Happy New Year to all.
This year we are bringing it in with a gang! That's not a typo, the gang of four, Eddie, Mia, Lui and Ellie are staying over. We celebrated early with the noise makers and hats. We know better than to keep them up until midnight.
Love to all and best wishes for 2009
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Happy New Year Everyone, Best wishes to all for 2009!
From,
Al, Melissa and Bjorn
Happy New Year Everyone!
and Happy Birthday to all those New Year babies:
Christine,
Carol,
David
............anyone else?
Good-bye 2008;
Welcome 2009
Love,
ME xoxoxoxoxo
Happy New Year to all from Ottawa. It is cold, but sunny here and it looks like the year is off to a good start. Hope it is a great one for everybody.
Love, BJ
Birthday greetings on New Year's Day, Carol
There is double cause for celebration in your home today: YOU and Year 2009!
We hope your birthday is as bright and beautiful as the 'round-the-world fireworks that heralded the arrival of another brand new year.
Have a great day. . . with Tony, family and friends on hand to make this an especially happy time for such an important person in all of their lives.
Cheers, best wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
Happy New Year's Day Birthday, Christine!
This is certainly a day of happy FIRSTS for you: January 1st, 2009, your first birthday as a retiree, and the beginning of your first full calendar year of retirement. ENJOY!
We know that Ron will do his best to make this day truly yours. For our part, we will raise a wee (double) dram in a toast to you on this day of promising beginnings. Cheers!
Lots of love and warm wishes,
Louise and David
Happy Birthday, David
Emmanuel, Hannah-Lynn and Grace-Anne probably really enjoy the fact that their Dad's birthday falls on New Year's Day. Because of you, there is added cause for celebration at the start of every new year.
May this special day be just the beginning of another year of healthy, happy family life for you, Barbara and your children.
Best wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
....and a happy UN-birthday to all the rest of our blogatives on this New Year's Day 2009.
Let's hope all the days that follow are very good ones.
Cheers!
Louise and David
BTW ... if you haven't already done so, give yourself a New Year's Day treat by signing on to Kenneth's Art Facts.
Listen to the music!
Lucy
It's the third day of January and we are still in a deep freeze here in Westbank. We got another foot of snow yesterday and it's -19 this morning.
Back in St. Andrews, Dave's golfing buddies played a New Year's Day tournament over four links courses including the famous Old Course.
Hmmmm....
Lucy
Birthday greetings, Holly
Your Monday birthday will likely be a busy one for you, with Eddie and Mia returning to school after the holidays and Lui and Ellie needing their share of your attention, too.
Come evening, the "gang" will be eager to gather round the supper table, blow out your candles and eat cake in celebration of their Mom's special day. Fun and excitement are built into your life with such a beautiful family. Enjoy their presence!
Here's to a very happy birthday, Holly! Cheers!
Lots of love,
Louise and David
Hi All,
It's been very quiet on the blog lately. Maybe it's the winter weather. I know Ottawa is being hit by another storm, Sask. is freezing, and Calgary's forecast is for some pretty minus 0 conditions. Lucy also sounds like she's snowbound in Westbank.
Stay warm everyone!
Love,
ME xoxoxo
Mother Nature is in an ugly mood! We are finally no longer under a storm warning, but we are digging out and dealing with heavy roads and the 30th day of our bus strike. Everyone else seems to be struggling with winter as well. Must be Canada!
On the brighter side, our Juniors won another World Hockey Championship, the days are getting longer (the sun is setting at 4:38 today, which means it isn't full dark until 5:38), and we have started a new year.
I hope you are all coping in your little corner of the world. Cheers to all.
Love, BJ
Hi from BC!
For the second day in a row, the temperature has gone above freezing in Westbank. Mounds of snow are melting at an alarming rate and there are huge puddles everywhere. Flood alerts have replaced blizzard warnings. We have gone from one extreme to another.
