I think I just lost my first post, that's not a good sign.
Here I go again.
Following the examples of the blogs of Tricia and Bjorn I have decided to create this one so people can keep up to date with the progress made for the reunion in August. Here everybody can make known their opinions, ideas, concerns and questions.
The response to my emails has produced the following list of family hoping to attend:
Rob, Bonnie, Nicholas, Jessica, Therese, Mary, Christine, Len, Kelly, Amy, (Campbell), Marty, Karen, Mike, Diane, Lindsey, Luke, Shannon, Christine, Ron, James, Christine, Presley, Chris, Kristin, JJ, Nevan, Lucas, Marcia, Dennis, Shawn, Brant, Julianna, Kahless, Briana, Braden, Ed, Deanie, Heather, Holly, Jamie, Eddie, Mia, Lui, Ellie, Lou, Marie, Tricia, Brandon, Dana, Davis, Jack, Tony, Carol, Sonia, Justin, Jacob, Jordan, Dustin, Kelly, Keenan, Jenalee, Mary-Ellen, Bob, Anne Marie, Mike, Zach, Noah, Jacob, Barbara, David, Emmanuel, Grace Anne, Hannah Lynne, Louise, David, Paul, Alan, Melissa, Bjorn, Vic, Don, Michelle, Mike, Penny, Logan, Geron, Betty Jo, Bob, Louise, Steve and of course Mom. That makes 91.
News to date:
Holy Rosary Cathedral hall has been booked for the gathering Sunday August 26 from 12 to 5. People wishing to do so can invite their own family and close friends.
I ran into Art, the super at mom's building, and asked the capacity of the hospitality suite and he answered 40. The Cathedral hall is booked for a wedding the 25th so I am working on booking the student lounge at Campion College, with Heather's help, and it's looking hopeful.
Dave and Louise's offer to look after the snacks for Saturday is obviously too much to ask of them or any other couple. With ideas from the rest of you we should easily be able to come up with some kind of plan for feeding ourselves. Anybody else who have plans they need help with they need only ask for help.
Tony has answered my call for somebody to look after a budget for our event. Chris has let me know Marty has offered to play, Therese is looking after a performance program, Marcia has a great idea for family photos, Rob is looking after a cake for Sunday, and Vic and Don are looking after a photo and pin. Chris has also asked to let mom know what friends you are inviting. That is a good idea, it will be a little less overwhelming for mom if she knows who is coming.
That is what I have so far, like I said if there is any other news you will be able to post it here or let me know and I can. I am looking forward to seeing all of you. 159 and counting!
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Its a busy day because its Bjorn's 1st Birthday today, and Grandma and gramps Butcher sent him a special wish on the 400 spot! So I guess its OK that I missed the spot thanks for the warning though Ed. I will try again for the 500 spot.
Happy 1st birthday Bjorn
from your Great Uncle Rob
I'm sending you a couple guesses ED even thought i'm way to YOUNG!!
(i can say that around you guys) to remember the songs
Hi
Hi: i just spent a couple hours catching up, I relly enjoyed it, and i'll try to blog a little more often...Len
Hey great to hear from you Len.
Michele, you are definitely on board with your entry.
Louise, Please don't stop sending the rhymes - they're so beautiful.
I believe the answer this time is the arrival of Mom's first old age pension cheque and her last 'baby bonus' cheque in the same month - March of 1983 to be exact!
Ed, I'm so glad that the contest is for Lui, because I am totally confused by those clues!
Happy birthday Bjorn!
Lots of love,
Marcia
Hi Michele,
Welcome to the blog. And good to have you back Leonard. Keep on blogging.
Lucy,
Thanks for the wonderful rhymes. I agree with Marcia-they are beautiful.
And, hey Marcia,
well done. I wondered what the last riddle was; I am assuming it is correct.
Edward,
Holy Cow! These clues are harder than Lui's were. I may have to sit back and let him solve them all.
Happy birthday, Bjorn. You sure have crazy relatives.
Love, BJ
Hello everyone,
i tryed to guess at some of ed's songs but didn't get any right, if anyone is interested iin teaming up with me let me know i'm willing to help you out!
Yes, indeed, Marcia! In March of the year that Mom turned 65, she got her first old age pension cheque. That same month, Robert turned 18 and Mom no longer qualified for the monthy "baby bonus" that she had been receiving for her youngest child. Somewhere there is a picture of the two cheques side-by-side, capturing the moment of Mom's unique and seamless transition from one social benefit to another.
Rob ... you and I might make a good team. I sent in 15 responses and came back with a zero but Ed says my guess on Vic has possibilities. Did any of your guesses come that close?
Lui ... how soon can you put all of us out of our misery?
Len ... we look forward to hearing from you more often now that you've "caught up" on the latest entries on the blog. Watch out though, they can build up awfully fast if you're not careful. (Paul hints that a true Antonini does a quick check on the way to the bathroom in the middle of the night.)
Melissa ... you're so confident that the blog will hit the 500 mark that you've already reserved your spot. You go girl!
Now, for another riddle:
AN EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFT OF SORTS-
DUE THIS SUMMER BY REPORTS!
Love, Lucy
Hi lucy
we would make a good team but mine didn't come close at all and is your riddle Michelles stepdaughter Jamie's expected baby
Lucy here, Robert
I just learned a bit of family news from you. I wasn't aware that Jamie is expecting a baby this summer. (Sometimes the family grapevine breaks down as it winds and twists across the country. I wonder why?)
Obviously, the expected 'bundle of joy' not the answer to my latest riddle but it certainly is cause for celebration. Because of you, I've added Jamie to my prayer list today.
Now ... back to the riddle ... note the reference to a pre-Christmas 'gift of sorts'...
Luv, Lucy
Hey guys
I just got home from the road.
I just got caught up on the blog. I am here for 5 more minutes, then I'm off shooting until Friday.
Welcome new people.
Sorry I don't have time to work on the riddles. You guys get them fast.
I don't have a clue on the songs and I even think Lou is gonna have a tough time with it. We are gonna need more clues Ed.
Good bye....tears.... I am soooooooo gonna miss this.
Love, Marty
Hey Louise,
I"ll try the reunion itself. Celebrating mom's 90th.
Sorry I couldn't give you any right on your guesses.
I'm posting for vic
vic said...
It's only 4 days since I wrote my last blog.
My senses are reeling, I am agog,
Because during my absence since the main event,
A variety of clever comments have been sent
From Mary-Ellen and Robert, Ed and Michele, Tony and Carol, Michael and Paul
Lucy and David, big sister BJ
All of them posted just one day in May.
From Holly, Melissa and "Little" Lui,
Marcia, Lenny and even Bob B
Came promises, puzzles, memories and more.
A person could wonder what else is in store
Besides tears that we've shed as heroes were named,
Laughter we've shared as we riddled and gamed.
Love to all you wonderful and very clever people,
Vic
p.s.
Vic says...
I have decided I have to come up with my own contest; it's the only way I'm going to win anything.
Vic
Hi Lucy,
What an amazing coincidence - I was going to guess what Robert guessed - Brian & I found out on Christmas Eve that Jamie is expecting on July 7th, so it was a pre-Christmas gift of sorts for us!
Thanks for adding Jamie to your prayer list - I love Lucy too!
Michele
P.S.
Mike, did you notice Jamie's due date is filled with your lucky # - 07/07/07! By the way, that's always been my favourite # too - even before we found out about Jamie's pregnancy.
Cheers to life!
Michele
bj posting as bj
Edward, I have come up with all kinds of ideas about your clues, but can't match any of them to songs. Is the first part of your clue about the song, and the second part about the performer, vice versa or not that at all? Where am I going wrong? Time for another set of clues already?
Robert, I will gladly send all my answers for you to use. In fact, I will team up with anybody at all. Don't hold your breath though.
And speaking of clues, Lucy--are yours getting harder as they go along?
I knew most of the first ones, but was stumped by the last 2. Don't make them any easier. Just keep them coming. I like it that they are being answered by different people.
Melissa, I was going to phone you about #400, but it was too early in the morning. We are 2 hours ahead of you. I am cheering for you to post #500. Go for it!
Marty, We've missed you. Too bad (for us, but good for you) that you are off again. Break a leg.
Love, BJ
Lucy here,
Yes, Edward, on December 22, 2006, our sister, Christine, sent us a joint email entitled MARK YOUR CALENDARS! In her message she wrote: "We have a weekend for celebrating Mom's 90th year!" In closing, she told us to watch for further developments concerning the "amazing event of all 14 of us coming together again" in August 2007.
It was Christine who got us to set a date and she who announced sibling consensus in time to heighten our Christmas joy. Anticipation has been building ever since.
Michele ... your latest blog entry proves that there were indeed two correct answers to my riddle. Thanks for expanding on Robert's guess. That's the second time I did not consider other possibilities.
Rob... In the light of Michele's exciting news, I'm going to backtrack and congratulate you for being first to answer my latest riddle correctly. As Edward would say: "Good eye, Rob".
Marty ... hi and good bye; happy filming until Friday!
Vic ... as M-E would say: GUM ANY DOOR DO!
No, BJ, my riddles aren't getting any harder but sometimes they have meanings that even I didn't intend them to have.
So......
THOUGH WE BALANCE SEVEN WITH SEVEN
THE SCALES ARE TIPPED BY ONE IN HEAVEN.
Lots of love, Louise
Man! You can't leave this blog for a moment because when you get back to it, it takes an hour to catch up.
MARCIA - how clever of you to guess Mom's cheques. I just couldn't get it and yet once I saw your answer, the riddle made perfect sense. Good job!
ED - Wow, these clues are tough! You have more confidence in me than I do!!
LUI - You're a genius if you figure these out!
VIC - I'm with you on coming up with my own contest in order to win a prize. Keep that rhyme coming - I love it.
LUCY - Your riddles are fabulous! How do you do that? YEA GROUND MOOD!
MARTY - Hurry back - we're already missing you.
BOB BARKER - I hope you get more pictures for the Family Tree. Hey All, you won't believe the great job he does with them.Send pictures!
ROB - At least you made a couple of guesses on Ed's songs. You're a genius even if they were wrong. I can't even come up with any idea, right or wrong.
MELISSA - Give Bjorn a big birthday hug! What a happy little boy he is. Cutie.
LEN - Good to see you. Love you.
MICHELLE - I agree with you; you are addicted!!
MIKE - Where are you? At Butler's?
TONY - You've got a lot of reading to do again.
