I've Been a Very Good Girl...

Olivia is wishing and hoping.....for someone to remove the tree skirt so that she can drink the Christmas Tree water.....the little freak....

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY....

ay attention to what you envy, so you can figure out what's missing from your life

Here's a Fun Time Waster!

Try Good King Wenceslas.....


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Yummy Pasta Recipe

Tonight I made a pasta recipe I found online and tweaked it a little with some ingredients I had in my fridge. Man, it was good......if you need protein you could add some chicken or shrimp too.

Sorry there's no picture - Leah and I wolfed it down before I could snap one (sorry Dave, none left - maybe next time!)

Here's the recipe:

LEMON PENNE

SERVES 2

• 2 cups uncooked penne pasta
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• Approx. ½ cup chopped green onions (white & green parts)
• Approx. ½ cup chopped mushrooms
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• ½ to 1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• Salt, to taste
• Extra grated parmesan cheese

Directions
1. Cook the pasta according to the package directions.

2. Drain the pasta, then use the pot to make the sauce.

3. Heat the olive oil and add garlic to cook for 15-20 seconds. Add green onions & mushrooms and sauté until just tender.

4. Put in the lemon juice and then take the pan off the heat.

5. Add in half the parmesan cheese and half the pepper, followed by half the pasta and half the tomatoes.

6. Stir well.

7. Add in the rest of the pasta, cheese, tomatoes and pepper as well as salt if desired.

8. Mix well again and serve immediately, topping with extra cheese and pepper if you want it.

Happy Halloween....

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I'm So Proud....

She's still loving Halloween (unlike her mother....bah humbug....)

I Know That You Want To Be Canadian...

Happy Thanksgiving....

17 Ways To Cook A Turkey

1. Go buy a turkey
2. Take a drink of whisky
3. Put turkey in the oven
4. Take another 2 drinks of whisky
5. Set the degree at 375 ovens
6. Take 3 more whiskys of drink
7. Turk the bastey
8. Whisky another bottle of get
9. Ponder the meat thermometer
10. Glass yourself a pour of whisky
11. Bake the whisky for 4 hours
12. Take the oven out of the turkey
13. Floor the turkey up off of the pick
14. Turk the carvey
15. Get yourself another scottle of botch
16. Tet the sable and pour yourself a glass of turkey
17. Bless the dinner and pass out

How to Give a 49 Year Old Mother a Heart Attack on Her Birthday

1. Let 15 year old daughter and 16 year old French Exchange student go up gondola at Blue Mountain, alone, to take pictures at top of mountain.

2. Wait at bottom with husband, sitting in chairs in nice, warm weather.

3. Notice sky getting darker. Man comes over and says "there's a big thunderstorm coming".

4. Call daughter on cellphone to tell her to get back down to the bottom.

5. Daughter says they're on their way.

6. Mom & Dad wait and wait. Gondola seems like it's moving in slow motion as sky gets darker and wind picks up.

7. Mom & Dad wait and wait.

8. Finally, see girls coming S-L-O-W-L-Y down mountain in METAL gondola as we hear thunder in background.

9. Mom anxiously waits at bottom, pacing, then gondola STOPS. Mom hears man who operates gondola casually say "Oh, the power went out". Mom sees daughter and friend halfway down the hill, as storm rapidly approaches.

10. Gondola starts again, girls descend S-L-O-W-L-Y, gondola stops AGAIN. Another power outage.

11. Gondola starts once again, girls get to bottom (Mom is sprouting new grey hairs by the second) Mom is preparing speech - "Gee, I'm so sorry about your daughter Mrs. French-person. She was electrocuted in a gondola at Blue Mountain! No, I don't know what I was thinking sending them up in a thunderstorm..."

12. Girls get off gondola and sprint to shelter seconds before the storm erupts with a frenzy.

Getting old ain't for the faint of heart!

Not Much in Life is Free Anymore

I went to Shoppers Drug Mart today to buy new mascara only to find out they've discontinued my brand. Probably no big deal for you people with long, luscious eyelashes. But for the eyelash-deprived who depend on a certain brand, this was a BIG deal. I can't use those big clumpy brushes the majority of the population uses - I need a comb type. Revlon made one for years, then they discontinued them. I waited for years for another company to make one, Maybelline finally did, only to discontinue them (I should have known when I kept finding it on sale).

Today, while googling, I found this website - www.well.ca. They had my mascara (and some other great stuff) and even though I wanted to order 10 I only ordered 3 (I was reminded of that Seinfeld episode where Elaine orders a case of her discontinued "sponges" and saves them for "spongeworthy" dates).

The best part is it's based in Canada (Guelph), is in Canadian funds and has FREE SHIPPING. No minimum order either. Sigh....doesn't take much to me happy does it? Check it out!

We Thought We Looked Hot...

This was Judy & Win's wedding, circa 1990 I believe? Look at us with our pretty '80's dresses and hair-don'ts! Nice hair Ter....nice bow Anne....can't say anything about me though with my lovely perm and silk and leather (leather!) dress. The rest of you, not so bad!

