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1 DAY!!!! Off to continue enjoying Christmas Eve!!!

Number Crunching of the Christmas variety!

Okay - I stayed up late... later than I actually wanted... but I had to - because of this Christmas hours and days moment. There are now 16 days until Christmas! That's 384 hours!!! That's crazy! Know what's even crazier... do you? There are only 381 days until next Christmas!!! What!!! SO... for one hour only (whoa... I sound like a shopping network person...) - YAY (it happens at 3am) - the numbers will match! I like that. I'm going to sleep now - but cool!

Christmas Slips (verbal... and literal... yes... I fell... kind of... almost...)

Okay party people - it's CRUNCH time (I wish I could add an audio clip - because I've got the voice for that word down - think giant rock / muppet / Imagirl... who can't really do a voice like that... get it - presumptious... hyper... sorry for now and for later). Moving on... but not really at all... 18 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! That's mad! No snow has kept! That makes me sad... but there are more days left... more days will work right? Bha... not the humbug kind... Christmas follies away...

1. The literal trip... being a tad (read: a lot) of the 'bad before the good' variety (except in some things...) - I thought I'd get the trippy (not drug-like people... [though I did get asked if I was drunk at the nofreehomeless store a few days ago... hmmm... read that further down]) - story out of the way first. I went to see 'The Phantom of the Opera' with Nieceamine and her bud (really good - like amazingly good - even excepting the fact that it was a high school production). We stopped and got slushies afterwards (this doesn't seem important... it really isn't...). When we got back to the house I leapt (just plain old better than leaped sometimes) towards the door and slipped like a crazy person. Full out. I caught myself... slushie intact (see... the build-up was not for naught... go go double negatives...), but it was still funny. First ice slip of the winter season... if we end up having one.

2. The Me vs Nenners day. It started out simply. There's a certain store that has a certain advertisement outside of it... of the moving variety... that freaks me out to no end! I hate it. It bothers me. Greatly. Nenners and I started teasing back and forth and then she went too far - she brought up eyes... my full-out weakness... I like 'em in their place, but any damage or possibility for and of damage freaks me right out. She did not stop. It was all 'squirt this' and such. I cringed, moaned, and made yuck sounds to no avail. I decided to get back with a vengeance. I succeeded greatly. See, my sister gets embarrassed more easily then I do, plus we went into the nofreehomeless store which, as my workplace, gives me an advantage; Mainly, that they know me quite well... the somewhat crazy me (have to be or bored I'd get... Yoda)... and that I don't mind looking the fool there. I did that well. I epic waved at Nenners. I danced beside her in the aisle. She actually tried to leave me with the cart and run away... I followed. I'm sure I made some funny voices. As mentioned before, I got asked if I was drunk... I explained my little sister shenanigans to the lady... I think most people understand the whole 'younger sibling' thing. Anyways... we were even stevens afterwards (good show). She did mention eyes again today though... the battle may continue... though we could still be in the truce zone, as I startled her quite well just the other day.

3. The Lee Jr. Christmas List. My niece is a cool 4. Plus, she's the coolest type of funny... the totally doing it for herself kind of funny. Her Christmas list (which is really quite maddeningly difficult to make use of) consists of three things...

1. an iPhone (or iPad)
2. Stars in the sky (awesome... AWESOME)
3. Hearts in her pockets (this is pure gold... what does it mean... I LOVE IT!)

4. The 'Michael Jackson Experience' on Kinect... is funny... I've yet to try it myself, but I can say with certainty that watching others is hilarious...

5. The Christmas Tree... and more... according to Mister Giggles. Nieceamine ended up working on the cash next to me on Saturday - I feel like this would be a good place for an old school Batman 'Ka-pow' or something - anyways she related Mister Giggles idea for the Christmas tree placement... they further from there...

1. He wanted it in the centre of the room so that they could all hold hands around it and sing Christmas carols. That's awesome. We'll have to watch 'How The Grinch Stole Christmas' soon... you know... to get the songs down. (Whoa... NZ Christmas flashback of 'family Christmas carols'... Waywin was smart to just leave off playing the piano... we could have damaged all of our eardrums...)
2. THEN later on when they were trimming the tree, Sunshine found her 'rotten cinnamon covered orange' (an actual craft... I didn't remember things like that) and Mister Giggles quickly piped up that he had 'a rotten cinnamon covered orange, as well' - it was the excitement and the way he said 'as well'... as they pointed out it was akin to the twins from 'When Timothy goes to School' - now I have to actively not picture that in my head when he uses that tone. Man. Tough.
3. Mr. Si pointed out a 'naked spot' on the tree (as opposed to the less controversial 'bald spot')... Mister Giggles quickly said 'Ahhh! Don't look!'

6. The fact that I continually climb up flights of stairs while actively using funny voices, slow motion, or dancing... this isn't a story at all... it's a lead-in to a question: Is that normal? If not, why... it's awesome... seriously... why?

Working with Nenners

Okey dokey, as she hates (I'm not much of a fan either). My sister came back from her vacation with an unhealthy (but actually just weird) addiction to the show 'Storage Wars'. She watches it while scanning. Today the internet cable was not attached. No Internet - no show. She decided to connect things. She tried to connect it to the monitor. Bhahahaha. Back to work I go.

