2004/12/18
"Shut the Puck up!" ...Yeah, that's a cute one. Doesn't look like there will be hockey this winter, though, NHL hockey that is. We have the World Juniors in Grand Forks and Winnipeg and that is starting on Dec. 25th in our spanking new Arena. Next spring you can get a look at the new Arena (the MTS Centre, though most everyone calls it the True North Centre) when Winnipeg plays host to the Junos.
Sounds like brother Gary is busy getting ready for the trip to warmer climes (Arizona, Mexico, etc.). They leave just after Xmas day. I believe they are going to be at the Kirkwood's place in time to celebrate New Year's Eve. They live in Washington State....Steilacoomb (?) or some such. I wonder if that is on the coast?
Mom hurt her foot the other day when she tumbled out of bed in the middle of the night on her charge to the bathroom. Her foot is Okay though but for the slight swelling and bruising. She is a spunky old girl and she had recovered enough by Thursday to make it to the Xmas dinner in the Dining room at the Manor. She will be coming to spend Xmas at our place.
Catherine and I went to see the movie "Lemony Snicket's -A Series of Unfortunate Events" with Jim Carrey, Billy Connally, and Meryl Streep. It is a wonderful movie and I would recommend it highly.........two thumbs up!! Our local movie critic panned it saying that Carrey was 'overacting' and 'stealing the scenes' but that is just the character that he is playing. This critic panned the movie Titanic too.....its time the Free Press hired a new critic, one who knows her ass from a hole in the ground. I am glad we didn't go see 'Oceans Twelve', sounds like Gary saw it and didn't think it was that good. I respect his opinion...he hasn't been wrong yet! I don't understand sequels...Oceans Eleven was a so-so remake of a good movie but Oceans Twelve sounds like an ocean too far. I liked the movie 'Dumb and Dumber' but 'Dumb and Dumberer'.....no thanks, I pass.
Well, 'tis the season to be busy.....fa-la-la-la-la, lalalala. We have been busy all week. Catherine booked the whole week off from teaching. She has been baking banana breads ( I saw 6 on their way to the freezer) and she has been making swedish meatballs. These meatballs are her specialty. They are deliscious. She gives them out to our friends. In turn we get tortieres ( french meat pies, deliscious) from Janine and cherry winks (chocolate covered cherries, mmmmm) from Pat.....love the Holiday season. Tomorrow we have a couple of parties to go to, our Humanist (Solstice) dinner party, and afterwards we have the annual Holiday tree decorating party at Pat and Paul's place. I shall buy a good cigar and smoke it tomorrow night. I haven't had a cigar since the last campfire at the lake in September. I shall have a couple of negnogs too, wahey! Here we come a wassailing!
Well, better go...must pack for the cruise.....keep blogging!
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Sounds like brother Gary is busy getting ready for the trip to warmer climes (Arizona, Mexico, etc.). They leave just after Xmas day. I believe they are going to be at the Kirkwood's place in time to celebrate New Year's Eve. They live in Washington State....Steilacoomb (?) or some such. I wonder if that is on the coast?
Mom hurt her foot the other day when she tumbled out of bed in the middle of the night on her charge to the bathroom. Her foot is Okay though but for the slight swelling and bruising. She is a spunky old girl and she had recovered enough by Thursday to make it to the Xmas dinner in the Dining room at the Manor. She will be coming to spend Xmas at our place.
Catherine and I went to see the movie "Lemony Snicket's -A Series of Unfortunate Events" with Jim Carrey, Billy Connally, and Meryl Streep. It is a wonderful movie and I would recommend it highly.........two thumbs up!! Our local movie critic panned it saying that Carrey was 'overacting' and 'stealing the scenes' but that is just the character that he is playing. This critic panned the movie Titanic too.....its time the Free Press hired a new critic, one who knows her ass from a hole in the ground. I am glad we didn't go see 'Oceans Twelve', sounds like Gary saw it and didn't think it was that good. I respect his opinion...he hasn't been wrong yet! I don't understand sequels...Oceans Eleven was a so-so remake of a good movie but Oceans Twelve sounds like an ocean too far. I liked the movie 'Dumb and Dumber' but 'Dumb and Dumberer'.....no thanks, I pass.
Well, 'tis the season to be busy.....fa-la-la-la-la, lalalala. We have been busy all week. Catherine booked the whole week off from teaching. She has been baking banana breads ( I saw 6 on their way to the freezer) and she has been making swedish meatballs. These meatballs are her specialty. They are deliscious. She gives them out to our friends. In turn we get tortieres ( french meat pies, deliscious) from Janine and cherry winks (chocolate covered cherries, mmmmm) from Pat.....love the Holiday season. Tomorrow we have a couple of parties to go to, our Humanist (Solstice) dinner party, and afterwards we have the annual Holiday tree decorating party at Pat and Paul's place. I shall buy a good cigar and smoke it tomorrow night. I haven't had a cigar since the last campfire at the lake in September. I shall have a couple of negnogs too, wahey! Here we come a wassailing!
Well, better go...must pack for the cruise.....keep blogging!
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