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Showing posts with label just for fun. Show all posts

::Learning::


I read a post this morning by one of my favourite bloggers-Jade from Chikaustin. (FYI Jade is having some technical difficulties with her site.)  Jade finished her post with a question: What have you learned this week?

This intrigued me. What have I learned this week?

The whole concept of growing and learning has been bouncing around in my head for quite some time now. While I have many thoughts and opinions on this topic, I want to keep it simple for today.

::Don't stress about school when the kids are sick. Their brains will not turn to mush.
::Don't make 'Garden Style' spaghetti. No one likes it but you.
::Pink eye-stink eye, you will not get the better of me.
::I have far too many good ideas and not enough follow-through. Must find a way to remedy this problem.
::I love taking photographs. 
:: I can make a beautiful loaf of bread. And as the world is "supposed" to end on Friday, (which I might add, I just learned about this morning) I shall eat a whole loaf of it.  all. by. myself.  AND. I shall slather it in homemade jam.
::Being sick and not having a dishwasher, sucks eggs.


What have you learned this week?



It's a Party


You're Invited to:
{PITY PARTY}

Everyone is welcome!

Celebration in honor of:
Broken Finger
Bruised Ankle
Burned Thumb


Where?
Katie's Place


When?
Right now!


RSVP Requested
To ensure plenty of 
Whine and Cheese for All


Friday Freak Out

One Friday a few weeks back.


As is the norm for us, Friday is freak worthy. Most every Friday we have an in home tutor come to help out with spelling drills, math and science. On most Fridays my little family spend the morning trying to get ready for the tutor; clearing off the dining room table, sweeping, you know the "company's coming" kind of cleaning. There are books to be found, lunch to be scarfed all with just a moment to spare before the tutor descends upon us.


This particular Friday is no exception. The morning brought one disaster after another. Broken glass shattered across the kitchen floor as the children fought over the "good" cereal, you know the stuff you never buy. Milk splashes clear across the house. Tears burst forth as the middle child is sure that she will get none of the sugary stuff. Clean up of this mess takes way too long and half of the moring is already over.


After the children are fed, they are sent off to do the morning animal chores. Frantically trying to find clean clothes, I am met with a mountain of dirty things and not one decent clean outfit. So, proceeding through the morning frenzy in my jammie's, I start to pick up the living room, only to be met with the most disgusting odor. Seeking out the source, I move from room to room, shuffling piles to and fro'. Not finding where the vomitrosious smell is coming from.


Upon entering the hallway, the source becomes painfully obvious; both physically and via nasal airways. I plant my foot in the largest pile of nasty, fowl & odiferus dog poop ever known to man. Now mind you, I am NOT dressed to shoes, as the Flylady encourages us to do before starting our morning chores. I choke back my cereal. Swallowing very hard, again and again, I hop to the bathroom at the end of the hall to cleanse the pooh off of my offending appendage. I am gaging and crying the whole way down the length of the hall. Cursing under my breath that the dog will be shot! Again! (this is a story for another day)


As I near the bathroom I can see water glistening on the tile floor. This causes my blood pressure to rise even more. Hobbling into the bathroom proper, I scan the room for the source of the water. It's the toilet. We have a smallish bathroom so I prop my disgusting foot on the side of the tub, leaning over to see what has obscured the flow to the throne. I find that the pot is full to the brim with Pull-Ups. YES, packed completely full of the most enormously swollen Pull-Ups. Now you can only begin to imagine my state of mind. To say that I was fuming would be an understatement. I am lucky that I didn't have a heart attack. So, turning to wash my foot of its festering mass. I find all of the soap has been dumped out in the bath tub. Let me tell you how beautiful it looked. The entire bottom third of the tub was full of liquid gold. And blue. And pink.

I am considering hanging the kids out by their toenails, to say the least. When.....


The doorbell rings. It is the tutor, his is on time for the first time all year. Can you imagine his nerve? Couldn't the guy see the fumes floating out the windows? Couldn't he smell the poop from miles away? Couldn't he just go home and let me continue clean myself up? And get dressed for crying out loud??

"Hello," he hollers as one of the offending children escort him into the house.