HEHEHE... New favourite workout...

I LOVE IT!!!

30 DAYS

YAY! Hello Christmas - I can see you just a little while down the road! We shall meet shortly. In the meantime, I need a snow build-up. The very first Christmas at the cottage has to be toboggan perfect... it's been a long battle to fight for this opportunity... for its possible Christmas perfection... we need to prove its value for next year... after all Christmas 2012 is only 395 days away...

Cashier Tales: Accidental Accents

Alright - I definitely have days when I try to have accents. They make me laugh. They entertain me through my shifts... especially because I'm so very bad at keeping to one type of accent. Today though, I spoke with many accents that I didn't mean to. I could say it was one of my 'days' themes - but I thought I'd 'fess up to you. There was no pattern or trigger... words just came out modified. Hilariously so. Seriously though - imagine how many people I freaked out by having random words in accents while still using my normal voice? Suffice it to say, I resorted to mumbling through the rest of my shift. It was a must. Maybe tomorrow when I'm able to talk normally, I'll choose to speak in accents - until then, yours in many voices, Lisa :P

Auto-correct.

Auto-correct makes me laugh. All the time. It's a neat feature (I love that it puts my favourite made up words into action) and it works well, except for those times when it works horribly! I've definitely sent horrendously auto-corrected words to people before, but this is not that kind of a story. So, Nenners was a sick person. She'd lost her voice. I was asking her how she was and what she had to do for the day (because she always has stuff she has to do no matter what) - she tried to tell me. She failed. She also had what we call the spider claw (which is a word flub of lobster claw - when our [Nenners, me, or Mr. Si.] hands get trapped in a 'book-reading' position) - which means her gestures were also rather hilarious. I couldn't understand a thing (I'm a charades failer) - so I gave her my phone and opened notes for her. The result: her laugh crying and shaking with no sound. Why? Because she's not used to my phone and it auto-corrected her out of sense:

What does it mean to say? She grabbed her phone and texted me the real deal:

 "I have to go buy lights for the bathroom"

We laughed for some time. I <3 auto-correct!

Kitchen Oddity.

So... this was in the kitchen last time we were at the cottage. On the counter. Where we prepare food! No reason. No explanation. No possible thing near it that it came from. Just fear. Join in the fear.

Now go eat something... just look around first... for toxicity...

Body Flex II: Our Version

Sunshine, Mr. Si, and I take on 'Body Flex'... Nenners refused... she does it the best though...

Body Flex II = Hilariousness.

Nenners got an exercise DVD from one of the best people ever - so that she could relieve stress and such. It is awesome! I'm going to post twice about it because it's just that awesome. Here's an older version of the video:

Pricing Error?

Costco. Formerly known as Price Club - at least it was before I moved to NZ as a kid - finally remembered the name, which is funny because it took years to say Costco. Anyways, good store - used to rollerblade in there (again pre-NZ) - before they had as many rules. Known for bulk items and for deals, but not so much for jewellery. Here's some earrings from their website. It made me laugh when I was browsing it quite awhile ago. Still does. For you to enjoy:

Ummmm... buy a house instead, crazy people. If you're going to go ahead with that - go to a jewellery store :P

P.S. There's only 1 available... they're obviously waiting on you...

Funny Faces.

I love 'em. I got in mock trouble at work for taking such joy in these photos. I think I give as good as I get though :P

Simon's hair-ability. Today he put his handprint in it. Impressive.

Crazed fruit ninja player. Oh, Mister Giggles.

Sunshine. Hockey mouth? Like.

Timmerie - she has 3 hands here... awkward... but still cool. 

Lee Jr. Picture day. Dressed by her dad, not by Tate. Look at that mullet that she doesn't actually have!

Battered face. Crazy cooking day. Amazing meal. Cannelloni! Proof of effort even on the face.

Bonus story: While cooking that day (of Waywin's birthday! Yay 40!) I tried to help out - I failed to help out... hilariously failed... (this story suits today too - because I tried to help redblackblur out at work and continually failed... she told me I could keep trying though :P). There were like many meals being made at the same time... that's my partial excuse. Anyways, she asked me to put butter and flour in a pot; I did... or rather, I thought I did. Cornmeal! I put cornmeal in the recipe for icing! Thankfully she looked at me, because I seriously had no idea. Mini story over. Back to the faces.

Nieceamine. Trying hard and succeeding on those silly faces.

