Things to briefly ponder.


Can you cry under water?


How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?


Why do you have to "put your two cents in".. but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?


Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?


Why does a round pizza come in a square box?


What disease did cured ham actually have?


How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?


Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?


If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?


Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?


Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?


Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.


Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?


Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?


If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?


Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?


If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?


Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!


If Wiley E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?


If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?


If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?


Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?


Why did you just try singing the two songs above?


Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt?

Here are some cute ones for ya.



A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work.As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.
The girl replied, "I'm drawing God."
The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like."
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."

A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds.
After explaining the commandment to "honor" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?"
Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, "Thou shall not kill."

One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head.
She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?"
Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white."
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"

The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture.
"Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.'
A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher, she's dead."

A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face."
"Yes," the class said.
"Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"
A little fellow shouted,
"Cause your feet ain't empty."

The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray:
"Take only ONE. God is watching."
Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a l arge pile of chocolate chip cookies.
A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples.

I haven't been able to get into my blog, at home. I'm typing this from work. Don't tell my boss. I must have goofed and unistalled something on my computer that runs blogger. I'm going to have to ask my sweet son inlaw to help me out on this one. I'm not computer saavy at all. I need help. So until I can get the time to get it fixed I won't be able to blog. Just to catch up while I'm here. It is Jan 11,07. Very fridgid. We are talking in the minus 28 and when you factor in the wind chill it's a gorgeous -38. Dang cold! I'm thankful I have a warm building to work in, and a warm home to go to after work. Only 2 1/2 months til spring arrives. Can't wait. We have had a very nice winter up until now. I guess you can say we were due. On a nicer note... I'm so proud of the cadets that I clean for. They work so hard, and live on very little sleep. So last friday when they came back to the dorms after class they were so excited. They had earned their blues(pants with the official RCMP yellow stripe down the sides). They all proudly gave me a fashion show. I was so proud. I know how hard they have to work. It's very strict here. Many rules to follow. I watch as these men and women start their training. They are scared and timid little rabbits. It's great to see them perservere through the tuff challenges and graduate with confidence. Those are some blessings of the job. Well for now I will close off. Until I get my computer fixed, I wish you all well and Happy New Year!









































































































































































































































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Christmas at my house!


My daughter and son inlaw gave me the most wonderful gift ever. They put a lot of thought into it. I could tell it was truly a gift of love. In a basket was wrapped , a soup bowl, soup mix (home made) with all the things that went into the soup. A warm blanket, and crackers plus some romantic movies to cuddle up with. Tonight I enjoyed my soup, blanket, and a movie. It is stormy out so it was such a pleasure to wrap my self up and stay warm. The soup was wonderful, and so was the warm snuggly blanket. I love gifts like that. Thanks Tiff and Brian.

Twas the night before Christmas... The family is coming over tonight(minus Jen, Jordan, and Abby)to have a Christmas Eve dinner, then to play games. It should be a nice time. I always love being with my family. I'm sick with a cough though. Those cadets shared the sick bugs with me. They were all sick and coughing before I left work on Friday. I'm happy that I have 11 days off now to recoup. Christmas day the whole family(those in town) will be at my sister Peggy's . We will meet very early to open presents, and then have brunch. Then visit and relax til the Turkey dinner . I look forward to having all my kids together. My wish for you is that you have a wonderful time with your families, I hope you take time to reflect on the the good things in your life and that you have a safe and blessed Holiday season.

Well, my little Angel baby turned 2 yesterday. Man how time flies. It was 2 years ago, one week before Christmas that Jen gave birth to the sweetest little angel ever. I went to her birthday party of course. Wouldn't miss it. Abby was so sweet , opening her presents. She seemed to enjoy it all. Then when it was time for her cake( cupcakes, her choice) she was so sweet as we all sang happy birthday to her. She was almost kinda shy. But she sure did dig into the yummy cupcakes that her mommy made for her. She ate all the icing and only some of the cupcake. Way to go Abby, you realized that's the best part of any thing baked. She looks the same from the time she was born til now. Only bigger, and just as sweet, if not sweeter. Anyway I know that I do gush. What can I say, she is my only Grand child. I know that I will probably be like this with all the future grandchildren though. It's so great being a grandma. Happy Birthday sweetie pie.

