October 4, 2022

 Whoa! Nelly Bell. That's the phrase that seems appropriate to slow down life in order for me to get an October entry on the blog. The brain is a funny thing, When I thought of "Whoa! Nelly Bell" I thought, that's from a long time ago, like, a real long time ago. It was the name Roy Roger's buddy called his jeep. Then I thought, Dale Evans was Roy's girlfriend, Bullet was the name of his dog, he had a fancy saddle on his horse "Trigger". Then my mind thought of The Lone Ranger because he also named his horse, it was Silver, he didn't say "giddy up', he'd say "Hi ho Silver away" then somebody would say "who was that masked man?" Lone had a first nations friend named Tonto, the show was kind of ahead of it's time with a cowboy and first nations person as friends, the actor who played Tonto, Jay Silverheels was a first nations person. Then I thought of Bob Dylan, it's 6 am, I coming out of night brain. Dylan had a verse in a song:

The Lone Ranger and Tonto

were riding down the line

fixing everybody's troubles

everybody's except mine

someone must of told them

I was doin' fine

Like I said the brain is a funny thing when it comes to remembering, but it didn't remember to put in a blog entry on October first, I'm embarrassed.

Loved

P.S. I don't know when I would have remembered had I not received a notice someone in the U.K. was blocked when trying to access my account. I had given Louise my password to access the blog in case the Grim Reaper caught up to me on one of my walks. I guess Google was trying to look out for me. 

September 1 2022

 I don't have anything to say so I'll put up this song, I can't remember if I did it before, so apologies if I did.

I dreamt I saw my dad, he said "hello son"

I said, "I've walked a million steps without 

my laces coming undone"

He said, "how many?" in his special way

I said, "I passed fifty million just the other day."

I visited my mom, she was on her knees

She said, " Edward would you help me say my rosary please?"

I said, " I've got the time mom, we can get it done"

She started with the Joyful Mystery number one.

When I'm with my sisters I learn as much as I can

The things I've learned from them make me a better man,

They've made their mark from place to place throughout the years

And when we get together it brings my heart to tears.

My brothers are my heroes though they may not know

I don't brag about them so it doesn't show

When we get together we have so much fun

I have so much love for each and every one.

There is so much love in this heart of mine

This much love can make a dull day shine

So much love and so much to share

It can drive the darkness out of anywhere

Loved

August 1/2022

 What a month that was! We had a few gatherings. Mary dropped in to see as many of the family as she could, so Len set us up at the RMF building for a gathering of family for her.  Then Len and Kelly hosted their annual Corn Hole tournament and feast. We were lucky enough to have Vic and Don come down from Saskatoon for the party. Tony and Bonnie won the tournament for the third year in a row. Somehow Brant heard news of the mini reunions so decided to bring Briana to Regina. Len set us up at the RMF facility again and Rob brought the band he plays for and we had a sing along party. We thought Tina Turner had shown up for it but turns out it was our sister Christine singing and dancing a proud Mary performance. We had a set back when Len lost his best friend to cancer, Kelly Hamilton was like a brother to us all. Then on the last day of the month during our Sunday morning church service our sister Louise showed up by way of Facetime and we were able to sing her a "Happy Birthday to you." Here's hoping for another eventful month.

Loved

July 1 2022

                               HAPPY CANADA DAY

Big day for Canadians. I've never gotten the proud to be Canadian deal. If you were born Canadian it's not at all difficult being Canadian. Happy to be Canadian I get. You have to be careful with pride, I don't know if you realize, but I don't usually put a picture on the blog, it's because at 71 I just discovered how, how proud can I be now. I'm playing a game called Free Cell, most, if not all of you know the game, I play 1000 games and then compare my statistics to the last 1000 I played. I do it to see if I'm getting smarter as I get older or more stupider. I've played 993 games of my third 1000 and it's not looking good, in fact I'm going to finish worse in 6 of 11 categories. 😟 Not only that, did any of you guys know that the cap on a Tim Horton's cup has a little flap that folds back and clips in place so you can drink with the cap in place, new knowledge for this brainiac. I cut myself a bit of slack because I don't drink coffee . Before you go on thinking I spend an awful lot of time on Free Cell, my average time playing a game is under 5 minutes, so that's 5000 minutes or about 83 hours. There are 3 goals each day i.e. 1. win game # 43521 in 110 moves or less, 2. win two random games and 3. fill the free cells with 5's then win the game. Sometimes you can finish all goals in 1 game and you're done for the day. I started this last 1000 August 19, 2021 so I spend on average, less than 15 minutes a day. Also, I've been lucky so far, the computer hasn't given me the game that can't be won.👍 These little emojis are adding a lot of time to my posting, I better close out so you get this today. Have a great Canada Day.🎆 ( I don't know, do those look like fireworks to you)

Loved

June 1 2022

Sorry. I have got nothing.😞 

Loved

May 1 / 2022

 Another quiz. This one is very different, no rules. You can use Google all you want, it will help a little. You'll need each other's help, there is not much chance anyone of you will figure all of these out. I am not opposed to accepting clever answers as correct, although each question has correct answers. A point will be awarded for correct answers and some questions will offer multiple points for additional information. For example...if I asked ...Where is there a terrazzo map of the city of Regina in the floor? The Antonini & Sons building would score a point, on Albert Street would get an additional point, as would 1544 the actual address and for another point you could add, it is now the Flaman Fitness business, for a total of 4 points. The scoring will be as follows:

20 - alright, I guess

21-30 that's a little better

31-40 now we're talking

41-50 that's impressive

51-60 HOLY MOLY

61 +    You're the G O A T s

April 1, 2022

 I am repeating the rules before posting the contest. No deadline.

My entry April 1 is going to be a quiz for anybody interested. The answers will take only a little bit of thinking and can easily be looked up. Here are the rules:

1. Twenty questions asking who?
2. Before looking at the questions set up a stop watch to time yourselves, the quiz should only take minutes.
2. Send your answers and time to my email.
3. A wrong answer will add 1 minute to your time
4. The winner will be the person who has the most correct answers in the shortest amount of time.
5. No rules against looking up the answers, advantage will be gained by knowing some of the answers without having to look them up.
6. Any questions? Prize is bragging rights.

Maybe a little fun in this f'd up world.

Loved