See. Give and take. Me. Scary. Imagine if I looked like that not trying? Hmmm.  To ponder in your nightmares :P

Clumsy

Sometimes I don't mind being clumsy... always makes for some stories... and other times it just plain sucks. I think I've broken pretty much all of my favourite things. It's horrible. I broke one of 'em this morning. It was a Christmas ornament that was my Grandma's - it sucked. It was a bad start to a day - I was totally uncool and let it last. I was a grump all shift. Seriously stupid. Then I finished up and looked outside at the poring rain. Phoneless, but only a few minutes away. I stepped outside and got less stupid. I actually liked my mini walk in the rain... it was refreshing and it just made me take a second to breathe. I needed that. I was still a little off, but oh so much less. Got picked up by some friendly neighbours on my way home. One of the littles in the car wanted to make sure I told everyone that they did so. Cutie pies. Seriousness away - want to hear a funny clumsy story? I shouldn't have even asked. I have to pee every single night before I fall asleep... like right before. Even if it takes me an hour to fall asleep - right before I go to the washroom and then deep sleep immediately. It comes from having a horrible couch accident at Nenners and Waywin's when I was like 9/10... way too old not to scar a kid. Anyways... this routine is set. Completely. I can go through all the hallways in the dark and everything. Then, last night my path changed... a little... not a lot. It messed me up good - I totally walked into a wall. Like STRAIGHT INTO A WALL! It was so loud - I'm loud every night, but wow - LOUD! More so because I was laughing so hard. Who does that? Funny. Our family sleepy is funny. We walk like we're drunk, get up before we're awake, and run into walls (at least me and Tate do). With Seb I've also conversed passably while asleep, slept with my legs in the air (freaked her and Tate right out on a vacation), and spoken Japanese - least all that was when I was little - hopefully I'm getting progressively better. Nearing the end of the clumsy day. Still more to come though. Got to play catch-up - now I know why it was better to post often - I've forgotten so much. Lost all my photos off my computer though - still have a back-up, but I always have to go through a mini emotional recovery too.

P.S. Watching 'Henry Poole is Here' - the part with the nurse who can't take blood is hilarious.

P.P.S I forgot the funny part about breaking things (this is why I should go to sleep earlier) - I used super glue to get the ornament and this little box I love back together. I didn't get stuck to anything - that would only be funny farther away from the incident - but I did get it all over my hands. It's so weird feeling - makes me think of the spray on shoes from 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meaballs' - I would just desperately want to wiggle my toes! It's coming off pretty quick though... thankfully... it'd be weird to work at a cashier register with non-responsive fingers and increasingly Christmas grumpy customers :P

Death to the Mysterious (revealed) Ice Pack

My dad has gout, so sometimes he wakes up with pain in his legs and grabs a ice pack before going back to sleep. He was at the cottage. My mom was not. He woke up. He grabbed a bag - didn't care of what - and went back to bed. It exploded. It was frozen blueberries. Yep... the most staining of all fruits. Then... he did nothing. He waited for my mom. She took us in to show us over Thanksgiving weekend... she was still not impressed... I kind of was... seriously - imagine these pictures with no explanation... funny.

Do you like this dramatic angle? I LOVE it.

The infamous 'wringing your neck' gesture. Scary, eh?

Weird sign

(& Funny.)

Note the bolt coming out of the heart... 'dreams come true and TAKE THAT!!!' Bhahaha.

Tate vs Speed Dial

Okay... I may love this story too much. I love my sister Tate,  but she's semi anti-technology. She just, like JUST, got a phone plan that texts. Anyways  - she just never used her phone for anything but the basics. One time at the cottage, with the whole family, she asked me for my number - so I opened her phone to put it in because she also wanted me to edit the names and such... I cried from laughing so much. She only had like 6 contacts (again - emergency numbers) that she used and some of them had like half names... my mom's was something like 'mmo' - hahahahaha! I'm seriously shaking even now... onto the actual funny bit - so I go in and change everything for her, then I get to her husband's number... hehehehe... okay... phone numbers are 10 digits now, right? Yes, you agree. When she got the phone it was 7 digits. Her speed dial for her hubby? Guess? Not 1. Not 2. Not even 3. 55978. 5 DIGITS!!! HILARIOUS!!! We all laughed for hours - and sometimes I still think on it while drifting off to sleep. I love laughing to sleep - something epic and awesome about it. Still laughing. I love her muchly.

Hitchhiker's Guide

42. The answer to life, the universe, and everything... according to the book... not THE Book. Today though - 42 days until Christmas!!! We're getting there.

My Yesterday & Today

Yesterday.

Yesterday was a sick recovery day; therefore, yesterday was a cotton headed ninny muggins kind of day for me. It was fun - that's assured - but cloudy all the same. My work shift started and a fellow cashier immediately engaged me in a game of silly faces. I'm telling you - it was her idea - I reiterate that because others did not believe me. Anyways... I make many facial expressions a day - ranging from normal to silly to scary. I'm good at that game. The other cashier... not so much... but she played with such determination and spirit; the thing is - she can only do one expression... it's HILARIOUS!!! She's like Zoolander (p.s. that movie sucks, but the one expression thing fits). She's learning though... bhahaha! Also - was taking throat lozenges all day - which I may never do again because my teeth went numb - so weird -  try talking like that - crazy. Talked about how I was quiet in the start of my working at 'No Free Homeless' store - a fellow cashier says that all she remembers is my 'rub it in rub it in' melody... instead of 'plug it in plug it in'. We couldn't remember what I was singing about though. That drives me nuts. Maybe K'll have the answer when I work with her again. Oh, the shift before was like that too! Like 5 of us were trying to figure out the the theme song to 'Arthur' - we actually got all but 3 words, except it was in 5 parts... and no order. Redblackblur figured out the 'Stop the Smoggies' theme too - fun times.