CHRIS & THERESE - Ditto for you
two!
BJ - You're the eldest and you're losing control of the rest of us!!!
Love to All,
ME xoxoxoxoxoxo
Hi Lucy
Is it Our first brother Luigi who (correct me if Im wrong) was born nov. 13 and passed on nov. 14
Our baby brother Lui, born between Louise & I. His little tombstone says, " Son, pray for us."
Crying again, ME xoxoxo
Way to go Rob! You slipped in the answer before me. Love you little Bro!
ME xoxoxoxo
I had to consult with my personal adviser(I won't give out the identity) about additional clues. Discussing the matter over popcorn and a slurpee I was advised to "let them do a bit of work for additional clues".
I guess my clues weren't as easy as I thought.
Again...following Lou's format
Here's the score to date:
3-Lou...Vic,Louise,Lou
Ed
Yes, Rob, you're right again! That's two for two now.
Mom and Dad had fifteen children - 8 sons and 7 daughters. Their first boy, baptized Luigi, was born on November 13, 1943. A full-term baby, Luigi suffered a cerebral haemorrhage and died the next day. As we all know, Mom gave birth to a fourth girl before she and Dad finally "took time to put a tassel" on a baby named Anthony Joseph. (Tony, I didn't say that but one of Dad's colleagues did when Dad announced your arrival).
M-E ... Thanks for the reinforcement on this latest riddle. You and I have a special connection to that little guy who was born between us, don't we? I think Len might have something to say about him, too.
Vic ... I love those rhyming couplets; they have given rise to a whole series of riddles. Thanks!
To Ed's unnamed personal advisor: what are you doing for lunch tomorrow? I do popcorn and slurpees, too.
Lou ... how did you do that? At the rate of 3 out of 15 in one day, you'll have Ed's puzzle solved by the weekend. (My math is definitely better than my music).
Ed ... have you stopped laughing long enough for a second report on how I'm doing?
It's way past my bedtime. Remember, I am five to eight hours ahead of the rest of you.
It's definitely time for another riddle:
CELEBRATIONS NUMBERED TWO AT LEAST
BUT THIS COULD BE A TRIPLE FEAST!
Luv, Lucy
Another chance of good timing.This would be Mom and Dad's Anniversary,Dad's Birthday and once in a while Father's Day.
Send me some more song titles I'll let you know how you're doing.
Ed
Hey maybe if the rest of us team up on Ed's quiz we could get one right before Lui finishes it
Holy s@#%*##!! You guys are nuts! I can't believe I got so far behind.
Mike and Rob - what little sweeties you are.
Lucy, you've done a great job and we're just jumpin' in for those answers.
Love to hear from ME and BJ anytime. You're just lapping this up.
Marty, have fun out there.
Michele - a grandma?? Come on!
Hey, I gotta go - I've had a hard day at the pool!
EDWEIRD - OH!!!
Marcia
mary ellen we were at the beach for the day and butlers was'nt very good, ha ha. i can't believe how may enties there are, i guess my 555 guess is done, for that matter my 1000 is probably way to low.
welcome michelle and happy birthday bjorn
luv mike
Oops!It appears my quiz is much harder than Lou's. I'll add clues tomorrow.
Sunday results at 10:15 Regina time.
Lou-3-Louise, Lou, Vic
Louise-1-Dad
ME-1-Chris
Rob-1-Chris.
Thank you for this weeks contributions to the blog I will visit mom tomorrow night with 36 new pages for her binder.
Love
Edward
Hip, hip, hooray! Three times over, Ed! Yes, June 17th was the day we celebrated Dad's birthday, Mom and Dad's wedding anniversary and, every so often, Father's Day as well. The triple feast happened whenever the 17th fell on the third Sunday of June - as it does this year! Go ahead, check your calendars. How auspicious is that?
Mike ... when you come to Fife, Dave and I will treat you to the best fish and chips in Scotland. I have to warn you though, there's one ingredient that only Butlers has and it's not transferable, is it! (By the way, if 555 is too low, shall be try for 777?)
Marcia ... your hard day at the pool might rival Dave's long walk on the links.
Ed ... I'm taking a break until your latest clues are posted.
Meanwhile, I just happen to have another riddle here.
WHEN AN ACE IS ON THE SPOT
A PERFECT SEVEN MAY BE SHOT!
LOLOL, Lucy
The New Quiz:
Dad- He had lots of these words. I like to think most moms and dads do.
Mom- She’d ask him to look and see 5 times a week if she lived on the first floor. Real TV teems.
BJ- Her and Bob would travel together sometimes. Young Sidney has something in common.
Vic- It’s how I feel at 311, Deanie agrees. CHANCES ARE everyone would .
Louise- Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Port Alice...She could say this about this strip. Now it’s the Steading (east Sands)
ME-This is probably good advice for Mary-Ellen and her toes. Ad-here for excitement.
Tony-They are very important, he has to carry them with him. You'll all have to search to find this one.
Lou- With the Heartaches by the Numbers they’ve had. You could probably find them doing this.
Ed-I look forward to it even before work starts each day. Exotic woods are the in thing now.
Marcia- Three say she isn’t but 362 say she is. A recipe for fun.
Chris- I hear she planted one of mom’s favorites in the middle of the stage when her group performed this one. ET would have also liked munching on these.
Mike-He’s not likely to sell this House. One or more of us have had one or more of these frisky things.
Marty-He’s so busy it’s the only way I hear what he’s been up to. As close as Diana is to Diane.
Len-Besides the good I imagine he sees these at work to. Bad forest fires can even make a mountain look ugly and black.
Therese- Both Mary and Christine provide her with lots of these moments. He’s a little like us, myself and Marcia in particular.
Rob- When work is over...so is Rob. Only 16 of us could be seated in this plane.
Sorry
Better Luck this time.
P.S.
With the exception of Lou's, the song is always the first clue.
Ed
For the first time I actually have the chance to solve one of my godmother's riddles before someone else already has... and I can't figure out the answer!
Welcome Michele! By the way, you might be an Antonini if your WEDDING CAKE was Rice Krispie! (And it was goooood!)
I may win the Bloggie for "Most Addicted Blogger"! The night before Dad posted his contest, I dreamt about the clues and dreamt I had to wake up and get solving them first thing in the morning! I woke myself up at around 1:00 in the morning thinking I had something I had to do, only to discover it was the middle of the night before the contest had even started! You might be an Antonini if you dream in BLOG!
Must go... Ellie calls!
i forgot how to log on......testing to see if this works now!
Yep...Mike warned me that I had to use my email address to login.... Really, I was listening. Which makes me think of something.
How about this one?
You might be an Antonini if your mom sends you to the store with a list of groceries, but you don't NEED to write it down and then you have to phone her because you remembered you needed 4 things, but only have 3 in the basket?
Or does this only apply to me and my dad? Or do me and my dad only do this to her on purpose....only we know the answer to that one!!!
Just spent over another hour of mayor pat's time catching up on the blog - the riddles are great!
Those are some great Yahtzee scores by the way. I remember one day at mom and dads - I think even Cory was there, we couldn't put that thing down, mom was getting mad at us - i think we may have even forgot to eat that day??
Can't wait to see the movie Marty!
You might be an Antonini if you've been asked the question "now which brother is your dad?"
I am bias on that one 'cause I'm always proud to say Tony! Love ya dad....
Sonia
Hey? Where are my brothers???? Hello? Are any of you out there?
hey sonia - i've done the grocery thing myself. congratulations on winning the womens singles canadian racquetball championship this weekend, i read about it in the leader post this morning. hey everybody thats my niece!!!
ed thanks for the new clues, now maybe i'll be able to start guessing some of the answers.
lucy - we do hope to come to scotland some day
luv mike
Hey, Sonia
Way to go! Congratulations. Good to see you on the Blog. I love your dad, too.
Lucy,
Is your latest riddle about the "Golf" card game that Dad invented and played endlessly? I don't know anything about the game, but the words might fit, and no one else seems to be answering it.
Holly,
I hope your only dreams tonight are sweet dreams. This blog is out of control. Isn't that great?!
Edward,
These are easier clues? Holy cow! I think I know Mom's and Christine's, but are those other people related to me?
GO SENS GO.
Love, BJ
Lucy here!
Thanks for the new clues, Ed. They've got Dave thinking out loud and I am getting a few answers from his random comments. Yippee!
Welcome back Sonia ... you might be an Antonini if you've ever lost track of a brother or two or three or. . .
Holly ... I love it when you refer to me as your godmother. I even wished that I had posted a more general riddle for you to solve. Keep watching this spot!
BJ ... I knew my latest riddle would not be easily answered by more than a dozen and a half people or so. I'm still convinced that someone out there has the answer. Will two more lines get the wheels turning?
WHEN AN ACE IS ON THE SPOT
A PERFECT SEVEN MAY BE SHOT.
THIS CAMERA-TOTING ACE WON'T REST
UNTIL HE SHOOTS THE VERY BEST!
Luv, Lucy
Lucy,
Don W taking a picture of 7 sisters at a reunion?
BJ
Yes BJ, What would we do without Don to capture all seven of us in a single frame? His 2006 reunion photo of the seven sisters is the best ever. It is not only displayed in each of our homes but we have proudly presented it to our mother, children, brothers, aunts and friends. Last fall, when we especially wanted Tricia to feel our love and support, we gave her a copy of this photo of her seven smiling aunts jointly sending positive energy her way. This picture is a real keeper for its beauty and its memories. As Ed would say: Good eye, Don!
(Don ... don't forget to pack your camera when you and Vic head to Regina on the reunion weekend. We love the way we look through your lenses.)
Let's try another:
FOR FLOOR TO CEILING CHANGES MADE
THANKS AND PLEASURE NEVER FADE.
Good night, Louise
Hi Gang
Just checking in to see if I've missed anything. Big Laugh! Now I have to go and catch up again. Blog later. Vic
Hi Lucy
Is your latest clue for the renovations done at #403 for Mom and Dad. I love your couplets and from all the other comments I've read so does the whole McAntonini clan.....and by the way, I love Lucy too. Love Vic
Bad timing.
As hard as the ACE ON THE SPOT goes. Two of your siblings brainstormed the answer at mom's tonight without the added lines. I'm thinking we're still batting 1000.
New clues are coming for my quiz in the morning. If you see some haven't changed, at least three people have the answer.
It appears maybe Lou doesn't have a computer.
