Mar 6, 2013
OUR AMAZING PETS
Recently I dropped by our pal Shelley Stewart's place to pay her a visit. As if getting together with Shelley wasn't exciting enough, I was cheerfully greeted by her guide dog Reese when I approached the front door.
Reese is a frisky young girl and when she is not working, she's all dog, wanting to toss balls and get lots of attention. She demonstrated that by giving me big sloppy kisses (one big Reese kiss is the equivalent to about 5 or 6 little Timmi kisses)
Afterwards I took her for a walk (or was that the other way around?) where she tended to her "business". And just like those big kisses, one of Reese's "businesses" is equal to many of wee Timmi's...WOO...anyone have a shovel handy? LOL!
Mar 5, 2013
ENTERTAINMENT
Port Colborne singer Chelsea Crites singing career is gaining recognition and notoriety all the time. With the release of her first professional music video, opening for renown Country singers and the launch of her own tour, Crites is following her dream.
Below is an interview with Chelsea, which was forwarded to us by rocker Shane Christopher Neal.
Visit Chelsea Crites Website -Click Here.
Mar 3, 2013
EDITORIAL
Every now and then Scribbles likes to fine tune its look. This is one of those times. We're not saying there was anything necessarily wrong with how we looked before, but - as with many things in life - there's always room for improvement.
One of the things you have no doubt noticed is that our sidebar section is now featured on the right and is wider than before. This new size allows us to feature more Events info and ads without compressing them so much you can't read them.
We have also added more content to the sidebar including our new Support section. Due to my own demons, I've discovered some valuable resources for help. As part of my efforts to "give back", Scribbles will soon be offering even more support. If you are reading this and feel like the world is out to get you....you are NOT alone. Others (myself included) also feel that way many times and I urge you to hold on and seek the help you might need...our Support section is a good place to start.
We also offer an expanded Scribbles Archives area where you can now venture back by year and month to find past posts. An easy way to relive some of your favourite Scribbles moments of the past few years.
Have you ever seen a post on Scribbles and wished you could leave a comment about it? Now you can. After each post you will see a Comment link. Click on it to leave a comment which you can do using your real name, a fictitious name or even anonymously. You can also see what others have said by clicking the Comment link.
There's lots of new content to check out, which took several weeks to put together in short 1-2 hour intervals before my required rest stops. (and yes, you'll find more about that soon as well.)
We hope you enjoy the changes and take the time to tell us, as you are what truly makes Scribbles one-of-a-kind.
Ken Leavoy
Editor
ENTERTAINMENT
To kick off Scribbles new features and changes, we've included one of TV's most famous families...The Brady Bunch.
In case you've been stranded on a deserted island for the past 44 years we'll fill you in.
The Brady Bunch ran on ABC from Sept. 26, 1969 until March 8, 1974 and has been seen in syndication ever since. It was the story of a lovely lady by the name of Carol, who was bringing up three very lovely girls, Marcia, Jan and Cindy (the youngest one...in curls) who met a man named Brady (Mike Brady to be precise). He was busy with three boys of his own, Greg, Peter and Bobby.
Well one day the lady met that fellow and they knew that it was much more than a hunch. That this group must somehow form a family, that's way they all became the Brady Bunch. LOL!
After the sitcom went off the air, the Brady family would return again and again....and AGAIN!
In 1977 The Brady Bunch Variety Hour debuted, reuniting the entire cast with the exception of Eve Plumb (Jan).
In 1981, a new version of the show revolving around the now
adult Brady kids and their new families debuted on NBC. It was known as
the Brady Brides and included the entire original cast.And who could forget the TV movie A Very Brady Christmas (Susan Olsen who played Cindy opted out of this one.) It aired on CBS in 1988 and was such a hit they developed a one hour "dramedy" series called The Bradys (it didn't last long.)
With all its reincarnations, the Brady Bunch had the unique distinction of having been featured on all of TV's "Big Three" networks (ABC, NBC, CBS).
A big screen version of the Brady Bunch brought new interest to the family and featured a whole new cast assuming the roles of the Brady's and their infamous housekeeper Alice.
And just when you thought you'd heard the last from the Bradys comes word that CBS is working with Vince Vaughn for yet another reboot. The series will act as a sequel and the plot revolves around an adult Bobby Brady who has been divorced, but remarries to start a new family.
Not too shabby for a family whose original show didn't even have a toilet in its bathroom. Talk about much more than a hunch!!
Your Favourite Brady Moments...
