busy week, it seems

So some how a week has slipped by without me blogging...not getting onto a regular update state yet but I will get there. It has been busy, started the planning stages of the kids camp last week and will be back in there tomorrow for more. I have been playing phone tag and emailing people about stuff even though I am not working in camp the last couple days. So far things are shaping up nicely and more ideas keep flowing along so I think my earlier worries were nothing really to worry about....heres hoping anyways lol! On the geek side...got some new minimates in the post and they rock!! as well as the newest wave of marvel announced sounds sweet! only about a month till San Diego comic con to see the prototypes as well as the con exclusives...cant wait!! more minimate geekness - my custom Starman is done and on its way....should arrive around the same time as the hardcover Starman omnibus...will be sweet to re-read that series again! On top of all of this and more I am sure I am forgeting, the urge to write is returning, which is got me really pumped to put some new verse on the page! so heres todays poem...enjoy!!

The criminal Jack Knox

I got the news today

Jack Knox is getting the chair

sentenced to death for his crimes

my mind

wanders

backwards

like it does every time I hear about Jacks criminal goings on

I am taken back to that day

in kindergarten

when little Jackie Knox was sent

to the principals office

for something silly

like being noisy in the library

but instead he stole a tricycle

and ran away

big wheel keeps on turnin...

well we sure have had a busy weekend, Melinda and I(along with Miss Ainsley) went out on Friday night for my aunt and uncles 25th anniversary, then a jam packed day in Saskatoon on Saturday. We took the kids to the children's festival, which was great! Then we had a stop over at a birthday party, which was also fun. Then was our downtime/suppertime which entailed a trip to Wal-mart, Melinda and the girls went to Cravings while Kye and I went to my buddy, Cody's house and picked up a pile of toys he had gotten me for my birthday. After all that it was time to eat some supper and get changed for Crystal and Ryan's reception. All in all it was a fun day....really long, but fun. It was great to see some of my cousins that I haven't seen in awhile. It rained most of the day which was also a bonus as it was needed by the crops and the garden, and the new van doesn't leak...yay!!! This week is bringing in the end of working for Dad this year and the start of getting Kids camp ready....should be fun! And I finally get to mow the lawn lol!!

A Feather

the happiest ideas

twitter about

like giddy songbirds

brightly sailing about

the blackest intentions

pick apart the soul

with razor like talons

and piercing beaks

wisdom soars about

the psyche

on the broad wings

of the mighty owl

inspiration dives

through the clutter

like a hawk thats spotted a mouse

a flash so swift, so precise

it's like a bird cage,

my mind,

thoughts

dreams

whispers

flutter about

each as unique as the

feathers

that float out

of my head

and

onto

these

pages

somethings are sooooo nice...

So its been awhile....a week or so.....not off to a solid start here lol. Oh well its a work in progress right? right. Lets see, what have been up to. We bought a new van - a big grown up kinda deal for us, it's the first vehicle that we have found and bought ourselves. It's a needed item as our old van was not able to properly house the kids car seats safely. The new one does, has low miles and is in good shape....plus we got a pretty good deal on it. Overall very happy with that! What else....working is cruising along, I don't mind doing the farm hand bit as much as I thought I would. It has been a learning curve for sure but I am enjoying it. Only a week and a bit left before the ball starts rolling on the Kids Summer Fun Camp. I am a bit nervous about this, being in charge and all, but at the same time I am holding on my motto that it'll all work out. I miss school some days, which I guess is a good thing. Its not anything in particular like classes or people there, just the atmosphere of the place. Hmmmm more yet...I am behind on my reading, want to do more of that but just haven't been in the groove to do so I guess. Comics are great just need some more boxes to store, then I can sort and bag and board the increasing mountain of them. I am sooooo pumped for the first Starman omnibus to get here!! I got impatient with its release last week and decided to not wait for the Chapters site to update that it was in stock and hit Ebay for it. Got a nice price with good shipping too...even after exchange(which is pretty much non-existent these days) I got it for under what the Canadian cover price is. No I am pretty sure Pat wouldn't have charged that price but I didn't feel like running the risk of ordering it from him and getting nailed with the $50+ price tag! Also in the mail I am waiting for my Civil War minimate sets....finally got around to getting these beauties. There are a couple things I have noticed with my minimates collecting.....a) Marvel are my babies...no matter what else I have in my file or what other exclusives are out there, I always jump at the Marvel stuff first b) I am not so 'gotta have it right now' anymore...I have let some stuff slide, not to the point that I don't want it just that I am not chomping at the bit to get it right now...case in point the last waves of Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica...Pat never got them in and I am not running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to find them...I'll get them when I can/do no rush. But yes, I am very excited to be getting the Civil War set finally...some nice looking mates in there, plus it's minimates in the mail - a little like Christmas lol! Last night was a nice relaxing night...just chilling with my wife, helping her with some leg/hip pain...it was just a nice quiet relaxed evening. And this morning has been nice too, up a bit earlier then normal....which is ok as we went to bed earlier then normal....I have a sweet sleeping angel in my arms right now as she has gone back to sleep after her first bottle. My poem for today was inspired by a similar morning.

Simplest Joy

the bright red numbers of the clock

scream out

three

twenty three

am

you awoke in a state

crying and uncomfortable

and I awoke with you

to comfort you

and am rewarded by your tiny

smile

the simplest joy

of a full belly

and a clean bum