Here's that fat squirrel LOL
He gave me a huge laugh yesterday ......
My brother in law and his wife were here this past weekend and Tammy saw this big fat critter and saw that we had leftover "thick slice texas toast" and said hey put it out there instead of the garbage. So I did that. Well, yesterday morning as Rob and I were sipping our coffee at the breakfast counter we have here (large overhang on the counter and there's stools there) and Hubba Hubba Squirrel came, took the thickest slice of toast and ran off with it after trying to get it through the spindles on the deck. It was a HOOT! He eventually ran up the deck post (slice of toast in his mouth and all....) and ran off.
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Friday, 18 December 2009
You may be a Canadian if....
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from
September through May,
You may live in Canada .
If someone in a Home Depot store
Offers you assistance and they don't work there,
You may live in Canada .
If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
You may live in Canada .
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation
With someone who dialed a wrong number,
You may live in Canada .
If 'Vacation' means going anywhere
South of Detroit for the weekend,
You may live in Canada .
If you measure distance in hours,
You may live in Canada .
If you know several people
Who have hit a deer more than once,
You may live in Canada .
If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C'
In the same day and back again,
You may live in Canada .
If you can drive 90 km/hr through 2 feet of snow
During a raging blizzard without flinching,
You may live in Canada .
If you install security lights on your house and garage,
But leave both unlocked,
You may live in Canada .
If you carry jumper cables in your car
And your wife knows how to use them,
You may live in Canada .
If you design your kid's Halloween costume
To fit over a snowsuit,
You may live in Canada .
If the speed limit on the highway is 80 km --
You're going 95 and everybody is passing you,
You may live in Canada .
If driving is better in the winter
Because the potholes are filled with snow,
You may live in Canada .
If you know all 4 seasons:
Almost winter, winter, still winter,
and road construction,
You may live in Canada .
(this is my favourite, because how true)
If you have more miles
On your snow blower than your car,
You may live in Canada .
If you find -2 degrees 'a little chilly',
You may live in Canada .
If you actually understand these jokes,
and forward them to all
your friends,
you definitely are Canadian and proud to be.
September through May,
You may live in Canada .
If someone in a Home Depot store
Offers you assistance and they don't work there,
You may live in Canada .
If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
You may live in Canada .
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation
With someone who dialed a wrong number,
You may live in Canada .
If 'Vacation' means going anywhere
South of Detroit for the weekend,
You may live in Canada .
If you measure distance in hours,
You may live in Canada .
If you know several people
Who have hit a deer more than once,
You may live in Canada .
If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C'
In the same day and back again,
You may live in Canada .
If you can drive 90 km/hr through 2 feet of snow
During a raging blizzard without flinching,
You may live in Canada .
If you install security lights on your house and garage,
But leave both unlocked,
You may live in Canada .
If you carry jumper cables in your car
And your wife knows how to use them,
You may live in Canada .
If you design your kid's Halloween costume
To fit over a snowsuit,
You may live in Canada .
If the speed limit on the highway is 80 km --
You're going 95 and everybody is passing you,
You may live in Canada .
If driving is better in the winter
Because the potholes are filled with snow,
You may live in Canada .
If you know all 4 seasons:
Almost winter, winter, still winter,
and road construction,
You may live in Canada .
(this is my favourite, because how true)
If you have more miles
On your snow blower than your car,
You may live in Canada .
If you find -2 degrees 'a little chilly',
You may live in Canada .
If you actually understand these jokes,
and forward them to all
your friends,
you definitely are Canadian and proud to be.
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Nice to sit down and catch up a bit here
Greetings from Boxland. What? You've never heard of Boxland? Oh it's a wondrous place just oozing with hide and go seek. Useful items such as my address book go peek-a-boo yes I'm here... you just can't find precious Box #17 that contains me....
I'm impressed that I have as many Christmas cards addressed as I do since I can't find my address book. I had to send an email to my friend in Florida because I don't have her new address committed to memory quite yet. Others I was able to track down thanks to email group databases where people put their addresses for card exchanges and such. Plus some I knew their street address and just had to look up zip codes and postal codes.
I was traveling back and forth to the old house in Listowel to get the last little bit of stuff packed (humph, I packed that entire house except for two blessed boxes!) and now it is finally done. I told Rob to take the car to work because I didn't need it today.
New piano is coming tomorrow.