I will admit I was as hooked on The Brady Bunch back-in-the-day as I am to the Simpsons these days. I watched them over and over and over and had their posters all over my bedroom (for some reason Eve Plumb who played Jan was my favourite.)
There were a lot of memorable Brady Bunch moments. What's your favourite?
Click on our COMMENTS link to share with your fellow Scribbles pals and see what they said.
ABOUT YOU
Up, Up and Away!
Sitting in the cockpit and discovering lots of neat facts about planes was also on Catriona and pals weekend agenda. WOW! Talk about an awesome outing. We never did things like that when I was in Cub Scouts...LOL!
This was mom Francesca's 5th excursion to the Heritage Warplane Museum, now having been there twice with Catriona and three times with her son Colin.
As Francesca says "The joys of parenthood" LMAO.
ABOUT YOU with VIDEO
Rob's niece Joanna celebrated her birthday with family and friends (both two legged and four) on March 2nd. There was enough yummy pizza for everyone with plenty left over to enjoy again later. Instead of a cake we all enjoyed cupcakes, a new trend these days it seems.
Joanna likes the group One Direction, her favourite being Niaal, so I created a cool stand-up card featuring her and her heart throb. As expected, she was thrilled!
Here's a look at Joanna's awesome birthday...
MEMORIAM
Two years. Yes it's been two years since Ricky Holditch was called away from us.
It was little wonder why he was loved by so many and understandable that his death effected each of them so personally.
In his final months with us, Ricky continued to shine, sharing his story with the local media. A reminder to everyone, even those he had never met, that we should always make the best of each moment.
On February 28, 2011, at the age of 26, Ricky Holditch's battle with cancer came to an end and although he no longer walks amongst us, in some ways it seems as though he is still here.
There was indeed something special about Ricky, something even death itself cannot take from us. A precious gift which he left with each of us. For today, tomorrow and eternity.
ABOUT YOU
Direct from her grandma Cathy Dick comes this updated info about our little Ottawa pal Emerson Rose Todd.
Grandma tells us "Emerson Rose is doing great !! She is now 3 weeks old and weighs 3 lb. 10 oz. She no longer needs to be tube fed. She eats on her own. She will be coming home when she weighs 4 lbs. We are looking forward to that day!"
And so are we Cathy, so are we!!
ENTERTAINMENT
Big Brother, EH?With its continued success on CBS each Summer, it was only a matter of time until Big Brother went North with a Canadian version.
Airing exclusively on Slice, Big Brother Canada follows the same formula and wackiness as its American sibling....put a group of strangers under the same roof for several weeks and follow their every move as they battle to remain in the house and take home top prize.
The layout for the Big Brother house (located in Toronto) is stylish with plenty of Canadian flair, with the decor coming from The Brick and shamelessly promoted on the Big Brother Canada website.
The 15 houseguests are rather standard fare. You have your jocks, your pretty blondes, your geeks and your stereotypical flaming gay house guest. You can check out the bios for these guests at BB Canada's website.
New episodes air Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, with the latter being the weekly live eviction show.
Assuming Julie Chen's hosting role for Big Brother Canada is Arisa Cox. You can find out more about her on the website as well.Typical of Canadian versions of popular reality shows the prize awarded is less than its U.S. counterpart. The winner takes home $100,000, a new car and a $25,00 shopping spree at the Brick, rather than half a million, which is still not too shabby.
Since Canadian TV censorship is more liberal than the U.S., there will be less bleeping when BB houseguests swear. "Shit" was muttered numerous times in the first episode alone and apparently "titties" is ok too...but the F-bomb is still a no-no..
Whether the Great White North version will be a hit or not remains to be seen. (Think Canadian Idol, Canada's Got Talent and So You Think You Can Dance Canada....all of which enjoyed limited success and are no longer around.)
Another strike against Big Brother Canada is where it airs. Although Shaw media also owns the national network Global TV it chose to air BB Canada on Slice, which is available only to cable and satellite subscribers, a move which could spell disaster for the show.
To find out more about Big Brother Canada, Catch up on the latest episodes, watch live feed, blog along and dish the dirt, visit Big Brother Canada by clicking here.
VIDEO
Seven years after she was rescued by Tony and his wife, Jessica the "Happy Hippo" still lives with them.
Does she know she's a hippo, or does she think she is a human child? Watch this video and decide for yourself.