Best of Craigslist - The Truth About Daisy

This as was posted on Craigslist recently. Poor Daisy - wonder what happened to her??

Date: 2009-07-02, 8:37PM PDT
Okay, so I have tried to get rid of my dog like six times on Craigslist over the past few weeks. I tried telling this story of woe about this adorable little dog and how I love her so much and how she was a rescue and all that. I explained that now with a 2 year old daughter it is just too much to have two dogs and how my family and I need to simplify cuase we live in a condo and life is hard -- so sad.

All of this is pretty much true and I tried to make the language in my past postings as well without spilling the beans about what the real story is with this dog because if most people knew, there is no way they would take this little freak. Like I said, everything described above is for the most part true except for the part about me loving her so much; I don't. I hate her. And while many who meet her find her very adorable, the truth is, this dog is seriously problematic. So after having tried to post something nice about this dog in my attempt to rid myself of her, I am now going to just be brutally honest and hope that there is some freak out there who will find it an appealing prospect to own and care for a poo eating, garbage toppling, pill popping (literally a whole bottle of prescription pain killers), disrespectful, not trained at all, constantly under-foot, marginally violent, always surly, rarely happy, eating and begging machine.

Below I have compiled a list which is only but a sampling of the things Daisy does regularly that makes her truly the worst dog I have ever owned. I would go into detail, but she is not worth the time. Daisy is the worst dog in part because she:

1. Eats poo -- baby (as in diaper -- see below), chicken, human, cat, dog, etc.

2. Drags poo -- as in she brings it inside, such as the diapers that used to end up shredded to pieces on our bed

3. Eats garbage -- Any trash can and its contents left in her reach will be toppled and destroyed

4. Opens the refrigerator -- I have to have a Velcro strap on it to keep her out otherwise she will open the door less than 30 seconds after I leave and eat everything in it

5. Is mean -- Simply put, she has no use for people, unless of course they have food

6. Will not die -- run over by a truck, $2,500 and 8 weeks of intensive recovery, run over by a Buick and rolled 7 times right in front of me then got up and ran to my car and hopped in the seat happy as a clam and no injuries

7. Rolls in dead animals -- Seals are her favorite it seems, but dead rotten earthworms are a close second place for her

8. Constantly, constantly, constantly begs -- I cannot write the word constantly enough to adequately make the point

9. Growls, threatens to attack and at times does -- Mainly tied to her small size and constant fear of being squashed, thankfully her teeth are dull as posts and her bite, which is rare, is harmless

10. Not at all obedient -- Will not sit, stay, or come (unless food is involved, but that is hopefully clear by now)

11. Picks fights she cannot finish -- This then puts our other dog at risk cause he goes out to protect her when she has cornered a cat, skunk (yes twice) or whatever else she comes across

12. Has serious gastrointestinal issues -- Primarily related to her constant begging and eating of garbage, scraps and poo

13. Injures self often -- In addition to the major issues mentioned above requiring surgery and extended medical care ($6-9K so far) she also has a bad leg which is just an ongoing thing that does not need to be addressed the vet says.

I thought it fitting to stop at 13 given how unlucky I have been to have this dog in my life. These are just a few of the key flaws I could come up with off the top of my head. There are many more which I could list, but I am hungry and I need to cook my steak now. It is a steak that she will have no part of, I promise you this. So there it is. The truth about Daisy. I hate her guts. She has put me through hell in the past couple days especially and I am now at the point to where if I cannot find her a good home by Monday, I am taking her sorry fat ass to the pound and leaving her with a sizable donation to cover the pain and suffering that they will have to endure by accepting her. While I do very much hate this dog, I do love animals and don't want her to suffer. My daughter who is only 2 also loves her very much and I could not look her in the eye if I did not do a good job of finding this rotten wretch a home that I knew was going to at least care for her and make her comfortable. This is why the pound is my last option. You however, can be Daisy's hero. Save her from the life which I know I am in many ways at fault for creating. I know it is a life where she is not happy and my family and I certainly are not happier because of her. I know I should not have adopted her from that nice animal rescue in Filmore all those years ago. I should have put her in obedience school; should have, could have, would have, oh the regrets! boo hoo. Be that hero, in the words of Michael Jackson: Make that change. I dare you. If you can't take her, help me find some poor sap that will. Email me and I will get back to you. Pics are below. She is about 13 pounds and 9 years old. Walks okay on a leash -- at least she's got that going for her.
Location: Santa Barbara

Back to Reality.....

First day of Grade 10! Wasn't I just taking her to kindergarten?? Sigh......

Kids Say the Darndest Things...

One day, when my daughter was about 7 or 8 years old, I was driving her to school. We were quoting movie lines from the Mike Myers movie Goldmember. I'd say "shmoke and a pancake, pipe and a crepe" and she'd say "bong and a blintz". A few seconds went by and she asked me "Mom, what's a bong?" I explained it to her as best I could - that it's a pipe some people use to smoke drugs". A few more seconds went by as she thought about that and then this little voice in the back seat said "So Mom, does Frosty the Snowman smoke a bong?". I said, "Yes, honey, I guess Frosty does smoke a bong...." Man, that kid can crack me up.....

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