The end of another year is near

Another year is becoming history or the past however you want to look at it. 

I still find it amazing at how quick a year seems to go the older you get it seems like summer was yesterday but now it is Christmas that is almost tomorrow.  In January or even August, Christmas seems so far away.  As I sit here looking back on the year that was and wishing people Merry Christmas I wonder why does time have to fly.  The memories of the past year are with us but we will never live them the same again.

We can try to relive the past but it is never the same as we remember no matter how we try to recreate the memories, or redo them.  But that is nice because each time it is a new memory to add to the old one.

Over the past year my little buddy has grown to become more of a little boy than a baby.  You can now carry on a conversation with him.  At times it makes no sense but they are funny little conversations that is for sure. 

Out of his mind comes things from his past and the small things still amaze him the other night on our walk we went past a house that had a musical light display he was dancing away to the music and commenting on the lights.  Three days later he is still talking about how the lights blinked to the music and how the reindeer's head turned around.

It is still amazing to relive life through the eyes of a child the mind that is not corrupted by society the world that is still new and full of wonder and new experiences.

It is a real joy watching a child grow up before your eyes and bring back your child hood.  They are your world and you are theirs.

He just loves Christmas and Santa Claus and the whole idea behind Santa as he amazed every time he sees Santa wether it be stuffed or blown up or the mall santa.

Fall Adventures 2012

 

On The Sunday of the fair weekend we went to the Fair .  Mr. Mattis and I he had a blast and loved the show they had with the stunt cars.

He is still talking about the one stunt the guy that was on fire.

Unfortunately I don't have a pick of it. but he loved it none the less.

He also liked the picture above the car parked in car as he called it.

It is amazing what amazes him, I enjoy living life through his eyes.  I am living my childhood again.  We try and take him different places so he understands the world around him.

we took him to Brantwood Farms he loved the hayride through the farm and he loved picking some popcorn.  We have yet to try it as he still needs to dry out.

The Family

Checking the cob of popcorn

Hanging on a pumpkin

Honey Bourbon Chicken Marinate

1/4 Cup Bourbon
1/2 cup Vegetable or Olive Oil
1 to 1 1/2 Cups Diana Sauce Gourmet Honey Dijon Bbq Sauce
1/2 tsp Mrs Dash Lemon Pepper Spice

combine together in measuring cup and mix together apply to chicken in a Zip Loc bag or in flat bowl making sure to cover completly.
you can freeze it in the marinate if you decide to eat it a later date.

This could also be used on Steak or Pork as well.

Big Bang Theory ... The inner geek part 2

Since my first article had such an impact on the world I decided to write part 2 but where to start is the question a lot has changed since then.  Big Bang Theory has advanced to new levels in the past 3 years as well as my own life.

My Little guy is almost 3 and I see characteristics of Sheldon even in him he has own spot on the couch.  It is not the perfect wind to air ratio to positioning in the room.  My little dude is the positioning of the particular angle to the TV so he can watch his favourite TV shows or movie's.

I have began to wonder as I watch my little guy grow if Sheldon is the extreme in us all.  Is he what could happen to us all if things went to the extreme.  Then there is Raj the extreme on the dating scale where he needs a drink before he can even say hi to a girl.  Then there is Amy who I have yet to figure out she is the extreme on one hand and then on the other she is normal, or is she.

There is Penny and Bernadette the perfect yet not so perfect companion  for their boyfriends.  You then have the extreme Mother of Howard, who we can all see pieces of our own mother in caring and wanting to help but not to the extreme like her.

Back to the parallels I have been seen in life since the last 1.

People have the ability to be intelligent yet in the same breath they can be as dumb as a stump.  They do things that baffle common sense just like Sheldon, Raj, Leonard and the rest.

I saw a guy the other week that was the epitome of this he was riding a moped in shorts and sandals with a Third Reich style military helmet.  He looked so out of place it was a laugh.  Then there was the driver that missed the Tim Horton's drive through and ended up in the fence behind a tow truck.

I know the inner geek seems to be in us all even we think not it hides somewhere in us all.

I remember Ogre from revenge of the nerds who changed is ways after getting stuck on the island with the nerds and felt comfortable with them as they accepted him the way he was even though he teased them in the past.

If one can change can we all change and become a geek to some extent.  If our high-school self was to look at most of us now.  I am sure they would think we are geeks.  With the technology around us the computer the cell phone that is attached to our every being.  The little piece of technology that we cannot live without.

Just remember to some extent the characters of Big Bang make us not only laugh at them but help us to laugh at ourselves.

A fun little Dice Game

Here is a fun Little Dice Game called farkel

Farkel

The dice game you need 6 dice.

       In order to start counting you must roll 750.

          You must roll a 1 or  a 5 on the dice to stay in the game or 3 of a kind.

           

            1’s count as 100

            5’s count as 50

            all other dice count for zero unless they fall in categories below.

            A pair or a double pair of any others count for 0.

3 pair = 500 & rolling,

if you use all the dice you can keep rolling on and on until you choose to stop or you farkel.

If you FARKEL at any time what you rolled is lost and it you get 0.

First 1 to 15,000 Wins

A straight of  1-2-3-4-5-6  = 1,500 pts.

3 of a kind

                        1 = 1,000

                        2 = 200

                        3 = 300

                        4 = 400

                        5 = 500

                        6 = 600

4 of a kind

                        1 = 2,000

                        2 = 400

                        3 = 600

                        4 = 800

                        5 = 1,000

                        6 = 1,200

5 of a kind

                        1 = 4,000

                        2 = 800

                        3 = 1,200

                        4 = 1,600

                        5 = 2,000

                        6 = 2,400

6 of a kind

                        1 = 8,000

                        2 = 1,600

                        3 = 2,400

                        4 = 3,200

                        5 = 4,000

6 = 4,800

My own Creations for train and Vehicles

I have created some of my own designs for my Model Train and I decided I would post them here for people to see.  It is a Maritime influence honoring where my Mum's family came from to give it a unique flavor in my railroad landscape.

Irving Station

Irving Gas Station Pumps

Irving Tanker Car and Gas Truck

I have an engine as Well I have designed will need to take a picture of that and add it to another post it will be in one called favorite engines.

The Best Whiskey

I had 12 of the best whiskey bottles in my cellar and was told by my wife to empty the contents of each and every bottle down the sink or else !!!  So I said I would and proceeded with the unpleasant task

I withdrew the cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down the sink with the exception of one glass, which I drank.  I extracted the cork from the second bottle and did likewise with the exception of one glass, which I drank

I withdrew the cork from the third bottle and poured the whisky down the sink which I drank.  I pulled the cork from the fourth bottle down the sink and poured the bottle down the glass which I drank.

I pulled the cork from the next and drank one sink out of it, and threw the rest down the glass.  I pulled the sink out of the next glass and pulled the cork down the bottle.

Then I corked the sink with the glass, bottled the sink and drank the pour.  When I emptied everything, I studied the house with one hand counted the glasses, corks, bottles, and sinks with the other which were 29 and as the house came by I counted them again and finally had all the houses in one battle which I drank.

          I'm not under the affluence of incohol, but some thinkle peep I am.  I'm not half as drank as you might drink.  I fool so feelish I don't know who is me.  The drunker I stand here the longer I get.