Personal Buzz - 6 Comments » - Posted on June, 28 at 10:57 pm
We have to make due with only one computer here at my Mum’s, and since Kristanna has pretty much been monopolizing said computer, I took a tip from my good friend Linda over at ‘Are We There Yet‘. She posted a while back about Windows Live Writer - which is a program which allows you to write, edit and save your blog posts offline, and then easily transfer and publish when you’re online. I downloaded it and love it! She’s just so darn smart, that Miss Linda! 
So I can write to my hearts content on my laptop, and then quickly publish my post when Kristanna lets her guard down!
Now if I could only talk Mum into getting wireless in her house (and/or some more dell memory for her computer), I’d be set!
So please do forgive me for my absence in visiting you all - I hope all is well with everyone!
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Personal Buzz - 2 Comments » - Posted on June, 28 at 10:32 pm
Look at this silly brat:
I haven’t been able to take a decent picture of this child the whole weekend! I thought I was being sneaky taking this picture of her at the dinner, but she knew! Even last night at the Grad ceremonies - I was sitting in the bleachers, trying to zoom in on her, and she gave me this face every single time!
Grad was good though - there was even a bit of excitement when one of the guys ripped off his grad gown and streaked across the stage and out the door! It’s not everyday that this 30-something Mom gets to see 18 year old buttocks!! (haha)
We’re heading down the lake for a BBQ tomorrow, and hopefully I’ll remember to give that brat her gift! Her Mom said the best thing to get her was a gift certificate to Wal-Mart, so that’s what I got. (Even though she deserved something like a pocket watch for never letting me get a decent picture!) She’s heading to college in the Fall, so at least she’ll be able to use the gift card for all her necessities. (you know, like make-up, hairspray, perfume…. etc.)
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Personal Buzz - 3 Comments » - Posted on June, 26 at 9:25 pm
Last night I met up with some old friends while Kristanna went to the pool with one of their daughters. They have property on Kootenay Lake, so we headed down there with some nice cold beer.
They bought this property last year, and have developed it to be a permanent spot for their travel trailer.
They’ve done an amazing job down there since I saw it last. Of course I noted the extra spot they’ve made, and how perfectly our trailer would look parked there!
The lake was flat calm, so we decided an evening booze cruise was in order!
This is Denis, our Captain - Denis is the closest thing to a big brother for me.
He’s known me almost my entire life, and I’ve been close friends with Candi, his wife, since I was 15 and she was 17. It is their oldest daughter who is my Goddaughter, and the one graduating this Friday. They are family to me, and it’s so nice to be around them
Fish were jumping all around us, so we put in a few lines, but only caught a little rainbow - which of course got put back so he can grow!
Tonight is a family dinner at the one-and-only Chinese restaurant. Tomorrow Mum has an appointment in Cranbrook, and then we will rush back in time for the Grad ceremonies at 7pm. Time has flown by so quickly - I just can’t believe it’s been almost 18 years since my Goddaughter was born!
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Random Good(?) Stuff, Travel Buzz - 5 Comments » - Posted on June, 25 at 2:56 pm
Just a few kilometers west of Osoyoos is a lake I’ve driven by dozens of times, but never bothered to stop and take a good look. Kristanna asked if you could swim in it, and I said I doubted it, but now have read that Natives of the area soaked away aches and ailments for thousands of years. (They even once stopped a battle so that warring tribes could tend to their wounded in the lake!)
Spotted Lake contains one of the world’s highest concentrations of minerals (magnesium sulfate (epsom salts), calcium & sodium sulphates, plus 8 other minerals. In the hot weather, the water evaporates and the minerals crystallize - forming the many white rimmed circles.
Another interesting tidbit I discovered was that during WWI, Chinese laborers were employed to skim the salts from the surface of the lake, and the product was then shipped to Eastern American munitions factories.
It’s kind of sad that I research everything I can about another country when we go on holidays, but I really don’t know all that much about my own interesting province!
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Personal Buzz, Travel Buzz - 5 Comments » - Posted on June, 25 at 1:59 pm
My Goddaughter is graduating this Friday, and I wanted to visit with my Mum and help her do some things around the house, so I decided a trip home was in order.
I had originally asked Mikayla to come (as she was done exams early), but Kristanna proved inconsolable about not coming, and since Mikayla wasn’t quite sure about the trip, Kristanna was able to persuade Mikayla to let her come in her place.
So we left Sunday, only to get to the Departure Bay Ferry terminal and wait. Not a big deal, as we are always kept amused whenever we go places with Mattie. Everybody loves him and wants to come up and say hello.
We stayed the first night in Hope, and then took off early the next morning. Kristanna started getting bored by midday, so I gave her the camera, and told her to take pictures of the trip.
The above is a shot of one of the many vineyards we drove past in the Okanagan. (which once again made me think of joining a wine of the month club.)
Kristanna took this shot as we were coming into the city of Osoyoos.
Both Mama’s babies did very well on the two day drive - Kristanna has already almost eaten Grandma out of house and home, and Mattie has kept himself busy traipsing through Grandma’s garden, ruining her chances of any future food!
