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The Parcel

ramius — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:43:50 +0000

Well, it’s official. Danielle and I are pregnant. So far everyone is healthy – except me and my stress . Of course we have wanted children for ever, but now that it’s happened it’s a bit nerve racking to say the least. This is the first one for us. I am super excited and super stoked to be a father. Wish us luck…

Here is the first picture of our new parcel at 11 weeks!

First Ultrasound

Merry Christmas Everyone!

ramius — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:23:33 +0000

Just a note to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

Daisy the Bone Collector!

ramius — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:34:50 +0000

Here we go, another season of Hunting is upon us. So far I’ve come up empty handed after two attempts to get some geese, even though I still had a great time. Deer season (Rifle) opens in our WMU next Monday and I am looking forward to it quite a bit. Daisy of course probably has no idea what’s coming and the realization of time, but I know she is going to enjoy it again. This will be her second year and I hope she is as good as her first. She’s 18 monthes old now and appears to have settled in around 27 lb’s. Let’s go huntin!

Urban Eatery! My new Bixi Food

ramius — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:05:14 +0000

Well, I got a BIXI pass this summer and have been cruising the downtown looking for new foods. Some of those who know me – know I’ll eat anything! Recently I heard about the new Eaton Center Urban Eatery. This traditional Mall Food Court has some unique twists to the norm. Not only is its styling updated and fresh, the way they do things is different too!

The greatest part of eating at the urban eatery has to be the lack of junk! When you ‘eat in’ you actually get real plates, bowls, and cups! These trays and everything are plastic (hopefully recycled) and are returned to a collection station where someone will sort your tray for you into the appropriate containers. A new fresh take on fast food garbage for sure.

Good Job Urban Eatery! Also Thanks BIXI for allowing me to get there.

No More Patrol… :(

ramius — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:25:56 +0000

Well, This will be the second year I won’t be on the patrol. I am hanging up my jacket in pursuit of better skiing both in Ontario and other areas. I feel like I just want to ski! Although the ski patrol has done well for me, I no longer can make the commitment in hours and training. I will miss most the camaraderie, and fun on the patrol, but those people are still at my home hill and I can visit there any time.

Dehy Refried Beans

ramius — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:02:41 +0000

Commonly know on our camping trips as rehy-refry, these are a great source of protein and are great in numerous dishes such as Burritos and others. I’ve even eaten them on their own (I was hungry). These are commonly available already dried in health food stores, but can be expensive. I find the most economical way to do these is to simply purchase the canned type refried beans (in the ‘Mexican’ aisle at the grocery store) and place these on the fruit roll up trays in the dehydrator. I commonly dry 4-5 cans at a time and simply freeze these for later trips.

These can be a bit dicey to rehydrate as you must replace the same amount of water as you took out of the beans at the start! This is easy to figure out if you have a kitchen scale. I will weigh a can of beans before drying, then weigh the beans after they are dried. This gives me the amount of weight removed from the beans. Since you are only removing water from the beans, use the original (now empty) can and our water into the can until it plus the weight of the dry beans weigh the original weight. You can then measure the amount of water in a measuring cup for reference. Once you know this for your beans you have a rough starting point. Mine for example is 1 cup of H20 for every 65g of beans.

When re-hydrating while you are camping – I suggest you start light on the water - re-hydrate, then add some more if it is still too thick. You can now use these as normal re fried beans – without carrying in cans of beans!

Dehy Vegetables

ramius — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:51:51 +0000

Dehydrated Vegetables

Ingredients

Frozen Corn
Frozen Peas
Frozen Carrots
Etc

Instructions

This is one of the easiest things to dehydrate ever! I have done just about every kind of mized veg you can think of out there. I simply take a bag of my favorite frozen vegetable and throw it right in the dehydrator (removed from the bag of course). The time varies, but this usually dehydrates pretty fast (~2-3 hrs) depending on the veg.

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Raise The Roof!

ramius — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:40:48 +0000

This is a view from atop the ACC looking down over Union Station. This is the slice where the glass atrium will be located.

Dehy Mucho Burritos!

ramius — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:31:45 +0000

Dehy Mucho Burrito

Rating: 41

Ingredients

Dehydrated Ground Beef / Venison
Dehydrated Corn
Uncle Ben's Spanish Style Rice
Whole Wheat Wraps
Dehydrated Refried Beans

Instructions

This one takes a bit of coordinating pots and dishes. I suggest at least one pot and two other dishes you can keep warm. I start by boiling a bunch of water (This varies depending on how much you are making) Once I have the water boiled, I pour the water over the ground beef and corn. This isn't an exact amount, but needs to cover over everything. I then pour the required amount of water over the re-fried beans and get them hydrating. Now once I have the water already boiled, I can make the rice as per the instructions by adding the rice to the correct amount of water. This needs to simmer for about 10 minutes or so. All these items come back in less than 10 minutes so this makes for an easy meal. Once everything is complete - assemble on your wrap and enjoy. I bring along some salsa packs, and hot sauce to heat these up a little. The nice thing is - you just eat these over the fire - now that your plate is probably busy holding beans or beef!

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Feature Photo – Rail Shed

ramius — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 01:40:41 +0000

This is a photo from February of 2010. This was taken during some of the first visible starts to the Rail Shed Roof project at Union Station. This section of roof is located at the south east corner of the rail shed roof. Covering Platforms #21-24 where currently the tracks have been removed for the construction effort and are soon to be replaced.

This photo is featured in the Union Station Revitalization Album