Hell.........O! Indeed.

Summer in pictures

























Where has the summer gone? It seems just like yesterday I was pining for those dog-days of summer and here I am pining for them all over again.

In an effort to relive those all too fleeting days of summer I decided to post a few snippets from our summer here at Calamity Farm. So, you can expect to do a little bit of catching up in these next few blog posts.

I hope you all have had a fabulous summer!

Animania

When I sat down to blog, all I could think of were the animals that roam here at Little Farm. So, I dug through my pictures and found some favourites to share with you. Enjoy!



























Editor's note:
I am working on a face lift for Katie's Calamities; be patient with me as work through some kinks. Also, don't be alarmed if things are a little wonky for a bit. I am hoping to have a shiny new blog template, fully functioning, by the beginning of next week.

Thanks for your patience,
~K

Word up!


I am struggling with PhotoShop. I box with the Actions and grapple with the Presets. For me, altering my photo's with PhotoShop is like groping in the dark. I am totally lost.

BUT!

I can sure give the text windows a run for their money. Am I right or am I right?

T'was Not Me..

  • First off... I did not get sucked into Not Me Monday by my dear friend Lexie. I did not do it of my own accord. :)
  • I did not sit in my bathrobe till noon IM'ing with said friend and miss a very important meeting.
  • It was not me who has stayed up till 1 in the AM reading blogs.
  • I did not ignore all four children and their pleas for pancakes. I did not tell them there was plenty of cereal and that I was too tired to make pancakes. Nor, did I tell them that pancakes were bad for you, first thing in the morning.
  • It was not me who, last night, pigged out on Pumpkin Pie and Redi Whip.
  • It was not me who had to stop myself from squirting Redi Whip directly into my mouth. At the church potluck.
  • It was not me, who, accidentally shot Redi Whip onto black shirt as I was not jerking the can away from what was not, my face as it was not me there in public, doing such a childish thing.
  • It was not me who looked around frantically to see if any one had see the whole Reddi Whip debacle.
  • It is not me who is still sitting at the computer, in a bathrobe. Needing more coffee and a shower.
  • It was not me who dreamt of running away to Paris. In my bathrobe.
  • It was not I who told the children to play outside so that I could have a few more minutes at the computer before lunch.

Feeling like a little Not Me fun? Just click on over to MckMama's place for lots more Not Me antics.


Monday...monday

Well here we go. A typical Monday at Calamity farmstead:

Get up after hubby leaves. Stoke up fire. Make coffee.

Plop down in front of computer with coffee. Read blogs.

Yell at kids to turn off TV, it's time to go do morning chores.


I get the kids started on school, after a hearty breakfast of oatmeal or cereal.

Kids work till lunch time. I usually have lots of help with the prep.

Not so much help with the clean up.

I put kids down for rest and reading time and I read more blogs.

I will throw in some laundry. And maybe, just maybe it will magically get folded AND put away.

Get the kids up from rest, send them out to play. I start to prep dinner.

After dinner is over, I do as little clean up as possible and head straight for the jammies and blogs.

When I can keep my eyes open no longer or my hand goes numb, I head off to bed.

By Popular Demand....

Rainy Saturdays Production Company Presents.....

The Calamity Six doing their remix of "Peace Like a River"


I've got peas covered in cheddar....I've got peas covered in cheddar.......In my bowl....
I've got big globs o' Lotion....I've got big globs o' Lotion.... On my toe..
I've got a Koi pond with a fountain.....I've got a Koi pond with a fountain.......In a hole..


Chorus:
*I've got peas, lotion, Koi and a sliver....I've got peas, lotion, Koi and a sliver .... in my TOE.....in MY SHOE!!

OooooH....yeahhhh!

Guest Post... Calamity Aftermath


Your friend and blogger Agent K, otherwise known as Katie of Calamity Fame, is taking a day on the couch to recover from recent catastrophes. Near-catastrophes, anyway; everyone's okay now. Except Agent K. She's paying the price in deferred stress maintenance.


I, Miriam of neighboring (I think it's 12 miles, but the fact checkers may say otherwise) FarmSuite, am posting these quick pics of some of the Calamity gang and some of the Suite family.