Results at 10:25 Regina time:
Louise...8-Dad-Vic-Lou-Mike-Mom-Therese-Len-Chris
ME...5-Chris-Mom-Dad-Mike-Vic
Lou...3-Louise-Lou-Vic
Rob...3-Chris-Dad-Mike
Edweirdo: I get a nickname the old fashioned way...I earn it.
This is WAY too much fun - how are we supposed to get any sleep?! I've been clueless on Ed's quiz but may have a guess on ONE (!) now with the new clues. I'm waiting to hear back so I can go to bed!!
Holly - Mike & Penny would totally approve of your wedding cake flavour - they had Rice Krispie cake too!
Congratulations Sonia - anyone who's ever played raquetball knows how physically demanding it is!
BJ - don't worry - there are still 6 games to go - GO SENS GO!
Welcome back to the Blog Mom!
'night all
Michele
Update:
Michelle...1-Vic
Oh what the heck. More help.
The New Quiz:
If the clues remain unchanged, they have been solved by 3 or more.
Dad- He had lots of these words. I like to think most moms and dads do.
Mom- She’d ask him to look and see 5 times a week if she lived on the first floor. Real TV teems. Marvellous singing girl group.
BJ- Her and Bob would travel together sometimes. Young Sidney has something in common. At one time it took 80 days.
Vic- It’s how I feel at 311, Deanie agrees. CHANCES ARE everyone would .
Louise- Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Port Alice...She could say this about this strip. Now it’s the Steading (east Sands) I wonder if the boys surf here.
ME-This is probably good advice for Mary-Ellen and her toes. Ad-here for excitement. If you have to stub a toe it's better to be moving slowly.
Tony-They are very important, he has to carry them with him. You'll all have to search to find this one. They help locate before the rescue.
Lou- With the Heartaches by the Numbers they’ve had. You could probably find them doing this. This Guy was 9 weeks at no.1 in the late 50's.
Ed-I look forward to it even before work starts each day. Exotic woods are the in thing now. That's the time when the whistle blows.
Marcia- Three say she isn’t but 362 say she is. A recipe for fun. Irish twins.
Chris- I hear she planted one of mom’s favorites in the middle of the stage when her group performed this one. ET would have also liked munching on these.
Mike-He’s not likely to sell this House. One or more of us have had one or more of these frisky things.
Marty-He’s so busy it’s the only way I hear what he’s been up to. As close as Diana is to Diane. Strip these to make wine.
Len-Besides the good I imagine he sees these at work to. Bad forest fires can even make a mountain look ugly and black. Lee ended up worse off than Eli and Clint.
Therese- Both Mary and Christine provide her with lots of these moments. He’s a little like us, myself and Marcia in particular. We all blog on these.
Rob- When work is over...so is Rob. Only 16 of us could be seated in this plane. The 9s and 10s seat many more.
Ed
Oh, yes, Vic! In the fall of 1994, Deanie and Edward organised a sweet, suite transformation project. In record time, they and others changed 403 from plain to perky. Ed focused on floors and fixtures; Deanie and her crew, on finishes and finery.
Dave and I have a photo album that records the operation from beginning to end - including the awesome moment when Mom and Dad returned to their newly decorated unit. They loved it then and Mom continues to enjoy the suite that she calls "home". (A favorite feature remains the unique display of her plate collection in the living room area.) As Ed would say: "Good eye, Deanie!"
Mike ... someday we will welcome you warmly to the Kingdom of Fife! Our eastern coastline is considered the jewelled necklace on the king's cloak. It also boasts the finest fish and chips shop in Scotland. Yum, yum.
Ed ... your clues are getting better and, to my good fortune, Dave is really good at picking up on your hints. Once again, I know what you would say ... "Good eye, Dave".
Time for another riddle:
UNLUCKY FOR SOME; ON TRACK FOR THESE TWO.
WITHOUT THIS WEE WALK, THERE WOULDN'T BE ... YOU!!!
LOLOL, Lucy
Lucy alone here in the early morning hours,
Holly ... now that you have made clever reference to a reunion award called a "Bloggie", has anyone offered to design it?
Ed ... have you forgotten Lou's handicap? Remember he's working with a putter on a 3" x 2" keyboard.
Vic ... I recommend that the contest you're designing for yourself to win be a closed competition. I've learned from experience that this family can beat you at your own game. Good luck! Lucy luvs U, too.
M-E ... in so many ways, the possibilities are endless, aren't they? DO MERE GO WAND!
Love, Louise
I'm going to take a stab at your riddle. I'm not sure but did dad ask for mom's hand during a walk on the tracks at Last Mountain Lake's Regina Beach.
Sounds romantic if that's not it. It was unlucky for other ladies, and you're speaking to all of us on the blog so "you" would be each one of us and our own offspring who are also visiting here.
I like it, I'm going with that.
Ed
I think the unlucky part was that the date occured on Friday, July 13.
Hey! if we're right, we make a good team sis. Two in a row if you know what I mean. ;-)
Ed
My mistake. Three!
Wow! Ed and Therese. Cool answers to Lucy's latest couplet. I love this blog -
Lucy's verse is superb, call it the right stuff.
Lou's clues very clever, call them really tough.
Ed's puzzle's a wonder, call it SO enough
To inspire me to blog my own bit of fluff.
Here's the deal - my guessing game is a play on words on titles, characters, songs and events from movies and books. Here's an example - what's a little girl's unhappy celebration? Alice In Wonderland's Sad Tea Party(Mad Tea Party). Post the original version along with your quirky guess. Here's a few to get started. I'll post more as these are answered. Have fun. Love, Vic
Lawman with walking aid.
Soundless dancing.
Scary Royalty.
Where gangsters' women might dwell.
With a little twist - Crazy, happy relatives inspire some tricky, innovative, nutty expressions. Especially very (absolutely) nutty sentences.
You might be an Antonini when you have to jot down May 27 6:58 am to remember where you left off on the family blog.
You might be an Antonini when you finish your dinner by licking your tie!
Louise, I don't remember Dad saying "you are my riches" but it reminds me of Mom saying I was the best New Years prize she could have received.
Sometimes I can almost hear and see what some of you are saying. Like Marty, "Let me try to 'splain" or Mike's "Woh-ho-ho" and ME's "Damn we're good". And BJ's "Maroon". I have to admit, though, that it's hard to imagine Louise saying "YO BJ".
Remembering the Beach - what about a big sister who not only bought us a treat every day (popsicle day, ice cream cone day etc) but actually took us into the store to pick out our own penny candy (5 cent day). You could get a million mojos for a nickle.
I'm not getting the anagrams but I'll take another shot at Marcia's contest - Looking over us is Sister Extraordinaire.
Ed and Therese: I love your collaborative efforts. This is how family legends are created! On their very first date, July 13, 1937, Mom and Dad walked along the railroad tracks at Regina Beach. Though many people fear the number 13, our parents-to-be must have felt lucky in love. The rest is history, as the saying goes.
Throughout their married lives, Mom and Dad celebrated the anniversary of this first date. Sometimes they repeated their romantic stroll along the tracks but always they remembered their beginnings.
Vic ... I'm waiting for someone to give me another example of how your contest works. Once I see the pattern, I'll get right in step, too ... I think.
Chris ... I'm so glad you've joined us again. Aren't we having fun? Can you hear me say ... your entry is ahhh-some?
Anybody ready for another riddle?
THIS WAS NOT JUST ANY NOOK;
HAPPY TIMES WOULD FILL A BOOK!
Lots of love, Louise
Holy Cow!
Lucy,
Grandma's cottage was called Knick Knack Knook. We thought it was the cleverest name ever. Is that the answer to your clue? And, by the way, I am nominating you as family archivist. Your memories are phenomenol. Anyone want to second that?
Do you think the answer to Vic's 'Scary Royalty' could be Prince Alarming (once known as Prince Charming?) He is a character and this does involve a play on words. Let me know what you think. I am still working on the other ones.
Hi again Chris,
I like your enumeration of the things we all say. It is true that when you read them, you can actually hear the person saying them.
Ed & Therese,
Well done. Collaboration is great. Keep doing it.
Vic,
I love your puzzle. So far I only have the one, but you can be sure I will be madly trying to figure out the others. I've posted the one I know in the hope that others will start giving me answers to the others. What fun!
Love, BJ
this is driving me crazy!!! the real estate market is exploding in regina, and i can't seem to find the time to work on eds clues, lucy's quiz's, hollys you might be an antonini and now vics deal or no deal, plus keep up on the blog.
speaking of 403, the price is up 50% in the last 6 months lucy and dave and lucy "unlucky for some" i really like that.
bad news for the ottawa senators, i told my son, luke i could'nt believe they lost last night, but he tells me daniel alfredson touched the conference championship trophy after they beat buffalo. apparently this is a jinx. no team thats touched the trophy has gone on to win the stanley cup. scott niedemeyer who has won stanley cups with new jersy, would'nt even step on the carpet that was under the table that the trophy was sitting on when they beat detroit. lets hope this superstition is'nt for real
i'm late for another appointment
taxi!!!!!
Yes, BJ, Knick Knack Knook was not only a clever name but it was a perfect description of Grandma and Grampa's cottage at Regina Beach. We loved to drop in for a visit and we were fascinated by all the ornaments that sat along the sills and surfaces of their summer home. Grampa would take a break from his checkers game and Grandma would hoist up a cold drink from her mysterious dumbwaiter. At this time in my life, I realise that Grandma and Grandpa must have treasured our youthful company as much as we revered their timeless presence.
I also have to thank you for the example of the scary royalty. I quickly changed A Doll's House into a Moll's House. Other answers have not come so readily but I've got the idea now. As M-E would say: DARE WOMEN DOG!
Mike ... thanks for the heads up on Regina real estate. The market is out of control everywhere else in the world (except Port Alice). Why not in Regina?
Yet another riddle?
RENTAL SPACE IS "HOME SUITE HOME"
WHEN FOLKS KNOW THEY'LL NEVER ROAM.
Luv, Lucy
Auntie Louise - is that Grandma's suite? That was a tricky one!
Yes, Holly, it IS indeed Grandma's suite. Years ago when the Westfield units were being sold as condos, David and I were able to keep Apartment 403 "all in the family". We extended out roles as daughter and son-in-law to those of landlady and landlord and offered permanent occupancy to the world's best tenants.
So Grandma's suite will always be her "Home Sweet Home" where she can welcome friends and family. As you well know, it has an aura of peace about it and an abundance of unique personal touches that say "Grandma Antonini lives here".
