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  1. Ptaoughmghmnuss has his appointment today! As we speak, he could be getting some heady answers. . . . . .....fingers crossed... Ptaughmnm, the van we borrowed from our good friends in Edmonton (and upon which we proceeded to put 1,800 km - - a lot of driving this trip, up and down mountains, upon glacial fields, across barren prairies ...
  2. Bye, Sooooooze! I have picked up six bags of dog poop. Hmmmmm......dunno what face should best follow that statement......... methinks this....... And the least likely choice.. . . . .. ....
  3. Mornin', Psills! Crap, it is an inevitibility, I am sure - - about.....what, fifty times whilst we were away, I would think, "GAH! This is something SOOOOOO phunneeee, unbelievable that it's happened, cannot WAIT to tell the psills".... .. .. . . . and.... ........have forgotten it ALL. Jeez, that means I gotta conjure up...
  4. Gads, I am soooooooo back. . . . . . . ..... .. Laundry. Laundry. LAUNDRY. AND catching up wif da Psills. . . . . . . ........ .. .
  5. Dear gawd..... . .. . .I is exhausted. We are presently back in Edmonton and fly outta here, back across the country to Ottawa, tomorrow @ noon. *yawn* No more travelling fer me for a loooooong time. Miss Psillyville phar too much. SOOOOOOZLE'S GOT CABLE!!!!!
  6. YOU GET UP HERE!!!!!! ALL OF YOU!!!!!!! Well, we are quite north now......Jasper. Lord, we drove through the Continental Ice Fields, and could have taken a huge hummer-type bus thingie up to the top glacier in the area and walk along the crevasses that jut hundreds of metres down, that will swallow you up should you slide into one. Did NOT...
  7. Well.. . . ..I am deeply awed and humbled by the breathtaking splendour around me (no, DH did not buy a speedo). Banphffphphphh is incredible. The Rocky Mountains are all around us......everywhere one looks, there are huge, towering, craggy mountain cliffs. I wanna paint all this. Tomorrow we do one of the Ten Most Breathtaking Drives, that from Banfpfpfphph...
  8. Dear gawd... .. . ......glutening over the last few days via DH, and THEN a blocked toilet via one who is not 'fessing up. It is a good thing, methinks, that we are outta here today, and off to Banff. Fresh mountain air, stronger capacity toilets.....and we each get our own bed. Jyaghnutt's checkin' in, too!
  9. Okay, we are all, then, freakin' gorgeous. . . ......... I am tres fatiguee. Too much driving, too many different beds in ten nights. Haven't slept with me husband in some time - - been trying to sleep whilst bunking with my snoring, thrashing, mumbling dear daughter......she, however, is the better of the two, for The Ripper kicks like Beckham...
  10. Howdeeeeeeeeeigh, Pardners! Drive-by. ...... ... ......actually, a chuck-wagon swing-by. .. . . . ........ Great photo, Pahtee! You look calm, intelligent and ponderous whilst you peruse our psilly musings... . . .. ..... Are you asleep now, Psoooooze? Hope so. . . . . ....
  11. DEAR GAWD..... . . . .....what a time we had at that Stampede!! They may never be the same, in fact. . .. . .......I wore my penis earrings to show off the mind space of we east-coasters (well.. .. ..... . . . okay, not really all east-coast women. . .... . .. ..just, uh... . . .......those who are. . . . ... . . .well . . . . .okay, of ME). As a...
  12. REALLLL drive-by.... .. . . ... YEEEEE-HAWWWWWW!!!!! We are in Calgary. Wearing Stetsons, chaps, packin' shotguns.......... .. Off to the Stampede today to watch chuckwagon races, barrel-racing... . . ....... Yup, that's me.......Li'l Annie Oakley.
  13. Ya know, he probably would. Nice trees you gots, Jyaghnutt! Every tree around here is a skinny, sky-scraping poplar. I swear I've seen no other types of tree so far. And is it phlat. Wow. You can honestly see for miles. I'm sure nobody ever gets lost... . . . ..you can always see where you've been. Still weird and jet-laggy. Tomorrow...
  14. Hey, gang! We're in Edmonton, lying around as the jetlag and exhausting plane ride settles into our bones. We are staying at an old friend's house.....very lovely. He's gone to work and is letting us get settled in. He is an amazing buddy - - giving us the run of his place, then INSISTING on lending us his van to drive three hours south to Calgary...
  15. We are gone for ten crazy days.... . . ....Calgary Stampede, ferreting out dinosaur fossils in the Badlands, driving through mountains, stepping out onto glaciers... . .. . .. . . ... Have a superb "Beach" Vacation, Jyaghnutt! Um... . . .. MIL keeps appearing.. . . .....out in the garden whilst I am there, approaching me as I return from my run...
  16. OOooooOOoooh, I'm so pleased that you were all busy with July 4th and Big Toronto Birthday events yesterday......not so much on which to catch up! ((((Whew......such stress when there's ten pages. Thank ye, all)))))..... Well, the news here is superb.....phone lines back (yes, we did scream at one another - - my mom and I can actually hear...
  17. WOW......TWO BIG THINGS TO CELEBRATE TODAY!!!!!!!! HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY......... HAPPY BOIFDAY, POETER!!!!! I am not in simply a forumless abyss, but an entire phone line abyss. Our phones are dead at home. Just called the Infamous Bell Canada, and who knows when they will have a technician out? Hopefully Monday. However, we...
  18. Jyaghnutt! I keep meaning to ask you - - what did you think of The Time Traveller's Wife? Just finished it last night.... ... .....um, there is so much acclaim for this novel, everybody's talking and raving about it.... . . . .except me. Dunno, there is some beautiful writing in there, some interesting plot development... .. . it was just.. . .....confusing...
  19. Goooooood Morning, Psills! It's all about wetness and dark here. It is DANK. A great, apt word. Two days of rain and darkness....like something out of Heironymous Bosch or Milton, or perhaps Dickens at his most depressing. But NIK! How exciting, the events at Wimbledon! This Andy Murray must have you Brits all on the edge o' yer seats.......
  20. Okee doke. .. ....... . .end of July . .. . ..... . ...halfway would be just the other side of Kingston. . . . . . ..... Keep us posted!!
  21. Rayechull! Youse is comin' up north? Damn, Brampton is pretty far from here, but only about a half-hour drive from downtown Toronto. There is LOTS to do and see in T.O. - - it is a phab city! You should definitely accompany Scott. You could meet POeter at the terrific restaurant that serves delicious gluten-free pizza. I WANNA COME!!
  22. Just noticing - - In my av you canna see the large, blacked-in hole in my smile that I painted over my teeth. Will's is quite visible.....I must have had it on the side turned slightly away. It was HUGE, and SOOOOOO trailer-parky. I don't look nearly as phunny there as I was, truly.
  23. Holy crap... . . . ....there must be 200,000 people down around Parliament Hill.......we've just come back... . . . ..'twas a sea of red and white. NOT A SINGLE BEAVER.
  24. Well, lookit the footage I got of him in the spring.....what can't this li'l guy do?
  25. 'Cause, Nik, youse guys have been a country forever. Since the beginning of time, methinks. We are only 142 years old, so we get a yearly birthday. Yep. . . . . . . . ....... .. . .....he's out in my ho'tub. .. . . . . ....
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