Well Tomorrow is my Birthday- got a new fire extinguisher for the candles

It is hard to believe that I will be another year older tomorrow. MY Mother once sent me a Birthday Card many years ago for my 18th. It took over a year to find me as I had moved that often. She wrote "I am surprised that you lived this Long. Oh, by the way Happy Birthday, Brat. And isn't it time you write to me.

Did you break an Arm? Did you get kidnapped by Aliens? Did your Pen run out of Ink?
Did you run out of Spit to lick a stamp? Why the @@@@@@ silence, better write me soon!!"

It was on a large Post card of Wasaga Beach, Ontario. ( I still have that card). I always managed to send her a Mothers Day Card even if I forgot her Birthday. She told me as long as she gets a Mothers day card that way she knows that I still loved her and think of Her. Un- fortunately she passed away over 31 years ago. So I always made sure to remember her on Mothers Day and still do.

Each Mothers Day when I was over in the UK. I always sent two Cards one for Mothering Sunday in the UK and one for Mothers Day in May in Canada.

You be the Judge- Did Prince Philip let one?

Now I ask you. HRH Prince Philip looks like he let one and it must of been a real ripper.
Last Picture of the Queen's squinty face tells it all. And do not forget Prince Harry holding his nose.

Out of the Mouth of Babes

1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are first-graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic!
1.
Don't change horses
until they stop running.
2.
Strike while the
bug is close.
3.
It's always darkest before
Daylight Saving Time.
4.
Never underestimate the power of
termites.
5.
You can lead a horse to water but
How?
6.
Don't bite the hand that
looks dirty.
7.
No news is
impossible
8.
A miss is as good as a
Mr.
9.
You can't teach an old dog new
Math
10.
If you lie down with dogs, you'll
stink in the morning.
11.
Love all, trust
Me.
12.
The pen is mightier than the
pigs.
13.
An idle mind is
the best way to relax.
14.
Where there's smoke there's
pollution.
15.
Happy the bride who
gets all the presents.
16.
A penny saved is
not much.
17.
Two's company, three's
the Musketeers.
18.
Don't put off till tomorrow what
you put on to go to bed.
19.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and
You have to blow your nose.
20.
There are none so blind as
Stevie Wonder.
21.
Children should be seen and not
spanked or grounded.
22.
If at first you don't succeed
get new batteries.
23.
You get out of something only what you
See in the picture on the box
24.
When the blind lead the blind
get out of the way.
25.
A bird in the hand
is going to poop on you.
And
the WINNER and last one!
26.
Better late than
Pregnant

What noise- I do not hear any noise-

We have all heard of "Male Selective Hearing", which seems to be aliment which inflicts not only Men; but Women as well. IMHO

It is true when my spouse is chatting to me about something and the Telly is on, I am reading a book or the newspaper. What information she maybe trying to impart to me is going in one ear and out the other.

I just like to say that "men" are not the only ones who are bothered by this problem. "Women" are as guilty as we are.

The situations may be different but the same outcome. For example, how many of you gentlemen get into the family car after your wife or spouse has driven it for a time and notice that the radio is full blast. You turn on the car and straight away the radio's volume blows you out of the car. So what do you do you turn down or turn off the radio and take the car out for a drive or to get some more beer etc.

There is a strange noise that wasn't there before, a ping or clank, the engine sounds a little different that normal. So you listen to it for a while then it dawns on you what the trouble maybe. This I am sure our resident expert from the Jungle could explain better than I. About the Male's role in the wild listening out for sounds that could have negative effect on his safety and that of his family.

" Female Selective Hearing" has occurred. So you get home and ask if your wife has noticed anything different with the car lately, some noise, rattle? They always say " I heard that didn't know what it was so I turned up the radio so it would go away."

A case in point. I was out for a walk yesterday to meet my wife on her way home from work. I was cutting through the Dartmouth Sportsplex parking lot. When I heard this awful clank, clank, clank coming from behind me. I though it was Jason with his chain saw. Turned and saw this little old dear driving this grey car coming into the parking lot. As she got out of the car the music was deafening. I told her about the noise I was hearing as she was driving and said it sounds like the CV Joints or drive shaft about to give way.