Vic . . . for "where gangsters' women might dwell", I am submitting: A Moll's House (A Doll's House). All I needed was BJ's scary royalty's, Prince Alarming (Prince Charming) to get me started. However, I'm not on a roll yet.
Before I head to bed, here's another riddle:
PARISH ROOTS WOULD STILL BE STRONG
BUT FOR "PROGRESS" - RIGHT OR WRONG.
It's good night from Lucy, signing off in St. Andrews
Lucy,
Mom sais that youtr latest riddle is the closure of sacred Heart Church after over 79 years in existence.It was very hard for the parishioner like Mom who had spent their whole lives in the parish.
BJ
I finally caugthg up and I beleieve SACRED HEART CLOSING AND DEMOLITION might be it.
Tony
I finally caugthg up and I beleieve SACRED HEART CLOSING AND DEMOLITION might be it.
Tony
You guys are starting to PPPP........sss me off!!!!!
Tony
You know I finally catch up: I think I might be right, so I type at 'Hyper speed' thinking I might have a chance. I used three fingers instead of two and made more mistakes than Gearge Bush; AND, I was still too slow!!!
Good Night Irene!!!!
PS For those of you who don't know, one of my most beloved person's first name is Irene.
Guess that one!!!!
Your irate brother, Tony.
Hey, Tony,
Vic and I have just killed ourselves laughing over some very pithy and appropriate replies to your last posting, but I can't print them because Mom reads the blog. And
why do you think there are so many mistakes in my last entry--because I was trying to get it in for Mom before anyone else did. What a hoot!
Love, BJ
P.s. We're even, Tony. While I was typing up my last note, you snuck in another one. BJ
I was going to try to decipher Ed's ramblings but I am so far behind I think yesterday was April fool's day!!!!!!!!!!!
Tony
Oh, I might finally have one!!!
Irene is my mom's real name....
Now, to remember my password and be able to post this before one of my brothers posts something. Oh wait. That will be easy........
Did I win??
Should I remind my dad now that he is taking Jacob to soccer tonight or do you think he will try to get back into hyper speed mode and check this before he goes??
Later!!
If it was for MOM, I guess I can forgive my oldest sister!
(At least, until the next time she upstages me!)
Tony
Sonia,
Your dad is one of the funniest and wittiest people I know, and I see you take after him. I can't stop laughing.
Love, your Dad's oldest sister. BJ
Holly Smoke!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm even forgetting my own grandchildren. This stuff is worse than ice cream and cherry blossums.
Got to go!!!
Tone. As Marty might say.
By the way, you might be an Antonini if you could carry two pails of water across the street, or two gallons of A&W Root Beer into the cottage, before you were strong enough to pick your clothes up off the floor.
Anthony Joseph
I also wanted to add that I was very impressed with ME's technical musical description of that song! I also noticed it's in your range, ME. I think you should sing it at the reunion!
Thanks for the compliment BJ, he is a good man to take after...
I sort of take after my mom, I nag the kids once in a while. But I can't keep up to her yearly yard preparation. If I just leave my flowers NOT planted long enough, it eats away at her and she eventually comes over and plants the poor things!!! (could this be another intentional thing i do?) Thanks mom, the flower bed looks great.... oh and thanks mom for making dad sweep my garage and fix the lawn mower....
The bad part about the lawn mower though, is it works better now than it did before - now I have no excuses (other than it is raining, i have to do laundry, CSI is on)to now cut my lawn!!!
Oh wait, I have a new excuse, the lawn mower is out of gas!!! Yes - buys me yet another week off from mowing. I don't live by a gas station and don't pass any on the way to work. But mom does, and she will eventually come and fill it up for me - but she won't be able to find the gas can this year....I am going to hide it from her, someplace she will never look - right beside my vacumm.
(for those who didn't know my mom - hates vacumming....)
I think I better go now. I think I have to play racquetball!
Later!
are you supposed to pick up your clothes off the floor?
i think i forgot to teach the kids that rule...
Yikes! I spent the day baby-sitting and when I got back to the blog, it had exploded. Actually, I am also exploding -- with laughter . You crazy people are too funny - I'm so glad we're related. I'm still laughing about the pails of water & gallons of root beer, and Sonia, you are a chip off the old block! I love your new contest, Vic, and , hope to get to it some time. Lucy, keep those riddles coming - they're amazing.
Thanks for your appreciation of my musical ability Chris. Only a loving sister could think that was an accomplishment. Actually, I think my loving sister, Marcia, and also loving Louise, paid me a compliment about it, too. You guys are obviously prejudiced and I love it!!!!
Your musically inept sister,
And also a non-singer, I repeat - a non-singer,
ME xoxoxoxo xoxoxoxo
Sonia,
You are one lucky kid. Besides your dad being one of the funniest men, your Mom is one of the most wonderful and capable women I know. I used to say, I am going to be like Carol when I grow up, but I've given up that goal as well as my other one--to be 6 feet tall. Some things just aren't attainable. Treat your mother right!!!
Love, BJ
Oh, wait. Dad - that reminds me, my central vac is broken. No rush, it hasn't worked for months.....don't worry mom i do have another vacuum, the kind you plug in, so I'll be okay.
Somebody, please take this laptop away from me!!! Keenan might actually - don't let him read my posts....I haven't paid all my interest free installments on it yet.
This is nuts, I spend less than two days on the road and when i get back it takes me a hour to read all of them. if I had dial-up, I'd still be at it. Mom, (Lucy)you soend way toooo much time at the computer, the emails you send me aren't that long LOL. I love Lucy too. Does that mean us Antonini kids-kids are getting old too. I remember that show, wasn't it in Black and White LOL
Have fun everyone.
ok - so now I have to go to rehearsal. I'm up to May 28 4:40 pm.
You might be an Antonini if an acquaintance says, "I see where your niece won the Cdn Racquetball Championship" and you say, "Uh ... yeah ... uh ... that's right" and wonder "which niece?"
Congratulations Sonia
OH MY GO...ODNESS!!!!rotflmbo!
Hmmmm? Let A1, A2, ... , An be a set of mutually exclusive entries that together form the sample space S. Let B be any entry from the same sample space, such that P(B) > 0. Then,
P( Ak | B ) =
P( Ak ∩ B )
P( A1 ∩ B ) + P( A2 ∩ B ) + . . . + P( An ∩ B )
Note: Invoking the fact that P( Ak ∩ B ) = P( Ak )P( B | Ak ), it can also be expressed as
P( Ak | B ) =
P( Ak ) P( B | Ak )
P( A1 ) P( B | A1 ) + P( A2 ) P( B | A2 ) + . . . + P( An ) P( B | An )
Don't mind me, in March I had estimated the number of pages of blog we would end up with and got a binder the appropriate size for mom. As you can probably imagine my estimate was low so now I'm just trying to figure out how many binders I'll need.
sorry
no time for closing
There were 28 entries since my last this morning. At this rate Melissa is really going to be on her toes if she wants 500. I'm going to start numbering mine.
#481
Unbelievable!
Ed
I forgot to update my own little game:
Louise...13-Dad-Vic-Lou-Mike-mom-Therese-Len-Chris-Tony-Rob-Marty-Louise-BJ
Therese...11-Dad-Mom-BJ-Vic-Loise-ME-Tony-Lou-Marcia-Mike-Marty
ME...5-Chris-Mom-Dad-Mike-Vic
Lou...3-Louise-Lou-Vic
Rob...3-Chris-Dad-Mike
Michelle...2-Vic-Marty
Marcia...2-Vic-Tony
Mike...1-Dad
#482
Vic,
I just had a brainstorm! Is the Lawman with a walking aid Starsky and Crutch (originally the 2004 movie Starsky and Hutch.)
BJ
P.S.
And how about Valley of the Molls (Orig. Valley of the Dolls) for where gangsters' women might dwell?
BJ
Hello everyone!
Great idea with the blog site, I always have time to kill at work...err I mean home :)
OH and Sonia,
Looks like I found you and my laptop :)...
Sorry everyone, Sonia is very late in her payments so you may not be hearing from her for awhile :)...unless I feel sympathy and allow her to keep the laptop and her left hand...but that's unlikely :)
Cya for now!
MEN GRADE WOOD!!!!!
Love to All,
ME
xoxoxoxo
xoxoxoxo
xoxoxoxo
Geez....how did keenan find me so quickly? I have some bottles in my garage, oh wait - those are gone...ummmmm.
Ok, I have these pennies I have been saving for a while, they should amount to at least $13.00 or so, that isn't a bad start.
Seriously, though. The next time you are over at mom and dads pilfering some supper, call me (if there is enough supper for me, i'll come over with some $$$$.)
Give me a couple of days though. I have to water my money tree, wait for it to grow and then get to it before the kids pick it dry. (or Len calls me for more money to pay for football!!)
To keep up with Ed's idea...I am #487 (unless someone snuck in a blog or two) But seriously, it is after midnight in Regina, who in their right mind would be blogging at this hour?? Keenan probably is watching me right now with some spyware that is on my computer....I better turn off all my lights and pretend I am not home.
I hear a car in the driveway. gotta go.
Its 1:45AM Calgary Time and I'm still up counting the entries and trying to keep track of who is winning what riddle, quiz, game, etc. for the bloggies awards and keeping my eye out for the 500th spot. Remember that I reserved it on post 401 after Louise beat me to the 400th spot.
I have to go to bed now so no one take my 500 spot I will be back at 6:30AM to check where we are and to clench my spot.
P.s Right now I'm #488
5:20 Calgary time and I'm blogging on to bring Melissa one step closer to # 500. Good luck Melissa--hope you take it.
Love BJ #489
Whoa!!!!
Either I have to move to a different time zone or turn my nights into days. Excuse me while I catch up.
I'll be back, Lucy
PS:(Melissa, tell Bjorn it was Gramps who dedicated the 400th entry to him on his first birthday. We're all rooting for you to get 500.) #490
6:54AM Calgary time I slept in and I'm still 10 away! I think I will just fast track it to 500.
This is 491
500 here I come!
# 492
Melissa
# 493 - I'm gettin' closer!
Melissa
# 494
Melissa
# 495
Melissa
496, 4 to go
Melissa
497, 3 to go almost there
Melissa
498
Melissa
499 .... and then...
Melissa
500!
that's right 500 entries and 87 Days till the reunion.
Mike I think we will register your guess for 1000 entries.
Louise 777 is also in.
See you at 600 if not before!
