On second thought, I will keep posting news throughout the year, this will avoid me the pain of having to dig my memory for events that happened during the year. I can't even remember what happened last week for crying out loud... :)
And it's a way for me to have some kind of electronic vault where I keep some memories, just in case my grey cells play tricks on me when I turn older or senile. But then...will I still remember how to access this site.. or remember my password?.... Darn!!
So here you go, keep on tracking!!!
December 2008:
Hello Friends and family,
Well here I am again, I know, I know last year, I interrupted the annual tradition regarding my “annual letter” as auntie Dom would put it, let’s say that last year’s record snow fall kept me busy, blame it on the weather, here you go, too easy, as for the year before that, I don’t recall why I did not send wishes, it’s too far back in my memory, well I’m back that’s what counts. There has been so many things happening again these last 2 years so I accumulated stories for you all, won’t be too long I promise.
First off, everyone is still in good health and that’s what really counts these days, not as good in shape as we all want but having to deal with 2 teenagers still keeps us on the move. Yes you read it right 2 teenagers. No we did not adopt another one.. we bought it… him I should say. His name is Peenut, four legged son, healthy, mischievous and smart, like a Maltese should be. Yep, we could not resist having a dog in the house, in the beginning I did not consider him as a dog, to me it’s a “Cabot”, a real dog should be a fearless blood hungry hunter that can run by my side in the woods, but Peenut has short legs and I must admit his heart is big, not afraid of anything as large as it can be. He is supposed to be Caroline’s companion, but somehow he is more attached to me than anyone else in this household, it’s a man thing. So I get the privilege of getting my face, nose and ears licked at 6.00 am when he wakes up and wants to go out for a walk. When I am late coming home, he would sit in front of the door and wait for me, or if I am travelling he would wait for me on the stairs, like a perfect son should be.
At the Café, we hit our 5th anniversary this past November, no festivities yet, and Pinpin is still having fun…but not me. I hate having to deal with the general public, I’d rather deal with the equipment, they don’t bitch about their food or service and they simply break down, once it’s fixed everyone is happy. Pinpin still has millions of projects cooking in her head as you can guess, once in a while she will shoot one at me, just to keep my hair from fading back to its normal color, but that’s her bread and butter, if she’s too long into the same routine, she will get bored.
As for Caroline, she is still going through her hormonal crisis, god knows how long this will last, maaaan she knows everything and we sound like old farts of course, I wonder (again) who she got it from, must be from her mother. Let me reminisce, it cannot be from me since I am so laid back and cool. Some days I enjoy watching her and her mum get into arguments, some other days I take Peenut out for a loooong walk when it turns into a PMS or PMP dictated fight. Oh, I need to precise, no Boyfriend yet, just best (boy) friend, I still flash my weapons when they visit, so my threat seems to work.
So yesterday, she called home from Fairview shopping center, I picked up the phone and the conversation went like this:-
Caro: “ Let me speak to Mum” (that means she wants to convince her mother into some transactions)
Mum: “Yes” (Long silence)
Mum: “Oh yeah…? you want to have a piercing?”
Me: “Say what?!?”
Mum: “Pierce your ears..?Ahhhh ook,”
Me: “ Euuuhh.. how many? One, two or five? ”
Mum: “Two.... one on each ear or is it two per ear?”
Caro: “ One per ear”
Me : (Relief) and acknowledged
So her first piercing ever, few hours later, she came back home with two ear rings, 16 years of brain washing has paid off so far , not that I want to know or see what else has been pierced, but auntie witnessed the whole procedure, so my heart attack will be for next time.
As for myself, well.. never really stopped, I needed some more excitement in my life, I gave up windsurfing, sold everything and picked up Kitesurfing, almost killed myself once or twice. It came soooo close, but what’s life without some spice? Kitesurfing for those who don’t know is considered as an extreme sport, falls in the same category as paragliding or parachuting and such. It’s basically a large powerful traction kite that is used to pull the pilot across frozen lakes in winter or over the water in summer.
I am so proud to say that I do not know many who has ever drawn Firemen, Police, Ambulance, Hydro Quebec team in the same location except if it was for a major disaster. It was fun to see all those colored gyro lights flashing for me, it was xmas in July. I was not hurt only slightly bruised but I must say my pride took a beating that day.
The real threat this year came from the terrorist attack on theTaj, I wasn’t that close to Mumbai but not far. I never had that many people calling home asking about my well being….or checking when they can come by and collect their inheritance… Ok, I could not resist, this is a cheap one.. If Pinpin would have paid more attention, she would have figured out that I was In New Delhi that week and Delhi is 10 hours away from Mumbai but for those who know Pinpin she cannot differentiate left from right.
I can’t end this without saying a word for those who left us recently, there has been so many…. too many I should say and too many who were close to us, thinking back I can only say this one more time, live life simply or on the edge, enjoy every minute, every second, every nano second since we do not know what’s waiting for us around the corner…. man !!! I sound like a priest!! Oh well…
PS: about the inheritance, with this recession, I’m not even sure I will have enough to cover my incineration!!
I hope you enjoy this end of year news letter, if not “Delete”
Until next year… Merry xmas, Felitz navidad, happy Hannuka !
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Dec.2005
Hello Friends and families,
it's this time of the year ..again.. You know me, xmas cards is not my thing and as I mentioned last year, out here in the country side post offices are hard to find, plus email is today's lifestyle, it's cheap and you can reach billions in a click….that's my lame excuse…
Anyhow, I hope this email reaches all of you and that you are all in good health, that's what really counts to me since the other problems, in this day and age, are futile in my opinion…
As you probably all know we have moved again and for better this time, we have more room to store more junk, more grass to cut, more leaves to push onto my neighbor's yard and more of that white shit that keeps falling on us every winter.. But we still enjoy it.
There's also that other white shit that starting to be a bit too predominant on my scalp, but I take it as wisdom growing onto me, and I am still very very active and still exploring whatever life throws at me.
As for Pinpin, well she's still growing in her bubble, busy with the restaurant, enjoying the company of all her patrons and every new customer she can set her charms on. Her adventure in the business world is comparative to Columbus discovering America , she’s constantly analyzing new ideas, you know her.. She's on a cruise right now and nothing will stop her.
As for Caroline, well this email will be too long if I start detailing her life, she's on her first year in high school and I am sure you all remember how exciting high school was, plus suddenly there is more and more boy's first name in he vocabulary. She's not our baby anymore, she's our adolescent and hormonal crisis is a weekly event.
This is a sample of Saturday morning's request, we were still lying horizontal when the phone rang ...way too early for a Saturday morning. Caro jumped on the phone, like she knew the call was for her, bashed into our room and goes:-
Caro- "Mum, Dad, I have to do that group project and we have to submit it on Monday morning (duh!), Ashley, Jessica and Philip is coming over..in 1/2 hour."
Pin- "Who??"
Caro- "Ashley..Je…"
Me- "No, the guy's name?"
Caro- "Philip"
Pin- "where does he live?"
Caro- "Hudson"
Pin- "Is he your boy friend or your ‘boy’ best friend?"
Caro- " My best friend"
Me- "Does he know I'm a hunter?"
Caro- "Yes, he knows"
Me- "Good.. he can come over"
Jokes aside, she's still doing very good at school, very responsible and has a lot of her mother's character (stubborn, risk taker, talks too much) and mine (sharp, but too laid back at times!!!) seriously, we cannot complain, she's doing well.
So we wish you all the best and may life treat you well.
2 phrases I like to refer to and voice out whenever I get a chance, you will surely recognize them
"Just do it"
"Never stop exploring"
Life is too short to look back and mourn on things we have never dared to try.
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