Viva La Crocs

Crocs they're taking over the world.  People love them or people hate them.  I think the people that don't like them have never actually worn a pair.  The two woman on the right are my newest converts.  Both had never owned a pair and talked derogatory about mine so guess what I did?   I bought them both a pair and made them wear them.   hahaha (insert evil laughter here)   I think if everyone wore Crocs the world would be a happier place.  Just picture everyone walking around looking like clown feet.   Everyone smiles when they see a clown.  People would be more cheerful.  Everyone is nicer to someone that is wearing the same thing as them.  Works like waving to someone that has the same hot car you do. Or people on motorbikes give each other the nod.   What's say we start a world wide croc movement.  End the war, wear crocs.  There is even a solution for the snowy parts of the world.  Fur lined crocs.  I kid you not they sell fur lined crocs and rubber boot crocs.   GO CROCS GO

thursday thirteen

Helter Skelter thoughts from the corner's of my mind...

1.I watched that show 'Helter Skelter' when I was quite young and was really freaked.  I thought Charles Manson was going to come hypnotize me and kill me or something.  Many a sleepless nights followed.

2.Observation of #1  why would my parents let me watch such a show at such a young age?  What were they thinking?

3.Two bad things have happened to me already today.  I woke up with a kink in my neck and I lost my Firefox browser.  Waiting for #3 to hit.

4.Were down to a very small slice of Black Forrest cake and not sure about the icecream cake but it might have been eaten while I was sleeping. 

5.Yesterday I was pricing flights to Bangkok and found a $540 rt flight but couldn't make the dates work.  I hate when that happens.

6.I have been having entirely too much fun on Amber's pringle blog. I'm giggling here just thinking about it.

7.When people put a 'click here' button to go somewhere I am always reluctant to click.  I want to see the URL  before I go clicking willy nilly.

8.Still haven't started cutting up the material but at least have the pattern thought through and know what I am going to do.  thanks lisa you are such a good teacher :)

9.Watched and excellent show last night on how they built the Roman Colosseum was thinking of Em and how I wish I was tagging along with her.  There are just so many places I want to see in the world.  I wish I had a bottomless bank account.

10.The fall foliage is just beginning here and is putting on quite the show.  I love the colours of autumn.  That is one of the things I missed the most when I was living in tropical places.

11.I'm starting to draw a blank her on the 13.  I was on a roll earlier then stopped to chat with my mom.  Her birthday was yesterday.  Luckily she lives out of town so I didn't need to eat anymore cake.  I love my mom :)

12.Still not to do about the estranged sister mentioned in the other blog.  We have never been close even as children.  As we got older she was always mean to me and I refer to her as the mean bitchy one.  Does it really matter if we don't see our siblings?  I am really in a quandary, am I a bad person if I don't care never to see her again,  or will I end up regretting it.  I usually am not this in-decisive.

13.Yeah I made it to the end.  Sorry to bore you all.  One more sleep and its the weekend.

Birthday Boys

Been a busy, busy bee this week with both our boys birthday's back to back.  My mom's birthday is today and my best friends bd is on Friday.   I don't think I can look at another piece of cake.  I think I put on a few pounds too.  
Kaikoa was 14 on Monday.  He had 7-14 yr old boys over and man were they noisy.  They all loved to sing and sing loud. They were playing  Guitar Hero which was a good thing cause at least I loved what they were singing.   4 large pizza's,  nacho's and dip,  meat, cheese, pickle and cracker tray,  too many bags of chips to count, 4 -2 litre bottles of soda and a large icecream cake later the house was still.  But no, there was no rest for the wicked...I had to wait up till 11 to pick Harrison up from work.
Harrison was 18 on Tuesday.  We picked him up from school and all went out for a nice family dinner. (loved the no cooking part).  The restaurant was fabulous and the food was to die for.  The waitress's sang happy birthday to the boys and gave them each an individual cake.  Oma had made a Black Forrest Cake for Harrison but we were too full to eat it when we got home.
So that in a nutshell is the past two days.

coloured jeans

Nothing says 80's like coloured jeans.  This is a picture of my stagette.  It was taken in the early 80's.   I was looking for some important papers today and came across the old photo album and had a trip down memory lane.   Can you guess which one is me?   25 years later I still see on a regular basis 5 of these lovely ladies. 
The one front far left is my estranged sister.  That is a blog in itself and something I really should do something about.
I will leave you with a lovely song...'Memory's like the corner of my mind....Memory's to painful to remember that we chose not to forget"   Ok  now I want everyone to sing along with Barbara....