I think we have a new record. on May.27 Dave Butcher marked the 400 spot! and 3 Days later I took the 500 spot thats 100 entries in 3 days, No wonder no one can keep up anymore.
99 entries away from 600, anyone wanna guess how many days till that happens??
Yes, Mom, you are right about the answer to my latest riddle! Late last summer, the Archbishop of Regina conducted a service of closure for Sacred Heart Church in its 80th year. Parishioners were encouraged to worship at other churches in the surrounding area. With them went their memories of births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, ordinations, special feasts, anniversary celebrations, church socials, circles of friends and even funeral Masses. Parish life at Sacred Heart Church ended only because the building itself closed.
As BJ suggests, Mom, for people like you this was the loss of a life-long connection to a loving church community. I'm glad that you got to answer this particular riddle. (As you can see, BJ made sure of that!) I believe I can hear Ed say: "Good eye, Mom!"
Now, who has the answer to this one?
YOU WON'T FOLD THIS CITY MAP;
ON ITS STREETS, YOUR FEET CAN TAP!
Love to all, Louise
I'll answer this one, I spent quite a bit of time on it after all and it contains that big Antonini symbolized "A" with, I like to think, Grandpa laying tile. The terrazzo floor at 1544 Albert Street is still a show piece and is included in Regina's own book of interest.
#503
Great riddle!!
There's something in my eye
Ed
OK here is an update on the scores as far as # of entries as of entry 502.
Marty is no longer #1, BJ is with 68 entries, however Marty is now Second with 53 entries, third is Ed with 52 entries and I'm 4th with 50.
This will take your breath away in May with one day to go there are 408 entries, April only took in 94 entries.
Keep them commin'
97 till 600
Melissa
I mean 96 entries till 600 Ed snuck one in
It took me a few minutes to find it but in the book "'Regina's Secret Spaces' Love and Lore of Local Geography" on page 164 is a photograph. "Floor of Antonini Flooring, 1544 Albert Street, now Flaman Fitness" This was quite a piece of work. Note to self: Bring to reunion.
#506
Ed
I agree, this blogsite has exploded! Poor Uncle
Marty who won't be back on until Friday will need the entire weekend to catch up!
A few reunion-related items:
1) Maybe Melissa and I can organize the Bloggie Awards for Saturday night (I'll so this in all my spare time - ha ha!). Can you keep track of all the contests/prizes/entries, etc. Melissa? I think you've got a good start on it! If there are any othewr cousins who want to help, please let us know!
2) Who is in charge of the program? I would like to a video I made for Dad for one of his brothers reunions. It is about 6 minutes long.
3) Who is making the GIANT RICE KRIPSIE CAKE???!!!
Melissa,
I can't believe I have the most entries. Are you sure? Of course, I'm not willing to go back and count them either.
Having said all that, here I am back on the blog again.
Lucy,
It was actually Vic who made sure Mom's answer got on. She told Mom the clue and when Mom got it right away, Vic phoned me. I was trying to type it in while talking on the phone--I am useless at multi-tasking; I don't believe it can be done. Anyway, that is why there are typos in that posting. But Vic deserves the credit for getting Mom's answer on to the blog before anyone else could solve it.
Ed,
Please don't forget to bring the picture of that floor. We were so proud of it when we were kids. How lovely that it is in a book of "secret spaces."
Holly,
Good luck with trying to remember what has transpired on this blog. Better that you young ones are handling it.
Love, BJ aka as the BH (Blog Hog)
Holly...you're not going to believe this, but the first thing I thought about was the rice krispie cake. Even before the birth of the blog, I tracked down a volunteer. (I WILL tell you that it's not Vic; she's going to be too busy octupling her popcorn recipe.)
Paul...no, son, you do not remember I Love Lucy. You remember replays of I Love Lucy, still in black and white. Relax!
Ed ...after seeing your formula for calculating the number of binders needed for the blog, I've decided that my music might be better than my math after all.
Vic ...I see there are already multiple answers to your clues. I WARNED you that this family would beat you at your own game!
Keenan ...please, please let Sonia keep her laptop. Tell her that I'm counting the pence in my coin collection to help keep her on the blog. (The exchange rate on the pound is $2.35 right now and it only takes 100 pence to make a pound. How are we doing?)
Tony ... even as I typed your name I started laughing again. (I'm using all 10 fingers.) My mind is filled with the hillarious images that you and Sonia create with your comments. As M-E would say: YON AD URGE MOOD!
Vic ...Well done, Sis, with your fast, efficient work - from Mom to you through BJ to the blog. Hmmm, Tony can't be kidding about his three-fingered typing.
Golly, I'm enjoying this!
Lucy loves every one of you.
Oh yes, Edward! I don't have to say another thing about that amazing terrazzo floor at 1544 Albert St. You have said it all and more. Thanks to your research, we can look forward to seeing a picture of the floor at our August Reunion. My most recent viewing of the map happened when there was a music store in that space. That's why I made the reference to tapping feet. So now it's a fitness centre. Ah, progress!
So...
THOUGH THIS WAS THE PLACE TO BE,
A FEW OF US REMEMBER THREE!!!
Luv, Lucy
I am just going to guess 1140 Garnet Street because I actually have the chance to guess before someone else has (though I have learned that if I don't type fast, I may get shut out at any moment!). But I'm not sure what it has to do with the rest of the clue...
Did you hear that Keenan?? Aunt Louise said you have to give me a break....! Yes - having a brother who will agree to an interest free 80 month payment plan is awesome.
Heh, he owes me, I have babysat his cat Roland on many occassion. Now that is a dangerous job - just try to picture me trying to pick up Roland wearing oven mitts so that I could lock him up overnight because I was afraid for my own life... and then there was the morning I had to take both cats to the vet to get fixed... that's all i can say about that, as my therapist tells me I have to try to put that behind me.
Later!
Did you hear that Keenan?? Aunt Louise said you have to give me a break....! Yes - having a brother who will agree to an interest free 80 month payment plan is awesome.
Heh, he owes me, I have babysat his cat Roland on many occassion. Now that is a dangerous job - just try to picture me trying to pick up Roland wearing oven mitts so that I could lock him up overnight because I was afraid for my own life... and then there was the morning I had to take both cats to the vet to get fixed... that's all i can say about that, as my therapist tells me I have to try to put that behind me.
Later!
holly - i think some of the kids lived in 3 different houses, i only lived at 1140, maybe your dad knows the other 2, he might not give them to you, so he can guess
i don't know what to say, there is so much to reply to. i guess i'll just say hello to everbody then log in later
love mike
1200 Angus St.
1525 Retallack St.
Finally I got in under the wire.
LOL,
ME xoxoxoxoxo
Goodness! In the time it took me to catch up on the blog, four more people posted. Of course, there was a minor delay as I tried to remember my password... Oh, how I delightfully giggled as I read about my charming aunts and uncles forgetting their passwords in this complicated age of technology, only to go and forget my own when the time came. I've figured it out though; I think probability of password forgetting is directly proportional to how many blog entries you need to read to get caught up. Once you've read everyone's comments, stitched together your splitting sides, mopped up your tears and made yourself presentable again, how can you be expected to remember a password?
BJ - My dad says multi-tasking is the art of "at the same time, doing many things badly."
Melissa and sister Holly - I will gladly help you with the Bloggies. Let me know what I can do to help, like being one of those pretty faces who steers lost, award-struck celebrities as they try to exit the wrong side of the stage.
I could say more, but this blog is just too much, and by the time I said it, fourteen other people will have posted and I'll have another hour of reading to do....
Blog-struck,
Heather
Oh ya!
Sonia - I love how you take care of all your family business on the blog! For anyone with an Antonini for a dad, brilliant idea!
Dad - Don't forget you have to pick me up tonight at 9. Bring the slurpee and some margarine for the popcorn...I'm out!
Love,
Heather
i don't think this one has been thought of yet
you might be an antonini if you forget your blog password
melissa let me know if someone has already said that, and thanks heather i thought it up from your last entry
mike
I give up!!!!
#519
Well, Holly, You got the answer to the first line of the riddle. 1140 Garnet was once the magnificent home of Dad's parents, Silvano and Emily Antonini. We couldn't have asked for a better family home. It was, indeed, the "place to be". I believe that Marcia was the first child born after we moved there. We know now that there were many more children to come!
Mary-Ellen has totally surprised me by providing the correct addresses of our two other family homes - first, 1200 Angus Street and later, 1525 Retallack Street. We can still drive by those properties and follow the historic movements of our growing family over the years. However, if we're ever going to remember who lived where and when, we're going to have to check with Mom. Children's memories are often hazy.
Has anyone else noticed that we are developing a whole new vocabulary related to blogging, like: Bloggie, Blog hog, blog struck and blog addiction? Maybe one of us will compile the first dictionary of blogging terms. Sales could finance Sonia's laptop!
Are you ready for yet another riddle?
WE SIT DOWN AND TASTE ANEW
TREASURED TIMES TRADITIONS GREW.
Lots of love, Louise
hello everyone,i dont got much to say but i might not be on the blog everyday,but i do read it.
lol(lots of love),Jessica
Hi Jessica, It's Aunty Louise here, I'm just heading to bed now but I saw your entry. Good night with lots of love.
Holly and the kids are over today and Holly would like to guess Mom's rice crispie cakes for Louise's latest riddle.
#523
Her dad
Ed:
I would have guessed Dad's Sunday Gnocchi supper,a tradition that saw innovations such as 'Chicken Antchitore'
Tony
If I haven't forgotten my password yet I am in danger of lossing my Antonini status. It's hard to forget XXXXXX. Sometimes I could type seven instead of six Xs, I guess.
Tony
Don't forget to put Marty in the dictionary. 'The Bloginator' - He'll be Bach!!!!
Whoops. I forgot.
#527
Whoa, great minds must think alike, I was going to guess Gnocchi as well!!
I remember watching grandpa in the kitchen making gnocchi.....my mom and dad made us all photo albums for our birthdays this year and there is a great picture of me and Cory in the kitchen with grandpa! (and we were sitting down nicely - not throwing pieces of gnocchi around, making a big mess.....we saved that kind of behavior for when we got home)
This should be #528 by the way, unless somebody has snuck something in....
You might be an Antonini if you number the blog and when you go and check your entry somebody else has already posted that number, or 2 or 3 people....
Great idea having a blog dictionary. How about blogged out? Blog anxiety (that occurs when you have missed a couple of days and go into a panic wondering how you are going to catch up fast because you are just itching to post a blog but you still want to be in the loop so you have to still read carefully...
