Dec 12, 2006

Tragic.....half the herd lost :(

I saw this story on the news this morning and its just so sad....170 cattle feel through the ice of a dug-out ona farm in Viking......all died...

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/story.html?id=f8a230b5-3d89-46e8-b899-d47f2b8c5d56&k=44696

http://www.630ched.com/news/news_local.cfm?cat=7428109912&rem=53943&red=80110923aPBIny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm

Talent show....

















Today was the Homeschool groups Talent Show!!!! Poor Laurie was so so nervous - I wasn't sure he'd cope but he did great - they all did!


Derek arrived at 9am this morning - he is finishing off the bedroom downstairs for us - drywalling, mudding etc and also finishing off the hallway on the main floor - and a few other jobs too.........we left him to it for the day and headed into town.....on the way in we played Lauries song so he could practice singing.......


The children all played for a while and then we set up the stage and got ready. Chris went first - he sang 'I'm a Believer' by the Monkees. Susie and Abby were third and they danced to 'Crazy Frog' together........Laurie was last to perform and he sang Robbie Williams song 'Angel'. There was acting, gymnastics displays, singing and dancing.....


After the talent show we had the party food and hot chocolate, coffee etc etc..........and then the children all played again until it was time to leave. It was the first time I had been to the new hall and it is really nice - so much nicer than the old hall - totally different atmosphere...although I think the people help with that too :)



Cheryl if you read this - thank you so much for listening today - and for being so supportive :) I really appreciate talking with you and J today - in fact I had a really nice morning :) It was good to be back :)








Homeschool Burnout....

I read on Daisys blog (Montessori Homeschooler - link to right) that she had put two and two together and realised that many of us are suffering from homeschool burnout this year - maybe its the long winter we are having, the flu and colds that are going around constantly......whatever...but I think maybe that is what is up with me.....

Daisy reminded me that I had printed out a whole heap of articles on this subject a year or so ago - and so I have taken them out to read later.........

I flicked through a few pages and it certainly seems like I need to do something about this - Fall has been horrid with us all ill and housebound because of that and the weather and icy roads.......we haven't been out and about at all and have been fairly isolated because of it all........

As much as I love my home and my own company - and that of my children, I also tend to feel isolated and enclosed when we are not here through choice but because we are 'stuck'......

This week the roads are good, I am out of my slump from last week and we have been out and about! With Christmas coming, my In Laws arriving, parties and workshops to look forward to.....the next few weeks will be busy anyway...but come New Year I am looking forward to starting afresh, getting some focus, a change of routine and getting back to it!!!!

Thank you Daisy.....you hit the nail on the head and have helped me get a little focus on the situation!

Squirt bottle lids

Ok so today I learnt that a certain person that I admire collects squirt bottle lids!!! The kind you get on squeezy ketchup bottles I'm assuming (and dish soap bottles???????? I'm not sure.......)

What can I say??????????????????????????



.......um nothing........................

I'm speechless!!!

Not surprised at all really lol.....but speechless!

roflmao!!!! Did they ever show Blue Peter here in Canada?? .......squirtlid-collector, you would have been perfect as a presenter on that show :) you could have shown us what to do with them all!!!!!

Kathy made me smile :)

Kathy sent me these 'Punny' Jokes this morning.......and yes they definitely made me smile - they are sooooooo BAD lol.....My favourite is the salted peanut one - I told it to several people today :) I am a hopeless joke-teller though! Thank you Kathy :)


1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.* *

2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."

3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.4. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says, "A beer please, and one for the road."

6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other, "Does this taste funny to you?"

7. "Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'"
"That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome."
"Is it common?"
"Well, It's Not Unusual."

8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning."
"I don't believe you," says Dolly.
"It's true, no bull!" exclaims Daisy.

9. An invisible man married an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at.

10. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.

11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.

12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident.
He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!"
The doctor replied, "I know you can't - I've cut off your arms!"

13. I went to a seafood disco last week... And pulled a mussel.

14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says "Dam!"

16. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Of course it sank. This proved once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse.
"But why," they asked
"Because", he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."

18. A woman had twins and gave them up for adoption. One of them went to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other went to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sent a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she told her husband that she wisheds she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

19. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him ....(Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good)... . A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

20. And finally, there was the person who sent twenty different puns to his friends hoping that at least ten of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.
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