My first home, Tortilla Chips and William Shatner . . . ~j

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Today's Writing Prompt: Home

Write about your first home: Your childhood home or first apartment of your own.

As far as I know, I lived in the same house all my childhood. Since I can't actively recall the first year or two, I can only guess about those years.

We lived at 343 Wellington Street, one of only two modern flat-roofed homes in town. Apparently the house was fairly small when it was first built. I was old enough to remember when the house nearly doubled in size but I couldn't actually tell you how old I was. Next door to us was an empty lot owned by my grandfather. You could walk between Wellington St. and Mary St. E. through that lot. My grandfather's house abutted the lot at the Mary St. E. end. It was a great place to play.

National Tortilla Chip Day

When : Always February 24th

Today is a holiday with a crunch. One might even suggest that it is a corny holiday. Well, that's okay because today is National Tortilla Chip Day. Just a few decades ago, Americans seldom ate Corn Chips and Salsa. It's popularity has grown immensely. Today is a tribute to that rising popularity of one of America's favorite munchies.

Did you know? The corn chip recipe was brought to the U.S. from Mexico by texas businessman Elmer Doolin.

Celebrate National Tortilla Chip Day with a handful of crunchy, tasty corn chips and your favorite salsa or dip.

2010 - February 24 - Sport - Kaillie Humphries (Calgary, AB) and Heather Moyse (Summerside, PEI) win Olympic gold in the Two-woman bobsleigh competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Fellow Canadians Shelley-Ann Brown and Helen Upperton take the silver, marking the first time Canadians had won two medals in one Winter Olympics event. Vancouver, BC
February 24 - Sport - Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge, Marianne St-Gelais and Tania Vicent win Olympic silver in the Women's 3000 metre Short track relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Vancouver, BC
February 24 - Sport - Clara Hughes wins a bronze medal in Women's 5000 metres Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Vancouver, BC
February 24 - Sport - Canada's mens hockey team defeats Russia 7-3 to advance to the semi-finals against Slovakia at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Vancouver, BC

http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/February_24

A Taste of Canada ~ Fiddleheads

I do enjoy fiddleheads. They have a green bean-y, asparagus-like, pea-ish taste and they are just fun to look at. From Chateline Magazine: HOW-TO It’s Almost Fiddlehead Season! Here’s How To Cook This Springtime Veggie Properly Fiddleheads are a Canadian delicacy, but undercooking them can lead to food poisoning by Amy Grief Updated Apr 9, 2019 Fiddlehead season is short, so when you see the adorable green curlicues at your grocery store or farmers’ market, buy them while you can. Before chowing down on these little springtime delicacies, there’s a few things you should know first since fiddleheads can cause food poisoning if they’re not cooked properly. What are fiddleheads? These tightly curled coils are ostrich fern fronds. They start appearing in late April and early May in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and are usually found in forests, marshes and by rivers and streams. Taste-wise, fiddleheads, which are popular amongst food foragers, are often co

Week #2 Challenge: Paper . . . and I mean ALL of your paper.

Annual Organization Challenge Week #2 How did you make out with last week's challenge? Did you find your work table? Here's this week's challenge: Your challenge this week is to S.P.A.C.E. your paper - - and I mean ALL of your paper: cardstock, patterned paper, specialty papers, and all those SCRAPS! SORT: Bring all of your paper to one area. Sort it all into piles: KEEP, SELL, DONATE, TRASH PURGE: bag up, and assign a price to paper bundles that you want to SELL at a garage sale or online, and put the bags in the garage sale box. Throw out the TRASH pile. Bag up the DONATE pile and immediately make arrangements for drop-off/pick-up or put in your vehicle. ASSIGN: separate your paper into categories that make sense to you. For example, you may want to divide it simply into cardstock and patterned paper. If you have a huge stash of paper, you may want to divide it by colour, theme, or manufacturer. **Another way to sort your paper is in

Journal Prompt ~ One Thing You Do Really Well

Name one thing you do really well . . . One thing I do really well is solve crossword puzzles.

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