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What's New...Been Busy!!!!

6/20/02: Things have been so busy that I just haven't had time for an update anytime recently. This one will have to be short!

The Toronto Maple Leafs are finished for this season. They did well with plenty of injuries (including the coach). The Stanley Cup was won by the Detroit Red Wings this year. Better luck next year guys!

The Great Big Sea concert in Austin was amazing. It was so good to see so many Newfoundland and Canadian flags and t-shirts. I didn't realize that there would be such a great showing of support. And of course, the band was great, as usual. We were front stage center and we danced through the show. I even was handed a towel by the drummer after someone doused me with some water! How sweet! He is not one of the regular guys but with them for the tour!

Well, I must go! Take care everyone and I will be back soon!

What's New...More playoff results and Great Big Sea!!!!

5/2/02: Unfortunately, the season is over for the St. John's Maple Leafs for the year. Last night saw the Baby Leafs lose their 4th straight game against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. This may have been co-captain Nathan Dempsey's last game in St. John's as he becomes an unrestricted free agent over the summer. Nate has been my favourite player since when I lived back home and I wish him all the best in the future. Doesn't eight years make him an honourary Newfie?

Hockey is also over here in Austin as the Austin Ice Bats lost their final series on Sunday, April 28th. Next year guys, you can do it!

Fortunately, the Toronto Maple Leafs struggled through their last series without captain Mats Sundin. They start tonight in the next round against the Ottawa Senators. This battle of Ontario should make for an interesting series. The fans will be cheering for either team in either arena so the home ice advantage may not make as much difference as it seemed to in the Islander series.
GO Leafs GO!!

A few weeks back, I mentioned that Great Big Sea was coming to Austin. Well...the time is almost here. Tomorrow night, they will be here in Austin. I am so excited. I cannot wait to hear them! If anyone is in or around the Dallas area, they are playing there there tonight so check them out!

Well, I am off! Take care everyone and I will be back soon!

What's New...Playoff hockey and more!!!!

4/23/02: The St. John's Maple Leafs will take on the Lowell Lock Monsters tonight in the final game of the best of five series. The Lock Monsters won the first two, the Baby Leafs won the next two and tonight will decide it. Good luck guys!

The Toronto Maple Leafs will play the New York Islanders tonight in New York. Toronto is ahead 2 games to 0 in the best of 7 series. Keep up the good work guys! Hopefully, I may get to see this one as it may be on ESPN2.

And in Austin, the Austin Ice Bats are tied 1 game to 1 in the best of seven series against the Memphis Riverkings. This is the final series for the President's Cup. This is the first time in franchise history that the team has made it to the final round.

Since we are talking hockey, I have a cute picture of our nephew Joshua with the mascot of the St. John's Maple Leafs, Buddy the Puffin. Check it out on my pictures page as well as another.

Finally, John is celebrating the fifth anniversary of his page, the Blue Room. It was approximately this time, five years ago, when he started his page and boy, has it grown.

Well, this was a longer update than normal. Take care everyone and email with any questions or comments!

What's New...Sections missing...somehow I forgot to update my archive around this time and missed at least two updates...d'oh!!!!

What's New...Canadian Hockey brings home the Gold!!!!

2/25/02: On the 50th anniversary of the last time Canada won a gold medal for men's hockey at the Olympics, the 2002 men's team won! The Canadian women's team also won a gold medal last Thursday. Each team won the gold in a final matchup against Team USA. I didn't see the ladies play but the men's game was amazing. It was either team's game up until there was less than 5 minutes left in regulation time. That's when team Canada opened up their one goal lead to two. They eventually scored another just for good measure for a final score of 5-2.

The past couple of weeks found me trying to watch the Olympics whenever I could if hockey or figure skating was on. However, John and I have also been walking more. The weather has been nicer most days and we realized how much we missed walking all the time. We spent an enjoyable walk last Saturday in a part of South Austin that we haven't explored before. During our trek, we had an interesting conversation with a gentleman at a roadside vegetable stand. He was very talkative and our walk was halted for about 1 1/2 hours as we listened to his great stories. What fun!

Well, not much else new so I will see you all later!

What's New...Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

2/14/02: John and I think that Valentine's Day is the day everyone else acts like we do all the time. People on the bus sometimes ask if we are newlyweds...well we are, but newlyweds who have been married over 4 years is all :) We do have a nice evening planned however. We are going to go out to eat on the way to see Serendipity at the UT campus! We haven't seen this one yet and it looks like a sappy love story but what better way to celebrate Valentine's Day? :) Plus, we are both fans of John Cusack.

Have you been watching the Olympics? I have seen some of the ice skating which is one of my favorite sports (even if the judging sometimes seems questionable). And of course, I cannot wait to see Team Canada do hockey :) I hope they do as well as expected.

We hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day...be good to your valentines!!

What's New...Not much news!!!!

1/25/02: There's not much in the way of news these days. We have both been busy with work. John recently finished a couple of projects and now he's working on some more of his Cumberland stuff. I was busy with year end at work. We did manage to catch a free movie last evening at the UT campus. It was Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. We had already seen it but it was fun and free, so why not!?! We also saw 2001: A Space Odyssey last weekend at the Paramont Theatre with some friends. All I can say is that it was wierd but okay!

I have received several new photos of our niece and nephews so I will scan those and put them on my photos page. They are all growing so fast. Matthew had his 9th birthday earlier this month...time sure flies.

Well, I will be back soon! Have a good weekend and be careful!!

What's New...Spring has sprung!!!!

1/16/02: Okay, so it's only the middle of January...but after a few weeks of pretty cold weather (for Austin), it's feeling more like spring every day. The temperature out there is 69 degrees farenheit this afternoon. That's 21 degrees celcius to all my Canadian friends. Back home in Newfoundland, they are finally getting snow and colder temperatures and we are having what they would consider a nice summer day! Wow, what a difference!

John has been very busy working lately. We did have time to see Ocean's Eleven last night and I was pleasantly surprised. Often, when they put so many good actors in a film together, it doesn't quite gel. However, I was impressed by George Clooney and Brad Pitt in particular.

Well, I will see you all soon, be good and be careful!!