Benchwarmers

Goaltending!

Michael — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:58:18 +0000

Friday last week was the last scheduled goaltending ice time until next winter. Heather played the first of two hours then took a few videos of my play during the second half and I couldn’t help but upload my favourite one. I have added some minor video editing to it to snazz it up a bit. My cousin @Parchpedia (Simon) is the player in the black and orange jersey setting up the play.

Enjoy!

iPad invasion!

Michael — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:29:58 +0000

Last week the number of Apple devices in our household grew by 2!

I’d been tempted for some time now to go and get the new iPad. It was honestly just a matter of time. I had saved up some cash from doing various tech and family computer work over the summer last year to which contributed to the cost, so it wasn’t that big of a blow to the bank account.

The other device, the latest generation AppleTV. Supporting a full 1080p HD resolution it looks pretty good on the tv! Looking forward to eventually renting movies from iTunes. It doesn’t seem like you can go wrong with an HD rental at $5.99 for most new releases. Example: The latest Tintin film on Rogers On-Demand is $7.99; the apple rental is $5.99. One of these things is not like the other.

Typing on the iPad is pretty cool. I’m not terrible at it. It’s just odd not being able to rest your fingers on the keys (multi-touch screen for ya!)

That’s all I’ve got for now… Back to programming!

(updated: go figure I had a typo on the typing section of the post.)

–Michael

Getting ready for SSB&SO III

Michael — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:04:16 +0000

Hehe, sounds pretty cool when you are starting to use roman numerals for labelling the name of a family event. Although, I don’t think It’s going to stick.

Last year we had our first SSB&SO on ice. It was a pretty fun day of festivities and food. This year we will hold the SSB&SO tournament at the same rink as last year and when we’re done we’ll be heading over to my mom’s for a lasagna feast! Mmmmm… lasagna.

Can’t wait for this year’s tournament. I hope to have some photos of the event posted both here and at the event micro-site: http://hockey.sullycentral.net

-Michael

We’re In!

Michael — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:53:49 +0000

Some people know that we have moved, others may not. So it’s official we have moved in!

After a month of painting and other general repairs in the house we’d thought we’d put enough work in to the house that it was ready for us to move in to. So without waiting any further we moved in last week.

The unpacking is slowly happening, better get back to it!

–Michael

White House

Michael — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:39:38 +0000

While the outside isn’t being painted or changed at all, the extended families of Heather and I have been very generous in helping paint ALL of our house.

While we haven’t put any colour on the walls yet, the primer stage is nearing completion. We’ve still got another coat in one room and a few more door frames and doors to prime.

But what a difference in the house now that everything is white!

Heather is working on the moulding in one of the rooms right now. Proof in the attached photo. Of course I’m pretty well out of the picture for any detail painting with my hand. But I can still write blog posts on my phone!

Until next time enjoy this shot of our “White House”.

–Michael

Let the countdown begin.

Michael — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:50:19 +0000

Aha! Did I fool you? Did you think I was talking about the countdown until we move? Sorry, I was actually referring to the countdown until I can take my cast off.

Wait a second? Cast you say??

Yup, you read correctly, I am currently wearing a half cast / splint type thing to hold my thumb in place. In hope of it healing within 3 weeks I’ll be back to normal movement and ready to move into our new home.

This is the first break (in this case actually a fracture) that I’ve ever had. While it could have been a lot worse, the way it happened really sucks! All I’m going to say is hockey… People need to realize we are there for fun and we all have to go to work the next day, so why chop a guys hands off?

Anyways, I’m about to go and see what I can do to help in the “night shift” at the house. Priming is almost all done which is nice, we should be painting the walls with colour on the weekend.

–Michael

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That’s a lotta paint!

Michael — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:18:41 +0000

Yesterday was Canadian Tire’s friends and family event. My brother, now working at Canadian Tire, invited Heather and I to pick up a few things for the house. I’ll let you guess what we bought.

11 Days and Counting

Michael — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:39:13 +0000

This post will be short and sweet:

Including today there are 11 days and counting until we get the keys to our home! This is very exciting!

I am making contact with different people, like insurance, hydro, enbridge, our lawyer to make sure everything is on the up and up. Also to find out what to expect come the 14th. I’ve also requested some time off work to do some work on the house.

Can’t wait!

–Michael

Up In The Air

Michael — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:35:19 +0000

Tomorrow night (doors open at 5:30, event starts at 6pm) Lifecentre will be hosting a few hundred children for its annual Fall Festival! This year’s theme is “Up In The Air”. If you have children and are looking for something to do tomorrow evening as an alternative to trick or treating, why not head out to Lifecentre for an evening of fun! The church was entirely transformed after the second service crowds cleared out to be airplane themed.

Come dressed as a pilot, flight attendant, bird, plane, Superman or anything that you may find up in the air.

Festivities include: games, airbounces, wrestling and so much more!

FREE candy bag for every child at the end of our evening experience!! Consider bringing a non-perishable food item for Joseph’s Storehouse.

Lifecentre can be found at: 2214 Innes Rd, Ottawa, ON, K1B 4C4, http://www.lifecentre.org

He Shoots, He Scores

Michael — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:41:38 +0000

I thought it would only be appropriate to have a blog post about hockey, on my hockey themed and named blog! So here goes!

This weekend was a busy weekend for the Sullivan’s when it came to taking to the ice! Leading up the the weekend I played on Thursday. Then both Heather and I played on Friday for 2 hours. Saturday was a hockey/ringette rest day. Then Sunday we went back in to full boar. Heather played both a hockey and ringette game. While I played a hockey game.

While I can’t elaborate on Heather’s games, I can tell you that my game tonight went pretty well. It was the first W of the season for the MJF Gladiators. We only had 8 skaters which for an 11pm game wasn’t that bad. We started off with a goal on our first shot of the game (my assist). Then the following face-off, the opposing team, The Angry Turnips, broke in to our zone and scored on their first shot. Then the next face-0ff we took it right back to them and I scored off a rebound from my own tip. Not bad for a first shift! The game finished 6 – 3 for our team.

Well I guess it’s time to go put that gear away so it can dry! Good night.