Sabrina is still sick

She was sick last night at least three times, and three more times this morning, once walking towards Mathieu's school. When she was done the last time, she asked:

"Do you think we could go ski all day today"

Book I read

97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
By: Many Authors
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Pub. Date: February 12, 2010 Most Recent Edition
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-596-80948-5
Pages in Print Edition: 256

Interesting, quick read, logical ideas that should be followed in my trade.

What a day!

Last night, Mathieu woke me up asking me to scratch him. He was covered with welts. He was obviously reacting to something but we don't know what. Benedryl and a lot of TLC helped him go back to sleep, though the epipen was not far away, just in case.

Today Sabrina was sick all day. She "emptied her contents" sixteen times (She kept tabs). She became so blasé about it that she would be "tossing her cookies" in a bucket while her eyes were glued to the T.V. -- Now for someone who watches maybe 2-3 hours a week, she got her fill today.

I'm glad my dad had a case of 7up in the stuff I have in my garage. I was able to use it to help her pain. Unfortunately, just to add to a non-perfect day, a can escaped my hands and fell hard on the floor, exploding in a fine mist that I am sure coated my entire garage with sticky soda juice.

First Ski Day of the 2010 season

The family went skiing Sunday. We were able to enjoy the first snow of the year by going up and down the Bunny hill at St-Bruno. Both Mathieu and Sabrina were unsure at first, and both became very good within the next few hours. We were there at 8:00am, we left at 11:30am



Invited by our friends to have our kids eat their first ever "poutine", we all met at a restaurant, tired but happy. The food was ok, quite greasy, something no one at the table I believe is used to eat.



Once we left the restaurant, Sabrina asked if she could go ski again. Sue and Mathieu went back home and Sabrina and I went back on the slopes. We were there from 2:00pm to 4:30pm, When we left it was getting dark and the projectors were going full blast.



We parked under the Bunny hill and while going up the carpet, Sabrina asked if we could take the chairlift. We went up, and when she(we) realized the only trail opened was the wall and the chairlift (both difficult) she cried all the way down, clutching me. When we made it down, Sabrina turns to me and says:

"let's do it one more time"

We went down the trails at least seven times. She skied them by herself.

wine - Chablis grand cru Bougros William Fèvre 2007

Had this one for Pascal's bday...

Chablis grand cru Bougros William Fèvre 2007
Code SAQ : 11058435
CUP : 03443620 001441

Catégorie : Vin blanc
Couleur : Blanc
Nature : Vin tranquille
Format : 750 ML

Wow. Simply wow.

wine of the night - Château du Grand Moueys Premières Côtes de Bordeaux 2005

Château du Grand Moueys Premières Côtes de Bordeaux 2005
Code SAQ : 10864443
CUP : 03444132 000526

Catégorie : Vin rouge
Couleur : Rouge
Nature : Vin tranquille
Format : 750 ML

$18.00, a bit young, soft on acid and tannins, medium long in the mouth. Well worth the money.

p.s.:
seems like we drink a lot of wine but we tend to have about 1 glass a night. It's just that I tend to be late in some updates and the wine of the evening may have been a wine of a few evenings ago, but I want to remember it before I recycle the bottle.

wine of the night - Domaine de l'Ile Margaux Bordeaux supérieur 2006

Domaine de l'Ile Margaux Bordeaux supérieur 2006
Code SAQ : 00043125
CUP : 03441590 000082

SAQ

Catégorie : Vin rouge
Couleur : Rouge
Nature : Vin tranquille
Format : 750 ML

$22.40 - so far the least expensive of the wines in this blog, but up there in taste. Flavor that evokes small fruits and spices, to my nose, with good acidity, strong tannins and fairly long. Money well spent.

Wine of the night - Château Simard Saint-Emilion 2005

Château Simard Saint-Emilion 2005
Code SAQ : 11084051
CUP : 03700188 015595

Catégorie : Vin rouge
Couleur : Rouge
Nature : Vin tranquille
Format : 750 ML

Strong tannins and long lasting flavour. Excellent.

wine of the night - Château Sérilhan Saint-Estèphe 2006

Château Sérilhan Saint-Estèphe 2006
Code SAQ : 11095201
CUP : 03394150 024939

Catégorie : Vin rouge
Couleur : Rouge
Nature : Vin tranquille
Format : 750 ML

Thanks Julie et Nico for the wine. It came in at the right moment.

Jacques Giroux - 14 septembre 1933 - 01 Novembre 2010

(L) Martin