Category Archives: Everyday

Whoa!

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Sixteen days since my last post… what the heck?  The last couple weeks have just been a-runnin’.  A few of the  highlights…

The chance to host our friend Jesse in the Queen city.  Jesse’s an American who taught in the same Chinese city with us, and his work just happened to bring him up to Regina two weeks ago–it was a treat.

Last weekend saw us in Calgary for a visit to the McMillan home… and Ikea.  Time with our only nephew and nieces is always fun–thanks to Steve & Beck for hosting us.

We hosted the  Tucker family this weekend for the first time in quite a while–very nice to have the time together.  It again made us grateful for the home we have; it’s nice to have a place to welcome people into.

Tomorrow sees Shannon head out of town for an overnight trip; it will likely see me head to my “second office” in the back of the public library.

More blogging this week…

The Hardest Word to Spell

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I just composed an email containing a word that means “without musical accompaniment”. You know the word…

accapella

Must be two P’s.

acappella

I guess it’s not two L’s.

accappela

What the…? Maybe no doubles at all.

acapela

That does’s even look right.  All doubles?

accappella

Argh.

Oh yeah, there’s sometimes a space in there.  Trying again…

a cappela

Shoot.

a capela

Not even close.

a capella

What is going on?!

At this point, I concluded that my spell-checker also doesn’t know how to spell this word.

For future reference…

It’s a cappella (according to my online dictionary site). And that space… it’s optional.

Oh well, at least I finally figured how to spell ryhthm. I always hated that word too.

I mean rhythm.

Driveway

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Yesterday, I broke down. I’d put off shovelling the driveway for as long as possible, but it was time.

When we bought our house, we noticed the large driveway.  Thinking of hosting guests or parties, we were impressed, “You could probably fit six cars in there if you needed to!”

Ed Slywka, one of our movers on that moving day, was more perceptive.  “That’s a driveway made for a snow-blower”, he announced.  Chuckling nervously, I made plans to buy my first snow shovel.

Well, when the pad in the back yard gets added to the driveway, I’ve confirmed that Taylor Field hardly covers more space.

The point?  When it DOES snow, there’s a job waiting outside.  And yes, yesterday, I did it.

And today… you can’t even tell.

“Dear Santa, I realize this is a bit early, but I’m pledging to be very good indeed if you could drop a snow-blower by on your next trip.” 

Gift Idea

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For the 24 lover on your list…

Who WOULDN’T look great in that shirt?  Doesn’t hurt that Bauer’s stolen my initials.

But seriously, Jack, you can have them.

Buckle Up!

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We’re a 24 house.

If you’re not, I couldn’t hope to explain it to you. If you are, I don’t need to.

OHHHH, that show!

I remember it beginning before we went to China but never paid it a second’s attention.

Midway through our China time, an American friend asked if we wanted to watch season one with him as a weekly hang-out time. Our friend’s name was Carl, but our real friend became Jack! I’d feel sorry for that sentence except that Carl would agree.

And so the addiction began!

Because we started three seasons in, we were always playing catch-up, and because we were in China, getting cheap DVD’s to watch wasn’t tough. We watched the first five season on disc. I remember many times (nearly every time) when the clock would tick down, the episode would end, and Shannon would look at me… as I looked at her. No words needed. Quick bathroom break, make another bowl of popcorn… we HAVE to watch the next one.

For that reason, this season’s little “let’s start with four episodes over the weekend to gear people up” trick was right up our alley. Imagine the shock to our systems now to actually have to sweat for a week before getting the next installment. Ahhhhh!

Andrew (Shannon’s brother) hasn’t watched 24 before. But he saw episode four this week before we did. He assured us that we’d have our socks blown off. We laughed. What does he know? He’s a rookie. Doesn’t he realize that we’re seasoned viewers. We’ve been blown away so many times by this show that we just watch in a constantly braced position now. We are un-blowable-awayable, my friend.

And then episode four happened. My friend John (who moved his blog HERE) said, “hokey dinah”. I’ll just say that we’re still looking for four apparently disintegrated socks in our living room.

Bring on Monday!