Hoo Hoo are you looking at?

Just one (or two) of the reasons why I enjoy working where I do.  I snapped this out of our office window today.  Now this isn't something you'd see from your average downtown high-rise window.

I didn't notice at the time, (it had to be pointed out to me), but the one on the right is facing away from the camera and has spun his head around to look at me.  That is SO weird how they do that!

Lucozade

When we were kids, Nana & Grandad used to give us this beverage when we were "poorly".  I sometimes faked being sick because I loved the stuff.  In fact, I still crave it when I'm not feeling great.  It used to come in a large glass bottle that was wrapped in bright yellow cellophane (a big part of the appeal).  When we moved to Canada it became a rare treat because it was hard to find.   Then for years it disappeared completely.  I recently discovered that our local Asian market carries it, and even though I'm perfectly healthy, I was driving near T&T Market today and decided to stop in and buy some. I bought their entire stock!  Not as bad as it sounds really - they only had 6 tiny bottles on the shelf.

Of course it's now packaged in plastic bottles (oh, the guilt) and there's none of that wonderful crinkly cellophane that was so much fun to look through.  I think that was the medicinal property.  It's hard to feel like crap when the world is all bright and sunshine-y yellow. 

And what's this?  I sure as heck don't remember any Chinese writing on it!

Oh, but the taste is exactly the same!  It's like time travelling.  Each sip transports me back 50 years and 5000 miles.  I'm 5 years old, I'm in Nana's kitchen, and all is right with the world!   Well, except for one tiny little problem.  I don't know if it always had such a high caffeine content or not.  Certainly mini me never noticed it - but adult me sure does!  Boing!  I'm gonna be awake all night.

Yours truly,

I know, it doesn't look like much, but this little signature took me best part of 3 hours to figure out.


I'd noticed signatures at the bottoms of the posts on other people's blogs but had no idea how to do it. I tried a couple of options that entailed about 78 steps each and then still didn't work, (grrr!) before I finally found a "wizard" that walked me through the process. I still haven't perfected it yet.  When I save it to re-use it, it ends up with a box around it. (Why??), but I'm getting there.  It's a proud moment for me. I feel like I've mastered Latin or something.

Yours truly,

Not just chicken?

We've lived in the same house for 20 some years.  For that entire time there's been a Swiss Chalet about a kilometer away and I've never once set foot in it because I thought all they served was chicken.  They sent a flyer in the mail a couple of weeks ago which we normally don't get because we have a "No Flyers" sign on the mailbox.  The odd flyer that does get delivered usually gets tossed into the recycling bin without being looked at.  So for some reason, the flyer was delivered and got left on the kitchen table.  The next morning I was too lazy to go and look for my book at breakfast time, so I browsed through the menu.  Surprise!  They have fish & chips!  Who knew?  So, off we went to check it out at lunch time.

The perogies looked good, but we didn't order them.  Maybe next time.

Dan had the chicken, I had the fish.

Okay, so maybe they weren't the best fish & chips I've ever had, but they weren't bad.  And because the portion size was enormous, I brought home enough for dinner too.

We'd only been gone for about an hour but you'd think we'd been gone for a month by the greeting that we got from the dogs when we returned.  Gracie is pushier so she gets to the door first.  Taz grabs the greeting bear and patiently waits for her turn to say hello.

Everybody say Awww! 

That ratty old bear is as old as she is and it's definitely seen better days, but it's still the toy she goes for when someone comes into the house. 

(Not possible to greet someone without a toy!)

Flashback!

The bear used to be the same size as Taz! (And look - it used to have a face!)

Lord Bug

How great is this?! 

Dan had a staff appreciation day at work on Friday and one of the women that he works with made (!) 9 of these costumes for thier team.  I didn't get to see/hear the song & dance routine that went with it though.    I was lucky to get to see the costume.

Now accepting applications for Halloween rental...

Spec tacular

So, this is what 600 dollars worth of glasses looks like:

So far I'm not crazy about them.  They pinch my nose and they feel heavier on my face than my old ones.  Probably they can be adjusted so they don't leave giant divots in my nose, I just haven't gotten around to going back to the store to do that yet.  Anyway, it's good to be able to see again and I do like the transition to sunglasses thing, even though it doesn't work in the car.  Ya think somebody might've mentioned that during the sales pitch eh?