HAPPY MONDAY

HELLO.........any body home? I haven't heard from you guys in years.........what's up with that?

I am on my way to Vancouver for a few days. Talk to you when I get back.

Sheila

WHAT KIND OF CAKE ARE YOU???

If all of the desserts listed below were sitting in front of you....which would you choose?
Choose one & see what Psychiatrists think about you.

(Sorry....you can only pick one dessert. And do not scroll down below the list UNTIL you make your choice!)

1. Angel Food Cake
2. Brownies
3. Lemon Meringue
4. Vanilla Cake w/Chocolate Icing
5. Strawberry Shortcake
6. Chocolate on Chocolate
7. Ice Cream
8. Carrot Cake

NO.... you can't change your mind once you scroll down! So think carefully what your choice will be....ok?

Now that you have made your choice..... this is what research says about you!

1. ANGEL FOOD CAKE ...Sweet, loving, cuddly. You love all warm & fuzzy items. A little nutty at times, sometimes you need an ice cream cone at the end of the day. Others perceive you as being childlike and immature at times.

2. BROWNIES.....You are adventurous, love new ideas, are a champion of underdogs and a slayer of dragons. When tempers flare up, you whip out your saber. You are always the oddball with a unique sense of humor and directions. You tend to be very loyal.

3. LEMON MERINGUE .......Smooth, sexy & articulate with your hands, you are an excellent after-dinner speaker & a good teacher. But don't try to walk & chew gum at the same time. A bit of a diva at times, but you have many friends.

4. VANILLA CAKEw/CHOCOLATE ICING......Fun-loving, sassy, humorous. Not very grounded in life; very indecisive & lack motivation. Everyone enjoys being around you, but you are a practical joker. Others should be cautious in making you mad. However, you are a friend for life.

5. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE....... Romantic, warm, loving. You care about other people, can be counted on in a pinch & expect the same in return. Intuitively keen, can be very emotional.

6. CHOCOLATE ON CHOCOLATE.......Sexy; always ready to give and receive. Very creative, adventurous, ambitious and passionate. You can appear to have a cold exterior but are warm on the inside. Not afraid to take chances. Will not settle for anything average in life. Love to laugh.

7. ICE CREAM....... You like sports, whether it be baseball, football, basketball or soccer. If you could, you would like to participate, but you enjoy watching sports. You don't like to give up the remote control. You tend to be self-centered & high maintenance.

8. CARROT CAKE......You are a very fun loving person, who likes to laugh. You are fun to be with. People like to hang out with you. You area very warm hearted person & a little quirky at times. You have many loyal friends.
I am a "STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE".

Made it home safely to Kelowna. Roads were good for traveling. It is +7 in Kelowna today.

Happy Weekend :O)

BEFORE AND AFTER

Long thick wet hair hanging down to the waist.

Oh look............this is my daughter, Sharilin. She cut off 11 inches of hair today. I went with her to the hairdresser and held her hand as the stylist chopped away. She grew out her hair long so that she could have it cut it off and donated it to a company that makes wigs for others that have lost their hair.

WAY TO GO Sharilin!!! I am so proud of you!!!

Not much is new in Cow Town. Heading out on the road again on Thursday. Keep us covered in prayer as we travel to BC over winter roads.

Only 16 more sleeps and the golf course opens for the season and I am a working girl again...woo hoo. Only 25 more sleeps until Car Racing Season starts.............vrm...vrm.

PRAYER REQUEST:

As of Wednesday, March 15th @ 5:00pm, in Saskatoon; my family was involved in a serious motor vehicle accident. My sister, brother-in-law, and two nephews were stopped at a red light when a vehicle behind them failed to stop. The vehicle is a write off and each one is suffering with headaches and whip lash. Pray for the legalities involved with a motor vehicle accident and for each persons' health.

H.E.L.L.O

HELLO everyone. I have missed you. My computer was very very sick and had to go in for major surgery. Thank you Dr. da Prince for performing life saving surgery. I think the computer is on its way to a full recovery.

