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!

Ginger Carrots

Mal's pretty happy with his crop of carrots this year. They are huge (10 inches), crisp and sweet. One carrot is a meal for both of us.

Ginger Carrots

I found a recipe for a sauce that I really like over carrots or cauliflower:
2 Tbsp. sugar

2 tsp. cornstarch

1/2 tsp. ginger

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup orange juice (I use 2 tbsp. orange juice concentrate)
1/4 cup butter

Mix all ingredients of the sauce except butter. Cook until thickened. Add butter, stir until melted, pour over carrots. Sprinkle with parsley if desired.

Rental Wanted

Just saw a hilarious add in the local Keremeos paper:

"Wanted to rent by Senior lady. Small house or cabin, prefer acreage, must have no neighbors or neighbors with references. No next door dogs or roosters. Prefer landlord who lives in Saudi Arabia and likes pets. Must be reasonably priced."

How's that for the perfect renter? I wonder how many responses she'll get?!

Thanksgiving visit

We were at Jon and Magan's overnight. Jack calls us "gammi and pa"! This sidewalk welcome sign greeted us.

Jack enjoyed the birthday book Auntie Jess sent.

Jon discovered a window in the theatre room that had been covered up. He decided to open it up.

It was a nice large window. This is only half opened.

Jack was into picture-taking, so he took a picture of Mom. Pretty good, eh?

Fall Travels

Fall travelling has been beautiful. A double rainbow was a bonus.

The last 2 weekends we've rented a Jeep Liberty. This one was a 2009. They look cool, but aren't as comfortable as a car.