Old piano was taken away Tuesday. Thanks for the memories :)
Got some more unpacking done but I'm ready to pull my hair out because I can't find some things and wonder if they are in the boxes in Listowel. I really wish I knew where the box containing my address book is..... Finally got a call from the post office yesterday before heading to Listowel and we now have a post office box assigned to us. Fortunately I don't have to walk far to get my mail - the mailboxes are at the end of my driveway.
This town is a ghost town in the winter not very many people here at all. Need to remind Rob to phone Hydro One to set up an electric account. Same with the propane company.
Having fun with my new kitchen toys.
Put my frying pan feeder out and so far only saw a squirrel partaking. He's a fat bugger too. Either that or a preggers female. Rob gets a kick out of the frying pan heater. He asks me when I mention what I've seen eating from it "do you have the flame underneath going?" LOL Haven't seen any birds at the feeders but do see Canada Geese flying over our "island" and seagulls. There's a few deer in the area too. Saw 3 the night we moved in and were driving to town to get dinner, and then Rob saw 2 last night as he was driving home.
Well, need to get some more dishes done. They are taking longer because I'm still trying to decide where to put everything.
Jenn :D
I'm impressed that I have as many Christmas cards addressed as I do since I can't find my address book. I had to send an email to my friend in Florida because I don't have her new address committed to memory quite yet. Others I was able to track down thanks to email group databases where people put their addresses for card exchanges and such. Plus some I knew their street address and just had to look up zip codes and postal codes.
I was traveling back and forth to the old house in Listowel to get the last little bit of stuff packed (humph, I packed that entire house except for two blessed boxes!) and now it is finally done. I told Rob to take the car to work because I didn't need it today.
New piano is coming tomorrow.
Old piano was taken away Tuesday. Thanks for the memories :)
Got some more unpacking done but I'm ready to pull my hair out because I can't find some things and wonder if they are in the boxes in Listowel. I really wish I knew where the box containing my address book is..... Finally got a call from the post office yesterday before heading to Listowel and we now have a post office box assigned to us. Fortunately I don't have to walk far to get my mail - the mailboxes are at the end of my driveway.
This town is a ghost town in the winter not very many people here at all. Need to remind Rob to phone Hydro One to set up an electric account. Same with the propane company.
Having fun with my new kitchen toys.
Put my frying pan feeder out and so far only saw a squirrel partaking. He's a fat bugger too. Either that or a preggers female. Rob gets a kick out of the frying pan heater. He asks me when I mention what I've seen eating from it "do you have the flame underneath going?" LOL Haven't seen any birds at the feeders but do see Canada Geese flying over our "island" and seagulls. There's a few deer in the area too. Saw 3 the night we moved in and were driving to town to get dinner, and then Rob saw 2 last night as he was driving home.
Well, need to get some more dishes done. They are taking longer because I'm still trying to decide where to put everything.
Jenn :D
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Schtuff :P
Well, after we recovered from an over the phone estimate... we decided that this piano is NOT worth keeping. $10,000 to $12,000 because it needs a new soundboard and restringing and pegging. It's an old Ennis upright which is generally regarded as a mediocre piano anyway. Basically a piano on a very very very very small budget. And the saying goes, you get what you pay for. And we paid only $500 for it 10 years ago LOL
He said he has one in his shop where the cabinet is a little worn (used in a barbershop quartet) but it's only 15 years old and is like a brand new piano inside. It's smaller too so will fit perfectly in the new house. I get a bench with it also (although they don't match but I don't care it's a playable piano for now) and it costs us $900 delivered to the new place and the old piano here now is taken away for free. It will be so nice to play my music again. I love playing the piano. I played it for 10 minutes and not once did I get strain on my wrists (like I did on the Ennis)
The cottage officially became ours at 10:30 this morning. Rob's status on his messenger is currently:
hmmmmmmm.....cottage is ours....hot tub calling....road closed....must be in Canada!
I liked it so well I posted it on my facebook page. They since reopened the highways (Rob worked from home today all the highways and county roads surrounding Listowel were closed) except for Hwy 23 which is adjacent to us, it never opened all day. Then at 5:00 they were all closed again and at this time (9:15PM) remain closed. This stupid system is just hovering right over us and is expected not to leave until tomorrow afternoon (as of now). Fortunately, the forecast for Saturday is partly sunny so I have that to look forward to for moving day.
The house is 98% packed. Just the clothes left to do and a few odds and ends to pack up. However I only have 1 box left and a drive around town today yielded none. That's fine, I'll pack up what I can, unpack at the new place bring the boxes back and pack the remainder. The bulk of the work is done. Now to get the trailers here and start loading them. I'm very tired. And the house is full of boxes that are full.
