Crazy February Weather

We’ve been having some really crazy weather here over the past few days.  It all started Sunday over night, into Monday morning.  We got rain & lots of it.  Freezing rain to be precise.  That made for most of Southern Manitoba to shut down.    The roads were like a shiny skating rink.  I didn’t take any pictures of that, but I did take some pictures of what our yard looks like right now.

Right now, the yard is like what it usually gets in mid-late March into April.  Icy, watery, slippery, wet.  Plain icky.  Chance’s kennel is almost completely flooded with the water that fell, as well as the snow that is melting.  Did I mention that our temps are hovering just about zero?  They are, which isn’t good at all, for this time of year.  The worst part is, the temps are supposed to start dropping today & all this rain/freezing rain is supposed to turn to snow.  Oh joy of joys.  How exciting.

Here are the pictures that I took.

This was last night, looking towards the driveway; right by the house.

This is standing on the step, looking towards the garage.

A path of snow was made in my flower bed, so that we could take Chance to her kennel.

I am standing on that snow path, looking towards Chance’s kennel.  The picture is a bit dark, but you can still see all that water.

Still looking towards the kennel.  Still lots of water.

I’m standing at the edge of the path, just before it goes onto the soggy, melting snow.

Tuesday’s pictures.  The daytime.  Here you can really see all that water.

This is taken from the step, by the house, looking towards the driveway.  Still a lot of water & ice.

Looking towards the garage.  My what shiny icy water/ice there is.

Here’s Marty, trying to figure out how to get some of that water out of Chance’s kennel.  She doesn’t even want to go in there, there’s too much water.

Same shot almost, different angle….same water/ice problem.

Last, but not least another picture of Chance.  I’m thinking she’s a bit confused at why there is so much of that icy water in her kennel & outside at this time of year.

That’s all there is for now.  I’ll keep you posted on how our crazy February weather is turning out.

Computer Problems Solved and a new Camera

Well, it’s been over a week & I’ve finally figure out & solved my computer problems.  I had to redo my pc again, all because I did something to screw it up again.  Now, it’s finally fixed & all is well.

I got a new camera this week.  New camera=new pics & a short video of Chance.  She isn’t the easiest subject to take a pic of because she keeps moving, just when you want to take it. lol  So, without anymore delay…..

Here are the new pics taken with the new camera & a short video named, “Chance at play”.  Enjoy.

These last 2 pics of her are the funniest.  You can see why.

Those are all the newer pics of Chance.  The 1st few don’t look very good.  They’re a bit out of focus.

Here is my best subject that didn’t move for taking a picture. lol

And  now, without anymore delay….the video

I hope you enjoyed this.

All in all, it’s been an interesting week.  From a new camera to a 3 day migraine to finally getting my computer to work the way I want it too.  Have a good rest of the week.

Edit in: The camera I got is a Kodak Z8612 IS w/8.1 mp & 12x optical zoom. Here's the link to the page of the camera.

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=12460&pq-locale=en_CA

Computer Problems

Just like the title says, I’ve been having computer problems.  I just installed an nvidia video card in my pc, in hopes of fixing some issues.  Well….basically, those issues went away & some new ones came up.  Now, it seems like it’s more difficult to view my pc from the tv in the living room.  There’s a lot more to set up, than there was before.  I use my pc to record from tv, satellite, etc.  Then, once the recording is done, I flick a switch by the tv & you see my pc desktop.  Then we watch whatever it was that I had recorded.  :D

That was the 1st problem.  The next problem is, I had to format my pc after I installed the new/different video card.  That’s all fine & dandy.  When I went to make a new restore disk, the pc froze.  :o  The program I was trying to use, re-screwed up the operating system.  I had to format the pc again.  That was 2x in 2 days.  That took up most of my week, getting everything the way I want it.

All is good now.  The only thing is, that I do not like this nvidia graphic card for what I do most.  Watch movies/recorded tv from my pc to our tv in the living room.  I may have to go back to an ATI card for this.  I’ll keep you posted on that one. 

Here’s a pic from Chance that was just taken the other day, during the pc fixing stage.  Enjoy it & thanks for listening to my computer problems.

She was half asleep when I took this. lol  The big baby.

It’s cold here & a pic

Just like the title says, it’s cold here.  We’re onto about the 2nd month of straight bitterly cold weather.  We’ve had a few days of not so cold, but it’s mostly been cold.  I’ve lost track already with how long it’s been this cold.  I think today, we hit a new record for being cold.  I think it was about –50C with the wind-chill or even a bit colder.  When it’s this cold, what’s a few degrees. lol  Winnipeg is the coldest city in Canada today.  What an honour.

All this week, we’ve been eating good cold weather food: beef stew & today Vegetable barley soup.  We still go out when it’s this cold.  Today, we went for a coffee & fuelled up the car.  Chance doesn’t even want to be out for long.  She goes out, does what she needs to & comes back to the gate.  Then, into the house we go before her feet get too cold.  The poor puppy.