Yesterday David and I went out for lunch in Kelowna with Aunt Jo and her daughter, Penny. That was pleasure enough to brighten any day. Jo is flying back to Regina on the 11th, Penny and Doug are leaving for a holiday of their own on the 16th and David and I are scheduled to return to the UK on the 19th. I'm just glad that we found a suitable day for a short visit over lunch. Perfect timing!
Keep digging, sweeping, wading, swimming . . . whatever it takes to get through winter, wherever you are.
Love, Lucy
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Happy Second Anniversary, Kelly and Dustin!
You sure picked a cold time of year to get married!
However, a look back at your 2007 wedding pictures taken in Puerto Vallarta should warm things up for you. What a happy day that was for all who were able escape winter to be with you in that idyllic setting!
Here in Westbank, we will raise a warm anniversary toast to you: Here's to a happy celebration of TWO for you 2! May you share happiness, health and prosperity for many years to come. Cheers!
Best wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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Okay people, let's write a short story. I will provide the first line and everyone can add another line. Let's see how long we can keep it going. If anyone would like to replace my first line with a better one, please feel free. Just make sure you say it is the first line. Here goes:
"The first time I saw him, he was sneaking into the art gallery with an oddly shaped package wrapped in brown paper."
BJ
"I might not have noticed him at all, if it weren't for the faint smell of lavender that caught my attention."
And it was the memory of that clean, floral scent that would haunt me throughout my incarceration.
As I moved toward him, he noticed me for the first time, and quickly began handing me the parcel."
I said. "Oh, how kind of you. By the way, what's that smell?"
"Open the parcel and you will have the answer to your question," he replied mysteriously.
As I reached for the package, I suddenly recognized that floral scent of lavender was in fact, the scent of my late husband.
I tried to hide my confusion. Did the bearer of this package know the truth?
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Happy Golden Birthday, Geron!
G o ahead and
E njoy this
R eally special day.
O ur grand-
N ephew, Geron, is 10 on the 10th!
Congratulations, best wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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There is absolutely no way he could possibly know the truth...unless...unless...
...Suddenly, I was transported back in time, as if it were yesterday.
It was Sunday morning June 7, 1996 and that miserable husband had donned the dirtiest clean shitrt he could find just to get on my last nerve.
I would like to know how cold (wet, hot, cloudy etc).
Finish this "It's so (cold)here that .............."
For example, It so cold in Regina that ..... I spotted my lawyer on the street with his hands in his own pockets.
BTW Lucy, Dustin and Kelly and Keenan and Holly are celebrating their anniversary in Mexico. I will tell them of your greeting when they return. Keenan also took a suprise with him for Holly. Hopefully she will say yes!!
Tony
Tony
(Re: ...the reason I eventually bought him the lavender cologne...).
Anyway, getting back to the events of the morning of June 7th, 1996, this is what happened.......
Maybe that last nerve just wore too thin when my husband taunted me with the ultimatum: "When you have me cremated, I want to be wearing this shirt."
Hi Tony!
Thanks for relaying our wishes to Dustin and Holly. It's terrific that they are celebrating their second anniversary in Mexico. Like you, we're hoping that Holly says "yes" to Keenan in that romantic place. You realize, though, her "si" may mean another Mexican holiday for you and Carol, too.
BTW ... it's so cold in the valley that Okanagan Lake has become one giant ice-worm cocktail - poor Ogopogo!
LOL, Lucy
I didn't say it to him, but I thought to myself," With your bad attitude, that may come sooner than later", and I began making some plans.
"It occurred to me that murder had to be carefully crafted, and that I had to ensure a iron-clad alibi would be essential."
Carol tells me that Dustin and Keenan are in the Dominican Republic. Isn't that Mexico???
Sonia is in Mexico though; I think???
Tone
I also realized now, that I needed to contact her immediately, so we were on the same page if they suspected either one of us.
It's so sunny in Ottawa you need sunglasses indoors.
BJ
Was the parcel I was now holding an indication that we had somehow slipped up?
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Happy Birthday, Emmanuel!
E ach year, your
M om, Dad and family
M ake this day
A special one for you.
