Angela and Claudia have both finished their exam schedule. They are off for a few days until second semester starts up on Thursday. Everyday they had to “study”.
Ontario Scotties 2016
The Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held last weekend at the Brampton Curling Club. The tournament determines who would represent Ontario at the Scotties in Grande Prairie, Alberta next month. For the most part the teams competing are relatively unknowns to the casual curling observer. The big names were Team Homan and Team Middaugh. Gillian wanted to go and watch the weekend games, the other girls were in study mode for exams. I bought two weekend passes for the page playoff games and the semi and final on Sunday.
We missed the Page 1 vs 2 game on Saturday afternoon as Gillian had to work. We started with the Page 3 vs 4game Saturday night. It featured Team Hanna from Ottawa and Team Tippin from Woodstock. They set up temporary seating on one of the sheets for spectators to watch up close.
Jenn Hanna the Skip for Team Hanna.
Team Hanna Vice Brit O’Neill.
There was a good crowd.
The final score was 7-3 for Team Hanna, they were on to the semi-finals Sunday morning.
Gillian looking forward to Sunday’s final.
Curling Semi-Finals
It was back to the Brampton Curling Club on Sunday morning for the semi-final game between Team Hanna and Team Harrison from Mississauga. The ice maker.
We were thinking Claudia should make a couple of these hats.
Team Hanna lead Karen Sagle.
Jacqueline Harrison, the skip for Team Harrison.
It was a close game throughout with Team Harrison leading most of the way.
In the end it came down to the last shot in the 10th and Harrison missed on their attempt resulting in a steal of two and a 6-5 victory for Team Hanna.
Ontario Scotties Finals
Gillian and I had a couple of hours between games, originally we were going to go somewhere for lunch, but after sitting out on the ice for most of the morning game, we thought why go outside in the cold again. So we ate at the club, they had food available and it was reasonably priced.
Gillian and I had seats in the front row towards the far end. We had a blanket to sit on and were able to reserve our seats for the finals. If you were watching the games on Sportsnet you may have seen us. Gillian is a big Rachel Homan fan so we were out early to watch them practice.
Sarah Weagle the Lead for Team Homan.
You could tell early on that Team Homan were not on their game.
The game went back and forth until the 5th end.
A measurement in the 6th end to count one for Team Hanna.
Jenn Hanna out curled Rachel Homan. Stealing 2 in the 7th and 3 in the 8th to all but seal the victory.
Team Homan had almost no chance heading into the 10th, needing to steal 3 to force an extra end. She managed to steal one, but victory and the trip to the Scotties went to Team Hanna.
The final score was 10-8.
Team Hanna celebrating the win.
Getting Her Sister Around
Angela has gone from chauffeuring Claudia around in the wagon to picking her up from school and chauffeuring her home in the car. Congratulations to Angela on passing her G2 road test today. After we got home from the DriveTest Centre in Oakville, I called to put her on the insurance and then she was off to pick up Claudia from school. Here they are in May of 2001.
Congratulations Angela!
Angela received her first conditional offer from Wilfrid Laurier University. She was accepted into the Bachelor of Kinesiology (BKin) program.
Carts Learning Curve
The Region of Peel has gone to a cart based collection system for garbage, organics and recyclables. Today was the first day for us, according to the calendar we start with garbage and organics. When I got home from work, Chloe and I went for a walk. It seems it will take some time for people to figure this out. After only one use, some of the carts weren’t holding up too well. Spot the wheel that has fallen off of this cart.
Another cart with a broken wheel (on the street).
A lot of people put out the wrong carts or all of their carts.
Some people forgot that they were suppose to start using the carts.
This person went to the trouble of shovelling out a nice flat spot for their carts, put them at the right distance apart, only to have someone park in front of them.
This person put the cart the way, the handle is suppose to face the house, as well there are arrows on the lid indicating that they point to the street.
Another garbage cart with a broken wheel.
We’ll see what next week brings when it is suppose to be recyclables and organics.
Back to the grind…
After a good holiday, it’s back to work and school for us. Other than Hamilton and Scarborough we didn’t venture very far from home. We watched movies and played Rumoli. Here are a couple of photos of the girls before we drove Gillian back to school.
Some of the movies we watched over the break:
- Holiday Inn
- Star Wars IV: A New Hope
- Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars VI: Revenge of the Jedi
- Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars II: The Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
- Singin’ in the Rain
- GI Blues
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
- Jailhouse Rock
- The Avengers: Age of Ultron
Our Christmas Tree
Here is a picture of our Christmas Tree this year. We bought it from Agram Garden Centre where we have been buying our tree for quite a few years. It was grown in Sherbrooke, Quebec. It was a full tree compared to past years.
Lightroom 6.0
One of my Christmas presents was Adobe Lightroom 6.0, I was using Apple’s Aperture until it was discontinued in April 2015, but was no longer being developed since October 2014. Both are image organizer and photo processors. Last year I posted a photo on January 4th of our family.
Today I edited the photo using the Lightroom develop module and ended up with this version.
