no parking?

i spent Monday morning driving to a town called Brandon. it is a hr and a bit away, and boasts both a passport office and the worst princes auto i have ever been in. but for my purposes it was the passport office i would be needing. i chose Brandon because of its small population in comparison to Winnipeg. so i drive down and park at a meter. i then run inside and take a number and a chair. i am only there for 4 minutes. i know this because i have a stopwatch on my wristwatch, and i have been timing all passport related appointments. it seems that getting passports has been a time intensive thing for some people and i am interested in what my experience will be. anyhow, 4 minutes later they call my number and i walk up to a woman behind a counter. the asks for my paperwork and pictures. i have both. one of the questions on my passport is "do you have a trip planed?" my answer is yes. the lady asks me when i will be leaving? i say 8 weeks. this now causes a problem because it will take 8 weeks to get the passport back ............... they send me to Winnipeg!
i see a sign that states NO PARKING. I park anyway run in with my stopwatch going and am back in my jeep in 17 minutes. i get my passport in 2 weeks.




no parking indeed!

Charlotte is pregnat and this time it is not a joke. just ask her. or chris. or scott.

RALLY THE TROUPS!

I'm done a very hard meeting and i want to commiserate with someone. everyone head to Chrisis house. Chris, you bring the pizza.

1. What time is it? - 11:26 am
2. What's your full name? Peter Thomas Ralph
3. What are you most afraid of? Not sure
4. What is the most recent movie that you have seen in a Theatre? National treasure 2
5. Place of birth – guelf Ontario
6. Favorite Food – ham and scallop taters
7. What's your natural hair color ? Brown
8. Ever been to Alaska? No
9. Ever been in a car race – many many many
10. Had more than 3 tickets - Yes
11. Been in a car accident - Yes,
12. Ice cream or pudding – ice cream
13. Favorite day of the week - Friday>
14. Favorite restaurant – Tony romas
15. Favorite Flower –white (makes good cookies)
16. Favorite sport to watch – NASCAR
17. Favorite drink - Pepsi
18. Favorite ice cream – strawberry
19. Been to Disneyland – going in March
20. Ever been on a ship? - The Nonsuch at the Museum of man and Nature
21. What color is your bedroom carpet? – Hard wood baby
22. How many times did you fail your driver's test? 0
23. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail – Terry Todd
24. What do you do when you are bored? – play with cars
25. Bedtime – 2am
26. Who will respond to this blog quickest? Darrell Ulriksen
27. Been to a casino within the last month - Nope
28. Who is the person that you are most curious to see their responses? You
29. Favorite TV show - lost
30. Last person you went to dinner with – Chris Bell
31. Favorite time of year? - winter
32. What are your favorite colors ? blue
33. If you had a tattoo what would it be? My son’s birthday
34. How many pets do you have? 1
35, How many miles do you put on on your car per year? – 30,000
36. What do you want to do before you die? Model the love of Jesus to my son
37. Have you ever been to Hawaii? No
38. Have you been to countries outside the U.S.? Yes, jamaka costareka
39. How many people are you sending this e-mail to? none
40. Time this survey ended – 11:31

twenty nine ................. whodathunk it.

i am kinda wondering what those who are older than me think of this one ....... i am actually struggling with my age! i don't like 29. this is a much bigger deal than i ever thought it would be. i am not a person who is prone to vanity. i am not prone to long for youth cuz i work with youth and it is a hard time in life.i see the struggles all the time. i don't want to go back. don't evin get me started on high school. this isn't a longing for my past rather a discontent in my present. i don't look for approval from peers and i do value the wisdom that comes with age but durnit if i aint bothered by 29. 29 means 30 in the same way that $29.99 means $30.00
most of my teens were 3 when i entered college. they were 7 when my newest vehicle was built, when dc talk put out nu thang, most of there parents had not even met. these teens don't remember 9-11. most of them were 4. all of this shows me how much of an age gap there is. i am actually bothered by being 29. it is way too close to 30 and way to far from "yay, i am in my 20's now! everyone will take me seriously now!" (kinda not what happened)
what was your experience? how was 29?








