Batubba asks do you want a Trick or a Treat

Here's a normal looking dog wearing a prefectly respectable Halloween costume but wait....


What's this? It's Batbubba.

Feedback

Thanks to all who responded. I received some very valuable feedback, from "was that pizza you ate for Thanksgiving?" to what the f___'s a blog? So if you did decide to bookmark this valuable page here's the answers (I know you've all been waiting with baited breath).
No that was not pizza in the baby picture, it was focaccia bread with feta and carmellized red onions from Duso's on Granville Island. Mmmmmm, yummy. Next time I'll only buy three pieces, 5 pieces was way too much.
We also had a scrumptious organic turkey roast from the Turkey Stop and a small Irish ham from one of the butchers at Granville Island. Mom supplied the fresh-baked apple and pumpkin pies, mmmmmmmmmm, and Katherine added her world-famous mashed potatoes (if they're not, they should be, they're fabulous!)
Enough about Thanksgiving.
For those asked about what a blog is there's the official definition on Wikipedia and there's the smoot version. A blog is a blog is a blog. It's whatever the blog you want it to be. Bloggety blogblog blog.
On with it.
Today is Jennifer's birthday. From now until December 11th we're the same age and we both hate that, at least we used to when we were younger, not such a big deal now. Happy birthday Jenn! Hope you had a great day.
Tomorrow is Halloween!
It's going to be fun here in the new complex. There's going to be a gathering at the entrance of "The Complex" where everyone who lives here is going to bring their fireworks and set them off in one big extravaganza. I don't have fireworks but I have enough candy to feed the entire public school up the road for two days. I'm also ready with my costume. It's a doozy and I love it. It scared the shit out of Bubba. I'm glad he was outside and there was a pane of glass between him and I when I put it on because he almost attacked me, heehee. It's the funniest costume I've seen in a long time. I couldn't have planned this one if I tried. You'll have to wait a couple of days for the pictures.

Enter into the abyss

Ryan's announced his engagement to Corryn. Who the hell is Corryn?

Blogger and blogging woes

Wheh!

This blog, Alive and Kicking, is meant to be the place where we share our words. I add entries to the blog and friends and family add their comments. Dad and Bubba have joined in already. I envision people talking to each other about whatever is going on their lives at the moment. It can be thoughtful and insightful. It can be about what I put in the blog but it doesn't have to be. It can be random thoughts, poetry, meditation, prayer, jokes, rants, free-flow thought, whatever you want it to be. Just write something.

I'm spending way too much time trying to make everything just perfect here but I think it's paying off. I have a bit of a template going right now for this blog thing. Now I need to figure out how Flickr's supposed to work. I know what I want it to do. I want to create one space for all my friends and family to share their favourite pictures. I just need to figure out how to get Flickr to do it the way I want. Wish me luck.

Writing is the easy part so I'm going to commit to writing something, anything here at least once a week. Download Firefox, the coolest browser around, and subscribe to this site by clicking on the cute little orange icon in the bottom right corner (I'll put a picture here to show you later).

It's the Mootoo portal of words and pictures connected together. I'm curious to see what we create here. It's going to be great!

Thanksgiving 2005

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The Mootoo's hosted this fine dinner at their new abode. 2 dogs, a baby, 2 guys, and 3 girls had a scrumptuous meal. We laughed we argued, no crying, lots of barking. As quickly as it started, it was over and Kevin and Bubba and I were left to enjoy the Canuck's game.

Bubba's in Heaven.

More pics on my photoblog.
Bubba's best summer yet! So what if it was the first one he actually remembers. Spanish Banks is the perfect place for running and running and running and meeting new dogs and people and running and running and chasing birds and running... and when you get to the other side of the big sand bank in the middle of the harbour you can go swimming!

The new place.

Before the Mootoo's moved in there was a lot of beige, very neutral. We decided to jazz it up a little. The result is much warmer. It really is amazing what a little paint will do.

The sofas are reupholstered, the walls are painted (touch-ups pending), a few new light fixtures and it's hard to imagine this is the same place we moved into.

More pics to come.