Christmas Wishes & An interesting ride

This may be my last blog of the year, but I'm not sure yet.
Let's 1st start with the interesting ride home from Winnipeg that we had on Monday afternoon.
We were on our way home from shopping, when we heard a Bang! then the car pulled funny. Marty steered it & into the ditch we went. We didn't roll & didn't get hurt, which was a good thing. We got out of the car to look around. What had happened was the lower ball joint blew. That was the bang. The smoke that we smelled was the dried dead grass under the car, warming up to the hot muffler. Marty got out the shovel & started to remove the snow from around the car. He got it removed, but we still couldn't go anywhere. You can't go far when your wheel doesn't turn right & there's snow in the bottom of the ditch. He made a call & while we were waiting for somebody to pick us up, some good samaratin with a 4x4 & a towing truck's chain, pulled us out of the ditch. Yayyyy!!!!! Our ride came & we took our stuff that we went shopping for out of the car & went home. Marty went back, with help, with his truck & dolly & got the car home. It's now sitting on the dolly, in the back yard. It won't be getting fixed until after the holidays.
Later in the evening, Marty came up with a little song of our adventure. It's in the tune of "Jingle Bells"

Sliding in the ditch (sung to “Jingle Bells”)

Sliding into the ditch
It was a very bumpy ride
After blowing a ball joint
And almost ending on our side
I almost went insane
A guy showed up with a chain
He pulled us out, he had no doubt
And we’re on the road again....sort of
Chorus:
Bang, scrape, skid
Bang, scrape, skid
In the ditch we go
Oh I’m glad this ditch is full
Of fluffy, fluffy snow...I wish

Marty & I (Chance too) would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. All the best to everybody in 2009.

A few funny Christmas jokes & stuff

I got these in an email today.  I found them funny, so I figured I'd share.  Enjoy.  :)

A Christmas Story for people having a bad day……………

When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure.
Then Mrs Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.
When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.
Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.
Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drank all the cider and hidden the rum. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.
Just then the doorbell rang, and irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.
The angel said very cheerfully, 'Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?'
And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.

 

 

 

 

Rusty Chevrolet

'Jingle Bells'

DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW 
IN MY RUSTY CHEVROLET
DOWN THE ROAD I GO 
SLIDING ALL THE WAY
I NEED NEW PISTON RINGS
I NEED SOME NEW SNOW TIRES
MY CAR IS HELD TOGETHER
BY A PIECE OF CHICKEN WIRE

CHORUS:
RUST AND SMOKE THE HEATER'S BROKE
THE DOOR JUST BLEW AWAY
I LIGHT A MATCH TO SEE THE DASH
AND THEN I START TO PRAY
THE FRAME IS BENT THE MUFFLER WENT
THE RADIO IT'S OK
OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO DRIVE
THIS RUSTY CHEVROLET

I WENT TO THE IGA
TO GET SOME CHRISTMAS CHEER
I JUST PASSED UP MY LEFT FRONT TIRE
AND ITS GETTING HARD TO STEER
SKIDDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
RIGHT PAST THE NEGAUNEE COPS
I HAD TO DRAG MY SWAMPERS
TO GET THE CAR TO STOP

(REPEAT CHORUS)

BOUNCING THROUGH THE SNOWDRIFTS
IN A BIG BLUE CLOUD OF SMOKE
PEOPLE LAUGH AS I DRIVE BY
I WONDER WHAT'S THE JOKE
I GOT TO GET TO SHOPKO
TO PICK UP THE LAYAWAY
CAUSE SANTA CLAUS IS COMING SOON
IN HIS BIG OLD RUSTY SLEIGH

(REPEAT CHORUS)

 

And here is Chance's Christmas pic that I did.

My Favourite All-Time Movies

Here's a list of my favourite all-time movies.  They're in no specific order & I'll try to include a pic of some kind, as well as imdb info.  Here we go.

1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

 

This is one of those movies that no matter how many times I watch it, it's still funny.  I recently got the 2 disk anniversary edition of this.

Favourite Line: Jessica Rabbit: "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way"

imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096438/

    2. Twister

 

I just love this movie.  I've seen it so many times.  It's still good, no matter how many times I watch this.

Favourite Line:  Jo: "Debris, we have debris"

imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117998/

    3. Judge Dredd

Another one of those entertaining movies. 

Favourite Line: Judge Dredd: "I am the Law!"

imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113492/

    4. Demolition Man

It entertains me.

imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/

    5. The Fifth Element

Favourite Line: Leelou: "Multi-pass"

imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/

    6. The Mummy

imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120616/

    7. Star Wars -the entire collection of them

  

Enough said.  I don't think the imdb link is required on these.

    8. Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol

This has got to be the original 1951 version, black & white with Alastair Sim.

imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044008/

    9.  The Indiana Jones Movies

 

Again, this is enough said about it.

   10. Armageddon

imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/

That's all that I can think of for now.  Please feel free to comment.

Recipe

I didn't feel much like blogging this week, due to the fact that I've been battling a migraine since Tuesday Dec.2/08.  I think it's finally starting to go away.  So, today's blog will be a recipe.

 

Here's the banana bread recipe that I use.

1/2 c margarine
1 c sugar
2 eggs
3 bananas
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 c flour, approx
1 tsp baking soda

Cream margarine and sugar, then add eggs and mashed bananas. Add flour, soda and salt. Bake in loaf pan in 350 F oven for 45-50 minutes.

I even use this recipe for muffins. Just bake them for about 25 min.

 

Enjoy it. :)

New Pic of Chance & Taz's final pics

I took a few new pics of Chance last week.  They were really cute & it definitely was a Kodak moment.  I also was going through my picture folder the other day & I noticed that I had never posted Taz's very last 2 pics that were ever taken of him.  I hope that you enjoy them.  :)

 

 

Here is Chance lying on her couch with her stuffed ball in her mouth.  She's a very silly girl.

These are the very last 2 pics that were ever taken of Taz.  My sister in law took them in the beginning of June.

I hope you enjoy looking at these, as much as I enjoy sharing them with you. :)

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