That was a long confusing sentence, that would be a Run-on Blog....
I better stop now.
We always had Dad's turkey & stupendous stuffing on special occasions, and it was tradition so my guess to Lucy's latest is turkey & stuffing.
My mouth is watering just thinking of it and Tony's guess of gnocchi!
Man!
Tony, considering your run on the blog, you may catch up to BJ.
Cheers,
ME xoxoxoxoxo
Sonia,
You slipped in while I was typing. I see your guess matches your Dad's, so mine is probably wrong. We'll have to wait until tomorrow to see what Lucy has to say.
I just have to say it again: MAE WONDER DOG!!!
LOLOL,
Mary Ellen xoxoxo
My guess was also gnocchi. When Dad came to Ottawa and made gnocchi for us, our kids called it gnocchi night in Canada!
Love, BJ
Hi all you prolific bloggers,
As Charlie Brown would say, Good
Grief! I counted eighty entries since my last comment. I'm going to have to visit more often or simply spend my time catching up. If I could hear my alarm clock, I'd set it for the middle of the night to get a jump start on you guys. Hey blog hog(you said it, not me), your guesses of Prince Alarming, Valley of the Molls(Therese also got that one) and Starsky and Crutch are right on! However, I have found out, as Lucy warned me, that this family can beat you at your own game. She guessed A Moll's House and Therese guessed The Spook of Earl and Citizen Cane all of which not only fit my descriptions but which I like better than my own. Anyway here's three more descriptions for you and the one from last time that has not been guessed yet.
Authentic Englishman.
Blonde with liberated companions.
Kingly papa.
Soundless dancing. LTA, Vic
Hi Vic,
I'm submitting Goldilocks and the Free Bears (Goldilocks and the Three Bears) for the Blonde with liberated companions.
I'm still not on a roll....
Love, Louise
Lucy here
Oh, oh, oh, I have created another riddle with more than one possible answer.
Now, what I had in mind were Dad's gnocchi-making sessions which were dust-to-delicious family events whether they happened in Regina, Saskatoon, Ottawa, Calgary, Victoria, Port Alice or anywhere else. Pictures of flour-covered kids, working alongside that celebrated chef can be found in family albums across Canada. Tony, you were first with this reply.
By the same token, Mom's cake-making sessions were sticky-to-scrumptious family events whether they happened in Regina, Saskatoon, Ottawa, Calgary, Victoria, Port Alice or anywhere else. Pictures of awe-struck kids, clutching the work of this celebrated cake maker can be found in family albums across Canada. Holly this one's yours!
M-E ... turkey and stuffing, yes! I can SMELL the seasoned butter ready to pour over the chopped up bread. I can SEE the yawning cavity on a 25 pound bird waiting to be stuffed. I can HEAR the fat sizzling as it spits on oven walls. I can TASTE the moist meat through crispy skin as we begin our meal. You TOUCH my heart. Mary-Ellen you have definitely earned this one!
To everyone who posted a reply:
"Thanks for the memories"!
Now...shall we continue?
"BIG IS BETTER" - SO THEY SAY;
BUT SMALL IS BEST FOR SUMMER PLAY.
LOLOL, Lucy
Vic,
I think an authentic Englishmen is a True Brit (True Grit). For once, being 5 to 8 hours ahead of everyone else has an advantage!
Lucy's laughing!
Good morning people,
I have Louise's newest riddle, my morning brain seems to work better than my day or night brain.
I'm pretty sure she is referring to the "little beach" just a few minutes walk from the cabin, down the bank to the tracks, over the tracks, down the hill, and there it was, and so much easier to keep track of each other.
#536
Have a good day
Edward
I must be just getting up as my godmother is going to bed! I think the answer to this one is "The Little Beach". I spent many summer days there feeling like we had our own private little beach, and only went to the "big beach" when the water on the little beach was thick as paint.
Ooooh! I can't believe my dad put in his comment as I was putting mine in! I knew I was spending too much time reminiscing! I should have just mashed "ltielre beadhf!" on the keyboard and sent it in and then gone back to clarify! Bummer!
Hi Lucy
While you may not be on a roll, you're really moving. You got the blonde and the Brit right. I loved your sticky-to-scrumptious reference to Mom's rice krispie cake-making and the dust-to- delicious description of Dad's gnocchi- making. Don says he remembers the first time he helped Dad peel potatoes and kept thinking "now we must have enough peeled" but they kept on until the whole big bag was done. Don said he thought they had peeled a lot of potatoes for the seven Scandihoovians in their family and that he finally understood why it took me so long to find the right formula for just the two of us. Now that you've solved two definitions, I'm sending more to replace them.
Garbage in the trees.
American Treat. LTA, Vic
I am exhausted from blogging this morning...I was just on Tasha's and Tricia's blog sites. Great to see the process of those two - they are amazing and I am so thankful they have had each other through all of this!
It's a small world, I actually work with Tasha's brother Chad, who also knows Tricia and has built gingerbread houses together!
You might be an Antonini if you get disciplined at work because you blog too much....
I'll be sent to Bloggers Anonymous - they probably have their own blog? I should find out. Blogging is like carrying around one of those "crack berries". Glad I don't own one of those, I would be blogging in rush hour traffic, at soccer games, camping - actually that would come in very handy...... wonder if Keenan could set me up on a payment plan for one of those....
Get back to work Sonia
I think this is #540
OK this is nuts their are too many things going on for me to keep track of them all. I'm behind on the you might be an Antonini..., the Lucy Riddles I can barely keep up and now a Dictionary, Would someone else like to take on building the dictionary. I think I have the song contest up to date, the entries i have to count again, and YES BJ you have 68 Entries and counting, If there are more contests that I'm not counting please let me know. I think I'm just doing the main ones, the little anagrams, etc, were for fun.
Relax Melissa,
How will it be if those of us who are running a contest keep a record of our own results to hand on to you, Holly and Heather at a specified time? In the meantime, you can do the general tallies and keep track of your own challenges.
If there is really going to be a Bloggie Awards Night we have to keep it simple. A Blog bulletin Board might be enough. Remember, our time together will be short. The blog has a life of its own and we are living and loving it right now.
The dictionary idea is also "for the fun of it". Our blog language is developing and we are enjoying the terms and their "daffynitions" on the spot. The same goes for all the anagram variations on Mary-Ellen's DAMN WE'RE GOOD or DAMN YOU'RE GOOD. It's just in good fun.
Let's hope that our reunion weekend will be as spontanous as our time on the blog is. Ed has the essential arrangements lined up and we are on track for a good time together in August. Our motto might be: Make fun, not work!
As you and Bjorn so beautifully suggested:
BEHOLD JOY OVERFLOWING ON REUNION NIGHT!
Love to you, Alan and baby Bjorn.
Lucy here again,
No doubt about it - we much preferred swimming at the little beach to swarming at the big beach. As soon as I saw the father/daughter riddle responses back-to-back, I knew exactly what had happened. This one goes to Ed by three minutes.
Holly, your dad may have given us all a clear set of directions for finding our way to the Little Beach but you explained why we sometimes chose to go to the Big Beach. Your description of waters as "thick as paint" will make more than a few of us feel like squirming. For us, your reminiscences were worth second place.
Vic ... thanks for the encouraging words about my progress in your puzzlers. I haven't moved an inch since then.
Through collaboration, creativity and cunning, I/we have solved 15 of Ed's music clues. Is anyone able to throw the last title into the pot - the one that fits Edward? Deal or No Deal?
Okay, try to solve this one:
CALM EXTERIOR, TRANQUIL MIND,
UNTIL THIS STUFF WAS LEFT BEHIND!
LOLOL, Lucy
Hi Melissa,
I totally second Louise's suggestions on keeping it simple. We're just having fun on the blog so don't worry for a minute about keeping track of anything, except the stuff you want to. We're just all going to be so happy to be together and enjoy meeting the family that we don't know, that we won't be worrying about who won what! ENJOY!
Love to the whole family,
ME xoxoxoxoxoxo
By the way Louise,
I loved how you used all 5 senses in your description of Dad's turkey. Man, it was so descriptive that I could almost touch, see, hear, smell, and taste it. Yum! I'm trying to figure out your last riddle but so far no luck.
Vic, I've guessed a couple of yours right, but didn't get to the blog early enough to be the winner. Keep them coming! I'll keep trying.
I love the fact that the young crowd is enjoying and contributing to the blog and anticipating the reunion. Yahoo!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
I might have guessed that Dad was calm and collected until he left 1140 Garnet and realized that the pantry was still stocked with toilet paper, macaroni and cheese, and Cheeze Whiz, but I can't imagine him leaving his prized ppossessions behind.
I think a better guess might be he was in good shape until he got to Regina Beach and realized one of us was still at home.
Tone
By the way Holly, who's in charge of what program.
Spontaneous is the key. Just inject it, but KISS. Keep it simple s..ister.
I think because we haven't had any serious responses to the liquor and food thing, I'm going to order 4 ounces of Scotch for Louise (she can share with Dave): Six bottles of wine for Carol and Deanie (they can breath on Ed and I after the first couple). I'll order lots of beer ( Keenan and Dustin can drink Mary Ellen and Bob's share (and mine and Ed's and Lou's and anyone else's who don't want any) I'm sure they will get lots of assistance from others who are willing to put their shoulder to the wheel and help them out. I'll get a bottle of rum for Len so he'll feel like Jimmy Buffet. Marty probably drinks water, and Mike and Rob will have to decide because they probably drink anything. I'm not sure if Betty Jo is old enough to drink, and all the other sisters (except plain Jane) will be singing so they will get nothing. Kids, grandkids etc etc will have to let me know what will inspire them. I'll leave the food up to Ed and the China Kid.
Tony
Bonnie says
Hey Louise, thanks so much for the summary blog that you write. You have a special way of writing that gives me a great overview of the last few blogs. So if I am under a time crunch, I read your blog and feel very caught up....Many thanks....I love Lucy too!
Hi to everyone else and can't wait to see everyone this summer.....
Rob says.....I'm still reading..
For any one wondering it took me as long to type my entry as it did bonnie (i'm search and peck)
I'll have to be moderate or Ill be catching the real blogsters, right Melissa!
Remeber everything in moderation; even moderation!
Tony
Bonnie just asked me what that icon is at the bottem of our entry. I don't know what it is, how it got there or how to get rid of it. can anyone help us
it looks like a garbage can
This might be #551, but who knows?
