Well....my kids are sick with the flu so I am trying to get my cyberspace act together. This is my first attempt to enter the world of blogging so we shall see where it leads. I thought I would share a funny mail that my Father sent to me as it is very pertinent today.
Now I am not normally a Jeff Foxworthy fan but this made me laugh.

Subject: Jeff Foxworthy on Canada


> Forget Rednecks,
> Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Canucks.
>
> If your local Dairy Queen is closed from
> September through May,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If someone in a Home Depot store
> Offers you assistance and they don't work there,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation
> With someone who dialed a wrong number,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If 'Vacation' means going anywhere
> South of Detroit for the weekend,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If you measure distance in hours,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If you know several people
> Who have hit a deer more than once,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C'
> In the same day and back again,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If you can drive 90 km/hr through 2 feet of snow
> During a raging blizzard without flinching,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If you install security systems on your house and garage,
> But leave both unarmed,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If you carry jumpers in your car
> And your wife knows how to use them,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If you design your kid's Halloween costume
> To fit over a snowsuit,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If the speed limit on the highway is 80 km --
> You're going 90 and everybody is passing you,
> You may live in Canada .

> If driving is better in the winter
> Because the potholes are filled with snow,
> You may live in Canada .

> If you know all 4 seasons:
> Almost winter, winter, still winter,
> And road construction,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If you have more miles
> On your snow blower than your car,
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If you find 2 degrees 'a little chilly',
> You may live in Canada .
>
> If you actually understand these jokes,
> And forward them to all
> Your Canadian friends & others,
> You definitely live in Canada .

Yep I soooooo live in -35 degree celcius frozen wonderland Canada!