Earl...

...so apparently we have a storm coming our way this weekend. (http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/2010-08-31/article-1712418/Hurricane-Earl-on-the-way/1) Hurricane Earl is headed our way and it might be a doozy! Tie down your things and unplug whatever you don't need, just in case.

Here's some ideas of what you should have on hand during the storm:

*Cell Phone and a land line that's not cordless. (Cordless phones don't work if the power goes out cause they plug in)
*Food - quick and easy things.
*Coleman Stove. I have a butane burner thingy...works the best of kind! Last power outage I cooked Kraft Dinner for the whole family!
*Flashlights and lots of batteries
*Radio...either one of those crank ones or a battery powered one.
*Battery Powered Fans...it gets hot sometimes during the storm.
*water....fill the tub so you can flush the toilet as well as have drinking water available.
*Lots of Friends that live in different places cause once the power is restored in one area, you can all pile in over there till yours comes back on!! hehehe...this is the most important one, in my books!!

I hope it veers off course...still have a few days of wishful thinking :)

"Goodbye Earl..." - Dixie Chicks

Guess Who?...

...so the oldest little one was allowed to buy a toy on Saturday for a treat. He picked the game "Guess Who?"! He's only 3 so I didn't know if he'd be any good at it cause there's a lot to do. He picks a card and I pick a card with a person's face on it. We each have pictures of all the faces and by asking yes or no questions, we eliminate people till we only have one left. The first one to guess the others card wins. You usually start with a question to identify the gender so "is your person a boy?" If he says yes, I put down all the girl faces. You then ask other identification questions like "does your person have blue eyes? moustache? Earrings? White Hair? Glasses? Hat on? etc... Blake would ask questions like "does your person have ears? Does your person have a chin? Does your person have a nose?" hehehehehe...he wasn't quite getting it, eh? Anyways, after a few games he got the hang of it and last night we played again. Don't you think he beat me? I couldn't believe it....asked the questions, put down the right faces and was left with mine! I'm still in shock. I guess he's smarter than I was giving him credit :P

"The first time ever I saw your face..." - Roberta Flack

Did you see it?...

...so last night was the Primetime Emmy's and Jimmy Fallon was the host. He was quite funny and I think the funniest part was his musical skit to say goodbye to the 3 shows that ended this year....take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL0pKOPTB8g

"...I didn't understand it, but I tried" - Jimmy Fallon regarding LOST

Advertisement...

...so I saw a new Commercial this weekend and it makes me stop everytime it's on. It's the new Kraft Cheese one....you know, the one with the dude with the thick french accent....what's up with that? It's kinda odd. I guess it's working cause i've noticed it everytime it's on and have been eating cheese like there's no tomorrow :P

While i'm on commercials, there's another one that I really like. It's super catchy....take a guess..................i'll give you a hint "give me YOP me mamma..." hahahaha! It's the Yop Commercial...love it!

VOTE...

...so Alexa is falling in votes and apparently it's cause the first place guy is getting his fans to vote for this other girl so he can bump Alexa out. That's no nice and not fair. He doesn't want to compete against her.....please vote and get your friends to vote once per day by going on this link: http://apps.facebook.com/wowcanada/promotions/detail/25318/en

Let's get her in the Top 3 and let the professional Judges decide!!

Name Funny...

...so do you know the name of the GEneral Manager of Waste Check? If you don't know what Waste Check is, it's the company that takes all your recyclables and recycles them! Anyways, his name is Gus Green. hahaha....Green....Recycling....hahahaha...anyone else find that as funny as I do?

"Say my name, Say my name..." - Destiny's Child

Case...

...so remember 4 years ago there was this teacher named Paula Gallant from Halifax who was found murdered in the trunk of her car shortly after Christmas? She had been out shopping that day and her family reported her missing when she didn't come home. Her car was found in the parking lot of the school where she taught. Today, it has been released that her husband has been charged with Murder. Here's the article: http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1197372.html

Unreal...and to think he's been around his daughter all these years after murdering her mother. Awful, just awful. The daughter was just shy of 1 when Paula was murdered. I think the Grandparents had stepped in to help care for the child, but it's still kinda eerie. Glad the family finally gets some closure.

Merci Neil....

...so Neil LeBlanc finished his time in Boston as Consul General. There was a nice article about him and his family in the Chronicle today: http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1197100.html

"Bye Bye Miss American Pie...." Don MacLean

hum....

