A blog full of memories
I ask my Dad: “What is the best practical joke you’ve played on someone?” He snorts. “Oh. There are so many!” Then he starts chuckling. “I think the best one was when I was driving your sister down to Olds College. We stopped in Fort McMurray to see my relatives. I phoned up my niece …
I have been occupied lately. Trying to make big life changes. Can’t really write about them yet, but I will. In the meantime, I’ll tell you a joke my mother told me the other day. I think my dad called me up to see how I was doing and then put Mum on the line …
He used to lean over conspiratorially at the dinner table: Psstt…Psst. Want to hear a dirty joke? And our friends (no matter who they were, he named Charlie Brown) would look up eagerly and say: Yeah. And nod their head. No grown-up had ever told them dirty jokes. My Dad would motion them closer and …
My Dad gets on the phone tonight: Jennie. Jennie. I have to tell you this joke. He’s laughing but gasps out: Bertrand told it at the dinner table the other day. And if there is anything my Dad likes (besides my Mum and KFC), he likes Bertrand’s jokes. He gets the added enjoyment of hearing …
I sit at the dining table spooning fruit purée and cereal into Mikey’s mouth. He always looks for something to do while I am trying to feed him. He grabbed a wet wipe in each hand and started buffing the table (in a seven-month-old-kind-of-way). “Wax on. Wax off.” I laughed at my own joke. I …
Sarah Palin running for VP? Come on. Does this remind anybody in Canada about Kim Campbell? Remember Brian Mulroney running not only the country but also the Conservative party into the ground? Campbell won the party leadership, but party lost the entire election (two seats in Parliament that election). When was that??? 1993? It’s not …
He was laughing his head off. He and Mum had been traveling in New Brunswick. The went to the Canadian Senior Olympic Games. (Dad won a silver in lawn bowling–Congrats Dad!). Anyway. He calls. He can barely speak he’s laughing his head off. And I’m expecting another rude joke. But he says: “Last night we …
I’ve just started texting with my mobile. I’ve never done it much before, but now, I have a few people I exchange messages with. It’s a bit like twitter, but I know the person I’m talking to somewhat cares what I’m saying. Today, I am on my way to the library (for the air conditioning …
That story of being a good woman reminded me of one time when I worked at Turin Networks. It was a Friday afternoon and I was visiting the Customer Service guys in their area and we were all sitting around talking (and probably having that end-of-the-week drink of somebody’s wine). A phone rang and the …
A questionaire from Cyndi Targosz (of Starglow Productions) arrived in my email this morning. She’s asking me (and all of my eligible friends) to fill out a questionnaire about being in a relationship where the woman is older than the man. I’m going to do it. Not that I have any interesting stories about dating …
It’s my Dad’s birthday today. I would just like to take this moment to tell the world I love my Dad. He’s taught me a lot and –it’s never too late to say: You were right, Dad–most of the time. My Dad is a funny man. He has the best sense of humour of anybody …