N ow, here's a wish from
U s as you turn TEN.
E njoy today's celebrations . . .
"L ive, love, laugh and be happy!"
Best wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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The answer to my question came quickly. As handcuffs closed tightly around my wrists, the strong scent of lavender made my head spin.
The chinook blowing through Calgary has made it so warm that:
A man rode his horse to church this morning, only to find the steeple sticking out of the snow. So he tied his horse to the steeple with the other horses, and went down the snow tunnel to attend services. When everyone emerged from the church, they found that the chinnok wind had melted all of the snow,and their horses were now all dangling from the church steeple.
TRUE STORY!
The strong lavender scent ( along with the handcuffs) caused the strange-looking parcel to fall to the ground and pop open.
Dear Auntie Louise,
Thank you for the birthday wishes for my 10th birthday today. I like the way that you used my name in all of the words that you said. I'm having a great day.
Thanks again,
Emmanuel Weisgerber
Jenalee had her eye surgery on Friday and today she has almost 20-20 vision. This is her last step in the requirements to apply for the Regina Police Force. She has an entrance examination in the coming week and hopes to be able to qualify for the next round of entrance exams. She recently won a full time competition for a job with the City of Regina, and is also cotinuing her university degree.
Cory and Amy are continuing their wedding plans and are trying to make accomodation arrangements for their parents who have finalized air arrangements for the wedding.
As we told you before, the rest of the kids have left their problems (ie cats and kids) with us and are off on a holiday.
Tony and Carol
"The young good-looking officer picked up the T-shirt with the embroidered message....'You didn't know I had a twin brother, did you?'
I could hardly grasp what he was saying as I stared in shock at the ground; I recognized the shirt, but what were a bath mat and tape recorder doing in that package?
It was then I finally realized why I had never seen the tattoo on his ass until that day in the shower.
'When they were young the boys were almost identical in every way. It was after Gerry, the blond, discovered red hair dye that even his parents couldn't tell him from Garry, the carrot-top.'
Emmanuel ... you are very welcome! We are pleased to hear that you're having a great day. That's exactly how it should be.
Mary Ellen ... that story about the horses tied to the church steeple creates a chaotic mental image. True, you say, but strange.
Tony and Carol ... Thanks for the family update. Jenalee sure has a lot happening right now. Her successful eye surgery is great news. Mid-winter holidays that break the long prairie winter seem to be a draw for your kids. I hope they're all having fun in the sun.
BJ ... GORE MOWN ADE, eh!
Lots of love,
Lucy
Hi lucy,
The strange thing about a Chinook wind is that not only does it melt the snow very quickly, but it also causes it to evaporate. Thus, the hot dry wind dries things up, rather than creating a flood. "Chinook" is a native word meaning "snow-eater".A Chinook wind can make snow one foot deep almost vanish in one day; partly melting and partly evaporating. We've seen it happen in Calgary quite often.
However, this can be a bad thing for Calgary gardeners since plants can be brought out of their dormant state only to become vulnerable to later cold spells.
The Chinook we're having right now is not going to last long and we will once again be back in winter!Those horses will have snow beneath their hooves soon enough!
Love,
ME xoxoxoxo
There goes our chinook.
3 men went out to play a round of golf, Moses, Jesus and an old man. Moses tee’d off first, and the ball landed in the water. He parted the water, and hit the ball in for a birdie.
Jesus tee’d off next, and the ball landed in the water. He then walked on the water and hit the ball in for a birdie.
Lastly the old man tee’d off, but before the ball could hit the water, a fish jumped out and caught the ball in it’s mouth. Then an eagle swooped down and caught the fish. Lightning then struck near the eagle, frightening it, and it dropped the fish. When the fish hit the ground, it dropped the ball in for a perfect hole in one.
Jesus and Moses turned to the old man, and Jesus said, “Dad, if you don’t quit playing like that, we’re not going to bring you anymore.”
