
2. if you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite
3 a 3 year old boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant
4. if you hook a dog leash ovver a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 lb boy wearing batman underwear and a superman cape. it is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20 x 20 foot room.
5. you should not throw baseballs up when a ceiling fan is on. when using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way
6. the glass in windows (even a double pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan
7. when you hear a toilet flush and the words 'uh oh' it is already too late
8. brake fluid mixed with chlorox makes smoke and lots of it
9. a 6 year old boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36 year old man says they can only do it in movies
10. certain legos will pass through the digestive tract of a 4 year old boy
11. play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence
12. super glue is forever
13. no matter how much jello you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water
14. pool filters do not like jello
15. vcrs do not eject pb and j sandwiches even though the commercials show they do
16 garbage bags do not make good parachutes
17. marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving
18. you probably do not want to know what that odor is
19. always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys do not like ovens
20. the spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy
21. it will, however, make cats dizzy
22. cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy

Road Trip

I was planning on going back to my home town for a high school anniversary. Not a reunion exactly but an anniversary of the school being built. Sounded like a great idea. Through Facebook I have been able to get in touch with a lot of old school mates. Since I have not been back to my hometown since 1981 it seemed like it was perfect to go back for a while and see this beautiful part of the country, which is the Eastern Townships area of Quebec. I grew up about a two hour drive East of Montreal. This area is beautiful any time of year but especially when the leaves are turning colour in the fall. The anniversary was planned for the July long weekend of this year. Arrangements were made, things fell into place (no weddings booked for the long weekend and a great seat sale with Westjet) then it all fell apart. The anniversary was cancelled! But I have my plane tickets.
So I am still going down from July 2nd to July 7th and will be able to get together with a few of my friends from that time in my life along with doing some touring around my old stomping grounds. Now since I have the weekend off I would love to photograph a wedding and perhaps a few family portraits while I am there. So if any of you who happen to check in on this ramble from time to time and live in that area and would like to have professional photographs taken on that weekend, let me know and we will work something out.