"Peeling carrots" is NOT "peeling toilets"

Jon picked me up yesterday afternoon, and we spent a few minutes bantering. Then we got into our trip to Regina - some aspects of it are fair, and some aren't, I'm such a wuss when it comes to the potential weather conditions there - it's almost like I'm turning into Grandma! Sure, I guess I have a reason, but we'll see. Talked about how to relate to certain people, moodiness, sensitivity to being out all day, and reconciliation / readiness.

Went to the Riley Park Farmer's Market - I saw a sign advertising "Bad Girl Chocolates," and Jon joked that it would be perfect for me! A guitarist tried to say "NI HAO" as we walked by looking for squash and jalapenos, haha. Saw a bunch of little kids there... yes, the farm market IS family-friendly! Speaking of squash [Christon's NEMESIS - one which Steph heard ENTIRELY too much about last year in her email], I posed with a turban squash - supposedly it's good with butter and sour cream. (and a lady almost dropped a curry squash on my head!) Then we stopped by a cheese store - Swiss raw milk cheese was interesting, and apparently there was something which smelled like old socks - Jon says our crowd would eat it, when I said it wasn't generally accessible. Then we went to Buy-Low "for the GWEI-LO" - it's UPSTAIRS at Kingsgate Mall! I misread a sign for Cool Whip AEROSOL spray, instead thinking it was ALCOHOL spray. No, I haven't a clue where my brain was! o_O

Ray amused me by letting us in before verifying who it was by voice... later, they talked about Peggy / Janette / Dragon Boat / things [like hot girls] being worth a slap. I helped peel a bunch of carrots, and this was the source of a mishearing on all the guys' parts! (except Ray in his room) I told Jeremy that I'd discovered a new joy in peeling carrots - it's actually FUN! He and Jon heard "human carrots," while Christon heard "peeling toilets" - is my enunciation THAT bad these days?! I know sometimes I tend to talk too fast, but seriously! (Human carrots - with REAL BLOOD! But peeling toilets... just peel a layer off when you're done using it!) Talked to Jeremy for a while about work, icing muscles, management, a "chip explosion," moss, computer things, better mice [the computer kind], his new Bible Study group, his parents calling him at 6:20 AM to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to him (and he was already at work!), the CULTURE OF POO, and more. (in Germany, some people look at their poo to determine the state of their health - and Ray's heard of overhanging shelves for it!)

I was amazed at the PILE of wild mushrooms reducing to what was in the pot - yes, we made joking references to magic mushrooms and pot! Nathan came by with his laptop and a bunch of physical pictures for the slideshow this Sunday: SO MANY MEMORIES from the mid-90s! We're SURE that Lesley has thousands of pictures, so 300 could really be "a handful" to her! (Nate had asked for just a handful... he got a bunch from Winnie: weddings, camp, Awana, groups, etc.) Everyone looked so different in 1995 and onwards! (Josh and Felicia [something happened with THEM!], Alex, Lauren, both Helens, Cindy, Dianne, Sam, Connie, Larry, Sandra, FM, Kenny, James, Sanne, Lillian, Glen, Natalie, David, Elaine, Frances, Sophia, Eddie...) Nathan decided to set part of the show to the GROWING PAINS theme song, hahaha! There was a story about a really redneck way to deal with roadkill - just pick the dead grouse up off the road, and cook it at home! Apparently, it tasted like a slightly bigger / better version of chicken... and Jeremy saw one on the Grouse Grind once, too.

The vegetarian chili was pretty good - squash, eggplant, carrot, and more! We didn't really notice that most of the meal had no meat... Christon's soup had chicken stock in it, heh. He just wants to get away from home, so the road trip comes at a good time for him! Discussed Citrus' last weekend, Tasers, pepper spray, Steph back this weekend, cilantro, water, sea salt vs. iodized salt, Dylan and curtains, David, fans, Tony / WARHAMMER, Warren Buffett, the $700 billion bailout, politics, most people's perception of beer, trifle, streaming the hockey game, and the wind-up radio. Ray wondered what the heck was going on from his room when he heard Nathan winding it up - sixty turns gets you half an hour! Probably a good thing for Y2K preparedness years ago, haha... long-ago birthday presents are cool. Checked Facebook briefly, and I am now married to Chantelle. :) [getting seeds doesn't work on Jer's computer, so I didn't do that!] It was certainly a pretty good time out, especially because the Canucks won 6-1 over the Flames!