Aren't they cute? Doesn't it make you want to have four (or eight!) children? Doesn't it make you want to retire to the relaxing countryside and watch the Autumn leaves flutter down? Because that's what we do all day. Agent K and me, eatin' bon bons and watching the chickens on the free range.


"De...plane! De, plane!~"

So, the thing is....(sorry Barb I had to steal it just this once*grin*)

Yesterday, my brain went numb. It was either all of the Dr. Pepper I drank over the weekend, sending my Dr.P free system into shock....or....it was the Cessna airplane nosies coming from my computer tower.

Either way, brain is numb. Still.

Where was I?

Oh, yeah. As if, things weren't bad enough, having a busted computer lazing around for 2 weeks waiting to be waited on hand and foot fixed. Then the blasted Cessna computer gets to spend a week with my computer jockey. Now, the dang fan, or fans as the case my well be, decide to take flight. Where they plan to go is any one's guess. Maybe they have a trip to the Bahama's in the works. What ever the plan my be, the plane is ready.


"De...plane. De, plane!~"

So my plane plan was to enlighten you all on the giveaway. But ....the noises! And the plane....make the hurting stop!

OK, so in my defense, I thought someone would get it right off the bat. I really was sure the answer was too cheesy. That being said...

  1. I swear in several different languages~ Indeed it is true. When I do swear that is, it's my lame attempt a protecting the ears of my children. I just found out, however, that the name of our dog is a swear word in Spanish. Nice, eh?
  2. I don't use Shampoo~ It is true! I have been poo free for months now. I use baking soda and vinegar (I make it smell nice). I am loving this method. My hair is shiny and curly and my head is no longer itchy. I read about this over at Angry Chicken's place.
  3. I own 8 pair of cowboy boots~ Umm, yeah. I did say that prairie skirts and cowboy boots were and obsession of mine. I will put up a picture of them later today, if I don't forget.
  4. I eat incredibly slow~Some of you have seen me eat. For the rest of you....I. Eat. Incredibly. S.L.O.W!
  5. I sleep with one eye open~Very annoying, but 100% true.
  6. I sing Opera~ Yup! Verdi is my favourite. My drama instructor taught me.
  7. I wanted to be an Actress when I grew up~ The only plan had for growing up was to be famous. I wanted to be a Broadway star!
  8. The name of the town I was born in is named after The New York Sheep Shippers Association~ This is the falsie! I was born in a town called Nyssa. Supposedly a huge sheep town, started by a sheep mogul from N.Y. Rumor was, Nyssa was an acronym for New York Sheep Shippers/Shearers Assoc. but history says that the mogul let his daughter name the town. She just happened to be studying about St. George of Nyssa. And so a town was named on the whim of a child.
  9. I am afraid of the dark~ I am a scaredy pants. It is worse when I am outside, in the dark. Creeps me out just thinking about it. (sorry J & J)
  10. My secret boyfriend is Patrick Dempsey, has been since 1985~ Well. What can I say? It was the hair. I have been in love with that hair for 2 decades. It all started with 'Heaven Help Us' then there was 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' right straight to 'Can't buy me love'. Just look at that hair.

100th post, 100 things and a giveaway!

In honor of my 100Th blog post I am shaking things up a bit.

I got this smart idea from my dear friend Miriam. I am going to play like it's the 100Th day of Kindergarten and share 100 of my favourite (or not so favourite) things with you, reader. While I am at it, I am going to throw in a giveaway. Be prepared to guess which Quirky things are true about me. Are you ready?

Let's get this party started!