Today

Got repeated parental tech support calls this morning from my newly iPhone 4s owning Dad. I was quite envious... especially because the extra Hipstamatic booths and the saweet 'Fred' camera cases I love are only for the newer models. Sad. Nieceamine got 2 grab bags from Ardene's today and 2 saweet iPhone cases which she gave to me though! They're pretty awesome - I just need to find my screen protector. Right before my shift started the kids were playing those 'Foom Foom' and 'Boogity Boogity Boogity Amen' songified videos. They were in my head forever!!! I now hate them... well... I now hate them more. Had a banned customer go through my cash... awkward. Had some funny customers as usual. One older lady had her basket 'stolen'... then later found it... funny... people have so many basket switch incidents... hilarious. Also - I said 'have a nice day' to a customer who replied 'you're welcome'... um... okay then. Left my phone for Nenners to play on; Didn't give her the code though... skill... at least she came into the store and I gave it to her. 64 days to Christmas!!!

Kazoos vs Star Wars... and eardrums...

This is from a few weeks ago. Yet another proof of awesomeness. Did a Sunshine gymnastics drop off, Walmart with Mr. Si shopping stop, pick up of party go-er Mister Giggles, stopping into a music store with the boys, and heading back to gymnastics to see Sunshine's mad crazy skills. Bought kazoos at the music store. Awesome. I did apologize to Nenners and Waywin about that. Anyways... this was our trip home. Oh! Before I forget - gave Nieceamine hers and she broke it in 30 seconds - so funny - she'd never played a kazoo before, so she blew into the wrong part and the filter flew into the air - Mr. Si tried very much to fix it for her.

Running Hellos.

K... so yesterday I worked all day. I got off at 4 and started heading home. I was almost there when my nephews and my niece's bus reached their stop. Mister Giggles leapt down from the steps and yelled 'Auntie Lisa' - then he ran at me... like full out... he's a cross country champ... so I ran at him too. He opened his arms and I totally hugged him and threw him up in the air and flipped him - it was hilarious. He was scream-laughing the whole time. Sunshine gave me a running hug too - along with a sharing of her new cool bus helping responsibilities. Mr. Si, being the cool teenager that he is, gave me an awesome high five. The bus was there the whole time - those people must have thought we were a crazy bunch of loons... or that we hadn't seen each other in forever. Ah well, I loved it. I've got a full weeks worth of awesome nieces and nephews - I should start calling them by their days:

Monday - Nieceamine
Tuesday - Mr. Si
Wednesday - Sunshine
Thursday - Mister Giggles
Friday - Nougat
Saturday - Lee Jr.
Sunday - Frannie

I'll have to come up with some extra days though - because I keep telling Seb (wedding in 185 days!) that she'll have to have triplets... there's no logical reasoning behind it... it'd just be cool.

Cottage Happenings

So, my cousin... whom I will furthermore call 'Sleepy' for the seven dwarfishness of this story... may be moving to Ottawa. He came up to the cottage for Thanksgiving and my Dad's 60th Birthday bash. He was quite hilarious and at one point failed in throwing half a hotdog to Seb... it hit me and then her instead though... being me I picked it up and threw it at him. Direct hit - he being quite out of it (with crazy eyes) slow fell to the ground with probably the most hilarious facial expression I've ever seen. I wish I had a picture of that. Pretty funny. Redirecting back to the main story - the next day he had a headache, so Nenners gave him an extra strength Advil/Tylenol. Well... she meant to give him one... instead she gave him nighttime medicine. He fell asleep... like a lot. All day. So funny! Here is a picture of the 'life of the party' I pretty much love this story. Oh, 'Sleepy' and Nenners - that was a good combo. Bhahaha. Funny family gatherings.

Mister Giggles... causing them.

This kid is hilarious. Oh, the randomness that comes out of his mouth. The kids were talking about their Christmas lists the other night and Mr. Si was talking about the new Kindle - Mister Giggles jumped in on that one saying 'I really want a kindle because my room is so stinky!' Bhahahaha. It was a mere word mishap, as he meant to say he wants a Scentsy. In his defense, Mr. Si had asked about 'man scents' previously, but still... funny. It only took a confused moment for us all to get it, but oh, what a moment.

Cashier Tales: Fearful Meetings

Working at a grocery store can give you some good stories and also some awkward run-ins. I like it that way. I was covering a break on the dreaded cash 12 when I looked up to see the store. I blinked - seriously - it was like a few seconds - and then a cashier came out from behind this teeny tiny pole. I was terrified! I jumped a foot and even scared some customers. It was impressive. I quickly jumped to the conclusion that this particular cashier, my sister's favourite, had avoided both dancing and singing because she was a stealth ninja. She agreed. Skillful employees reign at the 'No Free Homeless' store. Second confrontation: I was finished work and cleared security (no details - bhahaha - top secret place of work) and then went to the offices. The door opened just as I was about to knock. There was the owner - she jumped and shook like crazy. So funny. There had been a whole 'door opening' issue earlier that had since been fixed - they didn't know it and also didn't know that I was around. Hilarious.

