Haha

Welcome to the month of May!

I wonder if this could be true, it makes sense to me, haha.

Daughter L and I have started watching the Downton Abbey TV series. We love it, such beautiful costumes and a very interesting look at English life in the early 1900's. The series ran from 2010 to 2015 and I've always heard how good it was, so am happy we finally got around to watching it.

Bad Weather

This 'medical dictionary' gave me a chuckle, I hope it will amuse you too!

We are stuck at home this weekend with a major ice storm and freezing rain.  Many events around the city were cancelled, including university exams,  There are airport delays and power outages in some areas.  My friend S and I went for an early morning walk yesterday and were home before the freezing rain started.

Funny

I was watching this show on TV where lottery winners search for homes.  This man won $9 million dollars when he bought a $1 ticket.  He lives with his male partner.  The heartwarming thing was that he decided to buy a house for himself and his partner for $420, 000 and one for his sister for $210,000.  He also allowed his mom to retire.  Too often people will end up losing all their winnings over time.  I think this man is smart and values his family and friends.

Geese

It is the Victoria Day long weekend here, considered the start of the summer season.  The garden stores will be very busy as it is time to get the planting done.

Have you seen the new Supergirl trailer?  I'd like to see this movie (or new TV series rather)! Although a cousin reminded me the 80s Supergirl movie starring Helen Slater did not do well.

The Canada geese are so plentiful around here at this time of year. Here is one I saw in the grocery store parking lot. There is talk of culling the population but it is not an easy problem to solve.

And finally let me say, I am not a David Beckham fan, but I thought this one was hilarious:

Funny

Do you ever feel like this sometimes?

We have been having sunny, wonderful weather.  It encourages everyone to be out and about.  Son K cleaned the wheels of the car with armour oil, he wanted them nice and shiny.  He has never done that before, maybe turning 20 has this effect on young men?  Then he went off to his part time job.  I invited a middle-aged cousin over for an afternoon walk.  She is depressed at what seems to be the end of a long-term relationship.  I hope she can feel better sooner rather than later.

Have a read through this article from Home Digest magazine.  It's called 'one damn thing after another (ODTAA)', I loved it. It says life is a series of problems to be dealt with and resolved. We should just accept that fact and at the end of it all we come out changed, compassionate, energized.  The Canadian Author Jim Campbell is described as a Northern Andy Rooney.  I decided  to buy his most recent book 'Glimpses Through the Mirror: The Collected Pen Point Columns'.

Funny

I thought this would be a good one to start your Monday off:

I dropped off some chocolates for the ladies who work at my favourite McDonald's restaurant the other day.  I got the brightest smiles as I wished them a 'Merry Christmas'.   They wouldn't let me pay for the small latte I ordered.  That made my day too!

Later on that same day, I had lunch with another lady I met years ago at my gym.  She dislikes the season perhaps because she has no close family left and maybe just a few friends.  I gave her a print of one of my Christmas cards that I painted, one with fancy red shoes, and she really appreciated it.  She said she would put it up on her mantlepiece.  It did seem like her style, to match her new car!

Funny

Easy Pasta and Cheese Bake

All jokes aside, I'd like to share my easy pasta and cheese bake. It uses raw pasta, half a jar of tomato based pasta sauce, a jar of alfredo sauce.

Ingredients

8 oz (2 cups) uncooked pasta such as macaroni,bow-tie,shell, etc)
1/2 of a 650ml jar of tomato-based pasta sauce
1 (410ml) jar of alfredo sauce
1 1/3 cups water
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup breadcrumbs

pre-heat oven to 350F

In a casserole dish lined with parchment paper add uncooked pasta, pasta sauce, alfredo sauce and water. Mix together and ensure pasta is just covered with the liquid. Sprinkle breadcrumbs and grated cheese over top. Bake 40 - 50 minutes until golden brown and the liquid is all reduced.

That's it! Enjoy.

Funny

Daughter L will be done school in a couple of months.  It is time to start thinking about moving all her stuff back home.  Four years has gone by in a blink, it seems like just yesterday that I was planning her move to school. The beauty of this blog is that I was able to look back 4 years and find the post I made about the move to university!

I thought this was funny when I came across it the other day, so I saved it for you!

Aging

I got this funny one on aging from Martha.

I read this wonderful story in the newspaper last week, and thought I would share. It starts like this:

'Pen pal marriage marks 50 years

The intent was clear from the beginning: let’s get married. That they hadn’t even met didn’t seem to matter much to Ilija Smoljo or his soon-to-be bride, Nena.'

Online Dating

Got this in an email, haha! Have a great Saturday!

And a friend sent me this video demonstrating 'the power of music', if you have 6 minutes to watch. It's called: 'Old Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Music From His Era.'

These fit so well they should be in a dictionary

I got these in an e-mail and wanted to share, they're funny:




A review of words that needed more explanation!!!



ADULT:

A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.

BEAUTY PARLOR:
A place where women curl up and dye.

An addendem to this is a place of HOPE AND CHANGE... sometimes with the same results as we are getting with this administration!


CANNIBAL:
Someone who is fed up with people.

CHICKENS:
The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.

COMMITTEE:
A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.



DUST:
Mud with the juice squeezed out.

EGOTIST:
Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.

HANDKERCHIEF:
Cold Storage.

INFLATION:
Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.

MOSQUITO:
An insect that makes you like flies better.

RAISIN:
Grape with a sunburn.

SECRET:
Something you tell to one person at a time.

SKELETON:
A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.

TOOTHACHE:
The pain that drives you to extraction.

TOMORROW:
One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.

YAWN:
An honest opinion openly expressed.


and MY Personal Favorite!!

WRINKLES:
Something other people have,
similar to my character lines.