Favourite Music
  1. Vitamin String Quartet
  2. Jeremy Larson
  3. Charlie Sutton
  4. Jack Johnson
  5. Veggie Tales Sing-a-longs
  6. Depeche Mode
  7. Bee Gee's
  8. Dixie Chicks
  9. Martina McBride
  10. Eminem
Favourite Movies
  1. Love Actually
  2. The Anne of Green Gables Series
  3. Little Bear~Winter Tales
  4. Pride and Prejudice
  5. Ferris Buellers day off
  6. Dirty Dancing
  7. Made of Honor
  8. Saving Private Ryan
  9. Bridget Jones Diary (both of them)
  10. Forrest Gump
Fashion Backward (yeah that's me, alright) Faux pas' from the days of old
  1. I had (and wore, often) a Micheal Jackson Thriller coat
  2. I have never owned a pair of Converse
  3. I owned 6 pair of legwarmers after they were out of style
  4. I still love the Care Bears
  5. I dressed like Laura Ingalls for 2 years straight
  6. I did not have Flying Saucer bangs
  7. I wore suspenders
  8. I wore feathers attached to roach clips in my hair
  9. I dressed like an Indian for a summer
  10. I wore tube tops over my clothes

Favourite Foods
  1. Burritos
  2. General Tao's Chicken
  3. Stir-Fry
  4. Wendy's Double Stacker
  5. Totino's Sausage Pizza
  6. Vanilla Yogurt w/granola
  7. Dr.Pepper
  8. Buffalo Blue potato chips
  9. Enchiladas
  10. Brownies
Current Obsessions
  1. Brownies
  2. Grey's Anatomy the TV series
  3. Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer
  4. Gardening
  5. Blogging
  6. Thrifting
  7. Jane Austen
  8. Mancake
  9. Prairie skirts and cowboy boots
  10. Country Living Magazine
Favourite Authors
  1. Binchey
  2. Austen
  3. Dickinson
  4. Oke
  5. L'Engle
  6. Milne
  7. Frost
  8. Tennyson
  9. Yeats
  10. Alcott
Favourite Animals/bugs
  1. Chickens
  2. Hens
  3. Chicks (OK sorry, I really like my chickens)
  4. Horses
  5. Pigs
  6. Ladybugs
  7. Frogs
  8. Koala
  9. Unicorns
  10. Finches
NEW to me Blogs
  1. The Lucky Nest
  2. The Darcy Saga
  3. The Fraker Farm
  4. Not Quite June Cleaver
  5. Tree Fall
  6. Posy Gets Cozy
  7. Swamp Suburbia
  8. Functional Shumunctional
  9. Pink Picket Fence
  10. Old Hag


Peeves
  1. Fruit flies
  2. Mice, Rats, Meeces of all species
  3. Dog Poop
  4. Sour Milk
  5. Bad Hair days
  6. PMS
  7. Bad drivers
  8. Slow checkout lines
  9. Screaming Children (ha!)
  10. Gas prices
Quirky things about me (Truth or GIVEAWAY:: Guess which quirky thing is false and you will win a pair of earrings hand-made by me! Woot! Woot!)
  1. I swear in several different languages
  2. I don't use Shampoo
  3. I own 8 pair of cowboy boots
  4. I eat incredibly slow
  5. I sleep with one eye open
  6. I sing Opera
  7. I wanted to be an Actress when I grew up
  8. The name of the town I was born in is named after The New York Sheep Shippers Association
  9. I am afraid of the dark
  10. My secret boyfriend is Patrick Dempsey, has been since 1985

I hope you have had as much fun as I! Good luck with the giveaway!

Ciao!

Thoughts for a Thursday

My mom has been the center of a lot of my thoughts lately. For some reason, the songs we used to sing together are at the forefront of my memory. So, on that note. This one's for you mom.

*Courtesy of Dick Daring*

Let's see...


  • passed rigors of advance belt testing for Tae Kwon Do.

  • survived demise of space aged washing machine AND eighteen trips (you can't afford) into town to have it fixed.

  • Planned and executed, several play dates for the kids at Gram's.

and...

  • your husband has been hijacked and replaced by someone who dresses like a tree and washes his clothes with dirt scented detergent.

Yah- there's just nothing to blog about.



This post was brought to you by the letter D (for Dick Daring) and the number 712 (that's the number of loads of laundry left to do) And by our sponsors: The makers of dirt scented laundry products.

"For the love of Pete....

BLOG ALREADY!!??!! "

The words echoed through the receiver. During the last hour I had heard this question maybe a hundred times. It was Miriam, assaulting me with this, her current lament. I stared at the phone. "Ugh, I can't," came my pathetic whine, "nobody's reading anyway, why bother?"