Catch-up

It's been awhile, so I'm playing catch-up on the whole embarrassing things meter. Alrighty then, so I was sneezed upon multiple times in a coffee place (okay... not actually, but it felt pretty close... there was definitely some air contamination going on) - I didn't look at the guy... it was really difficult not to look at the guy. Next time I will... maybe. Co-worker left the 'No Free Homeless' store - danced their way out - epic. Had another 'blonde day' at work - a customer asked me the time and I told them 'twelve dollars and eight cents' instead of 12:08. Sad. I had my usual amounts of word flubs - so many that I can't really even remember them... hopefully that's true for others too. I also had some key in doors problems; I would have been bright red, but it was late enough to have some cover. Watched some shows and a movie with Nieceamine. Texted Seb birthday wishes for a whole day. Love her muchly. Touched base with a couple of old friends. Moved around bits of my messy messy room. Busy times, and a holiday coming up soon: Thanksgiving and my Daddio's birthday - party at the cottage! Can't wait to see everyone and to view the leaves up there - to see the real fall season! Weather looks good for it too!

Nieceamine vs the aliens (not the yip yip kind...

... which look like this:

You should already know 'em... or you're crazy!

... it's about the non-alien kind)

Watching a flick with Nieceamine and at the same time laughing hilariously at Pinteresting things. Nieceamine all of a sudden says "Did my mom take that picture of the alien" - BHAHAHA! - she then said "Dandelion, I meant dandelion"... funny times... and yes... she took that picture.

Hilarious Pillows...

... by Pillow Mob... are crazy hilariously awesome! Make your face into a pillow!!!

The above is creepy... oh so creepy, but also funny. See, you can also buy other peoples crazy faces... isn't that weird... I really want to fill someone's space with random people pillows. Hilarious. See, here's the thing - you know that the site's weird... you have too (or you shouldn't be reading this)... but it still gets in you. I found out about the site a week ago... and everyday since I've looked at people in a new way... in a 'if you were a pillow' way... it's strange and yet wildly entertaining. I hope it passes soon. 

P.S. ... I'm hooked on Pinterest... I even ressurected my hated Facebookedness to catch an invite... then I dropped that social sphere once again... but for 20 minutes I was on it... it was weird... and I remembered why I was never on it... see people who don't believe me - I considered it... but found it lacking.

Parkour & Freerunning: Super Mario Style

Um... coolest school ever...

Mister Giggles vs Dog Classifications

Mister Giggles - "Auntie Lisa! Their puppy is so cute! What's it called again - a Lamborghini?"
... runs out to ask Mr. Si...
No no... Mr. Si. quickly told him that it was a beagle. Funny.

I don't understand this car, then again my favourite one ever was a Geometro... Tate told me I was  a cheapster...

VERSUS

SO CUTE!!! This, this I get...

Night Out with Sunshine

Went out for some fun times with Sunshine last night! Hit Wallymart and picked up a few DVDs. Searched for some ugly items (so fun):

This picture does not do the colour justice... seriously.

These are boot 'add-ons'... faux fur boot add-ons. Funny.

Weirdly multi-coloured - brown and black and gray... like a weird cow...

 Sunshine with the Mickey Mouse Mobile:

Then we headed off to Mickey D's for some of those delicious mini McFlurry's! We played in the Playplace... I mean 'Get Fit Zone'... and I fell and spilt my lip - seriously funny! Later Sunshine mentioned it was her first McFlurry - crazy girl - she always veered away from the deliciousness of the McFlurry! Here she is homecoming.

Tons of fun times with my niece!

Then Nenners and I watched the first episode of 'Body of Proof' (one of those purchased DVDs) and then the premiere of NCIS! It was crazy awesome! Plus, there was this cute little cat sleeping at my feet and that's just nice and cozy.

GPS Voices...

... are scary... but they're funny from real people... I think you should use one right now... try it out... No! Not the new kind of normal ones - the old computer creepy ones... FUNNY!

Look at this randomness:

There was just a chair sitting in the middle of 2 parking spaces... Mr. Si believes that a person may have been saving those spots... for greatness? Either way... weird... and so I share.

VS Another Red Light...

100...

DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!! I'm a little excited! That's not really funny... okay... I'm walking to work now... just spent some minutes reasoning with a cat who should have woken up earlier if she was going to be all clingy... that's funny. Also... just got hello-ed at - almost jumped a foot. Got to scare customers now... and fellow cashiers... 100 days!!!