Thursday thirteen

random things and possibly repeats of previous blogs.   I don't know how people remember what they blogged before.  My short term memory sucks and I keep forgetting to get it checked.

1.Last night before bed I asked the kids if they needed anything signed for school the next day.  No was the resounding answer.  Well Nevada comes to me while I'm reading in bed and needs her planner signed.   This morning Kaikoa needs a note to hand an assignment in late.  So on Kaikoa's note I write "Kaikoa sucks" and sign it.  He takes it away and is just about to put it in his backpack when he reads it...lmao  I wrote him a new note.

2.Our oldest turns 18 on Tuesday.  I'm not sure if its the maturity thing but we sure are getting along better then we ever have.  We have always had a good rapport, but now we seem to communicate more.  He does a little of TMI though...

3.All week I have been canning and freezing fruit.  My hands look like crap and my fingers are all stained.  I usually soak them in Real-lemon to get the stains out.  Unfortunately none of the stores here have any.  Apparently a crop freeze last winter took all the lemons.

4.Today is the first cloudy day we have had since school started.

5.I started reading the most awesome book last night.  It's hard to believe I took it out of an elementary school library.

6.Hairball and his friend Fatso went fishing the other day and caught a salmon.  This is the first fish they caught this year so they divided it up.  The freezer is sadly empty.

7.My winter clothes are fitting alot looser then last year.  Yeah two thumbs up.

8.No plans of yet for any winter escapes to warm tropical places.

9.Tonite I meet the teachers at Kaikoa's school.  They usually serve thick warmish coffee and store bought cookies.  I say if they want higher attendance make good coffee and let the home-ec class cook up some tasty treats.

10.Still have all the material sitting in the closet waiting to be cut up for the quilt.  I have found a pattern and really should get on the project.

11.Been wishfully thinking I had been able to go to Vegas and meet up with Amber and Lisa.  I know I could have shown them how to drink all day at the pool and carry on into the night after.  'Party on dude's excellent'....

12.Harrison and I saw a lady must have been in her 70's wearing a tube top downtown. EWW there is something very wrong with that.  Although she wasn't as saggy as I would have been.  Maybe duct-tape who knows?

13.Well here we are at the end.  Happy weekend or whatever.  I have driving to do tonite and tomorrow nite so won't start the festivities till Saturday.

Blogging 101

Blogging for beginners.  Is there such a course and where could one sign up?  I often wonder how one comes about in the blogging business.  I was introduced by Em who invited me to read her blog. I am not sure if I would have come across the avenue of self expression on my own.  With so many social networking sites out there I find this one reveals a little more of ones personal self.  I think I enjoy this site more then the others. I'm not saying I don't mind on occasion playing the mindless quizzes of Facebook comparing my answers with friends.  And of course we can't even talk about Packrat I am on day three of the 12 step program.  I'm not sure what I am saying here maybe just that I am glad I found all you people on here and have had a glimpse into your lives.

I love canning

every aspect of it.  I like picking growing buying deciding everything about all the steps.  I think I should have been a pioneer.  Today everyone of my jars sealed the first time around.  For those that do canning you know this a  good thing.   Now I can just sit and smile at my jars on the table   Oh, in case you didn't know its Antipasto.

 

week in a nutshell

Well I survived the first week of school.  It actually went quite well and I even got to go on a fieldtrip to a historic site I have always wanted to visit.  The weather was mild and we didn't get torrential rain we often get the first week of school.

As we didnt' return from the Bahamas well into May.  Kaikoa was late choosing his classes for the current year.  The plum class for the whole school is jounalism.  We didn't think he would get in and were both pleasantly surprised he was chosen. 

Another positive things was Friday I was scheduled for a root-canal.  Well I was sitting in the chair getting drilled when the dentist say's  'it doesn't look as bad as we thought'  I ended up getting the tooth filled and saving about $800.  (no dental insurance).

All in all a very positive week.  Today we are going to a Fun Fair held at a local church.  Free food, games, free everything.  What more could you want.  (well maybe free cocktails)  but I can have one of those when I get home.