Miriam isn't one to beat around the bush, "You have to actually
write something in order for people to read it."

I sighed loudly into my phone, "I don't have anything to write about." To which Miriam regaled me with a plethora of bloggy good ideas.

"Ugh!" I sighed again.

The day before had found me staring at the computer screen for 3 hours. Not a single sentence came to me. The words evaded my grasp. They swirled and swirled, jumbled and blurry, about my head.

"Why don't you write about getting your orange belt for Tae Kwon Do?" she asked. Innocent enough, I could do that. Right?

"But, I don't have my picture program on the computer yet. I want to add pictures. Don't you think it would be better with pictures?" I whined hopefully into the cell.

"Hmm," she said, not willing to give up so easily. "Hey!.....Did your dog die?"

"Whaaaatt!!" pitching my voice high, "Seriously. What are you talking about?"

Speaking slowly, she replies "Is. Your. Dog. Alive?"

"Weeeell, I think so. Lemme check. Umm, yeah, I think I see him. Why??" I asked almost not wanting an answer.

"Oh, no reason. Will you.. JUST! BLOG!!" she hollered at me.

OK, so it was becoming painfully obvious that my lack of blogging was causing undue stress in my faithful friends' life. I still had no clue what to write.

Out of ideas and probably just bored with me, Miriam bid me farewell and told me again to blog, "something, anything". I sighed an agreement that yes, I would blog. I snapped the phone shut and flopped down in front of the computer.


Heaving a sigh, I closed my eyes.


My thoughts started jumping; words fighting for freedom. Who would go first? What story would garner the right to adorn the pages of Katie's Calamities?


And still nothing.


What do you think, dear reader, should I wax poetic? Wane pathetic? Bemoan incessantly? Spew haphazardly? Flit capriciously? Or, pontificate eloquently?


KAOS under control


"Would you believe..." Photo Mongage, cheesy 1960's Spy style.


::Cue theme song from Get Smart::

Agent 6




The BFF

"one of the 10 best dressed spies."


"Would you believe I once trained a girl to swim across the English Channel four times?"

"Would you believe seven coast guard cutters are converging on this boat?"



"Missed me by that much."



The Cone of Silence

"The old bomb in the snack trick."

"The old garbage trick."

"The old long-playing, high frequency, ultrasonic, stereophonic... trick."

"And loving it!"

"Once again the forces of niceness and goodness have triumphed over the forces of evil and rottenness."

"The old bomb in the bon bon box trick."

"The secret frisk trick."

"The old KAOS killers dressed up like cops in order to fool CONTROL agent and old army buddy trick."

OR

"The old drug his prunes, fake the fight, ransack the apartment, and switch places with the admiral trick"

"Sorry about that...."

All quotes courtesy of Google and Maxwell Smart from the 1965 Spy Show Get Smart.

Food for Thought

Are you a morning person? Do you feel like this first thing in the morning?



Do others fear you before the re-caffination process?


Do you get a little rumbley in your tumbley whilst perusing blogs at the start of the day?

Fear not! Agent K to the rescue. I've made a little something just for you.

This morning I am offering up a lovely breakfast selection here on the farm. All selections served with your choice of coffee or tea.

You can choose from a)

home made yogurt topped with your choice of farm fresh blackberries, strawberries or blueberries, finished off with a sprinkling of Kashi cereal.

b) old fashioned down home fare:

Cinnamon Oat Cake, fried till slightly crisp, slathered with real Maple Syrup.

or


c) for those of you who might need a little more protein to get motivated in the morning, the chicks supply a lovely selection of fresh eggs. You can even choose what colour you like; chocolate, blue, green. pink, white, beige, caramel. As always, I fry up a mess O' taters,onions and peppers fresh from the fields to go along with the eggs of your choice. And to top it all off you can have a great big slice of homemade bread toasted just right with a dollop of Strawberry Freezer Jam. (OK so, I did say just a little bit of protein.)

Hope you enjoyed your breakfast at The Little Farm in the Wildwood. Happy Thursday!

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