People doing crazy shit with PaRappa the Rappa. Perhaps this is how it was supposed to be played.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eZcV1UuUzI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IofAtnzCcQ&NR=1

Pete shaved his hair.  Unfortunately there are no pictures of the aftermath.  Super unfortunately there are no pictures of the duringmath when he begged me to finish shaving the parts he couldn't reach.  Fortunately he looks cute bald.

In completely unrelated news, most Christmas presents are ready for CHRISTmas.


Good Day!

Thanksgiving isn't so much about the food, the family, or the giving of thanks so much as it is the stealing of delicious war booty:

4 gravy, stuffing, turkey sandwiches

1 jar of grape jam

1 pack of pork chops

1 pack of venison tenderloin

1 pack of venison steaks

2 packs of tomato sauce

...the menu for national eating day is:

• two succulent turkeys
  
• stuffing
• smashed taters
• gravy
• creamed miniature cabbages (aka brussel sprouts)
• cugliari corn
• garlic bread
• cranberry relish ala nuwanda
  

appetizers:

• olives
• jarlsberg cheese spread
• shrimp and cocktail sauce
  
• crackers
• salsa and chips

dessert:

• two pumpkin pies
  
• whipped cream

i feel like i am forgetting something...if you can think of it let me know. as always, you are welcome to make any additions.

(i have a ton of cream cheese for a cream cheese cake, and a graham cracker shell if i can talk somebody into it *coughstefcough^)

so, when confronted with  the promise of 27 hours of no responsibilities, guess which activity DM chose:
(choose only one)

• cutting wood
• kayaking
• kayaking and camping
• bowhunting
• driving 5 hours with his spouse to leamington canada, eating a fantastic fish dinner, sleeping in a hotel with a spectacular pool, waking up the next morning and walking on a beautiful vacant beach, shopping at canadian tire, spending a pile of money at a roadside fruit stand/international market, eating purse sausage, and driving 5 hours back home

(if you have never had purse sausage, you should try it)

so, if you have a cold and you find yourself sitting on the potty, please remember this as you reach for the white cloud, blow first, wipe second.

...so, here's what i am wondering:
why do we pass the peas (plural), the carrots (plural), and the potatoes (plural), at the dinner table, but if we pass the corn it is singular? even if i have fifteen ears of corn, it is still corn, if i have a giant bowl of buttered corn, it is still "pass the corn, please"...  but, but, but, i see people who have corns on their feet? why is that plural? it just doesn't make any sense to me is what i am saying.

(i am taking sudafed for my cold, if you were wondering)

so, who would have thought that cooking a turkey, and making grape jam, at the same time, would make such a mess of the kitchen?  or that accidentally spilling five cups of sugar on the floor would would spread all over the place, or that said sugar would get all sticky/icky from water getting on it. many, many, many pans and bowls are required when making jam, btw.

(fresh warm grape jam is very yummy my friends, i was forced to eat a third of a jar that wasn't full)

luckily, DM has gone on a road trip to pick-up another new kayak.

yikes! DM is in columbus already.

don't tell daddy!

so, a blast was had in toronto...

fun things:

• massage at the elmwood spa- best massage ever
• yonge street- have i mentioned how much i love yonge street?
  
• eaton centre mall- DM out-shopped me, can you believe it?
  
• yummy napoleons- strawberries, whipped cream, phyllo dough, heaven.
  
• queens court pagent in the hotel (as in drag queens, darlings)
• countdown to liquor day- whoop!
• we all love michael moore
• hotel whirlpool all to myself
• the best hotel shampoo ever- bath and bodyworks energize
• giving money to bums
• purchase of grapes to make jelly with
• award winning chilli- super yummy
• DM liked toronto
  

canadian thanksgiving was a bit of a let down, i am sad to say, everything was closed for the holiday...

... i am thawing out a turkey, right now, to make up for the missed holiday meal.

i returned with $260 canadian. i do not know how that happened. this means a return trip is being planned... maybe somewhere in canada that is not toronto, for a change.

(we passed 32 tim hortons on the way)

... DM wanted you kids to see his spiffy new yaks, but lacks the skill set to post them himself, (or he is just to damn lazy to do it) , (take your pick),

                                             

                                           introducing the new pescador- above
                                          and the new pungo- below
                                           (except the new pungo will be sand colored)


                 

                      yipee! who wants to yak?