I think I'm done. Shopping that is. I know to some of you, I am way behind. I 'm always like this. I wait until the last minute to shop. I took off work today just to go shopping and finish up those last gifts I needed to buy. I have days coming to me so I took advantage. It was so wonderful to sleep in this morning, especially since we were having a lot of snow fall. I noticed this when I got up to go to the bathroom at 6:30 am. When I looked outside, it was so wonderful to know that I could sneak back into bed and sleep for a few of more hours. And sleep I did. Next thing I knew, it was 10:30 am. Wow. What? How wonderful. I felt like a lady of leisure. By this afternoon the sun was out, snow had stopped, and it was melting. So I made my way to the shops to finish up my shopping. When I came home I wrapped many a gift. Usually I'm the one wrapping on Christmas Eve after all the celebrating is over and it is the wee hours. On many occasion I'm sure I have heard Santa outside on the roof. Perhaps it is because I am so tired from all the wrapping and should be in bed. Well this year I am determined to have all my wrapping done before Christmas Eve. Goal is to have it done this weekend. That's the goal any ways. We'll see how it goes. I did get a fair amount done tonight though.

I had the best time ever. Michael Flately's " Lord of the Dance " was fantastic. We had seats up close to the front. About 4 rows back. It was all good until someone tall sat in front of me. But I managed to peek around him and enjoy the show. What a talented bunch of dancers. After the show my friend took me and her daughter out to dinner, compliments of her boy friend. Then after that we strolled through the casino. I'm not a gambler.( I don't know how) but my friend and her daughter played the slots while I watched. My friends daughter came away with $60.00 in winnings. Friend not so lucky. she lost all her $40.00 that she played. At least she sets a limit. Any way it was just a fantastic time. I loved the whole day. Cheers all.

My dear friends, Some what embarrassing to admit, I'm not getting an annual bonus and Christmas is tight this year. I will be making bedroom slippers for you all as gifts. Please let me know your sizes. You'll most likely agree that it's a splendid idea, and should you wish to do the same, I've included the instructions below: How to make bedroom slippers out of maxi pads: You need four maxi pads to make a pair. Two of them get laid out flat, for the foot part. The other two wrap around the toe area to form the top. Tape or glue each side of the top pieces to the bottom of the foot part. Decorate the tops with whatever you desire, silk flowers (this is most aesthetically appealing), etc. These slippers are:* Soft and Hygienic* Non-slip grip strips on the soles* Built in deodorant feature keeps feet smelling fresh* No more bending over to mop up spills* Disposable and biodegradable* Environmentally safe* Three convenient sizes: Regular, Light and Get out the Sand Bags.

I'm in love! More today than yesterday! I did not think it possible. I didn't think I could love more and more with each passing day. Of course it can happen. It happened with my children. I loved them from the day they were concieved. With each day of there lives that love got bigger and bigger. Tonight the one whom is the object of my affection is my adorable granddaughter, Abby. I looked after her this evening. We were reading stories and snuggling on the couch, and the most wonderful words came from her tiny , almost 2 year old mouth, just as I'm reading her "On top of spaghetti" and singing the words to go along with, I hear 4 words that made my heart melt into a puddle on the floor. "I love you Gamma"! Almost brought me to tears. What a sweet little angel baby. I Love you too Abby girl!

I have the nicest friend ever. I got a call tonight from my friend Arlene. She told me she has an extra ticket to "Lord of the Dance". She wants to give it to me as a gift. I was so blown away. Wow! What a kind thing to do. Then she told me that her boy friend is also going to buy us dinner afterwards. What? A top world renown show and dinner. I'm still scratching my head. What a wonderful kind friend. I'm not used to freinds being so kind. So all I can say is, a great big huge thank you. I'm going to Lord of the dance and dinner, this sunday. What a great Christmas treat.

This was sent to me from a friend. I don't know who the author is but I thought it was so wonderful, that I just had to share it.

I don't think our kids know what an apron is. The principal use of grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven. It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids. And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls. In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees. When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner. It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that old-time apron" that served so many purposes.

