Hallowe'en...Where Are You???

So, it's 5:17 and I'm sitting here testing the chips (a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it :-) and waiting for the Ghosts, Goblins & Princesses. Where are they? When will they get here?

Baby S. will be coming over later, in her "BEE" costume...so cute! We'll have a visit & take some pics...and that will be Hallowe'en over for another year. I wish it was warmer outside, we could play in the piles of leaves around the yard. Because we had summer in September, and then cold and SNOW on October 9th (which thankfully melted) the trees are all confused. Lots have not even dropped their leaves yet. And for sure it's going to snow (stay or no stay) in the next 2 weeks...it's Winnipeg! Where anything could happen. We could even have warmth again in November...I hope so. They say it's going to be an El Nino year...I hope they're right...whoever "they" are :-)

Global Warming? Come to Winnipeg and I'll show you global warming...idiots. That b*shit is just a bunch of make-work propoganda. Sure, I believe in "climate change"...but not this global warming stuff. The weather patterns are CYCLICAL people!! Giant chunks of ice melt every couple of 100,000 years or so. It's happened before and it'll happen again. Brain up! Don't just follow like lemmings...I mean, lemmings are cute, but not in human form...are you picking up what I'm laying down? Good.

It's 5:24 and still no kids. WTF?

In other news, babysat S. today, she was wonderful as usual. We played tonnes, she had a 2+ hour nap (my nap was short :-) lunch, play and then it was time for Granny to go. I cleaned the maison...a little...cut me some slack, I have a bum knee and ankle and remnants of this sinus cold. But the cold seems to be improving...touch wood.

Bombers play at noon tomorrow. Hopefully they will kick some Als' butt...Bishop, do it like you mean it. Yah, he's got an arm like Favre, but let's work on the accuracy. And our receivers are not 10 feet tall (I don't know when he'll get that).

Good Luck Bombers, we know you can do it Blue!!! We'll be watching ;+>

I hope the kids get here soon or I can't be responsible for the rest of the chips...

Love & Peace and Happy Halloween!
CFM

Random Dumbness

I am an idiot, football fans. I fell again. Again! In the dam Safeway parking lot...well, not just Safeway, there are other establishments there. But, I parked & got out of my car, walked towards the front of the car to go left and all of a sudden I'm going down! I checked after I got up (quickly, *blush*, hoping nobody saw, right?) and yep, my foot got caught in a 'divet' (a circular indent for a water meter) in the concrete. This was cleverly disguised by the leaves it was filled with. Grrrrrrrr!!! I haz a mad!!! So my frikkin' right knee (the one I hurt in August) is bruised AND bloody, and I also hurt my left ankle...it must have gone wonky when I was going down. Sob! And... nobody saw, or if anybody did, they left...parking lots are so...transient. So it isn't like I can sue whoever owns the dam parking lot for "dangerous divets in the concrete". And Then...I get home and notice that I have completely wrecked my brand-new ankle boots!!! The front of the right one is pretty much torn/scraped off, so I have to go find another pair. I wore them twice. I haz a double mad!!!

Have iced the knee, now icing the ankle. Man...if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.

So whatever...I can't let it ruin my day/weekend...no, this nasty sinus cold is doing a swell job of that. When can I lie down?

Happy Halloween everyone! I forgot to say that this morning.

I present...LOL Cat...now in Fun Size:

Speaking of cats, I saw the teeniest, leetle, charcoal grey (with white tummeh) kitteh just sitting on the boulevard, dangerously close to the road, while driving in to work today. She (he?) pulled at my heartstrings, but I had to keep driving. It looked like it was wearing a collar...what kind of crazy cat owner lets a leetle, teeny kitteh such as that out all by itself?? A bad one, I say. Oooooh, that makes me so angry!!

Irresponsible pet owners of the World...I hope the Bluebird of Happiness craps all over you...and your stuff!