Have you ever thought what the word "HELLO" stands for? Read on....

Do you know that a simple "hello" can be a sweet one?

The word H E L L O means:

H=How are you?
E=Everything alright?
L=Like to hear from you.
L=Love to see you soon!
O=Obviously, you are my friend...so...HELLO!

This is a Swan Rose Bowl bouquet thingy that da Prince received from his Princess. Thought I would share it with you.

Happy Snowy Weekend.

CHOCOLATE IS A VEGETABLE

F.Y.I

Chocolate is a Vegetable.

Other little known Chocolate facts:

Chocolate is derived from cacao beans. Bean = vegetable. Sugar is derived from either sugar CANE or sugar BEETS. Both are plants, which places them in the vegetable category. Thus, chocolate is a vegetable.

To go one step further, chocolate candy bars also contain milk, which is dairy product. So candy bars are a health food.

Chocolate-covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit; so eat as many as you want.

If you've got melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly.

>Problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot car. The solution: Eat it in the parking lot.

>Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite, and you'll eat less.

>If calories are an issue, store your chocolate on top of the fridge. Calories are afraid of heights, and they will jump out of the chocolate to protect themselves. (We're testing this with other snack foods as well.)

>If I eat equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate, is that a balanced diet? Don't they actually counteract each other?

>Chocolate has many preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger. Therefore, you need to eat more chocolate.

>Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done.

>A nice box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Now, isn't that handy?

>If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer. But if you can't eat all your chocolate, what's wrong with you?

>If not for chocolate, there would be no need for control top pantyhose. An entire garment industry would be devastated. You can't let that happen, can you?

NEWS FLASH: "Stressed" spelled backward is "desserts." So, to reverse being "stressed" . . . CHOCOLATE!!!

Today's lesson: Chocolate is good for you.............so indulge!!!! NO GUILT!!!

BY THE WAY: >Only 25 more sleeps and the golf course opens. That means my life of leisure and running around like a gypsy is over. Back to being a working girl. >Only 34 more sleeps and car racing season starts.........woo hoo!!!

YUMMIE

It is a cold day, so what does one do when it is cold? Stay inside and bake.

What did I bake, you ask? I thought you would never ask. Take a look at these: yummie Skor Bars.

SKOR BAR RECIPE

50 Salted soda crackers

1 cup butter @ room temoerature

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 package milk chocolate chips

1/2 cup browned sliced almonds

Instructions:

>Line a cookie sheet with tin foil.

>Arrange soda crackers on the tin foil.

>Mix soft butter and sugar and vanilla together. Then spread over the soda crackers.

>Bake at 350 F. for 10 min. Remove from oven.

>Sprinkle almonds over baked crackers.

>Drop milk chocolate chips over the almond layer. Chocolate should melt from the hot crackers. Spread melted chocolate evenly over everything. If chocolate does not melt, then stick in over for a minute. ENJOY!!!

CREDIT FOR THIS RECIPE GOES TO MY LIL' SIS CHERIE

COFFEE ANYONE?

Ever been sitting at your computer desk, when you have the need for a good cup of coffee?Mmm good...the taste and smell. Let me show you what happens when you get out of your computer chair to go brew a pot of coffee.

"That's OK , I will keep your chair warm while you get a coffee!"(says the cat) Then the cat says:"Good luck you ain't getting this chair back. If you make me move I will shred your beautiful leather chair to pieces."

I need a portable humidifer for our home.Guess what I found today? Look what is in The Bay flyer today.

Can you believe what you are seeing? It is a FROG HUMIDIFER!!! How amazing is that?My two favorite things in the world are frogs and princes.

I had a manicure today. After the manicure I came home and made my nails look pretty. Here is a picture of my nails.

Only 28 more sleeps until the golf course opens...I'm so excited!!!

Only 37 more sleeps until Champ Car Racing's first race of the season...vrrrm.

Only 56 sleeps until Blocks' move back to Canada.