Mary Ellen ... thanks for telling us the meaning of the word "chinook" and for describing how a chinook wind operates. Your punch line is the best, though ... dangling horses with "snow beneath their hooves", indeed! The mental picture gets even funnier.
Marty ... I'm guessing Calgary's latest chinook has come and gone. Good timing on the joke - keep 'em laughing, eh? You're a master at that.
LOL, Lucy
Love the joke Marty. Wish I had seen it first--it might have ended up in the Bugle.
Hmmmmmm We seem to have run into "writer's block" I guess that can happen when you try to write a story "by committee". It has been fun though, and I'll keep trying to come up with something!
Darn...I shoulda thunk about The Bugle...I coulda maybe got another front page admission...I'll work on it.
Love y'all,
Mart
Question after question whirled around in my lavender-soaked brain:
...Did tattoo-wearing Garry really switch places with hair-dyeing Gerry on that fateful day?
...Didn't I destroy the bath mat?
...What's on that tape?
The thought of this tape recorder made my heart skip a beat. Could Gerry have known about my diary? For years I had been recording my diary rather than writing. I always waited to ensure he had driven away before taking the recorder from the closet. Could he have somehow been in two places at once? Had he discovered my daily routine?
Here's an oldie:
A ninetyish looking man was asked by a reporter "To what do you owe your longevity"?
He replied: "I never drank, never smoked, and I worked hard but abstained from strenuous activity such as sex.
"How old are you?" continued the reporter.
"Ninety Five." was his response.
The gentlemen sitting next to him was slightly younger looking and the reporter questioned him also. "How old are you, sir?"
"101." replied the man and offered, "I owe this to a healthy diet, one ounce of brandy each day after supper, and limiting my sex to once per week with my wife of seventy five years."
A third gentlemen, who looked a litter older than the other two, was looking on in interest. "What about you, sir, to what do you owe your longevity?" asked the TV guy.
"Actually, I never took any particular care with my diet and I ate fast foods, lots of fried food, and experimented with all kinds of foreign and questionable delicacies. I drank almost a fourty of whiskey every two or three days, and there is probably not a house of ill-repute in the province that I have not frequented at least once."
"Oh my goodness!" exclaimed the reporter. "Just how old are you?"
"If I live until Friday," responded the man, " I'll be sixty three years old."
I was soooo wrong. I thought our chinook had left us but it's as warm as a spring night here...nice change, especially for January.
Martums
Makes me wish we'd come to Calgary in January instead of in December... No regrets, though, "the universe is unfolding as it should".
Lucy
The questions just kept swirling around in a sea of lavender. I knew that if I was this confused, nobody else had the whole picture, either. I hollered, "STOP! What's going on?"
...I suddenly turned to see that I had outdriven Tiger Woods by 83 yards and all I needed was a triple bogie to win the Masters...
...Ooops, sorry, wrong gender, wrong story...I musta been dreamin'.
Was the tape recorder a trick? I had destroyed all the tapes--had I left one in the recorder by mistake, or were they trying to make me think they had evidence?
Then in a moment of clarity, I saw where I'd made my mistake and I knew that they knew.
...the...Bath mat!...
After 'THE DEED' I had disposed of the bath mat not knowing whether the red stain was blood or simply red hair dye. I had thrown the plastic bag in the garbage bin behind Safeways and waited until the truck came to dump it. Could that have been my missing dry cleaning???
Either I misread the initial instructions for this story, or the periods in my last entry should have been commas?
Don't worry about it Tony. This story breaks all the rules. The only instruction is for us to see how long we can keep it going.
To that end:
Once again, the answer came swiftly as the detective explained, "Being experts on stains, the dry cleaners turned the bath mat over to us. We tracked you down through your own DNA and that of your victim. You are under arrest for Garry's murder. What we want to know now is why you killed your brother-in-law."
"Oh what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive!!!"
Happy Birthday, Marcia!
As we send wishes from wintery Westbank, we'd like nothing more than to be in sunny Santa Clarita celebrating with you and your family.
