Wednesday, 14 December 2016

We Call It

shabu shabu
or fish head stew

By any other name

Celebrate:

December 14, 2016 – NATIONAL BOUILLABAISSE DAY

Shabu shabu is more than fish head but thats whats on top.
Nowadays , in restaurants they use shrimp etc too !

Weather brilliant sun and cold

Well ,after 6 yrs , I connected our TV to the internet
We don't subscribe to anything Netflix etc but Sony Home Entertainment seems a possibility
They want you to join
BUT I can't find prices for each ' rental ' or showing
I won't sign til I know

Forecast Map  s GWN misses this one but Fri - Sat ( early AM )
T.O. gets snow



Tuesday, 13 December 2016

A Day of

December 13, 2016 – NATIONAL COCOA DAY – NATIONAL DAY OF THE HORSE – NATIONAL VIOLIN DAY – PICK A PATHOLOGIST PAL DAY

Good grief , the bottom of the barrel for sure

How about National Pathetic Day

We are cold and getting colder for the week

BTW in my never ending whine about our American cell phones
I figured it out. The gmail on the TracFone worked the last 4 days of our holiday.
Solution !
Send a picture from the phone
Somehow , all the ' little men ' inside the phone remember what gmail is when you use it for photos
Voila !  gmail works

This fix will need to be battled tested
and my usual victim will likely get 3 or 4 duplicate test messages
BUT he won't mind ?
will he ?

Monday, 12 December 2016

When Winter Comes Knocking

watch out

Hello , winter and 3 1/2 in of snow

Celebrate :
December 12, 2016 – NATIONAL DING-A-LING DAY – NATIONAL POINSETTIA DAY – GINGERBREAD HOUSE DAY – NATIONAL AMBROSIA DAY

And Robert Pointsett thought the lovely flowering plants that he saw at his mansion in Mexico would brighten up his American home
Poinsetttia !

Gingerbread can be stored for long periods

 Taking back the driveway
My phrase
Our lawn / property company plows in winter and does the sidewalk
Every now and then , the edges are left w/ snow. This in itself is not a problem. BUT
from then on the driveway gets narrower as the snowfalls continue
To - day , they came up 3 ft short on the one side.
I went out and took back the whole driveway
Can't stand it - thinking about losing more and more edge
My problem not yours !



Sunday, 11 December 2016

Poodle , Doodle

or

Lets recognize


December 11, 2016 – NATIONAL NOODLE RING DAY

Shades of ' spaghetti - O s '

A dreary day , fractured by snow sprinkles that are now flakes for sure
We will get a dump
Brett of Accuweather said the odds of a ' white christmas ' are relatively good


Saturday, 10 December 2016

Calendar Day Designations

as opposed to ' someone made this up ' day

These national days of ... are called , yepper , calendar designations

Celebrate :
December 10, 2016 – DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM DAY – NOBEL PEACE PRIZE DAY – HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

OK , some of these designations are appropriate

Random thoughts : more than once using the washroom on a airplane " I'm normal size , how do big people fit in the tiny space "

Up at 7 Am . If I'm hungry or need to use the washroom - thats it , I can't go back to sleep
Coffee is on.
Water is boiled
A slice of lemon and hot water to start
Everything else is ad libbed

And the question of all time ?
Who is Rula Lenska
She was on a cosmetic commercial , years ago
who is she ?

Friday, 9 December 2016

Flying and me , Pt II

or more of the same

On time , at the gate on time at destination
WestJet , Thank you

T.O. NO
flite was 2 h 18 min
drive home was 2 h

Go figure

Bleary eyed and hung over from travel we face the s GWN
Of course , it snowed as we got to the driveway
Welcome home , see what you missed

To - day is National Glad Your Home Day
its official  , cuz I said so
no dumber than most of those other days

Chestnuts roasting , and all that

From Brett Anderson, Accuweather blog

5. I expect a general 8-15 cm of snow across most of southern Ontario and 7-12 cm over southern Quebec Sunday night and Monday. The snow might mix with rain early Monday in places closes to the lakes such as Hamilton and downtown Toronto, but not before there is a decent accumulation of snow.
6. Longer range forecast models are trending toward a longer period of cold weather across much of the country with less flow off the Pacific than what they showed a few days ago. Clearly, the worst of the cold will move out after Dec. 18, but the period through Dec. 22 still looks colder than normal for a large part of southern Canada. Areas from Manitoba through Ontario may see temperatures back to normal or slightly above around the Christmas holiday, but there is still plenty of uncertainty with that.

7. So based on what we are seeing over the next two weeks, I would say that the probabilities for a white Christmas are higher than normal for a majority of southern Canada.

Thursday, 8 December 2016

Flying and me

not a good mix

Fear of flying , NO
Uncomfortable , yes
M does everything she can to make sure that I fly at ease , no , more at ease
Entertaining me is her big concern
I distract easily , teachers said that same thing all the way thru grade school

This trip , I'm at a work station at the airport fiddling w/ the baby laptop
which earned big kudos , this trip.
A little slow but reliable and the battery life was VG.
We did charge daily but BbyLpTp did a stellar job

Celebrate ???

December 8, 2016 – NATIONAL BROWNIE DAY – PRETEND TO BE A TIME TRAVELER DAY

Which brownie ? desssert or girl guide
or pixie - ish creature

BTW - saw Amy Adams as Princess Giselle in ' Cinderella (? ) '
and she was singing and dancing up a storm
Delightful
Second best movie that I saw

#1 was ' Dark City ' , in which the protagonist , imagines a world
and finds out slowly how he manipulates this dream world. A little creepy still DC was entertaining
Besides , how many re - runs of ' Law and Order ' are necessary

And rose said my name