Winn$tock 2009: The Reaganomics

I've said it before, and I will say it again and again: Live music is where it's at. I've come to the conclusion that if I ever am able to be diligent enough with my spare time and I find a patient teach, I would love to learn how to play the guitar. There I have said it, and now someone will make me live up to it. I hope!

Last week I joined up with some colleagues of mine to witness for the first time, Winnstock, which is an annual battle of bands made up of people from the financial industry. The aim is always fundraising for various Winnipeg foundations so I was happy to have been there. And I am glad I was. It was a great evening, to my humble surprise. No joke my friends, these guys can play.

I came out to see one band in particular, which was made up of a couple of guys who I know, Tom and Paul. Together, with a couple of other dudes, they called themselves The Reaganomics. Not just a clever name, these guys aimed to deliver a massive dose of "supply side rhythyms" and they did it with an attitude. I give these guys total credit for putting forth a fury of awesome music that I never knew they had in them. Is it April? Because it was definitely Rocktober that night!

Check out some pics!

Crickett

I recently came home one day with a pounding headache. Our dogs, Winston (a pug) and Crickett (Crickett is a not actually our dog, she is a cocker-spaniel foster dog from the Winnipeg Humane Society that we are taking care of for a couple months.) greeted me at the door, tails wagging like crazy. Even though Wisnton is 1 he still acts like a puppy sometimes. Needless to say, that when he grabbed a toy a wanted to play, I walked past him on the way to lie down. Squeak, squeak, squeak went the toy. (We do own a lot of noisy dogs toys. Not the best when you have a headache or are hard at work.) I have a hard time trying to get some rest. Doesn't "GO AWAY" mean anything to a dog??

Crickett is more humble and somewhat calm and can be a great dog to just lay with you on your bed without making much of a sound. Because of this, I called her into the room and onto the bed. I took Winston's toy and threw it down the hall and closed the door as he chased after it. Finally silence.

Soon after though I had to get up to grab more painkillers. On my return to the bedroom, there was Crickett, curled up in the warm spot on the bed I had created earlier. I layed down beside her and tugged at the blanket underneath her to get enough to cover myself. Crickett already half asleep at this point, didn't even move after being disrupted. Don't you just wish sometimes you could have the life of a dog?

As mentioned Crickett is a foster dog from the Winnipeg Humane Society. Typically the WHS will foster out cats, dogs, kittens, and puppies when they aren't fit for adoption yet. Sometimes these are animals that have been injured or have an illness. Crickett will be going back next month so that they can find her a great home. I am sure that it won't take long. Any readers who want more information or know someone who may want more information about her can send me an E-MAIL and I will answer whatever I can about this great dog!









This is Winston and one of his many "noisy toys". (I got him for Janel for Christmas of 2007.)

Flood!

I know that I have been a bad blogger lately, and I haven't been making many posts! It has been a busy month or two and I have been trying to keep up to date with work, as well as reading a lot of books! It seems as though this winter is dragging on, and I can't wait for spring and summer. Actually, there was a moment a couple weeks ago where I could actually smell spring, but then WHOMPF! Snow, snow and more snow!

The day before it snowed, the creek that runs underneath our street overflowed and started flowing across like a small river. It actually ran over the banks and into neighbouring yards as well! Yikes! Thankfully though I found out later that the houses nearby only got a few drops of water in their basements. That makes me feel better about posting some pics for yuo to see. Check them out!