Trick-or-Treat!

Happy Halloween Everyone! All week leading up to tonight we were expecting rain… Turned out it held off, the temperature was around 10°C and not too windy. So the kids went out and had a great time trick-or-treating. Sara dressed as a vamp, Chris was a Ninja and Aaron went as a pumpkin.

The handshake and flu season

Great article today at CTV.ca regarding the idea of forgoing the traditional greeting of a handshake as a preventative measure during cold and flu season. You can read the article hereCTV.ca ArticleShould we skip handshakes, to avoid colds and flu?. They mention two important points:

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Sara, Christopher and I are all raising money for the 4th Georgetown Cub Pack (http://www.4thgeorgetown.ca). The funds raised go directly towards the kids outings, camps and help out with all their badges crests and crafts that they do on a weekly basis.

Apple Day

apple day
Woke earlier than normal for a Saturday, Sara, Chris and I headed out for Apple Day! We took two roots went out had some fun and raised some money for the 4th Georgetown Scout Group.

I really wasn’t sure what to expect, being that the last Apple Day I was a part of all we did was stand infront of a store, hand out apples and accost the local patrons for donations to support our group. The idea of going door to door was a bit different. I was very surprised by the response. It was very positive!…

New cell phone

LG 325

So after going for the last month without my cell phone, I finally made the trip out to pick up a new cell.

When it comes to technology and toys I love (as most do) the toys and features. However I also tend towards being a purist in that I like simplicity. So I started going through the search. I checked out the three major providers with local shops in town (Bell Mobility (current provider), Telus and Rogers).

Purdy good day

So not a bad day at all today! Got a bit of a panic awakening, Bert told me the servers were down… TG they weren’t it was just time to reboot the router(s) here in the house. Should be getting myself a new replacement cell this week, maybe take a trip tomorrow, we’ll see. Peter [...]

Scouters’ club

So picked up Paul tonight at about 7:45 and off we went to Scouters’ club. What a disappointment, only 4 of us showed up.. including the two of us! I think part of the reason was due to short notice on the date / time / location this month. Got some great info though! Looks [...]

Scouting Background

I started in the Scouting movement at age 5 with the 7th Oshawa Beavers at Athabasca Street Public School. After 3 years of ‘sharing, sharing, sharing’ I transferred to he 37th Oshawa Cubs down the street from our house at Grandview Public School. After finishing Cubs one of my best friends (Jim) at the time [...]