Here's what my naybor's cat had to say about the whole Halloween thing (and may I add that I am insulted, since I am the naybor this cat is dissing!!!):


And what exactly is wrong with handing out apples and toothbrushes??? Do we seriously want all the chillen gettin' cavities?? Anyway, that was last year and I wrote this morning about what I'm handing out this year. I can't wait for the cute little Princesses, Goblins and etc. I'm pretty sure there will be alot of Snow White's this year, as she's the "hot thing" right now. Yah...Snow White is hot...that sounds just a wee bit perveted, n'est ce pas? Whatevas.

So, here's granddaughter S. in her Bumble Bee costume...the Cutest Baby & Toddler Ever!!!!!


S will be BUZZing around tomorrow lookin' for candy...akshully, her parents are just taking her to a select, few places t show her off & that will be her Halloween. She did have the daycare party, so sweet!!! must find out how that went.

So, Bombers, good luck for Sunday, you beat 'em once you kan do it again (providing Calvillo is still out ;-)

Also - do not forget to turn your clocks one hour back this Sunday morning!!!

I'm turning my clock back to my twenties!!

On that note, au revoir ladies & germans, we'll see what tomorrow brings.

CFM

OMG It's Almost Hallowe'en!

Where did October go? It was October 1 and I was getting ready for Vegas and...it's October 30 and I'm getting ready for Halloween! As much as I get ready for Halloween...with this crappy cold all week, I soitenly do not feel like hauling up the "Halloween" box and decorating...or whatever. Although the "severed leg" is tempting (from my son's halloween partay a few years ago). It's delightful to watch the reactions to the severed leg when we have it sticking out of the mailbox. Ha! So many lafs...so many little kids scared sh*tless. It's all good...

No Neilson or Hershey bars this year. We're handing out leetle bags of Chips, Gum and some surprise *treats*...leetle boxes of Junior Mints, Dots, and other cool candy. I do not eat candy. I do eat chips however, so I of course bought enough for them and for *moi*. Hey, you gotta do your part to not waste the halloween candy...or chips...

I babysit granddaughter S tomorrow...I haven't done that for a few Saturdays, so it'll be great! We'll have tonnes of fun, naps and lunch...and maybe squeeze in another nap. Then I'll come home, attempt to clean the house & then it'll be time to hand out the chips and candy. Do I sound obsessed? Normally, I'm not, it's just that the month went so fast and it all kinda snuck up on me.

S actually has two costumes this year! (Last year she was a pumpkin). I will post a pic of her in costume on another edition of this-here blog.

Almost time to get ready for work...ah, Blessed Friday, you're finally here.

And the Bombers play Sunday. Altho I did want to get to a movie with dotter M. So much to do...so little time.

TGIF, football fans and see you in the funny papers!

CFM

It's National Cat Day!!!

And I didn't even know...until I read about it on the Innerwebs, so it must be true. Hurray for cats 'round the world and beyond!!! ...beyond? Well, you know what I meanz, football fanz. Here is National Cat Day's winner:

Sooo...feeling very catty today, ha ha, no pun intended. Really.

I have some homework to do, for work, and I asked my kitteh to prepare the computeh for meh and here is the result:

Guess I won't be getting it done anytime soon. Plus, I'm still somewhat sick. No, it's not H1N1, thank God. But it's a nasty cold that has taken up residence in my sinuses, thwarting all my attempts to flush it out...well with the exception of literally flushing with saline solution, a prospect that doesn't appeal much...at all.

So...Hug your Cat(s) today and Happy National Cat Day!!! Had I known, I would have baked a cake, I swear. My cats will just have to settle for leetle kitteh hugs.

Sigh...must lie down...head hurts...maybe you'll hear from me again on Caturday, if me head stops aching.

Oh yes, and will you please spay or neuter your cat??? (and dog, too) At the risk of sounding like Bob Barker (who?), be a responsible pet owner. Not a dumbass who thinks it's cute to watch animals mate. Get a life... I call those people Losers.

Love & Peace,
CFM

Redonkulous!

