i LOVE Saskatchewan! tee hee

Top 10 Reasons To Live In Saskatchewan, Canada...

1.You never run out of wheat

2.Those cool Saskatchewan Wheat Pool hats

3.Cruise control takes on a whole new meaning

4.Your province is really easy to draw

5.You never have to worry about roll-back if you have a standard

6.It takes you two weeks to walk to your neighbor's house

7.YOUR Roughriders survived

8.You can watch the dog run away from home for hours

9.You know what a quanset is

10.Buying a huge John Deere mower makes sense


SASKATCHEWANISMS

How do you know when you're staying in a Moose Jaw hotel?

When you call the front desk and say, "I gotta leak in my sink," and the clerk replies, "Go ahead."

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How can you tell if a Saskatoon redneck is married?
There's dried tobacco juice on both sides of his pickup truck.

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Did you hear that they have raised the minimum drinking age in Kindersley to 32?
It seems they want to keep alcohol out of the high schools.

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What do they call reruns of "Hee Haw" in Saskatchewan?
Documentaries.

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Where was the toothbrush invented?
Swift Current. If it had been invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teeth brush.

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An RCMP officer pulls over a pickup on the Trans Canada and says to the driver, "Got any I.D.?" and the driver replies "Bout wut?"

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Did you hear about the $3 million Saskatchewan Lottery?
The winner gets $3.00 a year for a million years.

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The Premiers mansion in Regina burned down! Yep. Pert' near took out the whole trailer park. The library was a total loss, too. Both books- POOF - up in flames and he hadn't even finished coloring one of them.

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A new law was recently passed in Saskatchewan. When a couple gets divorced, they are STILL cousins.

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A guy walks into a bar in Prince Albert and orders a mudslide. The bartender looks at the man and says, "You ain't from 'round here are ya? "No," replies the man, "I'm from Winnipeg". The bartender looks at him and says, "Well, what do ya do in Winnipeg?" "I'm a taxidermist," said the man. The bartender, looking very bewildered now, asks, "What in the world is a tax-e-derm-ist? "The man says,"I mount animals".
The bartender stands back and hollers to the whole bar...
"It's okay boys, he's one of us" !

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A big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural Saskatchewan. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer was climbing over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked what he was doing. The litigator responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and I'm just going over to retrieve it." The old farmer replied, "This is my property, and you are not coming over."
The indignant lawyer said, "Listen, I'm one of the best trial attorneys in Canada and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we settle disputes in Saskatchewan. We settle small disagreements like this with the 'Saskatchewan Three Kick Rule'." The lawyer asked, "What's the 'Saskatchewan Three Kick Rule'?!?"
The Farmer replied, "Well, because the dispute occurs on my land, first I kick you three times and then you kick me three times and so on back and forth until someone gives up."
The attorney quickly thought about this rule and decided that he could easily take the old codger. So he agreed to abide by the local custom.
The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the attorney. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy steel toed work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees. His second kick to the midriff sent the lawyer's last meal gushing from his mouth. The barrister was on all fours when the farmer's third kick to his rear-end sent him face-first into a fresh cow pie.
The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet. Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said, "Okay, you old coot. Now it's my turn."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Naw, I give up. You can have the duck."

i'm free falling...

Tom Petty - Free Falling Lyrics

She’s a good girl,loves her mamma,
loves je -sus,and america too.
She’s a good girl, crazy ‘bout elvis, loves horses,
and her boyfriend too.
And it's a long day, livin’ in reseda,
there’s a freeway, runnin’ thru the yard
And i’m a bad boy, ‘cause i don’t even miss her,
i’m a bad boy, for breaking her heart

And i'm free, free falling.
Yeah i'm free, free falling.
And all the vampires walkin'
through the valley move west down ventura Boulevard.
And all the bad boys are standin' in the shadows,
and the good girls
Are home with broken hearts.

I wanna glide down over mulholland
i wanna write her name in the sky.
I'm gonna free fall out into nothin',
gonna leave this world for a while.

love you always

This morning i had an epiphany. Don't worry. it didn't really hurt that much. But seriously - i figured out why i was feeling all grumpy in my previous rant, er... post. I was reading a book over the summer with Abbey called "The five love languages of Children", and guess what? They apply to adults too! There are 5 "languages" which people use to communicate love to each other: service, touch, quality time, gifts and words of affirmation. For me i think increasingly that my love language is quality time - which is ironically something i'm only learning to communicate back with.... hrrrmm.. something to think about today i guess. BUT! The bell has rung. life as i know it has begun again.
Onwards and upwards.
C

randomness and general apathy

do you ever feel like you're mired down in a mass of monotony which is slowly pulling you downwards with its maudlin blahness. its not like there's anything wrong or even boring - its just not right somehow. You're fighting desparately hard to regain ground you've lost and you're screaming silently in your head, hoping with all your heart that those who know you best and love you most will somehow figure out what's wrong with you so that you can fix it. And then you realize that all and any change that you expect to occur has to come from within and above and has really got nothing at all to do with anybody else or any situations you're in.
i have to face up to being me with all my quirks and quandries and general misanthropy. its wierd, because up until this moment i don't think i'd ever have described myself as mysanthropic. but i think maybe its something thats growing in me as i get older. i have these strange urges just to go home sometimes when i'm in a crowd (*gasp, shudder*). Maybe i'm just tired of feeling new again. it takes so much energy not to care, and even more energy to care, and maybe i'm just not up for that. how do i feel new? i don't know. but it feels like starting again.
or maybe i'm just up for hanging out with a close friend, having a random conversation about nothing instead of running off to McD.

conclusion of this garble: i think i'm tired.
i am. therefore i sleep.
c

good point

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." (Charles Schultz)

a party's afoot!

