tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:09:08 +0000The early bird catches the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese. Would you rather be eating worms or cheese? - Neilhttp://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Neil)Blogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-4484716171922145386Sat, 26 May 2007 17:16:00 +00002007-05-26T10:38:58.571-07:00Well It's been some time since I last blogged, so much so they made me change to a google account. I must have been the last hold out. Why fix it if it's not broken people?So I was looking for something to do today at work as I was a little bored. So I started reading through Susy's archives. Reading where we were 2 years ago. In less then 50 days we will be married, and while I may not havehttp://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2007/05/its-been-awhile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-117485014191169159Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:08:00 +00002007-03-25T13:16:36.883-07:00http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2007/03/this-ones-for-you-jimmy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-116858561384110537Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:06:00 +00002007-01-11T23:06:53.853-08:00One day, in line at the company cafeteria, Joe says to Mike behind him, "My elbow hurts like hell. I guess I'd better see a doctor.""Listen, you don't have to spend that kind of money," Mike replies."There's a diagnostic computer down at Wal-Mart. Just give it a urine sample and the computer will tell you what's wrong and what to do about it.It takes ten seconds and costs ten dollars . . . A lot http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2007/01/cuz-its-funny.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-116768777062035051Mon, 01 Jan 2007 21:41:00 +00002007-01-01T13:42:50.630-08:00Susy wanted me to post a new blog so she could test something out on the website shes making for us. Well this is it then. Don't know what else to say.http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2007/01/she-made-me-do-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-116406885969839157Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:24:00 +00002006-11-20T16:27:39.706-08:00Well she's done it once again. Never ceases to amaze me. On Thursday I get home from work and she asks me to marry her. I made her get down on her knees even. She decided that I need an engagement ring too after seeing me with a key ring on my finger so she went out and bought one. She was so cute doing ti too. So there yeah go, I'm now marked as taken.http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/11/yeah-shes-keeper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-116362359184219932Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:39:00 +00002006-11-15T12:46:31.856-08:00Read it and see it herehttp://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/11/truely-inspirational-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-115810611514540997Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:02:00 +00002006-09-12T17:08:35.286-07:00So in all the years in the event industry I've done many weddings. I thought I knew everything about them. I knew what to expect on the wedding day and how people can react to news on their big day. One of the things I've learnt now with our wedding is all the crazy ideas people come up with before hand. Some of ours have stayed and will be part of the wedding, others got the boot right away.http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/09/crazy-idea-157.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-115376917357189402Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:13:00 +00002006-07-24T12:26:13.616-07:00Well that was it. My last free weekend has come and gone. From here on in there's shows every weekend, well except for one where I have to go to a wedding. But it was my last free one just for us. I'm not really complaining because it means business is good which means I have a job still. So this weekend was a lot of fun. Friday after going back to work to let the stunt planes into Tradex http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/07/my-last-free-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-115110414204428926Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:49:00 +00002006-06-23T16:09:02.060-07:00Well I guess this whole being engaged thing hasn't quite set in yet. Although 20 days is no milestone or anniversary I thought I would mention it. Mostly because after 20 days I still haven't quite digested the fact. All around me there seems to be wedding talk, and most of it I'm in on too. When I talk about Susy though I still talk about her as a girlfriend. Well I guess I just call her http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/06/20-days-ago-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-115109574858046270Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:12:00 +00002006-06-23T13:49:08.596-07:00So I have been meaning to blog stuff but you know how it is, you go to do something and something else distracts you. So yeah I haven't blogged much mostly because of how busy things have been. Started the new job of course. Things are good there. Little slow and quiet but I know I'm going to be busy soon enough. I've done about 3 shows so far, mind you they were really small private shows.http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/06/blog-cause-its-been-awhile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-114963705927256946Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:33:00 +00002006-06-06T16:37:39.290-07:00Well now this isn't good... I propose on Saturday and now it's Tuesday. I guess it was to be expected but we now have our first wedding magazine in the house! Ahh it's started.http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/06/well-now-look-whats-happened.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-114962718409915037Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:45:00 +00002006-06-06T13:53:04.116-07:00Well if for some strange reason you haven't heard already Susy and I are engaged now. You can follow the link to her blog if you'd like to see the ring. I asked her Saturday morning and she of course said yes(thankfully). I'm very excited and happy. We haven't picked a date as of yet but it looks like summer next year some time. We went and told my parents on Sunday night. Normally the http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/06/if-you-havent-heard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-114753576531064423Sat, 13 May 2006 05:10:00 +00002006-05-13T08:56:05.360-07:00So Susy and I are busy with the Rodeo right now. We're not working everyday but we might as well be. As there was a shortage of staff to fill the shifts we started calling all the people we knew to fill them. As it turned out my sister is working with us. Yesterday her and Susy worked together for a bit and a couple of times I looked over and saw them just laughing away at something. It was http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/05/its-good-to-see.