No more basketball

It had never fallen over before...

There was this big wind and rain storm that hit our area last night - we were prepared and put everything away that we could.  All was fine until late in the evening when we hear a huge crash out at the front of our house.

This is what we found.

It took both Adam and I to remove the basketball net from my car but were surprised that the ONLY thing that got damaged was the windshield!  There was already a stone chip from the week after I bought the car (repaired, but always irritatingly visible), so I latched onto the bright side of the situation in that I would likely have to get a new windshield.

Perfect aim

In the morning, we checked it out more closely.  No question, a new windshield was needed. We did find one tiny area of paint on the edge of the hood that needed a touch up (~3 mm long paint chip), but that was the extent of the damage.

Yes, I think it is broken.

Will be selling the basketball net in the near future...

Commuting

Finally!  After a long and drawn out process, the lab I was working in at the Juravinski Cancer Centre has now moved down to the main campus at McMaster. I now work in the same hospital building as Wendy!

If you want to check it out, the lab website that I manage is singhlab.ca.

The best part of the move (aside from the more exciting academic environment) is that Wendy and I can now commute to work together.  Instead of the 25 minute drive up the mountain, Wendy and I have a WHOLE 6 minute commute to work! I am also now unable to get away with not bringing my lunch to work. :(

Iceland 2012

Wendy and I successfully completed our trek to the Landmannalaugar highlands of Iceland in the summer of 2012! 

We raised almost $18,000 for the Arthritis Society and joined the Joints In Motion team Canada for this 80km (6 day) trek. Iceland was even more spectacular than we had expected!

If you would like to see some of our photo highlights, click on this link to go to our online photo album. 

https://plus.google.com/photos/+EricSeidlitz/albums/5770385814595482705

If you would like to see the Blurb book we created with our team mate (Penny) after this adventure, click here.

http://www.blurb.ca/b/4105070-joints-in-motion-iceland-2012

New York City 2012

For Adam's 16th birthday in 2012, I took him on a bus tour to New York City.  Check out the web album from that trip:

https://plus.google.com/photos/+EricSeidlitz/albums/5762891754566945601

Turks and Caicos 2011

Our last major family holiday was to the Turks and Caicos Islands, to stay at the Beaches family resort. A Blurb book that we made about this trip can be viewed at:

http://www.blurb.ca/b/2762235-turks-and-caicos-2011

Renovation 2010

We renovated our house in the summer and fall of 2010 to add a master bedroom and bathroom over an existing garage.  This addition has been fantastic for our family.

We created a Blurb book all about the renovation process we went through, and it can be found at this link:

http://www.blurb.ca/b/2329558-seidlitz-seasons-renovation-2010

Scotland and England 2010

Near the end of the massive home renovation project, Wendy and I took a trip to Sheffield England for a work conference of mine (a bone cancer meeting).  We stopped in Glasgow and Edinburgh on the way to Sheffield, then ended the trip in London before flying back to Toronto.

We made a Blurb book of this trip, and it can be previewed at this link:

http://www.blurb.ca/b/1748066-scotland-and-england-2010