...so I bought Mini Wheats the other day. I'm wondering why they haven't put the frosting on both sides of the Mini Wheats yet? Isn't that the best part? They have created oodles of flavors...but never ever attempted the double sided frosting...I think i'm on to something here....

It's kinda like my Shampoo Sunscreen Bugspray idea. I've been waiting for this All-In-One product to come for years now.

Maybe I should become a Chemist/Inventor...

Construction....

....so it's road construction time and I hate it! Someone told me we had 4 seasons....Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction....voila the fourth season has arrived! I'm super impatient and am always in a rush these days so waiting for the darn sign to flip to SLOW just about puts me over the edge. I have one question for the road people....why does it take 5 "supervisors" to watch one truck dig out ditches?? Seems to me the job would get done quicker if 4 of those "supervisors" put down their coffees and did something else.

"....and I'll wait for you...." - U2

Trading Places....

...so how much would you give to be LeAnn Rhymes in this video?? wowza...it's all I can say!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsd6zWw581I

"Just talk to me baby, till we ain't strangers anymore..." - Bon Jovi

Lyrics....

...so it seems like i'm not the only one with something to say about how ridiculous song lyrics are these days....check out Glozelle's take on a new song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Dffa3SqxI&feature=related

"I can make your bedrock" - Lil Wayne

Jack Schitt...

...so did you know you knew Jack Schitt? Check out this hilarious clip to find out the whole family history!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMmkIrYc9w8

Vote!...

...so Alexa is a young girl who lives just down the road from my mom and dad. She's a fantastic singer and I've been helping her get her voice heard this summer. She entered a contest online through Winners. If you go on facebook, search Winners and then go to WOWCANADA and search Alexa d'Entremont you can vote for her! You can vote once per day so it's important you keep it up. She was the leader in votes the last time I checked and voting ends August 16th. The top 10 move on to another 2 weeks of voting and the top 3 move on to a showdown with Universal Music Execs as the judges. She'll also get to meet Nikki Yanofski, the girl would sang the Olympic theme! It would be nice to see a local girl make it big so let's support her!

If you want to hear her live, you can come to the Red Cap Restaurant on August 25th from 6-8....we'll be there singing for your to enjoy.

"I'm here for your entertainment..." - Adam Lambert

and it's over...

...so the Wedding Week is over :( We had a great time and got to meet loads of nice people. The groom's family knows how to party and did a good job keeping up with my family!

The Wedding Rehearsal was interesting. First of all, the priest walked in and came over to me and told me I was singing too loud...surprise surprise! I told him that it wouldn't be loud on the wedding day and i'd make sure of it...all the while crossing my toes and fingers cause really I was gonna do what I wanted to do. I know that may sound rude but I have a funny feeling the flutter of Hummingbird wings would be too loud for him so really i'll use my own judgement. After that the rehearsal got underway and not 5 minutes into I notice my oldest son start gagging. Well the bride has a vomit phobia so it didn't take me long ro run over, grab him and carrying him to the bathroom just on time....buh bye supper. It was pitiful, but my mom took him home and he went right to bed. I think it was a combo of too much running, coughing and being overtired. He was fine the next day. During the practice of the vows the priest needed two alter servers so he chose the groom's cousins who were in the wedding party. I wish I had a pic of them trying to keep it together while the priest was doing his thing. These two guys are funny and have a hard time acting serious on a good day let alone try to hold things for the priest and mean it. Even the priest was laughing cause it was a scene right out of a movie....picure Jack Black and Will Ferrel as alter servers....same thing hehehehe:)

After that we headed to Rudder's for the supper and then for a little after party and the Bride and Groom's house. This is where I experienced the "Fruit Salad". Apparently the Groom and the Groomsmen made this salad 2 days prior using nothing but vodka for the juice. It was definitely tasty, especially the watermellon piece....yikes!

The following day we headed to Quinan for some camp life. It was a fantastic day! The alter servers were dressed in matching bathing suits and did quite a few belly flops and funny looking dives for our entertainment. Most of us ladies got some good tans for the wedding so it was nice to just chill out before all the festivities began.

The Wedding day was the best day of all. The Bride had rented a little bus for the entire wedding party to travel in and it was a wonderful idea. We had lots of champagne to go around and found ourselves standing and dancing more than sitting. We took hundreds of pics and I can't wait to see them all. I'll post a few when we get them back cause the photographer was amazing. We closed out the party at 2 am and it was definitely the best party of the summer!

"You are the love of my life..." - Jim Brickman