Please correct me if my counting is as bad as my spelling.
Yes, we definitely need to keep "The Bloggies" simple, seeing as I have very little spare time after chasing after my babies, and what little time I am able to squeeze out of the day is totally absorbed by my blogging addiction! Just keep track of who is winning the milestone blogs, which should be easy, since it's almost always you!
And this time I don't know the answer to Auntie Louise's riddle, so I don't have to type nearly as fast!
#554
It is a garbage can and it alklows you to delete your message if you want.
Don't worry Rob it doesn't mean your stuff is garbage.
so much for catching up i'm on the 29th i'll have to read the rest later duty calls sorry have to go love everyone see you soon
Hey Tony,
Who are you calling Plain Jane?
Love,
Plain Jane - the non-singer
Good Morning, Vic
I have 3 more answers to your clues: For Kingly Papa, I suggest Royal Male (Royal Mail). For American Treat, I created Yankee Strudel (Yankee Doodle). For Garbage in Trees I resorted to, Old Tire Under the Elms (Desire Under the Elms). I'm still working on Silent Dancing.
Are you creating these clever clues for our consumption? If so, I have to say (with M-E's approval, I'm sure), DO YON MAD ROGUE! Marcia might add: Very ingenious coding tucks one's right ideas away. Ed would probably exclaim, "Good eye, Vic". You yourself might ask, "How did this happen?".
Give us some more now.
Love, Lucy
Rob,
If you point the cursor on the icon that looks like a garbage can and wait a second or two, the word "delete" will appear. Some of us were so eager to know what the icon was that we didn't wait for the warning. Evidence that we clicked on to the can may be seen wherever a past entry read: "This post has been removed by the author". At least it doesn't say: "What a maroon!" You already feel silly enough when the unintended deletion happens to you - take it from one who knows.
You might be an Antonini if you knew that your first impulse was wrong while you were still in the middle of making a mistake.
Love, Lucy
Tony,
I'm not ignoring you; I just haven't stopped laughing long enough to respond to your answer to my latest riddle. You've got the first half right. Dad was always calm and collected (even when he had to retrieve a wayward kid).
Toilet paper, macaroni and cheese, and Cheese Whiz would all qualify as "STUFF" that Dad kept on hand in great abundance but they are not the stuff I had in mind. Would it help if I changed the word "STUFF" to "FLUFF"? Anyone?
By the way, I'm asking outright ... what is the answer to the clue about "Ed" in his music challenge? Somebody, please wake up!
Lucy (alone in the morning again).
Once more....
B onnie's
O penly
N ice
N udge
I nspires
E ntries...
Thanks Bonnie ... Lucy luvs U 2!
Vic,
I've had too many hours on my own to think about your Soundless Dancing. I'm going to suggest, Rounds of Silence (Sounds of Silence).
Hogging the blog while everyone else sleeps, Lucy
BJ here, Lucy. I'm awake but not very bright. I have no idea what Edward's song might be. I have thought of dozens of words, but nothing fits. Your latest riddle of course, is the lint left in the dryer by the previous user of the laundry room. It really bugged Dad. Good work on Vic's clues. I will have to start working on those again. Lots going on here right now, so I have neglected the blog a bit.
LOL & LOL,
BJ
Vic,
Could soundless dancing be Silent Swing (Silent Spring-Rachel Carson)? Your clues are so clever, but not so easy!
Love, BJ
Good morning, BJ
How many kids can say that the lint in the dryer screen reminds them of their dad? You are right, though, Dad was visibly irritated when he discovered that the person who had used the laundry room before him hadn't cleaned the lint screen.
To me this oversight seemed to be such a small thing in the life of a man who had raised 14 children. For some reason, his brief annoyance has endeared him to me all the more; and laundry day is not the chore it once was.
Shall I continue?:
WHO MIGHT URGE YOU, "ROW YOUR BOAT;
KEEP IT MOVING; STAY AFLOAT"?
LOLOL, Lucy, again.
If you ask he'll tell you we are all given a canoe when we're born.I'm not sure how the rest of it goes, Mom has mentioned it to me at times and I'm pretty sure the answer to this one would be Marcia's Dennis.
Off to work.
Have a good day.
Ed
Lucy,
How wise of you to learn from Dad's peeve and let it improve your life.(laundry day). I understand his annoyance completely. So often we weather the huge difficulties in life with graceful acceptance and are overcome by the small things.I have a couple of pet peeves, myself. And I am sure Ed is right about D.P.
Love, BJ
Hi blog hogs, bloggers, bloggets, bloggerts, bloggees and my beautiful sister Mary Ellen(I'm trying to make up for a past trangression with that last one). I won't remind her or anyone else who may have forgotten or simply doesn't know what it was. Wow, Lucy I should be getting you to help me make up my play on words. You're close with Yankee Strudel but the others, though clever, are not the ones I created. Ditto B.J. Your guess with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring(Silent Swing) isn't right, but it is inspired. I loved the lint guess on Lucy's clue - I didn't think of it until she gave the extra clue but I remember someone asking Mom if Dad was perfect and she said no and recalled his annoyance at the leave-behind-linters! I hardly think that counts, as I understand that he said a prayer for them each time he found the offensive material "left behind"! Marcia, I forgot about your contest and have only one to submit right now -the V in my name doesn't call to mind a lot of ideas but here goes -Verily, Italian clan takes over Regina in August. I'll start working on them now that I've remembered your challenges. Sonia, Don(me too)is so impressed with you latest raquet ball win - he wanted me to send our congratulations. Ed - good guess on Lucy's clue. I don't know if it's right but I've heard his theory about canoes. I love this blog(ILTB.) LTA and a special XO for my beautiful sister ME, Vic
I love this blog - it is so much fun!
Thanks Vic (and Don), the best part about the win was that my mom and dad were there watching... my dad was thinking he might want to get out on the court again too. Nice try dad. (It would bring about job creation in the health district though - extra jobs for nurses, ambulance drivers, ambulatory care....)
Dad - get some SourPuss (the raspberry one) for Ed. and some ice. It's been years since me and Ed had a shooter and some panago pizza together!! Deanie - you are driving that night.
Blog ya later!
Hey Vic,
That "beautiful sister" comment definitely wipes out any earlier transgressions!! The thing is: that earlier transgression of yours has brought lots of laughter and fun whenever and wherever it is mentioned. I know you don't realize or think this but; you are such a good, kind person that even your transgressions bring joy to others. What a girl!!!
From your "glad you're my sister" sister,
ME xoxoxooxoxxo
Vic,
I was sure Silent Swing was right, but since you say no, I am going to try again. How about Silence of the Gams (for silence of the Lambs).
Love, BJ
Hi B.J.
You are sooooo smart - Silence of the Gams is right. Since that's another play on words gone, I'll replace it with this one -
Delightful accomplishment.
Marcia, here's my first attempts at your second challenge. Affectionate numbers together, openheartedly navigate incredible network idea. and Antoninis(ninnies), the over ninety in number, impress. Ciao. ILTB, LTA, Vic
Yes, Edward, my latest riddle refers to Dennis Pinvidic but it does not do justice to his philosophy of life with a nautical theme. Mom and Dennis have had a few lively discussions on this topic. They have done so in a spirit of sharing and understanding; and always, with Dennis, there is a fair measure of humor, too.
If you ever get a chance to hear him out, Dennis will take you right through his line of thought, paddling alongside you on the River of Life - simply, clearly and logically. Enjoy the ride!
Vic ... surely the American Treat is not just a simple old Yankee Noodle! I guess I have to go back to the drawing board.
Sonia ...if your parents saw you win the women's singles, Canadian Raquetball Championship, you must have been playing fairly close to home. What a victory that would have been - becoming top Canadian in front of a home crowd. Way to go!
Ed ...has anyone figured out the song that goes with your name, yet?Can you give me/us a contact number? We'll collaborate; I/we have 15 others to use in negotiations. What's the latest tally?
M-E ..how do you do that? You even make people feel good about their mistakes. READY DO GUN MOO!
Well, it's bedtime for me and blog time for you. I'll be back.
TIME AND PROGRESS WON'T REMOVE
WHAT WALTER SAID HE DID APPROVE.
Good night from Lucy in the GMT Zone
Hi louise
I'm catching up on the blog and just read your entry from the 31st describing dad's gnocchi,turkey and mom's rice krispee cake so i have to take a break and go and eat and come back later to finish catching up. Man you made me hungry
I DID IT I caught up now I've got a headache
Hi Lucy
You're right - American Treat is not simply Yankee Noodle - it's something else. Another good guess though. As to your latest clue, does this refer to the permission Walt Disney gave to Antonini and Sons to use Disney characters on the floor(terrazzo) in the childrens' ward at the Grey Nuns' Hospital in Regina. Don and I are celebrationg our 41st wedding anniversary in Edmonton this weekend so I'll have to catch up on the blog when I get back.
ILTB, LTA, Vic
Vic,
Going with Lucy's theme, is it Yankee Doodle Candy? (Yankee Doodle Dandy).
BJ
Whoa - I can't keep up! I say to you all: DO DUG ARE MOONY!!
Hi All,
Lucy,
I think you're a genius! Your riddles have brought me to tears and also to laughter. So many memories...... I remember Dad making those Walt Disney characters down in our basement. I had no idea of the whole magnitude of the project back then, but I do now. Keep those riddles coming. I just have to say again: A MOO DUG YONDER.
BJ, How did you get so smart? I am very impressed with some of the answers you have given to Vic's puzzles. Ditto Lucy.
Vic, I'm not having much luck solving your puzzles, but I love seeing the answers. Very clever Sis. have a great weekend in Edmonton.
Rob, I know what you mean about getting hungry as you read Louise's food descriptions. Me too.
Sonia, My sides hurt every time you come on the blog. Uncontrollable laughter does that I guess.
Holly, I was very glad when you asked about the Rice Krispie cake. I was wondering the same thing!!!
Heather, I'm with you on being blog-struck. Incredible!
Tony, Did you notice Vic's reference to my beauty? I'm not just a "Plain Jane"!
Mike,Where are you? At Butler's?
Ed, Did you have any idea that your Edition was going to be such a forceful blog?
Michele, So happy to see you back. MEG DO WAR DONE.
To everybody else, Where are you? I miss you.
Your blog-struck ( as Heather would say) sister, sister-in law, aunt, daughter and whatever else,
ME xoxoxoxox
#579 ( I think )
Hi B.J.
