Hello and welcome to the latest version of  www.bobog.org - Greg and Tess Harrison's family web site. We hope you'll check back every month or so to see what's new with us. If you don't know us and arrived here by accident, welcome anyway. You might find something interesting on the Genealogy, Software or Links pages.

Bobog is a Filipino (Tagalog) word that means little crumbs, like dry bits of toast or the stuff a pencil eraser leaves behind.

Is your last name Nartatez? If so, please email me; I am working on Tess' family tree and need your help!

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Regular Update

December 7, 2011

I know, I missed doing an update in November. A full refund is on its way to all paid up subscribers. Oh wait, this site is free. Nevermind.

We are getting ready for Christmas and looking forward to gatherings with family and friends. The house decorations are up as is the little tree. The neighbourhood looks nice with most of the homes having some sort of Christmassy display. This was the first year Tess and I were not actually in the Christmas parade so we went down to watch the parade for the first time. I bet over half the population of our little town turn out to watch. Kids were everywhere and many of the floats gave out candies.

The parade lasted about 25 minutes and afterwards the Town's light display at the park was turned on followed by a 20 minute fireworks show. Even the weather cooperated and everyone had a good time.

I copied this photo from www.morinvillenews.com

Although is has all since melted, we did get a decent dump of snow a couple of weeks ago so I got to try out my new snow blower. It started right away and after 20 minutes or so I felt comfortable with the way it steers and the snow throwing directional controls. If I want, it will throw snow to the other side of the street! The deepest drift was little more than a foot deep and it didn't slow down a bit. I'm ready for anything winter throws at us this season.

I had been putting it off for at least a month but last week I finally got to replacing the timing belt on the car. This is a fabric reinforced rubber belt the connects the crankshaft to the overhead cams that control when the valves open and close. Honda says replace it every 165,000kms because if it breaks, you need a new engine. It took me 6 hours and lots of cursing. I needed to use a 3' long wrench with both arms and both legs straining to take the main bolt off. Then I wound up compressing the hydraulic tensioner by wedging it between a bottle jack and the car frame and pumping up the jack. No wonder Acura charges over $1,200 for this job! At least I won't have to do it again for many years. This was the last maintenance item I needed to complete before winter so the car is all set.

Work is going well and I am still enjoying driving all over Alberta and BC. The new 2011 pickup truck I got in May is gone. It hit the 100,000km mark in October and I now have a 2012. Not much difference between the '11 and '12 models. I do like the Chev /GMC trucks even though I have been a Ford man for many years.

Now that winter is trying to arrive, I am seeing lots of critters on the road. I was a little concerned that the deer and moose would get stupid now that it is mating season but so far they are well behaved and staying out of my way. This ram kept an eye on me while keeping his harem nearby. I took the photo near Cadomin, Alberta.

I have had all these good intentions about getting back at the family tree but so far, I haven't found the time. I will try to keep up with correspondence but may wind up taking the winter off too. I did get some new software (Family Tree Maker 2012) but just can't seem to get into it for some reason. Oh well, its not like all my dead relatives are too worried about it! I have updated the genealogy page though and added a couple of pages of stories - one about golf at St Andrews, Scotland and the other about Saints. You know, feast days, halos and so on. Check them out here.

I was in the garage visiting my motorcycle the other day. I can't ride it because of the snow of course and I noticed it was feeling a little sad. So when I was through Calgary on Tuesday on my way home from a delivery, I stopped in at Andre's  at bought a couple more chrome goodies. I figure the shinier the bike is, the easier it is to see. That's it - safety chrome!

I probably won't get a chance to update this page before the 25th, so we wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year now.

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