Cashier Tales: Random

My day was funny. Seriously funny. Work was hilarious. I love my job somedays... mostly I just love the people at my job. I love the odd collection of customers that come through my till and I love the equally odd co-workers that I spend my part times with (and yes... they believe I'm the odd one... I am... they just don't admit it about themselves)! There's not really one story to tell, I just had fun. I high-fived a person, who for the past 10 MONTHS has refused such a gesture, though the fact that she threw a piece of paper at me probably affected her choice. The supe known to me (and now to others) as the 'Red Black Blur' taught newbies how to high five correctly (and banished that lingering horrible 'Kingston High Five' ickiness) - they picked it up quick. Spent a good part of the day trying to remember the tune that goes with the 'Footloose' song - another supe mentioned she would dance to it if it came on... I couldn't make that one happen fully... but she mini danced and much more epicly did a penguinish dance that looked like it was straight out of 'Mary Poppins'. Got 'Honeycrisp Apples' in at No Frills - they're two of my sisters favourites! Was so excited when Nenners came in and I could tell her. The cashier she went through (read: paper thrower) mentioned that I use an 'outdoor voice' even when indoors... that's sometimes true... but always funny. Came home to hilarity... my sister was frozen in the hallway... frozen in excitement... then she just said 'I got the ugliest paintings in the world AND I LOVE THEM!!!' She does. I'll give no details, because she's starting up blogging again next week and pictures of them are a must, but they are sort of indescribable... I don't know if even a pic can justify it. She even set the right place for them to be hung up with me sitting rather awkwardly. That's all I'll say. That and she made delicious 'Beef and Barley Soup' tonight... AND... I didn't mention it before now but she made a 'Stromboli' a few nights ago that floored us. Impressive my sisters are.

Miswordings

Hehehehe. I love miswordings. They're pretty much my favourites. The Family Fun Day at the church on Sunday was just that, but 2 verbal hilarities occurred that were quite simply awesome. One was right after service, I was talking with this person about shopping on the web, she said she really wanted to buy tees 'offline'... Hehehe... she already does that... she really want 'em 'online'. Later an excitement about three-legged races got even funnier when someone said it was fun to run in a two-legged race! Good times.

Onwards from my amusement to my embarrassment - I was teasing Mister Giggles then I started to chase him - we were going pretty fast when all of a sudden he fell. I was right behind him, so in order to not land on the kid, I was forced to jump over him and fall. It was an epic fall. I fell in front of everyone - seriously sad. Nenners saw it from really far away and called it a cartwheel fall. She was surprised I wasn't hurt, as were the others that were right next to my landing point - I explained that being clumsy lets you develop some serious landing abilities. I even missed hitting a full cup of coffee that was resting on the ground. I guess I can hold onto that :P

The pic's of Toothbrush & I taking on the day... there was going to be a rap by my nieces and nephews and Toothbrush and Amanina, but it fell through... this time.

Cashier Tales: Singalong

Today was a hyper day at work - had to be - otherwise the sheer volume of cranky and some plain-out rude customers would have gotten the better of us cashiers. Silly cash 12. There were lots of great customers too, it's just that the ratio wasn't as high as usual. Weird! Anyways - I was singing the 'Inspector Gadget' theme song for fun times, then my customer did the perfect high pitch of the 'whoo whoo' - it was skillful and awesome! Then this really old guy started talking about how it was the best show ever. Fun times. Spent my shift bugging my fellow cashiers into outwardly amiable moods (shake off that tired) and chatting about the awesomeness of 'Phineas and Ferb', and (of course) trying to get them to write their own theme songs... they didn't go for that one... sad for them. I love it:

Nieceamine & I: To the World - Dance Version

Okay, here's the thing... we got hyper... quickly... it's probably why we're watching Gilmore Girls right now! Nostalgic hyperness! Why not though? It's the last day before she starts back at school! We just took a viewing break and tried to race each other to the stairs - I always make her go first because I hate being followed... she feels the same way... I rush a little, but never get within a foot of her - I tell her to 'respect her elders' (the little monkey always changes it to 'respect the elderly'... I'm called old enough okay, Nieceamine... plus I'm only 9 years older than you!) - and if she doesn't I flick her on the head (To think, her best friend Toothbrush thought that punishment up)! AH - my drink just tried to come out my nose!!! Never drink from a Powerade bottle while laying down... theoretically it works, but in actuality the funny sounds will make you laugh... even more so if there's someone next to you; You see sometimes, but only sometimes, laughing is bad... you'll figure it out... I believe in you and your hilarity skills. I can't believe she pretended to drop my phone again! I've broken 2 cases this summer... it's a wonder my previously water drenched phone still has life in it - go Voyager - keep on working my little electronical (for cool factor... you knew that) friend! Well... here's some of the shared crazy:

Also - today this happened.. YAY:

The other day Mr. Si said that out of his 6 aunts he has a random and a half... She's the half and I'm the whole... we rock okay! 

Nieceamine & The Voice

Whoa... mad skills kid!

Nieceamine : The Pre-school Dancing!

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Okay - I haven't liked the latest Julian Smith videos, so I'm giving up on 'em. Before I junked the link I wanted to remember my favourite one, so now I share it with you (despite the fact that you should have seen it already)!!!

BEST.APP.EVER!!!

... Also... hilarious cereal box!

Post Posted Script: The App is 'Half Tone' - I love it! Also just got hooked on 'Quell' and 'Gravbot'... fun times ;D

Back to School Style!

Nenners bought this to put into the boy's lunch boxes! It won't actually happen, but it was a funny thought!

Go go Barbie chery-i-licious!

Friday = Weird Picture for Nieceamine!

Gross Quebec grocery find! Even more so in its plastic case!

Canned Rice?