Still, subzero temperatures won't keep us from warming things up a bit for ourselves here in BC. We will raise a "fun-in-the-sun" toast to you on your birthday.
Have a great day! Here's to a full measure of birthday happiness that lasts the whole year through. Cheers!
Lots of love,
Louise and David
Oh, BJ that has to be the end our story! It went everywhere in the telling but closed with perfection.
What fun!
LOL, Lucy
Happy Birthday, Bonnie!
Bundle up, light your candles and gather those you love around you! When you have a January birthday in Saskatchewan you really have to work against the elements to make the day a warm one.
How could it be otherwise for you, though - with Rob, Jessica and Nicholas there to share your birthday celebrations? Here in BC, we join you and your family in a toast to your happiness today, no matter what the outside temperature.
In the warmth of your candles' glow, "let it snow, let it snow, let it snow".
Best wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
I don't know why this video affects me so much, but it really triggers some extreme emotional reactions when I watch it.
http://vimeo.com/1211060
I feel the same way about it Kenneth. Thanks for the link. I liked it so much I have bookmarked it.
Thanks, Kenneth. Dave and I watched the video together. There is so much hope in the joy of people when they dance together like that.
Happy Anniversary, Diane and Michael!
A Wednesday celebration probably means that you have to work first and party later. Make it a good one!
On your 31st anniversary, we are raising a hardy toast to the third decade of your marriage. May the two of you get to complete a whole "rosary" of married life, in good health and with growing happiness.
Best wishes today and lots of love always,
Louise and David
Thanks Thom,
That Video gave me a warm fuzzy feeling that just makes you want to smile.
Its refreshing to see people laughing and having fun, no matter who is looking at them.
and all the places he had been some day I would love to go to a handful of those places. Its on my life list ....
Does anyone know what happened to the set, Book of Knowledge that we had as children?
Love, BJ
Wow! We actually had a set of books on knowledge?...I wish I woulda read 'em.
I'll take a stab at it.
Let's see... you had to give the books away because none of you could figure out how to use them?
Am I close?
<running and ducking>
Hey Kenneth
How about this one..
If we woulda read 'em, we would remember what happened to 'em.
jumpin' and slippin'
Or how 'bout this one...
The longer nobody responds to BJ's question, the funnier this joke is.
laughin' and snortin'
We've really gotta hand it to BJ.
She comes up with such great material to work with.
Reminds me of the time they arrested that guy for bringing books into Newfoundland. They eventually had to let him go because nobody could prove they were books.
Thanks for the comment Marty, but you guys have totally missed the point. We really did have the Book of Knowledge. It was a twenty volume encyclopedia especially appropriate for children. I loved it. I think our edition was the 1930 edition and I learned a lot from it. Maybe by the time you came along we no longer had it. I really would like to know if Dad passed it on to someone. With my luck it was probably lost in the famous basement flood at 1140!
love, BJ
Photo of Book of Knowledge.
I'm pretty sure the books were lost in the basement flood along with dad's moon maps, they were incredible, what a loss.
Hey Kenneth, I'll have you know I read every one of those books, loaded my brain with mega, mega bits of data, my brain was just like a computer, unfortunately it crashed just like a computer and I lost every thing. Doh dee doh dee oh doh.
BJ
You're right about the flood taking our Book of Knowledge. I remeber vividly because you asked me if I was done with them, and I was through them about half-way for the second time so I said you could throw them out.
Seriously, I think if anyone has them it would have to be Ed or Chris. When Chris left the house she might have thought to take them with her, or, maybe I was finished with them but I don't think Ed had quite finished.
T-Bone
Or maybe they got swallowed up in Ed's garage with all the other stuff from Mom's suite that we told her was "stored" there.
BJ
Nope, it was the flood. I was part of the clean up operation. Mom never saw all that went out of the house at that time but she had a keen sense that the loss was great. She was right.
Lucy
Are we talking about a real flood, or a metaphorical flood?
Happy Birthday, Edward!
Your Friday birthday should go a long way towards bringing another work week to a happy close.
