Here I go again on my own

It was a fun Easter weekend. Very nice to get 4 days off. Although days off are less "off" now than they used to be, but that's just become normal. On Friday we attended the Duchess Good Friday service. It was really nice to see many people I hadn't seen in a long time. I also found out more people read my blog than I thought. I know you're out there!
Saturday my family went out to Dinosaur Park. I hadn't been there in several years. It's much the same, but it was cool being there with Evie. She came hiking with us in her snugglie and seemed to enjoy it. I'm glad she likes walking. We got some sweet video of Evie and Kate together that I will have to post. She also got to try out Kate's jolly jumper and seemed to enjoy it.
Sunday we went to church again. Whaaat?! That's right, we do Easter proper. ;) Then there were two family dinner's to attend. Through all this Evie was pretty good. She is really showing her shyness. When people start milling around after a service and she feels her space invaded she gets quite upset. She seems a little more comfortable around Kristin's family than mine. I'm not quite sure what it is. Mostly I think she just needs to get familiar with my family.
Sunday night I got a chance to play some hockey. I was pretty slow but that was expected as it was the first time out this season. It was just pickup hockey with little equipment so that helped. I was also using borrowed skates so I can blame them too. ;) I missed hockey this year. Hopefully next year I can play.
On Monday we finally got a chance to rest. I took Evie to visit Grandma Wipf in the afternoon. Evie was quite good for her and even consented to be held a little.
Kris decided she wanted to stay in Duchess for the week so I headed home alone. I listened to a very frustrating Flames game on the way. They blew a big chance to take first place. However, as I wrote this entry they came from behind to beat Vancouver! Yay! So they have first in the NW for the time being. I love this time of year. All the games are important and exciting. I've been quite impressed by the push the Oilers are making. I actually hope they do make the playoffs, only for the chance of possibly having a Flames-Oilers playoff series. It has been a long time since one of those happened. The Flames-Oilers game on Saturday should be a gooder. A must-watch, I am thinking.
Of course those who follow my license plate ticker will notice the most exciting thing of all. I am one plate away from 100! Oh boy!
Well, I should take advantage of my bachelorhood to sleep.

Into The Wild

I've only watched half but it looks like a really good movie.
Fortunately this week is a short week. We get Easter Monday off too. Four days off will be very nice. We'll be in the Duchess area so there should be lots of family time. We can even see Corey and Wendy for the first time since before Christmas. Yay!
I've been car-pooling to work the past two weeks which has been good. Plus Kris can use the car during the day.
Evie has really been enjoying her exersaucer. She plays in it quite often. We've been trying to read to her, but she is more interested in eating the book than reading. She can almost sit up on her own too.
I'm tired. Next post will be more entertaining. Maybe.

Coach Z, how come you don't blog no more?

I really should be blogging more. I always think of great things to say, and then don't have time to write them down until I forget them. Lets see...
Oh yeah. Last week Evie and I went out in the evening to run some errands and do some grocery shopping. We went to the bank and she was fine. We went to the library and she barely complained. We went through all of superstore and she seemed quite content. I was thinking, "This is pretty easy." Then when we got to the checkout Evie decided to throw a fit. She wouldn't calm down until I took her out of her car seat and held her. I could feel the eyes of all the people in line on me as I held here with one arm and did self-checkout with the other. Once Evie was satisfied I had learned my lesson, she consented to go back into her seat. Her eyes said, "Just remember, I'm in charge."
I had to work on Sunday. Booo. But I got off a little early and we went to Kris' Dad's for supper. It was a great time as usual, with excellent food and excellent baby-minding services :)
So Kris and I have been chatting again about the possibility of working overseas for 6 months. I wonder what kind of opportunities are available? I'm thinking Engineers Without Borders or the UN or some kind of Aid agency. Or maybe just Ireland. They have lots of high-tech there. Possibilities...

Okay Okay

Well last week my plan was to have several updates, what with Kris being in Duchess and me having some free time. But Future Shop took back the laptop so I didn't spend much time on the internet. Again. You'd think I didn't like computers.
I was going to do some commentary on the Alberta Election. It was a little surprising that the PCs gained seats. I tend to fall left of centre on the spectrum, but I can't stand Kevin Taft, so I was somewhat glad they did poorly. Probably out of all the leaders Stelmach is the best choice. Anyway, I don't want to turn this into a political blog. Not that I have the greatest insight anyway.
It was strange how Evie appeared to have changed after only a week. Her hair is starting to turn quite blond. I'm afraid I have slipped down to her third favorite, after Kris' mom. How does she do that?
Here's Evie singing for her supper.