That is all I know today. OH I forgot to tell you about our trip back home to Calgary from Kelowna.

Trip was uneventful. Saw two deer. Roads were clear.

WEATHER ADVISORY

We are on the road today......heading to Calgary. Keep us covered in prayer. Drive is long (8 hours). And the roads are suppose to be clear (no snow today).

Talk to you Friday.

WHAT'S IN YOUR FRIDGE?

It is a snowy depressing day here in the Okanagan, so let's have some fun to cheer ourselves up.

Go get your digital camera. Turn it on. Turn on the flash. Then place it inside your fridge....oops I forgot to tell you to turn on the timer on the camera first. Now put it in the fridge and shut the door.

Work? Now go download your picture to your computer. Then go to the link on this blog.

Here is what is inside our fridge. Happy Day :o)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stu_macgoo/105653940/

And the prize for guessing the right answer to the joke is CHOCOLATE!! And the prize goes to: da Prince.

T-SHIRTS

I thought I would give you a glimpse of my wardrobe in my closet.

TOADAL CHAOS

TOADEM POLE

TOADILY BAGGED

COUCH POTATOAD

TOADALLY CANADIAN

MISTLE TOADS

I DON'T DO MORNINGS!!!

GREY HAREBOYS AND BOOGERS

BOYS AND DUCT TAPE

HAPPY SNOWY SATURDAY

It is a cool, snowy Saturday and I have cabin fever. What to do? It is snowing so much in Calgary that the driving range at the golf course is closed. So much for going back to work a month early. There is so much snow from Kelowna to Calgary, that we are stuck in BC until further notice.....in other words...........it is stinking winter again and no travel advised.........GROWL!!

I guess it is going to be a weekend of movies and popcorn. Watched Bridget Jones' Diary I last night and will watch Bridget Jones' Diary II tonight. Went out for Chinese food for dinner last night.......it was yummie!!! I made cinnamon buns to kill some time. The boys are getting very pudgy but enjoying the sugar laced delights.

So sad :o( the Olympics are coming to a close. So sad for the Canadian Men's Hockey team......eliminated first game. Good news for the Canadian Athletes.......they have won the most amount of medals for Canada at this Olympics. Canada Rocks!!!

I planted sunflower and several different kinds of flower seeds in peat pots and WOW you should see them.........all sprouted and growing towards the light. "Spring" hurry and get here so the flowers and veggies can come out and play.

Cherie, I made your Bannock recipe. OH was it DELICIOUS!! Stuart makes the best strawberry jam, so we had bannock and strawberry jam.........TO DIE FOR!!! Thanks for the recipe.

Answer to Tuesday's joke: Plutoad.

Joke of the day: How deep is a frog pond?

Question of the day? When sign makers go on strike, is anything written on their signs?

P.S. Thanx living dictionary for fixing my spelling mistakes.

Good Answer ...YOU GET THE PRIZE....CHOCOLATE

da prince guessed the answer to the joke, so he gets his choice of chocolate. He chose a Chocolate Brownie Delight. Take a look of the pictures.........and drool.


Start with 3 mini brownies.














Add chocolate syrup......microwave to heat up the chocolate.













Add fresh strawberries, ice cream and whip cream.














Add a spoon so you can dig in.














Finish off with more chocolate. Yummie!!!














Oh look :o) da prince is excited about his Chocolate Strawberry Brownie Delight.













da prince "I got the answer to the joke and commented on the blog and now I get the prize..........brownies, chocolate, ice cream, strawberries and whip cream. I'm loving it!"










Answer to the Saturday's joke: He had a frog in his throat.

Joke of the day: On what planet would a space frog live?

Question of the day? If a funeral procession is at night, do you drive with your lights off?

IT'S THE WEEKEND

I am excited, it is the weekend. And the cold weather is over........thank goodness!!

I'm going back to work a month early. I am SOOOOOO EXCITED!!! Being a Domestic Diva is okay, but I would rather be at work. I am going to go work at the driving range at the golf course for the month of March, and weather permitting, I will be back at the golf course clubhouse April 1st.That is only "41 days" away. And when I get this tummy fixed........I am going to go golfing (it has been 2 years since I last whacked a golf ball).