You are bound to have a lot of weekend fun celebrating with your family. The "gang" in particular will make their "Papa" feel special just by being there with you.
Here's to you across the miles, Edward. Enjoy your company, share your cake and celebrate YOU! Cheers!
Lots of love,
Louise and David
To all our remarkable nieces comes today's quote from Jane Austen:
"I...could not have supposed that a niece would ever have been so much to me. She is quite after one's own heart."
Love to all of you nieces--you know who you are!
BJ
AMEN and Alleluia!!
Love, Louise and David
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Happy Birthday, Grace-Anne
G reetings!
R ight now we
A re hoping that your birthday
C elebrations are
E xtra-special - just like you!
-
A nd we're wishing you a very
N ice day from morning until
N ight.
E njoy being SEVEN!
Best wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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Alas, Holly,
If only it had been metaphorical. Unfortunately, it was all too real. I can't remember how the basement got full of water, but I did help with the clean-up. I can't speak for the rest of the clean up crew, but I, being young and foolish saw it as a way to clean out the basement. I don't remember everything that was thrown out, but I did throw out some crinolines that belonged to someone else and I also remember making silly jokes about the vast amount of toilet paper saving the basement by absorbing most of the water. It was a pretty ruthless clean-up. Ah, callow youth, whose besetting sin is thinking they know better than their parents! I am sure much of what we threw out was savable, and it is perhaps better that we don't know. Does anyone else remember?
Love, BJ
Thank you, Auntie Louise, for the birthday wishes. I am having a very fun birthday and my mom made me lemon cupcakes!
Love,
Grace-Anne
Hey BJ,
Those were MY crinolines. I always wondered what happened to them. They looked great under my poodle skirt, finished off with saddle oxfords & bobby socks. I also wore my hair in a long pony tail worn high at the back of my head. Talk about a stereotype for the 50's! I wonder if my cheer-leader outfit also ended up at the dump??!
Walking down Memory Lane,
ME xoxoxo
Memory Lane is right. I'll bet there are some of our readers who don't even know what a crinoline is!?
Grace-Anne . . . you're welcome! Those lemon cupcakes would be a hit with me, too. I'm glad you've had such a fun time on your birthday.
BJ . . . I really don't think very much of anything that we threw out could have been saved. Groceries, books, records, maps, sheet music, clothing, costumes, bedding, footwear, photos, pictures and frames, albums, letters, cards, school memorabilia, furniture, decorations, keepsakes, toys, mom's paint supplies, flooring, etc. were thoroughly soaked in muddy waters that rose as high as the first step from the landing that led into the back wing of the house. Things were not just water-damaged, they were submerged and, as the water subsided, they were left soggy and rotting until we were able to wade into the mess and load the refuse onto a truck bound for the dump.
ME . . . your 50's outfit sounds just like mine. I loved those taffeta skirts that doubled as witches' capes on Hallowe'en.
Louise
Hey Guys
I remember the flood well. I was in Regina Beach at the time.
Believe it, three tornados hit Regina that day and the streets flooded which caused the sewer to back up. The basement was flooded 4feet deep. I remember seeing only the two top stair steps.
I also remember Dad telling me that if we had had the cap on the drain,(behind the furnace),it may not have flooded.
Thanks for the birthday greeting Louise.
What I remember about the flood was the 3/4 ton truck loads of water damaged stuff. I remember about 4 truck loads. There was a lot of stuff in that basement.
Crinoline? I always thought that was the gruelling run the truckers did through Crooked River, Rabbit Lake, Indian Head, Neptune and Old Wives. I heard it was damn near impossible in winter.
Okaaay...I'm beginning to think I was never there for the flood. How much of what we remember is memory and how much is what we've heard from others after the fact?
Of course, Ed. Now I remember what a crinoline really is. Thanks for reminding me. And by the way almost everything is impossible in the winter!
Love, BJ
Okaaay...maybe the twisters didn't hit Regina, but they were close enough that the streets were rivers for a short time. They were still flooded when I got home from Regina Beach. Doesn't anyone remember that?
