Off Topic Part Deux

[trailmix 77]

Speaking of enjoying goodies from 'home'.

My Husband works with this guy who is married to an Australian, they just returned from a holiday there.

He asked my Husband what he would like from Australia and he said Jaffas and twisties, which he received this morning

[Carlawarla 1]

Speaking of enjoying goodies from 'home'.

My Husband works with this guy who is married to an Australian, they just returned from a holiday there.

He asked my Husband what he would like from Australia and he said Jaffas and twisties, which he received this morning

How nice of the fellow coworker to bring things home for your husband! I don't know what either of those things are. I can tell from the Jaffas that they're chocolate orange thingys. Ick! They have those chocolate orange things around Christmas time here. One year my kids bought me one at Christmas, and I just about gagged. Chocolate and orange? Actually when I think of fruit and chocolate, it just doesn't appeal to me. I had a chocolate fondue once with fruit, and I didn't really enjoy it.

I bet your husband is really enjoying them trailmix, what a lovely treat!

Also speaking of treats from home, my son and his girlfriend sent a large can of Tim's. Tim's almond bark? I had never heard of that. He says they only sell them at Christmas. Also a small basket of Saskatoon berry delights. Chocolates (for Gene...see above lol), syrup and jam.

Edited January 5, 2009 by Carlawarla

[thetreble 19]

Jaffas ARE SUPREME!

[Flames9_RN 358]

Wow, what a smooth morning!! caught the metro down to Arlington VA to update my SSN info. Metro train pulled up as soon as I got to the platform! I got to the SSN office at 0852--2nd person in line! It opened at 0900, and i was OUT the door at 0904!!!! Back on Metro--a whole 2 minute wait! Off to post office to apply for USA passport. NO line up so I was out the door in a few minutes (filled out forms at home) Wow,that was soooo painless,lol Now time to steam clean the carpets

[childress_london 3]

Good Morning and welcome to VJ and the Canada Forum Pandora!

I start my first class of Tai Chi today! Wish me luck!

Thank you for the welcome! Good luck with the Tai Chi. Sounds really interesting!

Good Morning and welcome to VJ and the Canada Forum Pandora!

I start my first class of Tai Chi today! Wish me luck!

I love your wiener graphic by the way. Hilarious!

My mom arrived on Friday.

And with her she brought some Timmy's. The Boston Creams were checked in her luggage and didn't fare very well, however the timbits were A-OK. Eat your heart out charles.

yay timbits!

What are Timmy's and timbits?

[trailmix 77]

'Timmy's' is just a short name for Tim Hortons - a popular coffee shop chain in Canada.

Timbits are little round doughnuts.

[childress_london 3]

Oh I remember Jaffa cakes. I used to live in England and they had them there. :-) I love chocolate and orange together. Nothing better than a chocolate orange at Christmas.

'Timmy's' is just a short name for Tim Hortons - a popular coffee shop chain in Canada.

Timbits are little round doughnuts.

Ohhh. OK. I've been to Tim Horton's. Just never heard it called Timmy's before. That's so cute. OK, what you call timbits we call doughnut holes. ;-)

[trailmix 77]

Oh I remember Jaffa cakes. I used to live in England and they had them there. :-) I love chocolate and orange together. Nothing better than a chocolate orange at Christmas.

Yeah, I like chocolate and orange together too - that's what jaffa's are btw Carla, in this case anyway, chocolate candies with an orange filling.

The twisties are just chips basically - 'twisties' is really the brand name, I think he brought him the cheese puff flavour.

[JillA 2]

Oh I remember Jaffa cakes. I used to live in England and they had them there. :-) I love chocolate and orange together. Nothing better than a chocolate orange at Christmas.

'Timmy's' is just a short name for Tim Hortons - a popular coffee shop chain in Canada.

Timbits are little round doughnuts.

Ohhh. OK. I've been to Tim Horton's. Just never heard it called Timmy's before. That's so cute. OK, what you call timbits we call doughnut holes. ;-)

Or at Dunkin I think they're called "Munchkins" but nothing beats Timbits.

[Sprailenes 47]

I think the guy downstairs is playing rock band... he's singing placebo... quite awful too.

EDIT: I was wondering how I could hear him clear as day.. He's standing outside with headphones singing at the top of his lungs.