K - Everyone decided that they liked this stuff, but it's still funny! Nenners looked at and bought this 'Dainty' box and assumed the best. Then she pulled out an undistinguishable can and a seasoning package... she was pretty scared. All good for them in the taste-wise end, but I still stuck with Nachos.

Swimming. Canadian.

Cold. It was so cold!!! One day I braved the waters on my own. The kids were absorbed in a flick and didn't even see me leave (Mr. Si said he would have come). Nenners was uncertain of my success... so was I. As I walked down to the dock, the leaves were falling around me. It's fall - unofficially, but still! Not here in Kingston, but there in Quebec - yes yes. As soon as they fall, I'll stick to that fact - even on this warm day, I'll hope for cooler days! I finally made it to the dock - even colder. I decided to take a seat and give myself a moment to take it in. The chair was freezing. That's when I really started to doubt myself, but stubbornness won out. I jumped it. Then I got out quick. Repeated that a dozen times to acclimate myself. In my 'get out of the water fast' move, I hit the same bit of my knee a dozen times. Such a funny scar. Then I jumped in so far that I accidently went under DEEP and did an unintentional backwards somersault. Came up screaming for air and struggling for warmth. My day, documented for proof.

 Mr. Si and I braved another cold day together. We each jumped in 16/17 times (former: me; latter: him) to warm up. Tired out. Jumped in alternating alphabet letters - so much fun... 'cept poor Mr. Si got all the bad letters because I started it up. New tradition made though.

Also, in the past few days: new 'props' with Sunshine, a walk with Mister Giggles, new co-worker in Nieceamine (Congrats), and new obsessively awesome show - I'm now hooked on 'Phineas and Ferb'!

Mister Giggles vs Cigarettes

So... we're on the road back to Kingston! There's been a lot of road work being done near the cottage, so we waited for a bit. Anyways, a road was being paved and it was smelly! The kids all started talking about the stink and then about cigarettes - about the components in them - how they share similarities with tar, nail polish remover, and rat poisoning. Education system kicks in. Then Mister Giggles says, 'Why would rats smoke cigarettes?!?' I love him.

My Mom vs The FAKE Gecko.

Yesterday Sunshine and a bud pretended to go and catch a large toy lizard outside, then brought it back in the house to give Nenners a bit of a fright. I had a hilarious memory moment. I think it was Grade 11. My friend's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend had a course in University that had studied a Gecko. This Gecko wasn't just an ordinary Gecko, it was rare and expensive and just plain awesome. They were trying to find it a home before the course wrapped. I desperately wanted that Gecko. I'd never had a pet before and I tried hard to change that. I hit the wall that was my parents for days. I'm good with words, I used them non-stop, but nothing changed. I had to say no. It was a sad day. My friend's, well aware of my petless existence, tried to cheer me up. I went to school the next day and 'Th' and 'Ineb' handed me a paper bag... I wish I still had it - it's by far the best paper bag in the world... it said 'Lisa's Gecko' on it and was decorated all cute. Inside was a gummy lizard! The best of two worlds! It was the last possible day before the Gecko opportunity was forever gone, so when I got back home I thought I'd try one last time. I accosted my Mom in her bedroom. I reasoned and when it failed I begged. Then, I remembered my new evidence... the paper bag! I came into her room saying 'Mom it's much smaller than this when its real'. Okay... my Mom had glasses then... for good reasons... but I'm telling you she read that bag, with no glasses on, from far enough away that she could ace any eye doctor's chart! She must have read it before I even started talking because she started panicking before listening. I did not think of what she would think about the contents of that, the infamous, paper bag. She flipped out... completely!!! Here's the thing, my parents don't move all that quick. I've never really seen them run excepting my My Mom on the treadmill, my Dad carrying me to a Lifeguard Station (stupid Jellyfish), and this one time when they were late for their plane (so funny... I'll tell that one another time). See, it was so unexpected, that I too freaked out a little... in fact I went a little speechless. My Mom saw the bag that day and moved quicker than I've seen anyone move before. She was up on top of her bed in one jump (and that thing is so high up that it took her three jumps to get in every night before they found a two step stool!!!) - screaming the entire time! It was so quick it took me a moment. Then I started trying to be heard. Yelling 'It's fake!' No listen. Then, I did something stupid, I tried to show her it was fake, so I opened the bag... I really didn't think she could scream louder than she already was... another mistake of mine. Finally I just ran out of the room. She was still screaming when I got back, sans bag. Then, after awhile, she calmed down enough to hear me... and I stopped laughing long enough to speak. I wouldn't have actually done something like that (except I had at age 5 with my third cousin's pet... and pretty much all of my sister's had done something like it), so she took it pretty well. I didn't even get in trouble or suffer a parental weather change (no cold snap... not even a light chill). All around good day. Sweet from the friends, entertaining from the Mom. Good times.

For Seb...

Alright... I'm tired in this... obviously. Seb!!! Since our iPhones work awesomely in their separate existences, but frustratingly and somewhat hilariously don't interact well (I really don't understand our receiving sound from each other issues, when pretty much everything else goes all proper-like), this is the only way (short of teleporting [yep... I went there])- that I could send you this message. Other possible people... well... sorry... you just got a glimpse of an older Lisa. Seb... I love your frog and bat puppies (Chihuahua's) and I hope Milly gets ALL better soon!

