Birthday Gift

My good friend A come over yesterday morning. She brought me an early birthday gift and a cheerful flower pot as she'll be out of town later this month. She also brought L a nice graduation gift. We went for a walk to Main Street. The road was closed for the street festival but it was deserted likely because it was raining hard all morning. The afternoon turned sunny, so hopefully the crowds came out to support the occasion. The book sale at the library had not started yet, but we did look in at the Art Gallery which is free this weekend. There was a political cartoon exhibit and some Inuit sculptures on display.


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My girlfriend S and I went to Main Street yesterday morning to browse the summer festival. Here are some of the parade photos. It was a teary eyed moment when the local veterans appeared, wearing their service medals and everyone started clapping.

I love to visit all the food stalls to see what's on offer, while S enjoys popping in to the local boutiques as always. It was a gorgeous day weatherwise. One restaurant was featuring what looked like roast suckling pig. Everyone was lined up to purchase slices of it stuffed into a bun. The new Mediterranean restaurant was grilling succulent meat shishkebabs. The burgers and fully dressed sausages and hot dogs also looked delicious.

The mayor made a speech about sustainability initiatives in our community and introduced all the local politicians. I got a free reusable bag.


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1. How Do You Catch a Unique Rabbit?
Unique Up On It.
2. How Do You Catch a Tame Rabbit?
Tame Way.
3. How Do Crazy People Go Through The Forest ?
They Take The Psychopath.
4. How Do You Get Holy Water?
You Boil The Hell Out Of It.

5. What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall?
Dam!

6. What Do Eskimos Get From Sitting On The Ice too Long?
Polaroids.

7. What Do You Call a Boomerang That Doesn't Work?
A Stick.
8. What Do You Call Cheese That Isn't Yours?
Nacho Cheese.
9. What Do You Call Santa's Helpers?
Subordinate Clauses.
10. What Do You Call Four Bullfighters In Quicksand?
Quatro Cinco.
11. What Do You Get From a Pampered Cow?
Spoiled Milk.

12. What Do Yo u Get When You Cross a Snowman With a Vampire?
Frostbite.
13. What Lies At The Bottom Of The Ocean And Twitches?
A Nervous Wreck.

14. What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup?
Anyone Can Roast Beef.
15. Where Do You Find a Dog With No Legs?
Right Where You Left Him.
16. Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils?
Because They Have Big Fingers.

17. Why Don't Blind People Like To Sky Dive?
Because It Scares The Dog.
18. What Kind Of Coffee Was Served On The Titanic?
Sanka.
19. What Is The Difference Between A Harley And A Hoover?
The Location Of The Dirt Bag.

20. Why Did Pilgrims' Pants Always Fall Down?
Because They Wore Their Belt Buckles On Their Hats.
21. What's The Difference Between a Bad Golfer And a Bad Skydiver?
A Bad Golfer Goes, Whack , Dang!
A Bad Skydiver Goes Dang! Whack.

22. How Are A Texas Tornado And A Tennessee Divorce The Same?
Somebody's Gonna Lose A Trailer.

Now, admit it . . . at least one of these made you smile.

Fascinating

I snapped this photo at the mall one day, it fascinates me for some reason.


I was at the travel agent today, paying for our Turkey/Greek island vacation when a man in a wheelchair rolled in and gave the travel agents little Turtles chocolates which they gladly accepted and complained about gaining weight. One girl said, 'I'm not pregnant, it's Turtles chocolates!' I get the feeling he's there every day. He even gave me one.

We have to decide whether to mail our passports in to the Turkish embassy in Ottawa to get a visa to enter the country, or to just get the visa when we arrive there. According to Rick Steves' 'Istanbul' travel guide, Canadians and Americans should be able to get one in Turkey by paying the proper fee. It's just a hassle having to mail your passports away and our friends tried calling the Turkish Embassy and got a message saying you could get visas in Turkey. I think that's what I'm going to do.


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Our fitness instructor at the gym is trying to get her 20 year old son out of the house. She asked if anyone knows any 20 year old girls, preferably with a house. 'He's really cute' she said, 'that's about it' and laughed. I thought she was hilarious, maybe I was identifying with her a bit!

It seems the Blue Jays Baseball hat is the most popular baseball hat in North America according to the salesguy at Fan Attic. I was checking out the prices of the NY Yankee hats for K. He met with the Special Education lady at school today. Hopefully, she will be his advocate through high school, but I think it makes sense to continue with our regular study routine as well. She said one in ten kids have some kind of learning disability. Surprisingly, there is one local high school where the ratio is much higher. Gifted kids also fall under the Special Education category.

L picked up an Athletic Award and an Art award and a couple of service pins at the awards ceremony at her school. The report is that Prank Day was the most fun. They locked all the grade 9's out of their lockers for example. We have a new favourite clothes store called 'Costa Blanca' at the mall. The clothes fit her like designer clothes at 'Old Navy' prices, no kidding. We registered for an Academic Orientation session at her university in July. Looking forward to checking things out down there while we get her registered for her courses and get her student card. She'll find out what residence she gets assigned to at the end of July.


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Romeo

Happy June 1st!

L's school is having the traditional Grade 12 prank day (you don't want to hear all the horrible stuff they have planned). She is receiving a surprise subject award this year, wonder what subject it is? She went to a party last night because all her friends were going.

I'm stressing that if K fails Math he will have to do a credit recovery in the summer and I don't know the details of how that happens, registration, etc. I know it's only 2 weeks in Grade 9. The psychologist that recently diagnosed his non verbal learning disability is supposed to send us a summary report but it has been delayed by her daughter's wedding. M says nothing can be done until he actually fails something but he's going to check with Guidance again.

Meanwhile, we helped him memorize his lines for 'Romeo and Juliet' that his group has to perform in class. He's done a good job with it although he thinks the language in Shakespeare's time is absolutely crazy (what? what on earth are they saying?). They had seen a production of the play downtown recently and he swears this 'Romeo' actor cheated by writing the lines on his arms. He said 'Why else would he keep raising both of his arms above his head all the time?' We laughed at that. He wants me to buy him a New York Yankee's baseball hat for some reason. It must be in fashion.


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