So, I'm sick today. I was fine til Saturday evening...within 1/2 hour, my throat closed up (well, ok, it dint really close up) it got all hurt-y and stuff, and my head & eyes ached...and then Sunday, yay, I woke up with a redonkulous cold! Made a birfday cake for my seester, did some laundry, but rested in between. Sent cake & gifts off with the boys to the birfday cellabrashuns in the evening, as I was def not up to it. Today, rested, that's about it. Just when you fink you're getting better, the nose fills, the eyes well up, ya sneeze 10 times (or so) and the froat is now redonkulously sore, sorer than it was before. Methinks this fing is morphing...into something EviL.

Anyway, speaking of redonkulous, will you please look at the redonkulous ears on this ass, er, I mean this donkey:

He's actually so durn cute, I'd have him for a pet in a heartbeat!

Saw this poor kitteh on the street the other day:


Will you please check out his TAIL? OMG now that's different...I like it!

Jeez...I'm not well, mus' lie down...see you in teh funnie papers!!!

CFM

Bombers Victorious!!!

Wow...they actually did it. Our Bombers beat the Alouettes 41 to 24...awesome, awesome, awesome. Way to go Blue, we are so proud!!! Bishop threw for 411 yards and 2 touchdowns...much better than last Sunday, hey Michael???!!!


It didn't hurt that Calvillo was out and I heard their kicker was out as well...oh well, sucks to be you. Aand of course, we had newly-signed Troy Westwood back with us. Didn't actually watch the game b/cuz TSN in all their insanity punishes a non-sold-out-home-game-crowd city by blacking out the game locally. Shame on you, TSN. That is not gonna make me (or a lot of other football fans) run out & buy tickets. Idiots.

In other news - feeling sick, wicked raw throat and runny nose. This is not good. Granddotter S is on the mend as I believe is son-in-law, but dotter M is way sick still. She has to work tomorrow (Monday) and Tuesday is her day off, so she needs to rest. I need to rest. I will be doing some homework, for work, as soon as I get off this-here blog thingey. Not a good time (when is it, really?) to be sick. I wanna go back to Vegas...*whine*.

Anywho, mus' go, things to do, deadlines, commitments and obligations...these are the Days of Our Lives, football fans...

Again, Way to Go, Bombers!!

Love & Peace,
CFM

Yawn! oh, ah-scuuze me!

Tired, football fans, it's been along week. No time to Blog...until now...

So, what's this I hear about the Bombers signing Troy Westwood? Did Hell freeze over and I didn't get the memo? Oh well...welcome back, Troy! We have missed you! That mean old Doug Berry, he ain't the coach no more, oh no. We gotz the Village Idiot now, Mr. Mike Kelly. In his defence, at least he likes you (unlike Berry) which would be why he welcomed you back with open arms. And...we need you! (smile) Will you please help your teammates beat Montreal on Saturday?? I know it's a tough job, but eye-nose you can do it, Troy! Good luck.

My bro & nephews went back home to Ottawa after a 6-day visit (well, 5 for N). The whole family got together for dinner and we saw them quite a few times, and I think they enjoyed themselves while here. A good time was had by all. See you guys again soon! Y'all come back now, ya hear?

So, I was debating with my cat earlier and here's what he had to say:

That's about it, really...more than he has to say on any given day. Come on, he's just a cat!

Anyway, I'm tired and there's really nothing more to say. Well...my granddotter has a cold and now my dotter is sick and son-in-law too. I tell you, it's always something! Feel better soon, guys...sending tonnes of love.

Where was I? Oh yah, tired, so going to bed now...or maybe read. 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter'...oh yah, Dexter, one of my fave tv characters, now in book form. Ok, the book came first, silly, I was just trying to...oh never mind.

G'nite

CFM

Post It Notes...

I'm too tired today to upload any pics or anything, just short "post it" notes today...

For a short week, it's been a busy week...next week/weekend will be busy as well. It never stops, football fans.