Marty
Ed ... you're welcome. I hope the birthday celebrations spill over into your entire weekend.
Marty ... I wasn't there for the storm itself. I just happened to arrive home for a visit and got caught up in the clean up operation. If you say that the Regina streets were flooded, I believe you. Now, in what year did this flood occur?
BJ ... maybe there were two floods?
Lucy
Just to be sure I understand...
We're up to 3 tornadoes, 2 floods, 4 trucks, 30 books and some crinolines.
Anybody else have memories to add?
and a partridge, in a pear tree!
I believe there were a number of fires too, but it's better not to mention them.
.........and a few break ins!
And a bunch of bottles smashin' down the back stairs every few days
.........and water dripping from the fan in the back bathroom.
....and milk dripping from the cow in the fridge.
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Birthday Greetings, Kahless!
K eep smiling
A nd have a
H appy day today!
L ight 8 bright candles and
E njoy being
S urrounded by happy people who are
S inging the birthday song for YOU.
Lots of love,
Louise and David
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Today I am remembering Mom as well - born January 19, 1918. I was with her in 2001 when she got the phone call telling her that she had a new great-grandson to share this birth date with her. She was so excited.
Happy memories and lots of love,
Louise
Finish this sentence:
I love looking at......
I love looking at the Aurora Borealis at Regina Beach.
I love looking at the 15 most beautiful people in the world hanging on my wall in my bedroom.
Marty
Hey Marty,
I have the same picture in my hallway!I love looking at it, too.
Love, BJ
I love looking at the blog and seeing new comments.
I love looking at the tide rolling out at Rathtrevor Beach on Vancouver Island.
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Happy Birthday, Lui
L ots of love to you from
U s today. We hope
I t's fun to be four!
Warm wishes,
Louise and David
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I love looking at the latest entries of my friends on facebook.
Lucy
I love looking at my little family gathered around the kitchen table Wednesday evenings.
I love looking at my grandsons competing on the Wii. Guitar Hero is the most funnest.
Tony
Today we are toasting Marcia and Tony on the 11th anniversary of their kidney transplant surgeries.
Here's to one who makes such a generous gift of life, to another who so thankfully receives it, to all those who benefit indirectly, and to LIFE itself!
Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
You summed that up just right!
Marcia's gift is a gift that keeps on giving....gives us time to be with the best dad, grandpa, husband, friend and tradesman around!!
Go kidney go.
Love Sonia
Amen! A gift that ripples outward and touches us all.
BJ
Hear! Hear!
I love seeing my brother Tony.
Thank you Marcia
Love Edweirdo
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
What a gift!
Love that sister & brother!
Love,
ME
xoxoxoxo
Happy Birthday, Michael!
We hope our wishes add a bit of warmth to your January birthday in Saskatchewan. At least the 23rd falls on a Friday this year. That should bring your work week to a celebratory close and make for a happy start to your weekend.
Here in St. Andrews we are raising a toast to you, Michael. We hope your birthday is enjoyable from beginning to end. May it be a good indicator of all that lies ahead for you in 2009.
Lots of love,
Louise and David
Hey Luce
I was gonna ask you why you didn't put Mike's age all over the page like you do for some others, but I realized people might figure out how old I am.
Weather update:
A million below in Calgary.
Martums
How many?
Finish this sentence:
I love listening to..........
I love listening to poplar leaves in the wind.
BJ
I love listening to the thundering waves on a stormy day on the Northwest shore on Vancouver Island.
I love listening to one inch trickling waves on a calm summer morning in Regina Beach.
I know I am a day late but I would like to thank Aunt Marica for giving my dad such a wonderful gift. I know I can speak for our family when I say I don't know what we would have done without him...
Jenalee
Hi Jenalee . . . it is never too late to speak up with such thanks and love. BTW, it's great to see you on the blog, too. Stick around, eh?
Marty . . . here's a hint. I try to stay away from posting all but the ages of children and youth, still eager to grow up. However, when it comes to anniversaries, every year is a milestone worth celebrating.