It's begining to look alot like Christmas, every where you go..... We finally have snow and cold. Up until last week we have had no snow and very nice temperatures. Well this week all that changed. It started snowing some time monday and did not stop until this morning. Plus the temp plunged down to minus 20( -30 if you factor in the wind chill). It is very cold. But I do have to admit that it looks quite pretty out there. On monday night as I was working helping my daughter at the store where she mangages, I had a nice warm christmas feeling. There were carols playing on the PA system, and the snow was falling out side( quite heavily I might add.) I felt like I was getting into the Christmas mood. I went home and took out my Christmas decorations and my nativity set. I don't even mind hearing Christmas carols. I won't put up a tree this year. At this point I am feeling like it is too much effort just for myself. Maybe if I was having Christmas at my house I would feel differently. But this year as in years past the family will gather at my sisters house. It's only because her home is large enough to fit all the family. We all chip in and bring food for the Christmas feast. It's a very nice relaxing time. It will be even nicer because I get to have all my kids with me. My little Abby girl too. She is getting to be at a fun age. Every thing is new and exciting. I love that age of discovery. I have been too busy to find new Christmas tradtions for myself. My neighbor down asked me to a tree trimming party at her home last year, and has invited me again this year. She provides refreshments and her freinds go and help her decorate her tree. It was fun. She has once again invited me this year. Maybe this can be a new tradtion. Even if either of us move maybe we can continue to have the tree trimming gathering. It's a good idea.

Not in the spirit! Unlike my lovely daughter inlaw, ( alittlebitofus@blogspot.com )I am not yet in the Christmas spirit. For one thing there is not any snow out side, which does not matter to me as I'm from B.C. where we often had green Christmas'. I have not been in any stores lately, where they are playing carols. I have been just working and at home. Maybe if I go shopping it will get me in the mood. Maybe I need to get out my nativity set. Maybe it's just too early. I don't know. Right now I don't feel like putting up a tree this year. But as I'm typing I have suddenly gotten the desire to get out a few of my Christmas bears and ornaments. Maybe that's it. I just need to talk about it more. I must admit that it has been harder to get in the Christmas mood since the kids have left home. I'm at a point in my life where I'm having to make new Christmas traditions since the old ones are no more. Since the kids grew up, they have started their own traditions. I remember when the kids were little we would set up the tree together. One year we went to a tree farm on Vancouver Island and got to cut down our own tree. We with friends and when we got our trees we went back and had munchies and hot chocolate. Every year we made it a point to drive around and look at the pretty lights. We would make an evening of it. We would also go to dinner and a holiday movie as a family every Christmas time. So I guess I feel at a loss as what to do. I am very happy that my children are starting their own traditions. I encourage it. These things are very important. I am now faced with having to make new Christmas traditions. I will have to think on that.

Hello, is this the Sheriff's Office? Yes. What can I do for you? I'm calling to report 'bout my neighbor Virgil Smith. He's hidin' marijuana inside his firewood! Don't quite know how he gets it inside them logs, but he's hiddin' it there. Thank you very much for the call, sir. The next day, the Sheriff's Deputies descend on Virgil's home. They search the shed where the firewood is kept. Using axes, they bust open every piece of wood, but find no marijuana. They sneer at Virgil and leave. Shortly, the phone rings at Virgil's house. Hey, Virgil! This here's Floyd . Did the Sheriff come? Yeah! Did they chop your firewood? Yep! Happy Birthday, buddy!(Rednecks know how to Git-R-Dun!)

I just had a very blissful afternoon. I got to spend a couple of hours looking after my little angel baby. It was such a delight. We read stories,( she loves books so much) we watched a bit of T.V. Kids shows on treehouse. We played with her toys, and read some more books. During that time we also had trips to the potty. She is in the process of potty training. Not once did she pee on the potty for me, nor did she pee in her panties. That girl has a strong bladder. I can't last a couple hours without having a pee break. I had so much fun. When mommy and daddy came home we were in the middle of reading the story " the three little pigs" for the 3 rd time. She seemed to like it. I would do silly voices when reading the lines of the wolf and the pigs. When I would ask her what the pigs would say ( expecting her to repeat " not by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin) She would say " oink" Abby is no dummy. She knows that pigs don't talk. It was a very nice couple of hours that have left me on a high. Thanks for the nice time my little Abby girl. Let's do it again real soon. Grandma loves you.