I don't know what the Vegas line is on tomorrow's Bomber game against the Lions, but I'm gonna wager a bet of my own that our Bombers will kick the Lions' collective asses. This is my prediction and yes, I'm stickin' to it.

My bro & 2 nephews are in from Ottawa, so it was good to see everyone...briefly yesterday but all afternoon/evening today, the whole fandamily for our deferred Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. We also celebrated my Dad's (upcoming on Oct 23rd) 80th Birthday, and my Girl and Son-in-law's 4th wedding Anniversary. Did I mention they wed in Vegas? Which is when hubby and I fell in love with the little town... But I digress.

Going to the game tomorrow - our Blue are on a 3-game-winning-streak, so we must show our support! Mike Kelly aside...altho he does seem a wee bit more human (humble?) now that they're not playing like the worst high school football team in the land...was that just last month? But we won't say another word about that...

Anywho, S, S & S are off to the States tomorrow and back Tuesday, so I wish them a safe trip and happy shopping! First time with the Babe, so we'll see how it goes (well, I hope :-)

I am Blessed. I know that and I often forget, but I am. I have a lot more in my life than a lot of other people do. I should not waste time wanting stuff I don't have, but should appreciate and hold dear stuff I DO have (and I'm not talking material things here...I'm trying to be profound).

So... Go Blue you can do it tomorrow! We believe in you!!! I'll be there freezing my 'tocks...all for you guys!!!

I may write more tomorrow - for now,

Love & Peace
CFM

Back...To Winter???

Hello, football fans, I'm back from Vegas!! We had a blast! And we came home to...winter? Disgusting! We in the 'Peg have only had 4 snow-free months this whole year. Here's what we came home to:


What the F is UP with that? Grrrrr..... Anyway, go Bombers, you can beat those TiCats!!! C'mon Blue! The Vegas line is...I forget, but it favored Hamilton...gee, I wonder why.

Back to Vegas - yowza, it is truly the city that never sleeps!! I recall one year walking back from a show at the Tropicana, stopping for a Fat Burger and strolling with our drippy, juicy burgers back to Bill's Gamblin' Hall (called Barbary Coast at that time, beside the Flamingo). There was barely anyone on the streets at that time (3 a.m.) Not this time! We arrived, got to Bill's about 12:30 a.m. Monday...regrouped (read had a quick Margarita and a beer) and went out on the Strip. It was teeming with people...for a Sunday night! (Monday morning) and it wasn't even Cowboy Week (December). We did Casino Royale for $1 Michelobs & strolled for a long time. We love Vegas...it's just so...cool. I think we just feel free there...unencumbered...do whatever we want and go wherever we want whenever...and the shopping is the shit! You can always spot the first-timers...their heads are on a swivel...left/right/up/down/OMG!!! Plus, they're walking around with their loser mile-high, plastic bottle Margaritas from LaSalsa Cantina, or their souvenir Eiffel Tower frickin' drink from the Paris. Oh well, they'll learn. One dollar Michelob, in a bottle! All I'm sayin'... Frozen margarita with a goodly amount of tequila for 99 cents at Bill's. Get a clue people! You don't have to spend alot to drink in Vegas. Idiots.

Here's a sign from Bill's:

They have lots of old wood & stained glass...when they tear it down and they will eventually, we have dibs on the elevator sign!

So we shopped our asses off, buying treasures for ourselves and Xmas gifts for our peeps. I got lots of Xmas shopping done, yay! I cannot reveal what it is for fear my darlin' dotter may actually read my blogs, but I found granddotter S the absolute most amazing thing ever!!! From FAO Schwarz (the toy store from the movie Big) the most amazing toy store in the world. Here's a tiny portion of Schwarz:

That is all I can say until Boxing Day...I will at that time unveil a pic of the most incredible thing I ever bought (well, except my new Corolla, which is the shit).