200th Post! Store Dancing...

... is fun... especially when one person doesn't want to store dance. We embarrassed Nenners right and good. I got an awesome video... but I actually didn't... I did what Nieceamine always teases me about and didn't hit the record button squarely on... that's the thing about touchscreens. Nenners did a shoulder dance though... again... missed it. It's a sad day for funny videos everywhere...

Giggles.

Had a busy but special day with 6 of my 7 nieces and nephews. Was pushed in by 5 of 'em (minus 2 eldest and 1 youngest)- fun times. Don't have those pics - they're Nenners's, but there was a lot of giggling, and hilariously enough, emphatic hand flapping by Nougat and Lee Jr. - like it was too much that they had to shake it off. Here are my hilarious pics... had some by Lee Jr., but saved you the blurry ;)

Nenners vs The Boat Cover

K - even though it's been cold lately the kids braved the waters today. To have a sitting area for non-swimmers (such as Nenners herself)- Mr. Si took a partial bit of the boat cover off. Sadly we forgot about it until after dark. Nenners went down to close it up. With a little floodlight, but mostly darkness. No stars (this whole trip...sucky). A bat was underneath it!!! Gross! It went right by her ear!!! I would have screamed my head off. Nieceamine texted that she would have cried. Nenners, though scared, continued on bravely. Good on you Nenners - proud of you am I (hehehe... Yodaness)!

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In writing this (on my handy dandy iPhone 'Voyager'), it auto-corrected Nenners to... wait for it... 'Ne Nerd'... Whahahaha! Love ya Ne Nerd!

Aghhhh! I was just called...

Sunshine's GRANDMA!!! Sick!!! I'm 24!!! Only. Only 24! I need to rethink my look or something - first I was called 38 by Amanina and now a randomish 8/9 year old calls me a Grandma!!! Oh dear, something's gotta change!

Me vs Water... of the swimming variety...

I failed all of my swimming classes as a kid. I would stubbornly refuse to dive. Just flat out refused... I'm sometimes surprised I made it through my childhood... I was just a brat to deal with... still am in many ways :P As for water though, I have to plug my nose. Just think of the consistent threads of my stories - I have problems staying focused or I get too focused and forget everything else. I always, like always, forget to breathe out of my nose. I end up sputtering out of the water. I wear snorkeling goggles... like for seriously... in combo with flippers (I never use the actual snorkel... I'm weird okay...) - to swim for fun. That's the great thing about lake swimming - you can't clearly see how completely weird I swim... most of it is safely under the surface. Anyways... Mr. Si had me sputtering a few days ago. We jumped in Ninja flipper fighting with our feet, but holding hands to not actually hit each other - distance is a key factor - the problem: right before we leaped in he handed me a noodle... I had no free hand! I hate that. Ah well, this is what I always look like in water... so here's me as a little kid... making the expression I still struggle against...

... I would say 'How could someone have stopped to take a picture when I'm obviously almost drowning?', but, sadly, that would be a lie. I look('ed'... I wish I could add the 'ed') like this after every jump. Worse still, I looked like that after being baptized... and there was a camera with that one... yuck. See, people, I share my embarrassing things too ;D

Miswordings: Me vs The Whole French Language!

French faux pas... That's a phrase right? Whahaha...

Okay, as a kid I was okay in French. I sang the athem, I played those class games, and could passably speak. Then, something happened - I moved to New Zealand. See, there isn't a dominant second official language - there are a few that run pretty close together in the running. The winner though: Japanese. Yep - it's true - that was what they taught me at good old stuffy and sometimes scary 'Chilton St. James' private school! It totally and completely messed up my pre-existing French skills. Then, I returned to Canada and couldn't pick French back up. Then, to make matters worse I also lost my Japanese skills. Sad. Never caught up. Took what I needed to graduate - then kicked all different language goals to the curb. Anyways... on to the present day funnies...

We went shopping today. Put a little more space between us and the cold cold waters of the lake. In Aldo, we were browsing through shoes, when Nenners turned to the 'Solde' section - I turned to her and said... "Oh, those ones have already been sold"... I knew as soon as the words starting leaving my mouth that they were on sale NOT sold. I just couldn't stop it quick enough. Total Blonde moment! Gave Nenners a good laugh though :P

Nenners vs The Blinds.

Part of closing up the cottage. This happens to Nenners every night:

Sunshine on a Rainy Day.

Cottage hair. If only mine was short enough to do this:

'We' vs Star Trek

Alright. At Church a few weeks ago, I was right behind 'We'. Usually I do a 'We' hand signal spelling out 'Weirdy' (w & e, not whatever) to her like - it looks like this:

This time though, she tried to make a signal to me. It looked like this:

Hilarious. I told her it was from 'Star Trek'. She immediately asked if it was a swear word - no way! As Mr. Si responded to this story - 'It's exactly the opposite'. I told her it means 'Live long and prosper'. She said of course I knew that. I am quite a dork, but I don't know that it's written entirely over my face... but maybe it is. Funny. I leave you with Spock: