Crap crap crap

Its no secret that my family is taking a big vacation in June.  Its all I seem to talk about in the 3D world In October, we booked flights to Florida.   In January, we booked our Disney resort.   

Here is where I need a kick.... our passports expired March 31, they have been stuck to the fridge awaiting their renewal.  Things that hide in plain sight seem to elude me, and well I forgot about them (kept putting them off is kind of the same thing right?) 

So finally I couldn't put it off any longer, I HAD to get to them.  Rush to town, get pictures taken, call friends and ask them to verify my ID, express post them off to be processed.  Done.

Brushing my teeth yesterday, I glanced at the calender humm no word from the passport office, perhaps I'll call them.... I sent in 3 passports - left off employment information on mine and forgot to get husband to sign kiddos!  

Now I'm in a panic waiting for kiddos to be returned via Canada Post so I can take a day off work and drive to St John's and pay the rush charges.

Yep some days I can be a really dummy....

The Best & The Worst of The Remakes

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We're all still just coming off the A to Z high, and the Blogging Ninja Alex J is at it again!  This time with the best and worst movie remakes blogfest.



There have been a few really good remakes in my mind from King Kong, to War of the Worlds, 3:10 to Yuma, Brothers and The Magnificant Seven.

I think the top 3 BEST REMAKES are:
3) Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (1971 and 2005)
2) The Departed (2002, 2006)
1) True Grit (1969, 2010)







There have also been a few too many bad remakes.... The Stepford Wives, Poseidon, Arthur, The Women

The top 3 WORST REMAKES:
1) The Pink Panther (1963, 2006)
2) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, 2008)
3) Swept Away  (1974, 2002)


What do you think?  Best and Worst?

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

How do you tell the most important

 woman in your life

what a difference she's made,

or how her voice has lifted your spirits

and given you the courage 

to keep going?

How do you find the words

to thank her for the sacrifices she's made-

the ones you know about

and the ones you've never 

 been aware of-

or the countless times 

she's put your needs before her own?

There are no words 

to express how I feel about you mom.  

I hope you always know

how much I respect you,

I thank you

and I love you.

(even though I don't say it)

Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's, grandmother's, mother-in-laws, oma's, nan's granny's and mudder's.  

Especially my mom!

A to Z Reflections from around the bay

This was my 3rd year participating in the A to Z challenge.  The first time I participated I worked my way through the Newfoundland alphabet, the second time I participated I worked my way through Newfoundland communities.  This year I stuck with Newfoundland again and worked my way through colloquialisms, slang, and lore.

This year, I used my skills of stealth and acted as a Ninja Minion - which was a great little treat :)

A few days into the challenge, I got "smart" and tried to schedule a couple of posts- which of course backfired - posts were popping up in strange places, I ended up having to delete stuff and reschedule stuff and, well my G post is still before my F post.  Scheduling frees up more time to go visiting, but I still can't seem to make it work for me.  I'm just a bit of a snarl.

Visiting is my favorite part of the challenge - meeting new people and finding great new blogs to follow.  My visiting attack plan was to try to average twenty blogs a day.  I did some major wandering - day one of the challenge I hit ten blogs before me and ten blogs after me on the list, then every two or three days I visited the numbers I was minioning, another day I visited blogs labelled MI like myself, and I would randomly visit blog with cool names.  I tried to keep an eye out for familiar names, and I apologize because I know I missed some!

I'm going to be perfectly honest here- if a blog post was long (took up more than my screen), I would sometimes get bored and move on before I commented.  If the post was about something that I had no interest in or didn't understand (I can be pretty dense sometimes) I often moved on without commenting.  If it was a post with adult content, I most likely moved on without commenting.  If word verification was turned on - I in all likelihood left without commenting (sorry).

It was slower on my own blog than in the past.  I am just going to take for what it is.  I'm not a writer, I'm not a photographer, nor am I an expert on any one particular subject.  I'm now everyone's cupppa tea.  I'm just here to have FUN!  I did!  I had a great time during the challenge, I would/will do it again in a heart beat!

(Wow this is longer than I thought it would be.  Hope I haven't bored anyone.)


--- thank you to all my new followers - I did a happy dance for each one of you!

------ sorry I'm still a little behind on my commenting/replies - but I will get there  :)

Z is for Ze End

Hope you all enjoyed the A to Z challenge as much as I did!!!

Y is for Youngster

Kiddo is gone on a music trip with her school concert band in St. John's.  Feeling nostalgic with the letter Y, I decided  to turn back time a little, and pull out her 2005 scrapbook letter....

Be strong.  Be intelligent. Smile.

Know that beauty has everything 

to do with how you  feel about yourself

and nothing to do with looks

or other people's opinions.

Never do anything just because everyone else is.

Always be true to yourself.

Expect the best from life and that's what you'll get.

Believe in magic and wish on stars.

Love and trust and be compassionate

Make faces.  Play in mud puddles.

Take bubble baths.

Turn off all the lights and watch lightening storms.

Dance, laugh, cry and sing when you want to.

Read everything you can get your hands on.

Stand up for what is right especially if you stand alone.

Don't allow yourself or people around you

to tolerate prejudices of any kind.

Don't be afraid to try something new.

Do somethimg daring at least once a week.

Run through snow drifts.  Spin in circles  and roll down hill

Pet puppies, hold kittens, and talk to babies.

Stay up to watch the sun rise.

Never apologize for being a woman

or for being yourself.

Never forget that I love you, no matter how far apart we are.

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY DAUGHTER.

That youngster of mine holds my heart in her hands - she makes me all smultzey!!  

X is for X-rated

Ok, I'm cheating a little today!  X is the hardest letter of the alphabet so far.... so I'm going with X-Rated!

Pictured above is fries dressing and gravy!  (x-rated because of my stupid diet)  Its my favorite thing to eat!