took me 3 tries to put this one on proverbial paper

mmmmm lunch

I went into a car/junk lot/store and said I need to buy a 15 passenger van. They said don’t have any. I said then how bout a suburban? They said don’t have any. I said I need a big people mover of some sort. They said how about a handy van. They took me out and we got into a ford shorty bus. They said because I was using it for a church thing they would rub 2 grand off the price. I said it didn’t seat enough people. They said yes but it will have a place to put the wheelchairs. I said I don’t have any wheelchair kids. They said we could sell you a log splitter …………. Ok that might have been insensitive but I can afford to be bad cuz Rob is my brother-in-law and he balances the scales. Anyway they didn’t have a people mover for me so instead I bought a utility trailer from them. It is the back of a ranger pickup. (Scotties old black truck) I licensed it today. So here is some math for Scotty. I paid 18 dollars for a year license and 24 dollars in tax. I am not sure what the tax is on but it seemed odd. However now I have the back of a truck and it is ready to go. Actually the lights don’t work but if you know me at all ……………. THAT IS THE BEST POSIBLE THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPNED!!!!! I love electrical problems. IM GONNA GET YOU DUMB WIRING ISSUES!

Then I had lunch

cuz my mom said so!

so my mom has asked me for pictures of my wife and kid! i am far far far more afraid of my mom than i am of any Ulriksen boy (they are pansies but my mom is a whole different story) so i have decided to post-post-post! This post is for my mom and not the rest of you wankers. my mom can still kick my but

and then

a guy asked me what i was going to do with that old car on my lawn and i said "i dunno, ya want it?" and he said yes and drove it away




not kidding

i am sitting in the basement watching startrek and there is a voice that comes down the staires and booms, "Mr. Ralph, where would you like the car?" now this is interisting because as far as i know there is no one else in the house and i dont own a car except for my mustang and i can see that from where i sit. so after i wet myself i walk up stairs to see who this fantom guy is and what car he is talking about. i get upstairs and see a man that i do not know. i look out the door and there is a 1977 malibu 4 door sitting there. it is blue and i have no idea where the car is from. i dont know quite what to say until i look in the car and see a woman that works at the school attached to the church. it then ocures to me that 4 months when i first got to the church i had asked about this old chev sitting in the parking lot and was told that Barb owned it. i had then mentioned that i would like the motor out of it (i wanted a 350 for a project car) then promptly forgot about the whole thing. well, they bought a new car and brought me there old car. so now i have a car that infact has a 6 cyl and not an 8! so i dont actually want the car or any parts out of it. but it is on my property and i have the bill of sale,(cost of the car was $0.00) and the keys. the car runs awsome and has a great heater. does anyone recognise this car? perhaps if it was red

snowbank-jeep situation

last night i parked in a snow bank with my jeep. i did it because i saw a snow bank and i drive a jeep. now many of my friends would understand this without any question, however none of those friends are living in portage. My friends that live here are not so logical as to understand the snowbank-jeep situation i found myself in. now i should also tell you all that we were at the church for a youth event so many parents were droping off there kids. Now i try to talk with every parent when they drop off there kids so i am in the parking lot. people were asking if i was making some point with my parking job. they were shocked to find out that i had absolute no prior thought regarding the parking job but instead just did it cuz it looked fun

all i am sayin is there is a certain family of boys i know who would have got what was going on and never evin blinked!
that's all I'm sayin

some of you have been moaning and becoming very bitter over my lack of pictures. so here they are

to appease the force of Darrell

k so here it is. Darrell who updates his blog only on the rarest of occasions is upset cuz my last blog wasn't addressed specifically to him. so here it is
Darrell, I got every episode of next gen for Christmas and also some chocolate peanut butter cups! i don't know which i am happier about and i am reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally happy about the star trek!






mmmmmmm choclautter!


















































new word! yay me