I'll be so glad when this is all done. I. Hate. Moving.
Jenn :D
He said he has one in his shop where the cabinet is a little worn (used in a barbershop quartet) but it's only 15 years old and is like a brand new piano inside. It's smaller too so will fit perfectly in the new house. I get a bench with it also (although they don't match but I don't care it's a playable piano for now) and it costs us $900 delivered to the new place and the old piano here now is taken away for free. It will be so nice to play my music again. I love playing the piano. I played it for 10 minutes and not once did I get strain on my wrists (like I did on the Ennis)
The cottage officially became ours at 10:30 this morning. Rob's status on his messenger is currently:
hmmmmmmm.....cottage is ours....hot tub calling....road closed....must be in Canada!
I liked it so well I posted it on my facebook page. They since reopened the highways (Rob worked from home today all the highways and county roads surrounding Listowel were closed) except for Hwy 23 which is adjacent to us, it never opened all day. Then at 5:00 they were all closed again and at this time (9:15PM) remain closed. This stupid system is just hovering right over us and is expected not to leave until tomorrow afternoon (as of now). Fortunately, the forecast for Saturday is partly sunny so I have that to look forward to for moving day.
The house is 98% packed. Just the clothes left to do and a few odds and ends to pack up. However I only have 1 box left and a drive around town today yielded none. That's fine, I'll pack up what I can, unpack at the new place bring the boxes back and pack the remainder. The bulk of the work is done. Now to get the trailers here and start loading them. I'm very tired. And the house is full of boxes that are full.
I'll be so glad when this is all done. I. Hate. Moving.
Jenn :D
Monday, 7 December 2009
Like A River Glorious
Finally got to hear this hymn that my friend River fashioned her online moniker from... :)
Very BEAUTIFUL!! I've always been a sucker for organ music... :) (Now to look up the lyrics)
Jenn
Very BEAUTIFUL!! I've always been a sucker for organ music... :) (Now to look up the lyrics)
Jenn
To do list - Monday
OK The countdown is on.... getting down to the wire... 3 days to close.
TO DO:
TO DO:
- Call post office and get a box in the Community Mail Box
- Call HuronTel and arrange to pick up our DSL modem
- PACK
- Tomorrow I'll be driving to Kincardine to meet up with Rob at the lawyer's to finalize the closing on the new place.
- Then hightailing back to get the car in for an oil change.
Friday, 4 December 2009
What I'm working on today...
Call me magic fingers. Or maybe call me surgeon if you like.. But I'm doing delicate surgery on Siamese twins......
(After life changing surgery)
(Before)
(After life changing surgery)
Jenn :D
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
A Letter from Jesus about Christmas
A Letter from Jesus about Christmas --
It has come to my attention that many of you are upset that folks are taking My name out of the season.
How I personally feel about this celebration can probably be most easily understood by those of you who have been blessed with children of your own. I don't care what you call the day. If you want to celebrate My birth, just GET ALONG AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
Now, having said that let Me go on. If it bothers you that the town in which you live doesn't allow a scene depicting My birth, then just get rid of a couple of Santas and snowmen and put in a small Nativity scene on your own front lawn If all My followers did that there wouldn't be any need for such a scene on the town square because there would be many of them all around town.
Stop worrying about the fact that people are calling the tree a holiday tree, instead of a Christmas tree. It was I who made all trees. You can remember Me anytime you see any tree. Decorate a grape vine if you wish: I actually spoke of that one in a teaching, explaining who I am in relation to you and what each of our tasks was. If you have forgotten that one, look up John 15: 1 - 8.
If you want to give Me a present in remembrance of My birth here is my wish list. Choose something from it:
1. Instead of writing protest letters objecting to the way My birthday is being celebrated, write letters of love and hope to soldiers away from home. They are terribly afraid and lonely this time of year. I know, they tell Me all the time.
2. Visit someone in a nursing home. You don't have to know them personally. They just need to know that someone cares about them.
3. Instead of writing the President complaining about the wording on the cards his staff sent out this year, why don't you write and tell him that you'll be praying for him and his family this year. Then follow up... It will be nice hearing from you again.
4. Instead of giving your children a lot of gifts you can't afford and they don't need, spend time with them. Tell them the story of My birth, and why I came to live with you down here. Hold them in your arms and remind them that I love them.