I am excited as it is almost Car Racing season again. Only "50 more days" and Champ Car Open Wheel series starts........April 9th. I am going to a live race in Edmonton, Alberta, in July. I can't wait!!!!!!

I am excited watching the Olympics......especially the Women's and Men's hockey. On Monday the Women's team will be playing for a gold metal. Go Canada Go!! Remember to watch and cheer on the Women!! In 10 day the Olympics will be over and regular NHL hockey will return......yippee!!!

Answer to Thursday's joke: It jumped to the wrong conclusions.

Joke of the day: Why couldn't the snake talk?

Question of the day? If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

BRRRRR IT'S WINTER

It is the middle of February........feeling like spring, but not for long. Today, Thursday, February 16, 2006 winter has arrived............YUCK O!!!

In Kelowna tonight it is dropping to -16. In Calgary it is -28. In Saskatoon it is dropping to -31 with a wind chill..making it -45. And Winnipeg it is -30 with a wind chill.......making it -45. Think I'll crawl under a blanket and hide. A better idea........I am gonna go snuggle with a warm body.

The answer to Valentine's Day joke: Git-it? Git-it?

Joke of the day: Why did the frog make so many mistakes?

Question of the day? If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

Until next time.......stay warm and safe.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY--PART II

I HATE VALENTINE'S DAY!!! I hate the pressure from the media and friends when you are single. I hate the commercialism.

That was me before.........this is me now............A REFORMED VALENTINE'S DAY HATER. I love Valentine's Day!!! Guess how that happened? Thought you would never ask.

Last February 14th, 2005, was a normal day. I was at the restaurant working and trying to ignore it was Valentine's Day. It was busy as couples wandered into the restaurant to have a romantic meal together. Staff, management and customers were coming into the restaurant with chocolates for each one of us working that night.

I was sad. My Prince lives 8 hours away and we could not be together due to the distance.

You will never guess what happened that night? I was busy working in the smoking section of the restaurant, and all of a sudden........The PRINCE walks in. I had called him on my coffee break to see what was going on in his world that day. He never mentioned he was driving through rain and snow storms to be with me.

I ALMOST had a heart attack!!!!!! What a surprise!!!!!! When he showed up at the restaurant, he handed me a napkin.......saying it was dirty and would I give him a new one..

The napkin wasn't dirty, it had a message on it......."Will you be my Valentine? It had two choices...Yes or No. I checked the YES box. That was the beginning of an incredible Valentine's Day.

I got off work at 11 pm. We ate a late dinner and the presents from My Prince lasted for hours. I have NEVER EVER had a man pamper me so much. He put so much thought and effort into us being together for Valentine's Day. No commercialism, real LOVE and giving.

At the end of the night....ok late into the morning....I made a confession....I LOVE Valentine's Day. What an amazing way to be introduced to Valentine's Day!!!

This year it is my turn to spoil The Prince. I am making bbq ribs, steamed crab, garlic shrimp, stuffed potaotes, cheesie broccoli and cauliflower. For dessert I am making chocolate covered strawberries, and brownies.

I bought The Prince a stuffed animal with long stretched out arms that says......I love you this much. The stuffed animal is in a basket filled with Hersey Hugs and Kisses chocolates. I hope this is what a girl is supposed to do for Valentine's Day for her boy? I have never done this before.

Joke of the day: What do frog's say after telling a joke?

Question of the day? Should Vegetarians eat animal crackers?

P.S. This year, Valentine's Day was amazing. The meal I cooked turned out well. The Prince spoiled and charmed me with flowers, chocolates, make-up, a pink stuffed frog, and a dancing frog singing.."I'm just a love machine." Oh I love frogs and princes'!!!

Do remember that love is an action word. Love and chocolates are a daily thing to do for one another....not just for a day.

The Prince with his Princess