December 10

Hello Everyone,

On friday night, my boy Wes had the team *yawn* Christmas party! This was a long awaited event, and it was nice to finally see the day arrive. My favourite part of playing volleyball is the part where you get to leave the gym and go for beers, so Friday was even better since we got to have some drinks without even playing volleyball first!

The party was a huge success, I think Uhblick or Purdy took some pictures of it, but I havent gotten my hands on them yet...so you will just have to take my word for it! The party had a bit of everything, there was door prizes, hot dogs, singing, humming, games, Will Ferrell dvd's....and thats about all I can remember. Thanks to Wes for hosting, I hope he doesnt get written up by the building manager for that party!

On saturday, my parents and I headed up to the lake to check out the cottage. We havent been up there since Thanksgiving so we wanted to make sure it was still there and that a family of beavers hadn't moved in or anything. There was good news all around, the cottage was still there, and everything seemed to be in fine order. We cranked up the ol' woodstove and electric heater and soon had the temperature up to a balmy 22 degrees.

I checked out the ice on the lake as I am planning on having the World Pond Hockey Championships up there in January. The good news is it was frozen solid...but it wasnt exactly smooth. So, hopefully we get a good rain this week and maybe it will re-freeze better.

Today I went to Cozy's for breakfast, and as usual, it was incredible. I treated my parents to a wholesome breakfast and they agreed, it is the best breakfast in Ottawa.

Here are some pictures from the cottage, click on the one below and you will be whisked away to Picassa.

Lac Champagne In Winter

Recruit Love Xmas

Well, another Xmas season is upon us, and the unofficial kick-off for the season is the annual Recruit party at The Urban Well located in Sandy Hill, Ottawa.

This year, since T-bone has moved out into the suburbs, I decided to host the pre-party. The annual T-Boniums were legendary and I was nervous about the pressure that would be placed upon me to recreate the same level of adequateness.

The secret to throwing a good recruit party, is to invite as many non-recruits as possible. This year was no exception as Erin G. invited her friends Jill and Sara M. to come up to enjoy possibly the finest party in the Nation's Capital.

The pre-party officially kicked off at 5pm. Purdy and Wes came over somewhat earlier, and Uhrback and Heidi were the first non-mechanicsville guests to arrive! They brought some cheese sticks for us to eat later in the evening...a stellar choice!

I think the official numbers for the party peaked at 21 people, so things were pretty tight in my tiny apartment but everyone seemed to get along pretty well and no fist fights broke out. The only fight was between Uhrbach and some dishes in my sink...but I think he came out on top of that one.

We had a great time, but at 9pm the taxis were called to whisk us away to the Urban Well. That was also fun, except the DJ was rags. I dont really know much about DJing, but the ladies I roll with seemed to think he was no good, so I will stand by that opinion.

Well, that is enough typing for me...I will include the link to the pictures...so you can re-live the fun!

Recruit Love Xmas