Canadians Favorite Winter Past time....

What is it you ask.....Simple....

For some, they eat, sleep breath hockey. I myself, don't go that far! I did however, grow up watching the Montreal Canadians play as early as I can remember walking. I remember being in between my big brother and father watching them scream at the television. Which, sadly enough, you may hear the occasional scream at the team or the referees coming from the living room. It doesn't matter what team you cheer for, most of us hockey fans are down right passionate about the game. I grew up quite passionate about the Montreal Canadians, so much so that I have a tattoo around my ankle : Montreal (their logo) Canadians, I have a few Habs baseball caps, candles which I with no doubt light up when where in the playoffs such as last night...(but we sadly enough lost!)
I have a Patrick Roy signed photo and few other things.



As you have noticed, I've turned into a big fan over the years. As a Habs fan, their are a few teams worth watching them play against more than others such as the Leafs and living in Ottawa, the Sens. My finance, Allen and his family are die hard Sens fans. Poor them! We have much fun joking and taunting each others love for the opposing teams.
My father watches the games religiously. I remember one time being at my grandmother's house and everyone was there. She lived in small apartment so we were all crammed in their watching the game and laughing. We didn't live to far away from her home. Some time had passed and someone noticed my father had been missing. Not long after he walked in and told us it was too loud and he couldn't hear the game. So he actually went home to watch it! Talk about commitment! Everyone laughed. To this day I remind him and make fun of him!
Hockey runs in the family. My brother, my father, my Godfather, cousins all played hockey
(not professionally but on house leagues) My mother was a hockey mom, watching all of my brothers games. Even my nephew is a remarkable little player. Look out NHL!
The Habs made the playoffs this year, just barely! I look forward to the Boston-HABS match ups. I'm still upset with them firing Guy Carboneau. He was one of my favorite players. I didn't think he was doing that bad of a job. Only time will tell if Bob Gainey made a good choice or not!

Anyhoot....More about hockey later...
If you have any stories about hockey....let me know...
Have a great weekend....
Vive les Canadiens...
GO HABS GO

The weekend is finally here....

Good Afternoon to you...

This morning I was wondering why no one was leaving me comments. My Godmother mentioned how she left me a comment but I said it couldn't be because I couldn't find it anywhere....

'I feel like a putz..' I did actually have a few lovely comments but had to publish/accept them before they showed up on my site. Still new to blogging so....I just had a (Oh...okay moment!) a few minutes ago! Ever have one of those moments, here you finally clue in to something...

Anyways, Thanks for the Happy Easter wishes! Greatly appreciated!Yesterday for the first time, I transplanted a few trees in my yard and I must admit it was actually quite exhilarating and hard work. My parents were around to supervise as I have never attempted this before. I wanted to move one to the side of the house and one in the front yard. It went great. I never knew even the smallest of tree had such big roots. I will admit to feeling achy last night...But my fiance gave me a back rub so that was well worth it.
I can't wait to water them and watch them grow. My daughter helped as well and she kept asking if they were her trees. So I told her yes. And her smile grew ear to ear. Very simple to make a child happy. She also had a little bit to much fun with the water hose. The trees weren't the only things that got wet...My jogging pants were drenched!! Thanks sweetheart.. I'm glad the weather was gorgeous, the sun was shining and Hope had fun helping and flying a kite with her Meme. Winter is long past us now... I'm realizing that as stressful as owning a house can be it can also be therapeutic. Gardening and backyard up-keep are excellent activities to keep you moving and promote good health. Gardening can also be a stress reliever, a great outlet for creativity and can produce an undemanding concentration that increases our capacity to rest.

I was working along side my father yesterday and couldn't help but stare at him and wonder if he believes he's lived a great life. And perhaps if there still something he's loved to do but hasn't. My father and mother are the best two people I know. They are kind, loving, thoughtful, sincere and hard working people. They've adopted me and my brother at an early age and we feel awfully lucky to have them as parents. My mother is ever so nurturing and my father is truly the most hard working man I know and very simple. He enjoys laughing continuously and my mother is my best friend. Their that couple that are just perfect for each other. My parents are the kind of people whom show their affections equally between their kids and also Grand

kids as many parents don't, as I have learned. They tend to be laid back but yet always help when needed. They are in my opinion the greatest parents ever. They have given me the greatest gift: To have been loved and sought out great love.

Thanks Mom & Dad for all you do! Have a great Weekend....
Take a few minutes for yourself...
Perhaps look around your garden, I actually have a few flowers in bloom. I believe they are tulips...(but not having a green thumb your guess is as good as mine)
See you soon.
Cheers.