The Doppelganger

A few days ago The Mr. flew to Calgary on business.  On his return to the airport, he noticed that the cab driver kept suspiciously looking at him through the rear view mirror.  The cabbie kept it up for quite a while to the point where it was making The Mr. a little self-conscious.  

Finally the driver said, "I'm sorry to bother you, but I just have to ask...... Are you Stephen Harper?"

The Mr. assured him he wasn't our Prime Minister, just a regular guy.  The cabbie wasn't sure he believed him. 

The funny thing is that it wasn't the first time someone accused him of looking like Stephen Harper.

When The Mr. told me this story I had to laugh.  But then I thought to myself, "Come to think of it, I never have seen The Mr. and Stephen Harper together in the same room.   Hmmm..... I wonder...."

 So I did a little sleuthing.  You decide.






Stephen Harper

The Mr.

Still not convinced?  Check these out.

Any thoughts?

Dixie

Elvis Has Left the Building

Earlier this week I read in the paper that an auction had been held to sell a collection of Elvis memorabilia.  Apparently his personal bible had fetched a good price.  A good price of $95,000.  I was impressed -- $95,000 is a lot of money.  I was also impressed that Elvis had a bible.  And apparently read it.  The newspaper article said that Elvis' handwritten notes of inspiration were included in the margins.  I have to admit, I wondered what kind of inspiration Elvis would have received as he read from his bible.  "I think a red cape suggests a little more "pizzazz" than a white one.... "    "If I used fake diamonds on my pants, instead of real ones, I could save a lot of money...."

But I digress.

Anyway, what I read next in the article was that Elvis' "unwashed and soiled" underwear did not sell.  Well, duh?  Of course no one would want to buy anyone else's used underwear.

Imagine my surprise when I next read that the only reason it didn't sell was because the highest bid was $1000 below the owner's asking price of $10,000!!!!!

So at least one person bid $9000!!!!!

!!!!!

I really can't think of anything else to say.

Dixie

Family Reunion

After waiting ALL SUMMER we finally got to have our little family reunion.  When I say "little" I really do mean it.  There were only 12 of us.  There should have been 13, but Daughter #1's hubby had to work.  A few years ago The Mr. and I decided it would be fun to start having family reunions every other year with just our little family.  This year it was the Labour Day Weekend.

We rented a really cool two-story cabin overlooking the St. Mary's River.  Okay, it was really more like a house -- five bedrooms, three bathroooms.  Perfect for us!

My camera is on the fritz, so I wasn't able to get any pictures.  Thank goodness for Google.   I was able to find some very authentic representations of our reunion activities.

The cabin.

To make sure no one person got stuck in the kitchen, we made up a meal schedule with everyone helping out.  

                          

One evening was spent trying to crack open the pinata made by Daughter #1.  Considering it was the first one she ever made, I think she did a really good job.

 We had a couple of family movie nights.

The Mr. enjoyed his time fishing with the guys.  They were able to catch a few little fish.

He even taught the grandchildren to fish.

Daughter #2 organized the 2012 Family Olympics.  We were divided into four teams representing Canada, China, Russia and Australia.  Following in our footsteps of our 2010 Family Olympics, we try to keep it light and fun, downplaying any competitive nature.

Team Canada -- the winners!

We followed up the Olympics with some instructions from her husband on how to ride a quad.  It was even more fun than I expected it to be.

I was amazed at how quickly I caught on.

Son #1B planned an awesome evening of geocaching for us.

We played a few table games.

Tubing down the river was a big hit.

Son #1A put together an incredible treasure hunt for us.  

By Sunday those of us who were feeling well went to church.  

Unfortunately a few people had to stay home.

Monday Morning was check-out day.  In an effort to get back our deposit, we made sure the house was cleaned up before we left.  Here I am tackling one of the showers.

I left the easier job for Daughter #3.

We even tidied up the outside area.

Overall I'd say the reunion was a huge success.  We couldn't have been happier!

I'm really looking forward to the next one in 2014.

Dixie

Facebook

I have a love-hate relationship with facebook.  I love it because -- I'll be honest -- I enjoy stalking people.  I hate it because most of the time I just don't get it.

When a person's status says that they had a terrible night's sleep because they have a sore back, why do people press the "like" button?

Why would someone write "Only 3 more days!" and then never explain what that is supposed to mean?  I'm guessing that the majority of their 459 "friends" are just as clueless as I am.

And I just don't get it when someone writes to complain about how extremely busy they are.  I want to respond by telling them to get off the computer and get to work.

But of course I don't.  I don't say anything.  I just carry on with my stalking.

I decided I would try an experiment.  I would give up facebook for a week.  The first couple of days were tougher than I expected.  But after a week, when I had given myself permission to check back in, there really wasn't much of a pull.  Right now I could take it or leave it.  After all, it's mostly just a bunch of useless information.

Kind of like my blog.  =)

Dixie

Catch Up

I haven't been a great blogger lately, and I really don't have a good excuse.  So for now, I'm just quickly posting a few pictures from July:

1)  Happy Anniversary!

Our anniversary fell on a Monday this year, so The Mr. took the day off work so we could be together.  The plan was to go for a dinner (lunch?) cruise on the River Queen.  Sadly, we discovered it does not run on Mondays, so we opted to spend the day at Fort Edmonton Park.  I've always loved this place, and it was a lot of fun to just take everything in at a leisurely pace. 

The Mr. was getting ideas on how to organize his tools in the garage.   =)

Wow!  Pleasantly surprised by the Capitol Theatre.

Tossed in the slammer!

Writing on my slate in the one-room school house.

Up close.

2)  Daughter #2 came to visit with her children.

Always love spending time with her. . .

and them.

3)  My trip to Idaho to pick up Daughter #3

Oh, how I've missed this girl!  

My only sister drove up from Utah to hang out with us for a few days.

What a fun weekend - shopping, eating, shopping, eating...

While I was away, The Mr. spent his time doing this:

It's been a pretty relaxing summer so far.  The weather seems to alternate between extremely hot and thundershowers.  So that means lots of weeds and mosquitos.  I won't be showing any pictures of them.

Dixie