Edited January 5, 2009 by Sprailenes

[xtinab 0]

Im not gonna lie. To this day, one of my favourite things to do is turn the radio on and sing along. Loudly. With or without headphones. I've had things fall off of walls I play it so loud. I love it

[SpiritAlight 1]

Tai Chi Carla? Which type?

How was it?

Hello to all of ze gang in here.

I am in the process of uncluttering, sorting, etc. of epic proportions.

Lighter and fluffier Spirit for the New Year!!!

Yippee!!!

[Krikit 1,164]

Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year everybody! I dismantled my tree last night. (Because I wanted it out in garbage pickup this morning. lol) I have not yet taken down the lights from outside. Mostly because I do not feel like being clawed to bits by that very sharp palm tree I managed to climb into whilst putting them up.

ok so my SIL was super nice and brought me MR Big bars.... and I have had two already well the first one I shared with my hubby... well today I had one and a little while later my SIL asks if I have any other chocolate in the house and I say not really and then asked if she meant besides the Mr Big bars and she said yeah.. so then I said she could have one if she wanted.. totally thinking that she would say, "no those are for you" or something but no.. she goes and gets one I really don't mind just found that odd..

Marilyn, just spotted this in the grocery thread and i'm thinking - it sounds to me like you have a case of 'Sister syndrome'

I call Sister syndrome that thing that is between brother's and sister's. I don't have any brothers - but I have seen this with other people (and my Husband has 2 Sisters).

I think it must be very hard when a Brother gets married, Brothers are protectors and they are always (usually) there for their Sisters and then they up and marry some woman and the Sister takes a back seat!

I just noticed when you talk about her, like about the getting up to help clean up etc - that you never mention your Brother and when I asked if he helps you said no - but he is never mentioned.

Could be completely off base of course, I just find the Sister syndrome interesting!

OR..... (lol)

You could have someone in your home who is completely the opposite. Okay, so my friend, Brian, is here with his wife Vangie (short for Evangeline). Actuallly, I just dropped them off at the car rental agency this morning so they could drive down to the Keys. They'll be back Wednesday night. But I digress. Brian and I have known each other for at least 25-30 years and is like a brother to me. He knows (and has stayed with) all of my family, we're extremely at ease with each other, etc, etc. He married Vangie 10 years ago but she's not someone I hang out with like I would with him. I just see her because she's married to my friend. Anyway, she's very hyper. She doesn't sit still, she doesn't stop trying to "help" me, she doesn't stop talking. She's driving me batty. I think I'd rather have your sister-in-law, Marilyn. But, yeah. Totally not kosher of her to have eaten one of your Mr Big bars. Next time tell her she can have anything but that. lol

My husband and I played scrabble for most of the day yesterday and now everytime someone says a 7 letter word I think of how many points that word could be on a triple word score.

Lots of points! LOTS!

I want to go home and play.

I heart Scrabble! Whenever we got bored with regular Scrabble we would change it to Trailer Park Scrabble. That's where you can make up your own words (or one word that's really a sentence) but they have to be ghetto-talk and you have to be able to use them in a sentence that makes sense. I hold the world record for the most points...... 175! Okay. Here's my chance to use Scrabble Kitteh. Can't remember who I stole it from but I am forever grateful. lol

Has anyone played "Apples to Apples", we played at a house party yesterday, and my husband who truly only likes card games and dominos really liked it. Good for all ages too.

I haven't heard of that one. We played Mad Gab last night. What a hoot!

It's afternoon so we will have wine instead, plus I think there are a few of us that need a drink.

Hello everyone. Just thought I'd introduce myself to the Canadian thread. My husband is from Iran, but he lives in Canada, so we will be dealing with the Montreal consulate for his visa. I fly there as frequently as possible to visit him. :-) I don't like the snow, but it is a beautiful country. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who might have a spouse in Canada who is a citizen of another country and what their experiences have been.

~Pandora

Hello Pandora. Nice to meet you. And welcome to the Canada Forum. I love snow.

My mom arrived on Friday.

And with her she brought some Timmy's. The Boston Creams were checked in her luggage and didn't fare very well, however the timbits were A-OK. Eat your heart out charles.

Whooo! Right on.

Edited January 5, 2009 by Krikit

[trailmix 77]

hiya krikitty! Good to see you

[Krikit 1,164]

Thanks! I am happy to be back.