5 Pick someone that has hurt you in the past and forgive him or her.
6. Did you know that someone in your town will attempt to take their own life this season because they feel so alone and hopeless? Since you don't know who that person is, try giving everyone you meet a warm smile; it could make the difference.
7. Instead of nit picking about what the retailer in your town calls the holiday, be patient with the people who work there. Give them a warm smile and a kind word. Even if they aren't allowed to wish you a "Merry Christmas" that doesn't keep you from wishing them one. Then stop shopping there on Sunday. If the store didn't make so much money on that day they'd close and let their employees spend the day at home with their families
8. If you really want to make a difference, support a missionary-- especially one who takes My love and Good News to those who have never heard My name.
9. Here's a good one. There are individuals and whole families in your town who not only will have no "Christmas" tree, but neither will they have any presents to give or receive. If you don't know them, buy some food and a few gifts and give them to the Salvation Army or some other charity which believes in Me and they will make the delivery for you.
10. Finally, if you want to make a statement about your belief in and loyalty to Me, then behave like a Christian. Don't do things in secret that you wouldn't do in My presence. Let people know by your actions that you are one of mine.
Don't forget; I am God and can take care of Myself.. Just love Me and do what I have told you to do. I'll take care of all the rest. Check out the list above and get to work; time is short. I'll help you, but the ball is now in your court. And do have a most blessed Christmas with all those whom you love and remember:
I love you,
Jesus
It has come to my attention that many of you are upset that folks are taking My name out of the season.
How I personally feel about this celebration can probably be most easily understood by those of you who have been blessed with children of your own. I don't care what you call the day. If you want to celebrate My birth, just GET ALONG AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
Now, having said that let Me go on. If it bothers you that the town in which you live doesn't allow a scene depicting My birth, then just get rid of a couple of Santas and snowmen and put in a small Nativity scene on your own front lawn If all My followers did that there wouldn't be any need for such a scene on the town square because there would be many of them all around town.
Stop worrying about the fact that people are calling the tree a holiday tree, instead of a Christmas tree. It was I who made all trees. You can remember Me anytime you see any tree. Decorate a grape vine if you wish: I actually spoke of that one in a teaching, explaining who I am in relation to you and what each of our tasks was. If you have forgotten that one, look up John 15: 1 - 8.
If you want to give Me a present in remembrance of My birth here is my wish list. Choose something from it:
1. Instead of writing protest letters objecting to the way My birthday is being celebrated, write letters of love and hope to soldiers away from home. They are terribly afraid and lonely this time of year. I know, they tell Me all the time.
2. Visit someone in a nursing home. You don't have to know them personally. They just need to know that someone cares about them.
3. Instead of writing the President complaining about the wording on the cards his staff sent out this year, why don't you write and tell him that you'll be praying for him and his family this year. Then follow up... It will be nice hearing from you again.
4. Instead of giving your children a lot of gifts you can't afford and they don't need, spend time with them. Tell them the story of My birth, and why I came to live with you down here. Hold them in your arms and remind them that I love them.
5 Pick someone that has hurt you in the past and forgive him or her.
6. Did you know that someone in your town will attempt to take their own life this season because they feel so alone and hopeless? Since you don't know who that person is, try giving everyone you meet a warm smile; it could make the difference.
7. Instead of nit picking about what the retailer in your town calls the holiday, be patient with the people who work there. Give them a warm smile and a kind word. Even if they aren't allowed to wish you a "Merry Christmas" that doesn't keep you from wishing them one. Then stop shopping there on Sunday. If the store didn't make so much money on that day they'd close and let their employees spend the day at home with their families
8. If you really want to make a difference, support a missionary-- especially one who takes My love and Good News to those who have never heard My name.
9. Here's a good one. There are individuals and whole families in your town who not only will have no "Christmas" tree, but neither will they have any presents to give or receive. If you don't know them, buy some food and a few gifts and give them to the Salvation Army or some other charity which believes in Me and they will make the delivery for you.
10. Finally, if you want to make a statement about your belief in and loyalty to Me, then behave like a Christian. Don't do things in secret that you wouldn't do in My presence. Let people know by your actions that you are one of mine.
Don't forget; I am God and can take care of Myself.. Just love Me and do what I have told you to do. I'll take care of all the rest. Check out the list above and get to work; time is short. I'll help you, but the ball is now in your court. And do have a most blessed Christmas with all those whom you love and remember:
I love you,
Jesus
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