Monday, July 13, 2009

Busy Busy...

Raszha the Cheetah.. he was beautiful...

Some Zebras..

Cheeky monkeys..


MPR and Susy Cue on the bus..




MPR and Meme.. (aka LHM)





It's been a week since posting..busy busy we have been...Anniverary.. birthday.. and BBq's coming out of our ying yangs.. and this past weekend was just as busy with a safari trip and another BBq and a trip to Emerald Lake.. and today we are tuckered out.. it was a fun weekend.. but now we need another to recuperate..enjoy the photo's...

Monday, July 6, 2009

Celebrate Nothing Day.. Do Nothing All Day and Celebrate It!

For today's holiday I actually did a couple of things.. laundry and a new hobby.... Scrapblogging.. I know I know.. Who would've thunk it? I wouldn't have thought that there were sites for scrapblogging.. pictures and quotes and I think you can incorporate music too.. So I gave it a whirl today and had posted two of the same (added more pics) then removed them due it taking way too long to load..so here is a link for you take a look.. http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer.aspx?sbid=1991015

.. You can pick from assorted free stickers and borders/frames and backgrounds and so on.... but there are a lot that you would buy.. with credit.. I have no credit worthy of buying.. I do the next best thing and look for the free stuff.. But some of the free items are pretty neat.. So enjoy and you might want to try out Scrapblogging too!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Odd Facts...

I'm feeling under the weather.. I have a shoulders and neck injury.. that has not dissipated one iota.. So I thought that instead of blogging I would pass some time and look up some ood facts or stupid laws.. This may also become another series for down the road..Here a few examples of odd or stupid facts..


Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!

Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!

There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!


The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!

Some Odd Laws:


California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat.


It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State.

In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel.

In Michigan, married couples must live together or be imprisoned.


As you can see there are several really odd and weird laws..

Sunday, June 28, 2009

A New Series... Roadside Attractions!!!!!


I'm starting a new series.. After a much needed rest from blogging I have had several ideas pop into my little old brain and thought I would start off with Canadian Roadside Attractions.. little towns that you might not know exsist.... I would like to keep it to three pics a post.. Places I have never heard of...So sit back and enjoy this journey down the long highways and through small towns.. Some not so little..






World's Largest Standing Cuckoo Clock

Kimberley, British Columbia , Population: 7,147

The highest city in Canada, at 1,120 metres, Kimberley is the classic mining town of the Rockies region. Named in 1896 after the famous South African diamond mine, Kimberley was incorporated as a city in 1968 and became the Bavarian City of the Rockies in the early 1970's.











Cache Creek, British Columbia,
Population: 1136
Elevation: 400 metres (1300 ft.)
Main Industries: Tourism, lumber mill


The bustling Village of Cache Creek is located at the Junction of the Trans Canada Highway and Highway 97. It is situated on the Thompson Plateau at the junction of the Cariboo and Thompson Valleys, which help to form the Interior Plateau. And, like the areas surrounding it, Cache Creek also offers a variety of terrain. The Bonaparte River runs through Cache Creek and above the deep valley of the river lies rolling grasslands which give way to surrounding hills covered in sagebrush and cactus. Above the rolling desert hills lie beautiful mountainous terrain.




Caribou Sam


World's Tallest Totem Pole
Alert Bay, British Columbia, Population : 3,907,738
Alert Bay is situated on the crescent-shaped Cormorant Island, just off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island.





Saturday, June 27, 2009

Saturday Scavenger Hunt "Function"

Todays word is brought to us by 3GirlKnight... Thanks it is a wonderful word.."Function"!




Our new car "functions" quite nicely.. Took this pic while driving back from my parents place in Fergus..

A semi-"functioning" 1975(?) Volkswagon camper.. my folks want to drive this out to the East Coast sometime this year..."Insured by Smith and Wesson". A "functional" bumper sticker..


Some Simpson-like clouds have their function in nature..

A splash pad at the park has it's useful "function" of keeping ya cool.. cool .. cool..




A small but "functional" pool.. Yup that our little pool.. Quite refreshing too...Please don't sit on the fish"..lol

Thanks for dropping a line and hopefully all of you fulfilled a "function" today..BTW its been a long time since I participated in the weekly Scavenger Hunt.. I'm back now..



Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Picture Perfect...

Hi.. my name is LHM.. or also known as Little Hairy Man.. My Momma and I like to hang on the porch and watch people .. I like to get their attention by screeching loudly.. My Momma doesn't like it when I do that.. It makes her frown.. I love my momma..I also like hanging out with my Pappa.. He works an awful lot.. but not Fridays... he is home to do stuff for my Momma.. like shopping for toys..he he he..

I love my Momma and Pappa and of course big sister MPR and Big brother CB.. He doesn't visit a lot but when he does come I like to snuggle and wrestle with him...

Momma and Me...

Pappa and Me...

Me.. Of course..


Me eating a snack... yummy..



Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Park Daze...

Playing at Gage Park..(taken last year)

Beautiful fountain in the park..

Overlooking the fountain...



This morning after getting a call from my friend JJ she told me that some of her Daycare kids had Pink Eye.. she suggested that I wait for a day or so before visiting.. SO I took LHM to the big Gage Park.. I beautiful wonderland of fun things for a kid.. or an adult.. They have a wading pool and splash pad for kids and a playground nearby with swings.. (LHM doesn't like swings).. So after I took him to McD's for a special treat...walked out with full bellys....
Grabbed the bus and came home and now we are chillaxin and about to head out to the backyard..(jungletime).. I wish we had a kiddie pool for him..

I would also like welcome a couple of new readers/bloggers to Blogland.. Raising Sunny and her friend Ananda girl.... welcome one, welcome all...






Monday, June 22, 2009

"In Memory"

A very good friend of ours called us on Friday to tell us that his Father passed away.. Although he knew that his Father wasn't doing well .. it was still very sad to hear.. So yesterday afternoon BHM and I went to the visitation to pay our respects to the family. They had a beautiful dvd done up with pictures and a big board with photos that our friends daughter had made up for her Grandpa.. it was very nicely done. Very sweet that she did that..

Earlier yesterday morning, an older lady that has lived across the street passed away also. From what I can surmise her family weren't on happy terms and they lived in Calgary.. I'm not sure how old she was but she kept to herself mostly and lived in the same house all of her life.. I knew she had a cat that was her faithful companion but sadly the cat got so old and sick it eventually died.. Every morning I would see this same cab driver pick her up with said cat to go to the vet so that they could pump food and liquid into it. I found it odd but I guess she really loved that cat to keep it alive.. so now she reunited with her beloved cat..