Other than that, there hasn’t been much going on here.  I’ve got to replace the video card in my pc because mine has partially fried.  :(  That’s a totally different blog post. :D 

Here’s the pic that I promised.  Chance had a kodak moment the other day.  She was relaxing so nicely, that I had to take a pic of her.  Enjoy it & keep warm, if you’re enduring this cold too.

A few funny jokes to start the new year

Here are a few funny jokes to start off the new year. Enjoy.

How Long is Yours?

I have one,
Your dad has one,
Your Mom uses your dads,
your aunt uses your uncles,
Indians have along one,
chinese have a short one,
Madonna doesnt have one,
Do you have one....how long is your one?
.
..
...

Sure you must be having a SURNAME!
What were you thinking.... ......???


Little Johny

Little Johnny can’t sleep and walks down the hall past the master bedroom
The door is ajar and the curious little Johnny looks inside.
Oh no he says, she took me to a psychiatrist for sucking my thumb



Lil Johnny..

A teacher in a mathematics lecture asks a 3rd std class," If there are 3 birds on a tree and u shoot one of them,how many birds would remain??
".Johnny,the nuaghtiest of the lot, shoots up his hand.
teacher: "ok johnny ,wats the answer?".
Johnny: "none,ma'am.
teacher: "how?"
Johnny:" after hearing the shot ,all the other birds will also fly away."
Teacher:"no johnny, the answer here is 2,but I like the way u r thinkin.
now johnny has a doubt.
Johhny: " teacher can i ask u a question?
Teacher: "sure"
johnny:" There are three ladies havin ice cream at the parlour. The first one is eatin it, the second is lickin it while the third one is sucking it. Can u tell which one of the ladies is married??"
Teacher is terribly embaressed, but she puts on a brave face and answers.
Teacher: "I....I......I guess the one which is suckin on the ice cream is married."
Johnny:" No ma'am, the one who has the wedding ring on her finger is married, BUT I LIKE THE WAY U R THINKIN." !!!!!

Little Johnny..
Little Johnny was sitting in class one day. On this particular day, the teacher wanted to ask her class which part of the body went to heaven first.
One little girl raised her hand and said, "I think your mind goes to heaven first because you have to have a mind in order to believe in God."
The teacher praises the little girl as a little boy raises his hand. He says, "I think your heart goes to heaven first because God is all about love." "Very good," said the teacher.
The teacher looked up and saw Little Johnny's hand up. "Oh no," she thought, "I'm not gonna like this "Little Johnny, which part of the body do you think goes to heaven first?"
Little Johnny thinks for a minute and says, "Your feet."
The teacher asked him why he thought your feet go to heaven first.
He replied, "Well, I was walking past my parents' bedroom last night and my mom had her feet up in the air and she said, 'Oh God, I'm coming!', but fortunately Dad was on top of her holding her down."


Hillbilly

Never Choke in a restaurant in the South
Two hillbillies walk into a bar. While having a shot of whisky, they talk about their moonshine operation.
Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table, who is eating a sandwich, begins to cough. And, after a minute or so, it becomes apparent that she is in real distress. One of the hillbillies looks at her and says, 'Kin ya swallar?'
The woman shakes her head no.
Then he asks, 'Kin ya breathe?'
The woman begins to turn blue and shakes her head no.
The hillbilly walks over to the woman, lifts up her dress, yanks down her drawers and quickly gives her right butt cheek a lick with his tongue. The woman is so shocked that she has a violent spasm and the obstruction flies out of her mouth. As she begins to breathe again, the Hillbilly walks slowly back to the bar.
His partner says, 'Ya know, I'd heerd of that there 'Hind Lick Maneuver' but I ain't niver seed nobody do it!'



Man and A Monkey Go Into a Bar

A guy walks into a bar with his pet monkey. He orders a drink, and while he's drinking, the monkey jumps all around the place.
The monkey grabs some olives off the bar and eats them.
Then he grabs some sliced limes and eats them. He then jumps onto the pool table and grabs one of the billiard balls.
To everyone's amazement, he sticks it in his mouth, and somehow swallows it whole.
The bartender screams at the guy, 'Did you see what your monkey just did?'
'No, what?' replied the man.
'He just ate the cue ball off my pool table... whole!'
'Yeah, that doesn't surprise me,' replied the guy, 'he eats everything in sight. Sorry! I'll pay for the cue ball and stuff.'
The guy finishes his drink, pays his bill, pays for the stuff the monkey ate and leaves.
Two weeks later the guy is in the bar again, and has his monkey with him. He orders a drink and the monkey starts running around the bar again. While the man is finishing his drink, the monkey finds a maraschino cherry on the bar.
He grabs it, sticks it up his butt, pulls it out, and eats it.
Then the monkey finds a peanut, and again sticks it up his butt, pulls it out, and eats it.
The bartender is disgusted. 'Did you see what your monkey did now?'
'No, what?' replied the man.
'Well, he stuck a maraschino cherry and a peanut up his butt, pulled them out, and ate them!' said the bartender.
'Yeah, that doesn't surprise me,' replied the guy.
'Since he popped that cue ball, he measures everything first!'

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. :)