Through snow, wind, sleet...

Memories - good or bad???
I shall protect the author with anonymity.

"When I tell people I'm a paper boy
they ususally laugh, and so do I.
It is a pathetic job, but it's the only one I have.
While most people are still in bed
I am walking the cold and cruel streets of Saskatoon.
Delivering the Star Phoenix in minus 40 is just no fun.

The snow and wind blast up aginst my face
and freeze my nose.
I slip and fall on the ice and hurt myself.
I hurry to get the job done and miss someone's house.
Then I apologize profusely while a fat, fat man
yells at me for missing his paper.

But soon that reality fades and
the new one of me wrapped in four blankets
overpowers the earlier terror of the day.
By the time I wake up
my papers are just a bad dream.
But it seems to me to be a recurring nightmare..."

NEWS FLASH!

Jason and Tanessa are engaged as of yesterday! Details to be announced later.

Birthday Gifts

A mother had 3 sons. They each wanted to impress her with a fantastic gift for her 75th birthday. The oldest bought her a beautiful mansion.
But she said,"I only live in one room, but I have to clean the whole house!"

The second son bought her a convertible, and hired a chauffeur for her. He was sure she would be pleased, but she said, "I don't like to go out, and the chauffeur is rude!"

The third son was confident he would please her.

He knew her eyesight had been failing, so for years he had been planning a gift for her. He had bought a parrot and taken it to a monastery. He paid the monks $100,000 a year to train the parrot to memorize Scripture and recite it.
Now, after 10 years, the monks had announced the parrot was ready. He knew the whole Bible and could recite any verses when given the reference. The son had the parrot delivered to his mother's doorstep, and waited to hear her response.
She was immensely pleased.

She said," You, of all my sons, know where my heart is and what would please me. Thank you so much. The chicken was delicious!"

Novelties

Hey, I've got a sunflower blooming! And you thought Calgary in November was too cold! Actually, it's not outside. I transplanted a tiny plant inside at the end of summer to see if I could get it to bloom, and it co-operated.

We went to church with Jon and Magan and this item was hanging on the wall in their church. Can anyone guess what it is?

We had fun with Jack and among other things watched him play with his train set. Mal and Jon worked on their downstairs bathroom and I took pictures but all I got was their backs in a small room, so I won't post them.

In fact, I'll probably slow down on posting because the on/off button on my camera broke. I'm addicted to picture-taking, so I don't know what I'll do!