The Rekounas Blog

I loaded up my Chrome browser today I noticed the new Google Logo

Fully playable! Easier then the original version because the maze is so much bigger. But very cool!

Here I go. Below is my depiction of Muhammad.
































What do you think? Pretty good huh?

Finally! Completed the kitchen today with the window trim being the last thing that needed to go back up. Stayed close to being on budget even though we picked out some pricier things. Had the dryer go on us during the renos so we decided to pick up a new front loading washer and dryer. Will be interesting to see how it will affect our power bill as the previous dryer took about 90 minutes to dry a regular load and this new dryer/washer combo is only about 45 minutes.

Anyhow, no major snags except for the faucet being on back order until MAY!!! We got the display faucet instead and they took $100 off the price.

Here are a list of Companies we and folks we used during the renovations:
Rick McEwen – I have been using Rick to do all my renovations and I would highly recommend him. He built my cabinets and his father built the cabinet doors and I am very please with the outcome.
Cut River Rock – you may have noticed the stone in the island from the pictures. That is real beach stone and I was able to pick it up from a couple down in Oak Bay, NB. I will be visiting them again I think as I have a fair amount of Stone Veneer on my home now and I am thinking of adding more.
Bob’s Kitchen Shop – Tim Beatty was a real help to me. Extremely friendly! I bought my quartz counter-top and handles and sliding garbage bins from his store.
Eddy Group – Bought my faucet and sink from them. Other then the delivery times being way off. I am pleased with the products. As mentioned, my faucets were on back order for almost 2 months they gave me the display model for $100 off the price.
Domus Flooring in Quispamsis – My hardwood and tile and some design ideas came from the folks there. Very accommodating and lots of nice products.
Other materials came from Home Hardware and Kent.

Everybody was all horny in the NHL last week when a player… a supposed star play was blind sided by Matt Cooke. I have been calling head shots dirty hits for years. Now, I am going to show you a video of a clean hockey hit that if it had happened two weeks earlier, would not have been called because no one was making a stink about it.

In this video, you will see a pansy named Milan Lucic perform a drop pass. He then admires his pass and Andei Kostitsyn lowers the shoulder on him. Kostitsyn makes a shoulder on shoulder hit and was made within a half a second from Lucic releasing the puck. The refs gave him a interference penalty.

Now, from two weeks earlier, we see Matt Cooke absoulutley cream Andre Savard from the Bruins from the blind side. No penalty, no suspension.

Anyhow, the dumb CBC guys were calling Kostitsyn’s hit a dirty hit. Reason #1 of why I don’t watch hockey on the English speaking CBC. They rarely get the players names on the Habs correct. Same gets applied to the Sens as well. Unless it’s the last place Leafs, they don’t care about any other Canadian team. The Bruins are playing and the commentators sound like a home team announcers for the Bruins. Fucking jokers lead by Don Cherry! I watch all the Hab games in French even if I don’t speak a word of French.

Funny stuff.

It’s that time of year again. More renovations. On the list this year, we are replacing our slate floors with yellow birch hardwood natural stain and ceramic tiles. We are getting new kitchen cabinets and updating the kitchen layout by changing the kitchen from a U shape to an L shape and adding an island. We are going with custom made cabinets (knotty pine) and a quartz counter top. The stairs leading to the top floor will finally be finished. They will be birch treads. For the top floor, we are putting hardwood over our softwood floor. Now, I liked the look of the slate and I liked the softwood, but when they had laid the slate 30 years ago, they had spaced the grout too far apart making the floors look dirty all the time. The softwood floor actually has a dual purpose. Not only is it a floor, but it’s also the ceiling for out main floor. The pine floor is 3 inches thick and 6 inches wide double tongue and groove. Insane right? From what I have been told, you can’t buy that stuff is pretty expensive. The problem with it is when it was laid 30 years ago, the wood wasn’t fully kiln dried. The wood shrank in spots and in those spots, you can see clear through to our main floor. We are also replacing the god awful lighting in the home. Along with this, we are also doing some electrical work. Hoping to be done before the end of February.

I will have some renovation before and after pictures on this blog post soon. I got a new wide angle lens for my camera and I am looking to try it out.

Driving Alexander to school today, I was taking the back roads where it isn’t uncommon to see all kinds of creatures pacing back and forth on the road. Today I had to slow down for some deer crossing. Not a big deal. Then I took off again going about 100 km/h when a squirrel ran out into the middle of the road. If the stupid thing just stayed put, he would have been fine. But as it is, he decided to ran back to where he came from. SPLAT! I ran over him. Whoops! I have been driving these back roads for 3 years now and this is my first road kill. And I was just thinking about that the other day. What would the odds be of me hitting an animal on those back roads. As it turns out, for me anyhow, my chances of hitting a animal on those back roads are about 1 in 600. I will update the odds the next time I smoke an animal.

Toronto, ON(AP) – A seven-year old boy was at the center of a courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him.. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree possible..
The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him.

After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references and confer with the child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Toronto Maple Leafs, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.

I can’t stop laughing.

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