Are we clones, on the same wave length or do you have undiagnosed ESP? Your Yankee Doodle Candy answer for American Treat is right, but Lucy's Yankee Strudle is so sweet that I say it qualifies for inventiveness beyond mine. Hello shweetie(Michele), glad to see you making a blogget once in awhile - if you don't check daily, you get three or eighty behind. Mary Ellen, I love the way you and Lucy not only give a synopsis of entries but make the bloggees feel good. Rob, I think I contracted your headache - I have to add another play on words since blog hog solved another one. Here it is -
Metropolis of another color.
ILTB, LTA, Vic
hello everybody:
i think its 84
days yo the reunion, the old terrazzo stories are classic. lots of great memories. how creative you all are.
mom, if your reading this, can you believe how smart, witty and funny all your children are, and thier children are
this blog is mint!!!!!
as in golden mint!!!!!
looks like i'm entry #581
love mike
Oh Vic....I want this one...
The Metropolis of another color just has to be Green City (for Queen City). Regina, here we come!
Lucky Lucy (LOL)
Lucy's back again.
Oh yes, Vic, what a work of art our dad produced in his re-creation of Disney's familiar characters. I'm so glad that you remember it too, Mary-Ellen. I recall the very day that Dad was heating the molding to complete the curve on Mickey Mouse's ear!
Somewhere there is a picture of one of our infant relatives sitting on that terrazzo image, but I can't remember who it is. Anybody...everybody...if that photo is in your family album, please dig it out and bring it to the reunion.
Apparently, when renovations were made at what is now Pasqua Hospital, this floor was preserved, for obvious reasons. By the way, Dad was well into the project before he received Walt Disney's personal permission to go ahead with the work. As Ed would say: "Good eye, Walt!"
Mike...you are so right...we have an abundance of great memories, with the will, the wit and the wisdom to share them.
Dave and I are leaving on a train for Edinburgh in 15 minutes but I'll be back later. You can count on it!
I will leave you with this, thought, though:
KEEP A DAUGHTER, GAIN A SON,
A CHAUFFEUR, CHEF AND KING OF PUN!
LOLOL, Louise
Louise has been asking about the song for my clue in the quiz I made for Lou. Unfortunately Lou was out of town when I put it on the blog. Louise has 15 of the 16 songs and is stuck on the last one, I know what that's like. Marty should be back today, help her out Marty. Here's the clue again: "Ed-I look forward to it even before work starts each day. Exotic woods are the in thing now. That's the time when the whistle blows." Call Lou.
#584
Keep your eyes open Melissa!
Ed
P.S. I haven't seen Chris on the blog for a while.
Hi all,
Not only do I remember Dad working on the MM floor, I remember reading the letter Dad got. As a little kid, it was so thrilling to me that my Dad was in touch with Walt Disney, and I figured Walt was the one who was thrilled.
Louise,
I'm not sure about your Queen City. I think the answer could be City of White (City of Light). Vic may have to consider us both right. Is the answer to your latest riddle our brother-in-law, Ron Evans? He is notorious for his puns. Here's one for you, Ron: A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart. Corny enough even for you!
Edward, I have done my best to help Louise, but every answer I have come up with is wrong. Send me the answer and I'll send it to her. Collaboration is good.
I'm loving everyone's postings. Keep them coming.
Love, BJ
Hello all,
It took me a while, but I'm caught up. Louise, your latest riddle is Chris's marriage to Ron - a new son for Mom and Dad, Bass of the quartet the 'Chord Jesters and host of awesome Sunday dinners to which the girls and I love to receive invites.
In addition to gaining a new son, two grandchildren (whom I still think of as my little boys)were kept, and three added - a lone daughter for Chris, a real professional chef, and another son whose growth statistics are legendary.
Re-establishing my relationship with Chris and her family has been one of the greatest things I gained by returning to Regina. Now I get to sing in her chorus too. I love it!
Thérèse
Here's a new contest - and I'll introduce it by paying homage to other contest creators:
Lou and Ed,
The original had only 10 of these in it - this version has 65. Certainly you can guess this one. Go ask her if you can't.
ME - GET ME HE MAN
Marcia - Therese heralds everyone - now answer my enigma. Guess Antoninis' many elements.
Lucy - OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE SEE
WHEN LINKING THE FOLKS ON OUR FAMILY TREE.
Here's the challenge:
Starting with Luigi Silvano, I built a step by step chain through the family. The chain includes Mom and Dad, their 14 children, their 13 inlaw children, and their 36 grandchildren, for a total of 65 people.
Here's how to play, or, as Vic might say, the:
shackle of restrictions
1. Link by name - link people by any of their shared given names. An example would be ROBERT STEPHEN PAUL's scecond name is STEPHEN WILLIAM's first name.
2. Link by relationship - link people by their relationships, but only in their immediate family (spouse, parent/child, child/parent, sibling). A valid link would be ROBERT STEPHEN PAUL's son is NICHOLAS SILVANO; an invalid link would be NICHOLAS SILVANO's cousin is CHRISTINE LOUISE. You cannot skip a generation. NICHOLAS SILVANO's grandmother is MARY CLARK is not a valid link.
3. You can only use three relationship links in a row before you must use a name link. A valid sequence of links would be MARY ELLEN's son is MARTIN WILLIAM, MARTIN WILLIAM's sister is ANN MARIE, ANN MARIE's father is ROBERT DONALD JAMES. An invalid match would be MARY ELLEN's son is MARTIN WILLIAM, MARTIN WILLIAM's sister is ANN MARIE, ANN MARIE's sister is BARBARA ELIZABETH, BARBARA ELIZABETH's father is ROBERT DONALD JAMES. This will pose you a particular challenge when including Tony's family.
SPECIAL NOTES:
1. None of the above examples are used in my chain.
2. I used the following as valid links: ANN to ANNETTE and JOSEPHINE to JOSEPH (but not necessarily in that order.
DISCLAIMER: The names were provided to me by my siblings along with some research using Bob's family tree. If I come across any errors while people are solving, I'll let you all know what they are.
If you get stuck, I can provide you the next link I used in my chain, or take you back to where our paths converged.
Here's the beginning of the game:
LUIGI SILVANO shares his first name with LUIGI GERARD.
LUIGI GERARD's daughter is TRICIA LOUISE.
OK - GO!
Sorry, I just noticed that I missed an A in my homage to ME. Try this instead:
GATE ME HE MAN
T.
Okay Therese,
I unscrambed the letters and now know your challenge is called " The Name Game." But I don't know where to go from here. THis is super tough. Help! We're going out for the day, so maybe the next time I check, somebody will have given us some more ideas.
Bye,
ME
#589
This is out of control. I've been gone for six days without access to the Blog and I can't figure out where to pick up from when I last had contact.
It's going to take me a few hours to catch up let alone get immersed in Ed's contest, which may already have been won anyway.
And a casual glance has told me there is likely seventeen more contests I need to try and figure out.
I know! I know! HOW MANY!!!!!!!!!
Not only that but I am invited to a special birthday party being held today instead of Monday, so I can't even begin before sometime later tonight.
THIS IS INSANITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But great fun nevertheless.
Hey Lou, Welcome back!
I can relate to you - I've been busy here at the kids house (we just extended our stay until Tuesday). I try to keep up, but it's tough.
I love the contests - I have decided we have a lot of gifted writers in this family. Didn't we get that from Mom?
Therese, I am lost on this one. Can you re-explain?
I'm having great fun reading the blog, but can't come up with the answers to anything. Ed???
Hi Guys
I just got back today from the movie. I will start to read from where I left off so I will see you all on Tuesday (probably). You guys are CRAAAAAZZZZZZZY!!!!!!
love, Marty
NOW LISTEN UP!YOU PEOPLE ARE OUT OF CONTROL!!!! There, I've done my bit--
several people have told me that as the eldest sibling it is up to me to bring some sort of constraint to this runaway train. Forget it! You guys are too far gone for me to start playing the responsible Elder. Besides I am having way too much fun to interfere. So from now on KEEP ON BLOGGIN. AND DON'T BLAME ME FOR FAILING TO TAME YOU.
Love, BJ
Lucy here, back from Edinburgh where Dave and I attended a garden show. Now I have to catch up on the blog.
Yes, BJ, the answer to my latest riddle is Ron Evans, Mom's only son-in-law residing in Regina. He's as good to her as he is to his own mother. Watch what you say around Ron, though; he can make a pun on a DIME and still make CENTS!(groan, groan)
Therese ... you have obviously overlooked Ron's puns! For you it has definitely been "keep a sister; gain a brother-in-law" with many TALENTS.(groan, groan)
Ron ...I'm lucky that you don't mind being on the receiving end of a NEEDLE 'N PUN. (groan, groan)I know you'll get me back soon enough.
Lou ... party on ...I'll keep working on the 16th clue. I'm even trying to solve it in my sleep now. The final guess that I sent to Ed was: "Quitting Time" by Ed Wood; I was desperate!
Marcia ...if YOU need an explanation of Therese's latest challenge, the rest of us should sit in on her class, too. Let's call it Geneology 65 in ten easy lessons. How about it Therese?
BJ ...as a child, I too believed that Walt Disney was privileged to have my dad depicting his cartoon characters in terrazzo. The celebrity in this case was Luigi Antonini.
Marty ...don't wait till Tuesday. We miss you, blog brother, catch up as quickly as you can. Move to my time zone for a 7-hour head start on everyone else.
Vic and Don ...happy 41st anniversary. Enjoy a romantic, blog-free weekend in Edmonton.
Dare I post another riddle?
THIS TABLE'S SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAR;
DON'T THROW IT OUT; PLEASE LEAVE IT THERE!
Lucy, leaving the blog for the night
Lou, Marcia, and Marty:
GIVE IT UP!!!!!!
I just went out and cut the lawn and I am lost already.
Tony (Tone for Marty)
Melissa,
Where are you? We are getting pretty close to 600.
Love, BJ
PS: I just had to have another peek at the blog before I call it a day. The action has already started...have fun!
Are you there, Melissa?
LOL, Louise
Good night, Therese,
Here's something to remember while you are preparing your geneology classes:
I RESCUE SUM IS GLOVES!
Lucy
I think I'll see it from her HAHA
After the day I've had, my car being broken into and my golf clubs stolen, of all thing, my clubs. I wished they had kept the car and left me the clubs. Oh, well, I'll figure something out. Hope everyone is well.
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