Hear ye, hear ye!
Its that time of year again, when Evan and Carie celebrate their birthdays with a giant bash! Since every good party needs a theme, we're gonna have a medieval pop - luck (ie: bring - or kidnap- somebody else's pop or chips or something) and come dressed to party medieval style with us!

Ye olde palace: 96 Carleton Drive (just off 14th St , just near the Circle Dr off-ramp)

The ancient of times: the seventh hour and one half in the evening, on this twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord, 2006. ( 7:30pm , 29th Sept 2006 for you young punks)

Hope to see ye there! (feel free to bring ye lords and ladies!)

Where has the time gone?? It is now the 22nd of September and life is a busy thing!! I have been at school at Rosthern Elementary for almost one month, and it has been a good time so far! I really like my class and the staff here, and i'm even getting used to getting up at 6:15 to get to school on time.... UGGG! Ah well, such is life. Now if only it would stop raining.
I am teaching Gr 5 -> 2 lessons a day - which has been keeping me pretty busy. Next we go to 3 lessons, then 6!! Eek! but i'm sure it will be ok. Its so nice to have an affirmation of what you're doing. Being out here really assures me that i am supposed to be a teacher, because i like it so much. The rest of the education program i'm not so sure about!

Anyway, i was taking advantage of a few minutes before staff meeting, so i should run. (YES! We get PD days!)

later,
C

Ever feel like this?

Hope you're having a better day then me!

Thought for the Day:

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.

He sends you flowers every spring.

He sends you a sunrise every morning Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!



Usually these sorts of things drive me crazy, but today i like it :) I have had so many good intentions of updating this blog regarding St Vincent, but i keep faltering at the thought of where to begin...

As Christina said (and i hope she doesn't mind me quoting her)

"May you know with all your heart how much our heavenly father wants to lavish his love upon you, and May you walk along by his side, and open your arms!!! My Heart is Full with the Blessings i have recieved!! i want to let it overflow now so that i can Bless others. May the Lamb of God dwell among you!! God Bless!!!"

We're HERE!

We're finally in St VINCENT!!! YAY! Well! Today was definately a better day! I got a good couple of hours of sleep lying stretched out in Toronto and then a couple more on the plane to Barbados. the flight from Saskatoon to toronto wa sfun. Sat next to a Saskatonian who moved from mexico City wehn he wa s9 years old adn now goes to school in montreal. Very interesting to chat to, but also an awesome seat mate who wanted to nap as much as I did, so after talkign for an hour or so, we both fell asleep. It would be funny to run into him in Saskatoon some day. And Julia's sure she knows him from somewhere, but i never found out his name... too personal. funny - after talking to somebody for ages and finding out all sorts of personal details that a name is still the most personal for some reason...
The flight from toronto to barbados was a bit smoother and a lot more sleep filled. I felt a million times better by the time we landed. Customs in both Toronto and Barbados were painless (surprisingly) adn lead to us getting on the tiny LIAT plane for St Vincent. Fortuanetly LIAT did not hold up to its acronym of Luggage In Another Terminal, and all arrived safe and sound. It was a funny little plane that was so small that they wouldn't let us disembark until they unloaded the luggage because the plane would tip over! the Gibsons picked us up at the tiny, boiling 1 room airport where we had to wait in line for what seemed like an hour. We finally go through adn drove in "mini busses" (combis!!!) to "the Big house" where we are staying. Its this gorgous old colonial house with this odd mish mash of exceptioally beautiful old wooden furniture scattered all over the place. i just want to move in and renovatate!!!

St Vincent is interetsting that way - seems to be completly dilapidated - even in an amazing house like this. reminds me a lot of an African township. And oh! do i remember this crazy heat/ humidity well! I've finally almost caught up on my beauty sleep (i KNOW I KNOW -doesn't take a lot to make me beautiful!) but the heat is draining. i'd forgoten life with humidity. Its good to be back in it though! I LOVE IT! We woke up this morning to paw paw for breakfast - we used to eat it EVERY day for months at home in SA! then we rushed out the door for church - we led worship, and even though we're still getting into it, i don't thiink we did too badly. tonight was definatley better though. We came home and had lunch then headed out to Indian Beach for the afternoon for some swimming and snorkeling! it was gorgeoius. the water was nice and warm with no waves! Its fantastic to be back in the ocean!! Life here is so funny and so african! its so oddly familiar in its flora and fauna and general attitude to life! Being back in the ocean and surrounded by black people was so much like home, with the exception that all the women were a little smaller and fully clothed!... a rarity on SA beaches!! (tee hee!)

Anyway, i'm sure i've more than used up my dial up time in this post...

Keep praying for us - the heat makes us all really tired, and i think we're all a little nervous about VBS starting in... EEK! 9 hours!

blessings,
C