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Personal Buzz - 7 Comments » - Posted on June, 20 at 11:40 pm
This is the only school district we’ve ever been in that holds a ceremony for the Grade 7’s to mark the end of elementary school. (Here in our town we only have two schools: K-7 & 8-12)
It was really nice actually, the girls were all dressed up in new dresses, and the boys… well, most of them wore clean shirts.
They had a nice little ceremony, and even had a valedictorian! The parent’s group presented each of them with engraved pens, and then they gave out the awards.
And guess who got the ‘Female Athlete of the Year’ award?? Yup - Miss Kristanna herself! She was really pleased!
After the ceremony they had karaoke in the gym, and then the parents (well all 5 of us who volunteered) put on a BBQ for them.
When they were done gorging themselves on pop and hamburgers, they had a little dance in the meeting room. (which we had decorated the night before) It was SO typical - the girls were all inside dancing, and the boys were sitting outside on the picnic table! The Dad’s were shaking their head’s at the boys, telling them they were crazy to be outside when there was a room full of girls wanting to dance with them. We finally got most of them in there by not handing out pop unless they went inside to dance! So they danced a song or two, and they proceeded to throw plastic knives at each other. 
Anyway, Kristanna had the prettiest dress - brown with gold in the straps. And matching gold flip-flops of course!
Here she is with her award - Athlete of the Year. (Yes. She gets it from her Mother.)
It’s hard to believe my baby will be joining her sister in High School next year! She’s leaving Gr. 7 with straight A’s and an athletic award - it’s a great start!
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Diet/Health Buzz - 7 Comments » - Posted on June, 18 at 10:02 pm
I’ve noticed a bunch of searches lately coming in for ’salt water flush not working’, etc., so I thought I’d reiterate.
The lady who I did the Master Cleanse with had the same problem. She drank the salt water mixture for about 3 days straight and nothing happened. I saw her at work on the third day and even her co-workers were steering clear of her, thinking she was going to blow at any minute!
She was using sea salt, but it didn’t say ‘non-iodized’ on the box, so she bought some that was clearly marked as ‘non-iodized’. I saw her the next day (again, she was at work), and she had a big grin on her face.
“It worked, it worked!”, she shrieked, “and HOLY SHIT was that ever an experience!” (pun intended, I’m sure)
So again, here is the salt water flush recipe which you do in conjunction with the MasterCleanse:
On an empty stomach, drink 2 tsp of non-iodized sea salt dissolved in 4 cups (something like 62 oz) of warm water. I find it easier with a straw, but my girlfriend fills up her water container and downs the entire thing as quickly as she can.
Drink it down and DO NOT under any circumstances, leave the house for at least an hour or so. The flush should work in 20-30 min or so, but everyone’s different - just don’t take any chances - you WILL be sorry! 
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Personal Buzz - 6 Comments » - Posted on June, 15 at 10:25 pm
I like Father’s Day. We always take the Mountie out for dinner, which means no cooking or dishes for me. So it’s kind of like Mother’s Day without the presents.
Kristanna went on a shopping trip with some of her girlfriends today, and brought her Dad home a sweet card and an equally sweet gift:
There might be some Dad’s out there wanting HDMI splitters, but this Dad likes his Doughnuts! Who knew!
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Tongue in cheek - 8 Comments » - Posted on June, 14 at 12:28 am
A woman wanted to have a face lift, so she went to see the doctor. “Yes, I can do it, but you’ll have to return in a few months for a follow-up,” the doctor says.
“I would much rather have it done all at once. I don’t want to have to come back,” she tells him.
Thinking for a few minutes, the doctor tells her, “We do have a new procedure. We put a screw in the top of your head, then any time you happen to see wrinkles reappearing, you turn the screw and it pulls the skin up causing the wrinkles to disappear.”
“Perfect,” she says, “that’s what I’d like to have.”
A few months later the woman bursts into the doctor’s office. “How’s the procedure holding up?” he asks her. “Horrible!” she shouts. “It’s the biggest mistake I’ve ever made.”
“What do you mean? What’s wrong?” asks the doctor. “What’s wrong? Take a look at these bags under my eyes,” she screams.
“Ma’am, those are not bags,” the doctor says, “those are your breasts. And if you don’t leave that screw alone, you’re going to end up with a beard!”
(perhaps she should have done some research on the best anti wrinkle cream instead!)
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Diet/Health Buzz - 4 Comments » - Posted on June, 14 at 12:12 am
I posted the other day about being on the Master Cleanse - a 10 day cleanse where you drink nothing but a lemonade/maple syrup/cayenne pepper drink. I think I’ll rename it the “3 1/2 day cleanse”, because that’s all I lasted. I really wasn’t hungry, but couldn’t handle the feeling of not having something solid in my stomach.
So yesterday I made some homemade turkey vegetable soup (a humongous amount), and have been eating that and fresh fruit since. I didn’t get on the scale this morning (forgot), but as of yesterday morning I was down 6 lbs. Time to get my butt moving more to help things out - we have a beautiful little gold course here, so I really should dust off the old golf clubs and hit the links!
I suppose it would help if I actually liked golf!
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