On the way to the Galleria shopping mall in Henderson, we spotted this street that bears the name of our granddog, Spencer:


This mall is Awesome...take it from me, I've been to alot of malls! Here is but one picture (palm trees everywhere :-)




Hoover Dam was awesome, amazing and...humbling, for the many men who lost their lives building this engineering marvel, even more so given the time it was built (1931-1935) with crude tools, pick-axes, ropes and cement blocks...oh, and dynamite!


It is completely amazing...but the scenery is breath-taking. And the bridge they are building between Nevada and Arizona over the river channel...they have completed the 'road from Nevada' and the 'road from Arizona' portions leading up to the chasm, and have to join the two over the chasm (which is f'ing huge). They've built a huge, steel arch from one end to the other, on which will rest the rest of the road, no play on words intended here.


On the left, Arizona and on the right, Nevada. You can see the wires in the sky from which descend a crane, also on wires...and there are guys working on the arch as I type...it is quite the engineering marvel (I never tire of that phrase). Oh, and Hoover Dam itself (a small portion):



Anyway, some people may say "ah, Hoover Dam, big deal" but it IS a big deal and the scenery alone is worth the trip and the price of admission, which is only $7 for parking. Yes, they built a frickin' parkade in the middle of the mountains! I am always amazed by the shit they can build in the mountains. Little bit of dynamite and we're off to the races...amazingly cool. If you go to Vegas, you really must "do the dam"...you don't need to buy a tour, just walk around...all day if you want. We walked and then drove over the dam into Arizona (yes! now I can say I've been to Arizona) picked up a few 'souvenir rocks' and went back to Nevada.


Oh yes, and here's a small portion of Lake Mead...it's the hugest lake I ever saw, next to Lake Superior and well, the ocean:


We drove to Boulder City to have lunch at the Coffee Cup Cafe and...wouldn't you know it, the Griswold Effect kicked in. We arrived at 2:40 and they had closed at 2!! Hubby saw this cafe on Triple D (Diners, Drive ins and Dives). Anyway, a litte ways down the street was Mel's Diner and we ate lunch there. We didn't see Mel, Alice or Flo, but the waitress was a friendly little cutie and the food was delicious. A quaint little place (Boulder City). We were baked pretty crispy after 'dam day'. But we were not complaining!

We just needed to refuel which of course means beers & margaritas. We went to The Tequila Bar & Grill in Bally's for the 48 ounce Mararita in yes, a souvenir Bally's Margarita glass (but a classy one, hello?). The drinking glass is for 'scale'...it's all about perspective people! It's just a shame the Margarita was from a mix and not that tasty, hence we only finished 1/2...that's still 12 ounces each...hmmm





We partook of the "Graveyard Special" steak & eggs for $8.99 (only $3 more than the decent steak & eggs at Bill's after midnight, which we had several times). Anyway...this was the best steak & eggs we have ever eaten...it was like country-fried steak with gravy which was delish. Even the scrambled eggs were to die for..Yum-Oh!!!



I'm ready to go back...it was hot & sunny, 80 degrees every day. We spent Friday leisurely, then relaxed with a few brews by the Flamingo pool (Bill's doesn't have a pool, but the Flamingo graciously allow Bill's patrons in...damn decent of them).

































Footnotes: Went to Margaritaville, had a few drinks, went out on the balcony to people-watch, but that got boring pretty quick. We tried to see the car show at Imperial Palace, so we took our two free admission passes and went down there, only to discover they were closing (close at 6 p.m.). So, only two Griswold Effects, we can't complain. Our flights home were uneventful and crash-free, given the stinky weather in the 'Peg (wind & snow) I think were lucky to land at all.

And so, we're back to reality. Oh yah! We're going to see Russell Peters tonite, yay!!!
"Somebody gonna get a hurt reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal bad!"

Can't wait, it'll be great (hey, that rhymes).

Bombers winning 21-0 as we speak...Come On Blue, you can do it!

Love & Peace,
CFM

Syanahra (sp?)

