Jump into the Holidays – WW

Welcome to Weird Wednesdays, hosted by It’s OK to be WEIRD!Being a dual citizen with 2 sets of holidays to celebrate is kinda weird!In Canada we have Thanksgiving in October.  As Americans we also celebrate American Thanksgiving in November.  We get 2...

Unwanted Souvenir – WW

Welcome to Weird Wednesdays, hosted by It’s OK to be WEIRD!A weird thing happened on the way home today…  I say weird, because it still isn’t funny, and I’m not sure it ever will be.Today I went for a little drive to pick up some packages....

Small and Extra Large – WW

Welcome to Weird Wednesdays, hosted by It’s OK to be WEIRD!Since I’m still healing from whiplash (a very slow and often frustrating process), I went for a check up with my family doctor this week.  She gave me a prescription for a muscle relaxant for...

Weird Wednesday – The Canadian Edition

Welcome to Weird Wednesdays, hosted by It’s OK to be WEIRD!In honor of Canadian Thanksgiving this week (Monday, 10-11-10), Weird Wednesday this week is all about weird Canadian words.Canuck: Interestingly, nobody can really agree on where this word came from...

Rainbows – WW

Welcome to Weird Wednesdays, hosted by It’s OK to be WEIRD!Today will also count for an almost Wordless Wednesday!I celebrated a birthday recently.  It was kind of a weird day – Sweetie had evening meetings, so wasn’t even able to come home for...

Smelly Birds – WW

Welcome to Weird Wednesdays, hosted by It’s OK to be WEIRD!I, for one, am all for letting animals be animals. They are, after all, very good at it, in general.But in New Zealand, the combination of smelly birds and transplanted mammals is making for a weird, and...

Can you trust it? – WW

Welcome to Weird Wednesdays, hosted by It’s OK to be WEIRD!While shopping at our local Dollar Giant (I think that’s where we were – some kind of dollar store anyway), I came across this:a $1.25 pregnancy testIt says it’s Health Canada licensed,...

3 kiddos at 3 schools – WW

Welcome to Weird Wednesdays, hosted by It’s OK to be WEIRD!First off, it’s really weird that I’m old enough to have a daughter in middle-school.  Granted, they start younger here (grade 6) than where I grew up (it wasn’t until grade 7)....

Even if you’re a bug – WW

Welcome to Weird Wednesdays, hosted by It’s OK to be WEIRD!Apparently it’s OK to be weird even if you’re a BUG!As reported on Discovery News Even Bugs Have Personality.THE GISTEvery organism on Earth has its own unique personality, finds new...

Caught me one-handed – WW

Welcome to Weird Wednesdays, hosted by It’s OK to be WEIRD!well, you caught me one-handed… it’s the weirdest thing being one-handed, or mostly one-handed anyway. one-handed typing, one-handed cooking, one-handed driving, one-handed getting dressed,...