And . . . . I love listening to Kenneth's performances on vimeo.
Love, Lucy
I love listening to my kids laughing.
xo to all.
Barb
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Birthday Greetings, Braden!
B e happy! Have a
R eally great birthday!
A nd may you and your family
D o everything possible to
E njoy the fact that you are
N ow THREE years old!
Congratulations and lots of love,
Louise and David
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Thanks Marcia for 11 more years with my wife and family (extended, as well) than I might have never had.
Also, a debt of gratitude to all who played a role praying, testing for matches, and just being there. The power of love is beyond words.
Toe Knee
I love listening to my kids when they don't know that I am listening.....yes saying good or bad things :)
I love listening to a lone piper playing "Highland Cathedral" on the shore of the North Sea.
I love listening to Mozart. Today is his birthday.
Lucy, I would love to hear that piper.
BJ
I love listening to fresh bread baking on Saturday afternoon.
I love listening to a rainbow.
I love listening to a haggis burst at a Robbie Burns supper.
...what's a haggis burst?...
Marty,
You may not want to know!
BJ
...a burst of laughter?...
Please 'splain.
I love listening to uncontrollable laughter.
me too...
Marty,
I should probably leave it for Lucy to explain, but I can't resist:
A Haggis is a peasant dish compounded of meat leftovers, oatmeal, spices and offal all pouched in a sheep's stomach.
I am guessing that when it is cut into at a Robbie Burns supper, it bursts and makes some sort of noise . I will have to leave that to Lucy to explain because I have never heard it.
Love, BJ
P.S.
Aren't you glad you asked?
...Oh...My...Gosh...
Are you sorry you asked?
BJ
I made a haggis once. I was told it's acceptable to cook it in a boiler bag instead of a sheep stomach. (Good thing, too, 'cause the grocery store was fresh out of stomachs).
No, I am not sorry I asked because anytime I get a chance to receive advice from one of my big sisters, no matter what it is reguarding, I seize the moment.
Love,
Marty
Actually, in this case, I meant... when I receive information, as opposed to advice, from their vast storage of knowledge.
When it comes to brains, my sisters are like the seven wonders of the world.
Miss you guys,
Marty
Wow Marty!
You make me soar today.( and laugh pretty hard, as well )
From: like the 4th wonder of the world,
ME
xoxoxoxoxo
....and from her big sister, #1.
Love, BJ
...I'm here too, Marty! #3
BTW ... a haggis makes a whooshing sound of air being released like a big sigh of relief. The person addressing the haggis splits the outside skin with with a knife, first one way and then the other. The skin peels back and the filler seems to gush out, hot and ready to eat. We have discovered that a cream and whiskey sauce adds flavour to the traditional meal of haggis, mashed potatoes and neeps.
LOL, Lucy
Okay, maybe it's just me, but it still don't sound too appetizin'.
To be truthful, I have to agree.
Lucy,
Have you actually tasted it? And I am assuming that neeps are turnips? It sounds pretty gross to me, but then our hot beef sandwich was positively appalling to the Galloping Gourmet. So maybe, it is just what you get accustomed to. To each his own.
Love, BJ
Yes, BJ,
I have had two traditional haggis meals so far. The most recent was at a supper last Wednesday evening. I like potatoes and turnips and the two together can mask the flavour and texture of the haggis. The cream and whiskey sauce was a great help, too.
It is not a meal that I would choose except at events that are held in honour of Robbie Burns.
Lucy
Yes, Lucy, a sauce can cover a multitude of sins. And from what I have read recently, the eating of the Haggis is followed by everyone "drinking a toast of whiskey. Or simply drinking more whiskey, showing that they have grasped the essence of the event."
Love, BJ
Ah, yes, BJ, ... and always the whiskey to grasp "the essence of the event".
Cheers, Lucy
Or...maybe they just need the whiskey to washed that stuff down.
Hey, Everyone,
We are on to a new thread: February first. Come on over.
Love, BJ
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