Well, football fans, this is my last blog for days and daze...Ize going to Vegas! Finally get more vaycayshun timez and it'z time to relapse, I mean relax. Wander the Strip with a Ginormous Margarita glass (oh...filled with Margarita, of course!) Relax.....aaaahhhhh. Sit by the pool and relax...shop my face off...not so relaxing but fun. Hope I find good stuff :-)

Good Luck to the Bombers next week, c'mon you guys, you can get 3 W's in a row. You gotta be hungry and methinks you are. And Go Chargers! as well...sorry, haven't had time to watch.

Babysat S today, she was a Joy (as always) in spite of her cold, which I think is much better. Just a few sneezes. We went for a walk outside where she collected leaves, which brings her endless excitement...she brought a few home for her Mother. We met up with the neighbor's dog, Joe, and his Mom so we spent some time "gently" patting Joe, much to S's delight. It's the small things; you really do gotta stop & smell the roses and I have to learn to do that more, 'spesh in my job, which stresses me to no end.

I hope to come home relaxed and not stressed from travelling for 7 hours that day. Tomorrow's travel only 3 hours, direct flight (I love that!)

Anyway, I'll write about my adventure fer shure...until next time,

Peace & Love
CFM

Friday and...Go Bombers!

Well, da Bombers gotta do it tonight to keep their shot at appearing in the playoffs...cuz they ain't never gonna beat Montreal whom they gotta face two (2) more times, football fans. And THAT is Crazy Football Mom's prediction, which she is sticking by...sticking to...keeping. I'm just being real-istik.

Off to Vegas on Sunday, wish me luck at the 'Craps' table...and why in the world is a game called Craps anyway? Yeesh. And no, I don't play craps. I play the one-armed bandit, the penny slots. If I'm lucky, I can sometimes snag a 'Wheel of Fortune' game, which humors me for quite some time, letting me spin the wheel & such, and then alas, the money runs out. And when it's gone, it's gone, ladies & germs...walk away. Which is what me and hubby do - always. The odds are just not in your favor. We are not lucky and we know this...it's just for shits & giggles that we gamble small sums of money. The big money we keep for drinking. And shopping. That's our focus...shop & drink...and people-watch. And see Rita Rudner, my Idol...my hero (well, one of 'em). It'll be swell and I can't wait! So, coming from the North End of Wpg. as I do, I really love this pic from icanhascheezburger:



hey, me too!!! Cute Goggie. I cannot believe it's already October! What happened to September...August...July...? summer, rainy season and spring, in that order. It's all over too fast...but Vegas came quick, so that's gotta be the upside.

So I get to babysit granddotter S tomorrow (yay!) she is currently sick with a cold, but that's what Grannies are for...for cuddles and caring...and hugs & stuff. Anywho, I really need to go do some laundry. But not in the sink:

Sink is reserved...for kittehs ownlee!!! I love kittehs. This week I have seen more stray kittehs than I have in the last long time. Two were in my path this very morning, one ran across the road (of course I waited) and one stayed on his/her yard, waiting for my car to pass. Smart kitteh. And then on the way home, there was another stray kitteh on the street...just wandering around, poor thing. Cat owners - kittehs belong in the house, not out on the street. I can't stress this enuf. And while you're at it, have your kitteh spayed or neutered. Ya hear? All I'm sayin'. I hate irresponsible pet owners. And that's my kitteh rant.

Moscow, I be a Russian...arriverderchi.

CFM

One More Day Til Friday...

Greetings, football fans, are you ready for the Really Big Game on Friday? Hey, that's tomorrow! Bombers vs Eskimos...it should be a good game. I won't be there. However, I will be at the Oct. 18 game against the BC Lions. My sis won tickets and like a good sis, handed 'em over, b/c she is not at all interested in football and I am, so it only makes sense, n'est ce pas? I thought so...my 3rd game this year, but you can't really count the Blowout Banjo Bowl b/c that was just awful.

Maybe it's just me but I think this Kitteh has a meth problem:

The above is how I feel most days lately (stressed, not shaved). Must...relax...Remain.com.

Anywho, must go read the paper now, guess this is a short post.

See you in the funny papers!
CFM