Archive for the 'special occasions' Category

Men dressed up

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

You know, I have not seen a guy wearing a nice pair of gold cufflinks in a long time.
When we were kids, we used to go to a lot of family weddings and it was normal to see the guys in their suits with their cuff links peeking out from their suit jacket sleeves. I [...]

Aargh, me hearties!

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Ahh another Saturday night and here we are sitting on the lounge, the three younger babes have gone to bed, the two older babes are on the computers and on the tv comes on an advertisement for Myth Busters previewing their next show which is going to be a pirate themed show. I found it [...]

Look to the sky!

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

My darling husband has an obsession with ufo’s and aliens. He’s always watching ufo sighting videos on youtube. His birthday is next month so I thought a good quality pair of binoculars or a telescope would make a great gift. While searching, I came across Anacortes Telescope & Wild Bird. I like the fact that [...]

It’s Good Friday

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Although I am not a practicing Catholic, we still don’t eat meat on Good Friday. It’s a family tradition that we have fish and chips for dinner on Good Friday and then we colour and decorate hard-boiled eggs.
You know, I’m not even sure WHY people don’t eat meat on Good Friday. That’s just what we [...]

Happy St Patty’s Day

Monday, March 17th, 2008

It wasn’t until we drove through town and saw a woman with a great big, foam pint of Guiness on her head, and a bunch of half-naked, drunk guys in green boxer shorts running down the road that I realised that it St Patrick’s Day today!

Happy St Patty’s Day, all!