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-114555495337391040Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:38:00 +00002006-04-20T10:42:33.386-07:00Well its done, over, kaput. I'm now pulling an Aaron, as in unemployed, actually it's more like I'm on "vacation". My last day at the convention centre was yesterday and I don't start at Tradex until June 1st. Mind you I have about 2 weeks of part time work at Tradex in the next little while followed by the cloverdale rodeo so really I have lots of work but none of its full time pay so it http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/04/its-finally-done.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-114339344047339584Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:13:00 +00002006-03-27T12:54:23.906-08:00*If you don't know, don't ask. If you do know you should be on the floor laughing right now.http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/03/you-want-me-to-put-that-whirr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-114189460976849728Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:53:00 +00002006-03-09T00:56:49.790-08:00So in case you haven't read Susy's blog the answer is yes I will be asking her soon. Right now my plan is to ask her later in the year on a date I can not specify. My problem is I don't know if I can wait that long. I guess I'm that excited about it I want to do it now. It's a hard choice. Oh and my next thing would be, do I still have to ask for your blessings Jim?http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/03/in-case-you-didnt-already-know.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-114104338085429877Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:25:00 +00002006-02-27T04:30:57.990-08:00So I think I've been a little busy lately, well Susy too. We haven't had any time for ourselves. It's been go go go everyday. If we're not working together at Tradex she has school or I'm working downtown. Its getting to be a bit much not just for us but for me personally. Guess I'm not as young as I use to be and I'm burnt out or something. One of these days I'm going to need a day off. Ihttp://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/02/are-bees-really-this-busy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-113938828856323551Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:38:00 +00002006-02-08T00:45:53.696-08:00I'm not sure if this is a true story or not but I think it says a lot. I'm sure everyone will get their own thoughts from reading it so I won't express mine in great detail. I will say that it would have been an honour to play with those boys. For them to take the opportunity to give something so meaningful is amazing. These days things like that are less and less frequent. So read the story and http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/02/forward-i-thought-might-be-worth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-113761875314305047Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:51:00 +00002006-01-18T13:25:25.280-08:00I know I was really excited about having a date with someone. It was Tuesday and after having gotten up the nerve the previous day to call Susy and asked her out to an Imax movie today, the 18th. I had tickets for a premiere night. On the 16th we had gone out after work with another guy. It had been a rough show and we needed to relax a little, plus I had a crush on a certain someone. I http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/01/year-ago-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-113716214516927552Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:16:00 +00002006-01-13T06:23:10.606-08:00I was reading the newspaper 24 hours on the way to work this morning(I was on the dreaded skytrain again) and it had this article about the origins of mythology behind Friday the 13th and why it's known as a bad day. There was a part in it I found kinda humorous that I wanted to share so here it is;Focklore has it that in the 1800s the British government decided to take strong measures to prove http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/01/friday-13th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-113708251745241773Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:06:00 +00002006-01-13T06:16:24.963-08:00So I'm feeling a little out of place today. This morning when I got to work and went to put on my tie I had some issues. I was having one of my 'Bad Tie Days'. It gets very frustrating some times. Basically to solve the tie issue I tied a single windsor knot instead of my usual doouble. Let me tell you as far as ties go, it's like wearing someone elses underwear! Ever since the days of http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/01/thats-not-like-me-at-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-113701331308238833Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:33:00 +00002006-01-11T16:06:48.513-08:00Ok besides Susy. The littlest one of the family hasn't been well lately. Looks like just the flu and teething though. I talked to Mommy today and Kya very briefly (long enough to say turtle). I could hear her making a lot of noise in the background which means she's got her energy back. She was all excited to go out in the "no" (snow) with Mommy and Daddy. It's a relief to hear she's betterhttp://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/01/most-precious-thing-in-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-113691327051245994Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:12:00 +00002006-01-10T10:33:54.080-08:00So apparently we are getting close to breaking the record for consecutive days of rainfall in a row. We're at 23 days right now and the record is 28. My question is, how come after 23 consecutive days of rain people still can't drive in it?http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/01/rain-what-rain-noah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-113683513263254738Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:16:00 +00002006-01-09T11:34:05.590-08:00So if you've been following Susy's Blog lately you would have already read of her car troubles. So after a few days and dollars work on it this morning the same thing happened. Well I went to the rescue, again, and she took my truck to school. I sat there for a bit to see if anything changed, nothing. I then called BCAA to have it towed to a shop. While I was sitting there waiting it dawned http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/01/susys-car.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12346326.post-113650209157227971Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:54:00 +00002006-01-05T15:01:31.593-08:00Ok I don't know what I was thinking today. Once in a while I decided to take the skytrain to work, normally on days where I'll be done around 5:00 pm and don't want to sit in traffic. Unfortunatly sometimes I forget that sitting in traffic in my own truck is a lot more enjoyable then riding a skytrain. First they make you pay $3.25 each way. Not too bad but then you get on the train and its http://ramblinsofneil.blogspot.com/2006/01/argh-what-was-i-thinking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil)0