It's that time of year again!!!

WHOOO AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!



oh Phooeeeeeeeeey!!

Wake Up Dancing

Wake up Dancin'
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Gordon Mote


VERSE 1
He pulled that straight-back wicker chair
Up next to grandpa's bed
And with a voice left weak by pain
His grandpa softly said

Could you get my cowboy boots
And that gold pocket watch of mine
And bring me my Sunday suit
With the vest that's satin-lined

When he saw the sadness in his grandson's eyes
He said I've got to be prepared
Because I'm going home tonight

CHORUS
I'm gonna waltz across the Heavens
While a band of angels play
I'm gonna two-step on some stardust
A million miles away

You'll never have a new beginning
Until you reach the end
And these old legs are gonna come to life again
Gonna wake up dancin'

VERSE 2
He said if it's not too much trouble
There's one thing left to do
Since I'm going to see your grandma
Could you get her favorite shoes

The ones with those ribbons
Red and trimmed in white
The last time she had them on
I believe we danced all night

And why she left them here it's plain to see
Your grandma never danced with anyone but me

CHORUS 2
And we're gonna waltz across the Heavens
While a band of angels play
We're gonna two-step on some stardust
A million miles away

You'll never have a new beginning
Until you reach the end
And these old legs are gonna come to life again

CHORUS 3
We're gonna waltz across the Heavens
While a band of angels play
We're gonna two-step on some stardust
A million miles away

I'll never have a new beginning
Until I reach the end
And these old legs are gonna come to life again

Gonna wake up dancin'
Gonna wake up dancin'
Wake up dancin'

Click HERE to listen to this song on Youtube


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQwVXTreGY4

English Poetry

so tonight at bedtime, my daughter reminded me that I had promised to help her write a poem for English...

I forgot....

and so did SHE, till 11:15 tonight.......


arrrrrrrgh....

so while she was nodding off to sleep, I waxed poetic.... gave her three choices... hope she likes one of them...



Poem # 1
I tried to write a poem
That would catch the teachers eye
A rhyme so filled with words of wit
My marks would soar up high!

But sadly when the time had come
To write this poem grande;
The time to take my paper
And my pen within my hand…

The best that I could muster
Were these 12 small lines of verse
I hope instead of soaring
That my marks will not get worse!

Poem # 2

The winter of all winters
Was the snowy forecast dim
I watched the weather man and said
I truly can’t trust him

For every day it seemed, for YEARS
His forecasts went awry
The days he said it’d rain outside
Would always turn out dry

So when he said today would rain
And snow’s tomorrow’s fare
I quit believing him and changed
The channel, then and there.


Poem # 3

My father is a gen-i-us
His wit amazes me
He’s quick to take a pen in hand
And scratch down poetry.

But as I ponder all these things
I re-a-lize with glee
The gift my father THINKS he has
Was passed on down to ME!

So here’s my rhyme, in black and white
For all the world to see….
My very first attempt at writing
English POETRY

I hope we do well on this project!!!

Lent

every year, people , in the tradition of Lent .... give up something... an act of sacrifice....

this year, I gave up my vice grips for lent....












I lent them out and never got them back

Superbowl Ads....

if you're like me, the fun part of Superbowl is the American ads...

But since CTV is broadcasting the game in Canada ( it's a FOX feed, but still ) .... the CRTC won't allow the American ads ( or at least very few of them )

Go here if you want to watch them all after the game...

For the value they pay for these ads, they are normally incredible...


http://www.myspace.com/superbowlads

Snow......

Snowy day in Peterborough today...... maybe more hype than snow... but it was pretty blustery at times!



Plow on the 115 this morning......

I saw this guy spin out while I was heading up 28 after lunch today...

This was my favourite sight today.....

a flashing sign...... first flash said :

and the SECOND flash..... hardly readable due to the BLIZZARD conditions :::

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !?!?

Snow......

TSK....

so I'm at the drive through window at Tim Horton's this morning.... most mornings, at some point or other, I am .....

so today, like every other day, I order my coffee with cream and a breakfast sandwich...

as he passes me my coffee ..... I asked the guy for a receipt....

he paused for a minute.... leaned out the window closer and said .... " YOU WANT KETCHUP WITH THAT???"

uh no Helen Keller.... RECEIPT.....

MAY I HAVE A

R E C E I P T ........


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