Be Careful What You Wish For...

THE OSTRICH

A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him.

The waitress asks them for their orders.

The e man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke," and turns to the ostrich, "What's yours?"


"I'll have the same," says the ostrich.

A short time later the waitress returns with the order. "That will be $9.40 please." The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change for payment.

The next day, the man and the ostrich come again and the man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke."

The ostrich says, "I'll have the same."

Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.

This becomes routine until the two enter again. "The usual?" asks the waitress.

"No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato and a salad," says the man.

"Same," says the ostrich.

Shortly the waitress brings the order and says, "That will be $32.62."

Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table.

The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer. "Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change in your pocket every time?"

"Well," says the man, "several years ago I was cleaning the attic and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it, a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes.

My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there."

"That's brilliant!" says the waitress. "Most people would ask for a million dollars or something, but you'll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!" "That's right..Whether it's a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there," says the man.


The waitress asks, "What's with the ostrich?"

The man sighs, pauses and answers, "My second wish was for a tall chick with a big ass and long legs who agrees with everything I say.."

Our Lawn - 2011 September

When I saw how big the lawn on the property that we were looking at, I said "if we get this one, the kids will have so much fun playing in it!". I never thought of the other consequences of having a big lawn. It finally sinked in. I realized that I have to mow the lawn during spring. We need to get a lawn mower and an edge trimmer to make it neat. We have to buy fertilizers and weed killers to make the grass greener and healthier.

Having said that, I am not really complaining. In fact, my wife and I are excited on how we will be landscaping the yard. A couple of weeks ago she started to trim the existing plants beside the house because they have grown wild. We also have started looking at plant nurseries for plants that we would like to use. Man, they are expensive. We wanted to plant some Emerald cedar trees and we found out that the cheapest was $50.

Right now, we decided that we will wait for plants that will be sold on sale. I was told that Canadian tire and Home Depot sometimes offer cheap ones. Who knows, maybe we can score some from Kijiji or Craigs List.

Here are some photo's which we will use as the before pictures.