Showing posts with label MY FAMILY HAPPENINGS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MY FAMILY HAPPENINGS. Show all posts

GRRR! NO MORE WASTED BREAD!

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Don't you just hate it when you go to take a couple slices of bread and you've discovered there's mold growing on them?? Yick! Grrr!
I am so tired of wasting bread that I had to take drastic measures.

I already took drastic measures a few years back when I literally had to throw out whole bags of bread that were molded from not being touched. I would bring them home fresh, then everyone would touch them and say "ooh, fresh bread, nice".  A week later, they would touch them again - "ooh, they are getting stale mom"... grrr.  "That's it!". I had decided to freeze the entire bread immediately after purchase, this way the freshness was locked in, and only took it out if it was needed the next day. This worked great for a short while until they wanted fresh bread NOW.... not later or tomorrow.  I would tell them to "throw it in the toaster".... "no thanks, we don't want toasted bread, we want fresh bread...".  So much for that plan.
"Yick!  Molded bread!"

They would eat 4 or 6 slices out of the bag then that was it. No one touched it again until they needed it - then it was stale. So then I would end up tossing out almost an entire loaf of bread!

Grrr!

The way the economy's been going lately with prices soaring on everything - especially bread, I had to do something.  I felt like we were slowly reverting back to the 1918s during the U-Boat era when bread was so scarce due to those merchant ships that carried the sacred stuff getting sunk left right and centre, that they had to start rationing it.   Maybe I should stick the poster below somewhere up in the kitchen as a hint...


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HOLY DEAD CICADA!

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So yesterday, while cleaning up the backyard, I found myself a huge space-like looking creature - dead.  I thought it was alive at first, the way it just laid there on the patio stone... looking up at me and all, but soon realized it was as dead as a doornail.
I immediately started screaming, "Honey! Come look!  I found me a space insect!  Quick!"

Well, when he saw it, he immediately responded "That's not a space creature, that's a seecada!"  "A see-what?" A CICADA.   Boy, did I ever felt like a reeeeetard! I knew of crickets and grasshoppers but not cicadas.

"Ah, those are the insects that makes so much noise all the time", I mumbled. (It was huge!  It was almost as big as my pinkie finger!)
"Yes, those are the culprits.  Now leave it alone and throw it away in the dirt."

Well, he might as well have been talking to the tree 'cause I used a stick to poke it and flip it around, turn it upside down and examined it more closely...


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AAH! WASPS!

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There have been wasps buzzing around the neighbourhood lately, my front door to be exact, and my son was sort of freakin' out about the whole thing each time he had to enter and exit the door.  Finally, I decided to call in the experts.

For a while there, I felt like I was on an episode of whatchamacallit again... uhm, Billy, The Exterminator?

Anyhoo, she came a few days later all decked out in her gear but I wasn't watching from the outside - no siree!  I was staying behind closed doors... (see video at the end).

I felt bad for spying on her through the window but HEY!  I had to do what I had to do!  Eventually I went out there to speak to her, (see video at the end).

She explained to me why my conventional method (using a can of RAID), didn't work.  All in all, it was quite an experiencing day...






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The CSL ASSINIBOINE

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So on my walk yesterday I managed to capture the sailing off of the CSL Assiniboine - a Great Lakes self-unloading bulk carrier, built in 1977, that was heading for Quebec City - a 2 day journey.

This mighty carrier is  739' 10" (225.50m) long!  I thought it would never end as I was recording it going by, (see video at the end of the post).

More stats:
Beam - 78' 00" (23.76m)
Depth - 48' 05" (14.75m)
Capacity (mid-summer) - 36,768 tons (37,358 mt) at a draft of 30' 04" (9.25m)
Power (diesel) - 9,000 b.h.p.



I seen it first, way off in the distance... slowly but surely, approaching me.



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CHEEKY SQUIRREL (MY VIDEOS)

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All my life I had no idea squirrels could be so 'cheeky' especially when it comes to eating bird seeds.  I always thought they were afraid of humans if we got too close.  Apparently not when it comes to raiding the bird feeder.  They love bird seeds! Who knew.

I tried to scare him away twice, but ... no such luck, the cheeky bastard. My love bird wasn't too thrilled either. Lol.

Check out the video below when you can.











A WORK IN PROGESS... My SON'S ARTWORK - The COMPLETION

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Ok, so remember way back when, around some time in April, (lol, it felt like ages ago), when I did a post on my son's artwork entitled A Work in Progess...?  Well, it's finally done.  Actually it's been done for over a month but I'm only now getting around to posting it.

Anyways, for all you great readers who have been following along, here is the before and after of his work.





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MY PET BIRD, HOUDINI

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So I had to go away for a few days and had everything planned when I realized I hadn't made plans for my poor lovebird, Houdini (I gave him that name since he's always trying to escape).  Usually my folks take care of him but they were away and I was left wondering what to do with my crazy escape artist.

Luckily, a good friend and co-worker offered to watch him, (thank God!, since I wouldn't have known what else to do with him.)  I trusted her a great deal since she herself adored animals of ALL kind!

I'm not sure if it would have been any easier if it were a dog or a cat - who knows.  I've had Houdini for 9 years now, and he loves to play peek-a-boo and bite-my-finger and I would have been really worried about him during my trip.





So what do YOU usually do with your pets when you have to go away on an unexpected trip or a planned vacation?



A WORK IN PROGRESS... MAKING SENSE OF MY SON'S ART PROJECT

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So Today I became curious enough and opened the door to my son's room.  He's been in there for a week, lol.  Only coming out to eat and shower.  Final term is wrapping up at university and it's crunch time.  He's taking Graphic Arts Design but really doesn't seem too happy doing the 'art' part of it.

I don't get it.

I thought Art and Design went 'hand-in-hand'?

He is doing this huge poster-size art work on his wall and is now adding in all the details. This requires A LOT of shading and he doesn't seem too content on doing it.

"Too time consuming," he says.
"I don't want to be an aritist, I want to be a Graphic Designer."

"What's the difference?" I asked, but he was too frustrated for the moment, to answer me.  I will try again later.

All I managed to get out of him in regards to this assignment is that it had to involve a few of the people in his class... including himself.  Why there is a spatula and pipe involved is anyone's guess.

"What's up with the clouds... and that 'nipple' down below?" I wondered out loud.  Oooh... he was getting mad.

"That's not a nipple!  It's an eye!" he yelled.


Oooookaaaay then.  I quietly vacated his room and shut the door behind me.  I'll check back in a few days...








I still don't get it!


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