She turned to me and glared " What noise, I do not hear anything." So I left it like that and continued to ponder in amazement on why I even bothered.

So you see, it affects us all. Sometimes in the same way; other times a little different but it still get's us both. "Male Selective Hearing" Bah Humbug!!!!!!!!!!

Canada's Bailout Mascot

Canada's Bailout mascot-We have gone from a Beaver to this!!!!!!!!!

Icing on my Glasses- The Deck was truly "Stacked"

Well it is time that i wrote some thing else than about the Condo. We went up to the camp on the 14th of March to join up with some of the other campers and have an early St. Patricks day party.

It was nice to get out of the city and into the the country for an evening it was cold still and snow and ice still covered most of the ground. We went over to Jim and Amy's Trailer and deck for the evening. I got into the Appleton's Rum a little too early and a little to hard. Now I want you to realize that no water was on and so the Latrine was outside in the woods in minus 12 degree weather. Jim's deck is not insulated and attached to a Trailer (RV) there where several heaters on the deck but it only warmed up to about 8 or 9 degrees cel. Every time someone came in from outside the air temp on the deck you could see your breath. So it was rather rustic but lots of fun.

Well as the evening progressed, I seem to have gone a little numb and my vision was getting very blurry. I had both pair of glasses on one on my head and the other on my face. When 1 pair got really blurry ( might have been the rum) I would put the other pair on and still had trouble seeing. So even without them I was a little out in left field. My dear lady gave me some Moose Meat stew to eat around 8pm. I had by then polished off my Rum and was cracking open another one. I had run out of Coke so I was just drinking it straight I guess. It was around 11:30, G helped me home to the Trailer. As I was having to hold my glass with both hands as I had lost feeling in my extremities by then. So I am told. I do not remember much of the evening after 8p. so I do not remember saying "Arse" or trying to pinch g's bottom all night or any one else's/ ( Good thing what happens on the decks stays on the deck). But I couldn't for the life of me figure out why every-time I put my glasses on I couldn't see out of them the next day. G told me they were covered in B'day cake icing. It would explain a lot I thought I was going blind or something. Jim C kept putting icing on my glasses every chance he got just to see what I would do. As I was so spaced never even noticed.

Well I must have had fun as I do not remember much of the evening but do recall spending the night on the couch and running out side in the freezing cold to settle my stomach for the rest of the night and it was freezing. Well I was told I didn't have to apologize to anyone for my actions. I told the same story over and over again about Janet and Brian coming down to Florida to see Ernie and Lorraine around the same time we were there. We missed them by about an hour. The old neighbour next to Ernie named Bill. Said a couple showed up in a fancy car. I do not remember their names but " Boy was she ever Stacked". We knew who was there Brian and Janet from the camp. Janet is renowned for her Mae Wests. Janet and Brian were at the Party guess which story I told again and again.

"Was she ever Stacked." It was a good thing the lake was frozen or I might have gone surfing again. Click on the link.

Our New Condo- 28 Brookdale Crescent Dartmouth NS

This is I promise the last of the pics and video of the new Condo Renovations. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for your interest and patience in this project.

Work being done on the Condo

These are some of the Pictures of the work being carried out on the condo. We are getting the place painted this week and Kitchen and Bathroom tiled so once it is all done I will post the finished pictures.



Picture of our Carpenter Brian working on the counter top and reinforcing the frame and adding some dividers and shelves to the kitchen sink unit.


Picture of the construction site as everything is torn up at the same time. The air was blue with the saw dust and the fire alarm went off several times you can still smell the saw dust a little bit that will go when it is warmer out side and the windows can be opened. We had the walls and floors washed down by Trevor. He did a really good job of cleaning the place for us.

Picture of the pantry being built off the kitchen and a door and frame being put in where there was only concrete block before.


Picture of yours truly in the mirror showing difference of the Bathroom vanity and oak mirrored shelve with pewter bathroom light and taps as opposed to the 4 ft neon. I do apologize for not spending any time reading other blogs lately and I really miss that but with all the confusion going on. I will get back to your corner of the blog a sphere shortly. Thank you.