She lives! A week ago I was crying my eyes out because a soap star was dying. I know it sounds trivial and stupid, but I was in a very vulnerable mood last friday. The thing is soaps are famous for there cliff hangers. Such is the life of T.V. Well, as I cried for the dead Reva Shayne, ( the heart monitor proved that she was actually dead.... then fade to comercial..) I had to wait to see on monday how the family would grieve her. Well wouldn't you know it, come monday , the heart monitor started up again. Didn't I say that in soaps she would either live our come back to life. This did not happen with the prime time soap of "Grey's Anatomy" Denny Doucette. His heart monitor did not start beeping at the start of the season premier of Grey's. I really liked the charachter of Denny.I thought he was so good for Izzy. I really hope a new love interest will come along for her. Some one as gorgeous and loving as Denny was. I know, I know. So trivial. But T.V. has us hooked whether we like it or not. Any way , I am so happy that Reva Shayne lives. It's just entertainment. So why do we get so hooked and involved. Could it be that in some small way we can relate?

I want to buy a goat for Christmas. Maybe a couple of chickens too. Not dead ones, and not for me. I want to buy them for people in 3rd world countries. World vision has an ad on TV right now telling all about the gift of goat and chickens. I thought it was a fantastic idea. My sister mentioned this to me last week. She wants her boys to give her a goat for Chrtimas. When she said that I thought maybe she was a little nuts. What, put a goat in your back yard??? It would freeze in our 30 below winters. She would have to bring it in the house. She lives in the city. It would not be an ideal situation. Then she explained to me about buying a goat for people in other countries. 2 goats would provide milk and cheese and also breed to have a whole goat family, and so on.... I feel Christmas is so materialistic. There is so much hype about gifts, gift, and more gifts. The real meaning gets lost. For me It's about the birth of Christ. To others it's about peace on earth or whatever your belief is. My point is that we lose the meaning and it just becomes a stressful time, spending money we don't have, and eating way too much, forgetting that there are human beings with totally nothing. They go hungry every day. They don't get even a gift at all. I say this every year that I am going to keep Christmas simple. I would really like to do it this time. I'm calling my kids and my parents and friends to see if they want to chip in with me and buy a goat to make others lives better.

Good news or bad? The bad news is my car needed a new fuel pump. Money I do not have. Good news, my momma and daddy were able to help me out, to pay for the new fuel pump. Greater news, I got to spend a few hours with my little Abby girl tonight. I had my kids over for dinner this evening. It was so good to be with my kids. When things are not going well in my life , it is always great to be around my kids, and grand child to make things right with the world. I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful family.

Tonight I found myself sitting in front of my television, bawling like a baby. For one thing , I was watching one of my favorite soaps and a star that has been on for a very long time did a dying scene. I started to cry. At first just sniffles, then before you know it I was all out whaling. So stupid I know, but I just could not help it. I was sad because this star has been on this show for many, many years. I could not help think , now what? I was also sad because my car died tonight. Maybe in actual fact I was not greiving the death of a fictional T.V. character, but I was greiving the death of my car. I think that's what it was. I sure hope and pray that my car can be brought back to life. I hate it when we have to depend on automobiles. Gone are the days of horse a buggy. When the horse gets too old you send it out to pasture to live out its final days. To buy a new horse does not cost near as much as car parts. I suppose back in the olden days it was very costly to buy a new horse. It depended on if you were rich or not. I really do not wish to go back to horse and buggy. For one thing it would be too cold living in a Canadian province. The winter months would be brutle. My dad and mom did it though. They went to school and town all bundled up in furs for the long winter trek. They survived. Anyway, I pray my car does not cost me too much to get it fixed. Right now I just do not have the extra . If it costs too much, then I guess I will be taking the bus. I've done that before. Not the end of the world. People do it all the time. I've also been there and done that for quite awhile. So who knows. I am feeling better. I've stopped my blubbering. As far as the soap star??? It's a soap. People die and come back to life all the time right. So there is hope that she will come back. I know, you are all saying " who cares" That's okay. We are all entitled to our own opinion. Cheers all. Have a good weekend.