And speaking of hippos, here's a clip you have probably seen before, but when we saw Jessica's story, this hippo came to mind. It's the only other "happy hippo" we've ever seen. : )
Mar 2, 2013
SUPPORT
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| photo courtesy: ALLAN BENNER - Welland Tribune Staff) |
[Timmi and I were outside in order that he could take care of his "business" and we kept encountering large groups of people all wearing bright yellow toques. I wondered to myself, who are these people and what's with those toques.....well now I know!...LOL]
ABOUT YOU
We just adore this precious photo of the Dennis family. What makes this picture perfect shot even more amazing is that it was taken by a passerby when Rodney, Heather, Alina and Kade were enjoying an outing one day.
Heather told her facebook friends they asked someone if they could take a picture of them with their camera and voula, here was the result. AWESOME!
Mar 1, 2013
ENTERTAINMENT
By ABC News
Valerie Harper, the actress best known for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and her own spinoff, “Rhoda,” has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
Harper, 73, received the diagnosis on Jan. 15, just days before she appeared on “Good Morning America” and described the stroke-like symptoms that sent her to the hospital.
WATCH: Valerie Harper, Sitcom Legend, Looks Back
“It was if I had Novocain,” Harper said in the live interview Jan. 21. “I thought what the heck is happening to me?”
“I went to the hospital and they couldn’t find much of anything. Now I’m still awaiting test results,” she said at the time, also adding, “I’m feeling great.”
According to People, Harper’s doctors have told her she may have just three months to live.
“I don’t think of dying,” the Emmy-winning actress tells the magazine. “I think of being here now.”
Harper appeared on “GMA” in January to promote her new memoir, “I, Rhoda.” In the book she revealed for the first time that she battled lung cancer in 2009 while starring in the Broadway show “Looped.”
“I thought this is just not going to be good for comedy if the audience is out there worrying about their Rhoda,” Harper said of her decision to keep her disease, which she fought with a combination of chemotherapy and radiation, private.
Now Harper, who is married with one daughter, has decided to take her current health struggle public.
“There are moments when she feels extremely sad. She’s also extremely funny,” J.D. Heyman, executive editor of People, told “GMA.” “She’s very, very happy that she’s had the life that she had.”
SCRIBBLES VIDEO | Gramma's Grammy Awards Birthday Bash
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| "Crazy Kendini" performs for the crowd at Gramma's Grammy Awards Birthday event. |
You heard us talk about it a few weeks ago, now here's our exclusive video all about "Gramma's Grammy Awards Birthday".
The big event took weeks to prepare and celebrated both my mom Joan Storie's birthday and the annual Grammy Awards ceremony. And just like the real Grammys, we had live performances and lots of awards.
I could tell you more, but that's what this exclusive 8 minute video is for.
"Gramma's Grammy Awards Birthday"...
You will need to TURN UP VOLUME a bit...
But, DON'T FORGET to turn volume down again when you are done watching,
I forgot and my email notification sound nearly made me shit my pants
OOPS.. I almost forgot to mention...the amazing birthday cake at mom's party was another creation by my niece Erin Papple. It took over 4 hours to get the hand-painted design just right and even though the gold birthday candles intended to be used on the cake got lost in transit to Welland, it was a winner on its own.
INSPIRATION
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| Four-year-old MacKenzie Robinson cut her hair for the first time Tuesday afternoon, at Fitch Street Public School. Nikkie Fairlie cut the junior kindergarten student's hair which will be donated to Wigs for Kids. (SARAH FERGUSON Tribune Staff) |
by Sarah Ferguson, The Welland Tribune
WELLAND - Four-year-old MacKenzie Robinson had never had a haircut. Not even a trim.
But that all changed this week when the junior kindergarten student chopped off her beautiful brown locks to be donated to Wigs for Kids, a non-profit organization that makes wigs for children with cancer who have lost their hair.
“I’m not sure where she got the idea, but she mentioned doing it,” Michelle Weasner said about why her daughter decided to cut her hair.
“(MacKenzie) said she wants to donate her hair to little boys and girls who have no hair,” the proud mom said.
After Weasner learned of her daughter’s intentions, she mentioned it to MacKenzie’s teacher, Jeannette Andrea MacGregor at Fitch Street Public School, who suggested MacKenzie trim her tresses in front of her fellow students.
In her 43 years of teaching, MacGregor can’t recall a time when a kindergarten student decided to donate his or her hair to cancer patients.
In another matter of caring, MacKenzie’s classmates raised $50 in change and $110 was collected from staff at Blue Star Restaurant to be donated to A Child’s Voice Foundation, a non-profit organization that creates programs for financially disadvantaged children.
ENTERTAINMENT
TNT's "Dallas" will bury patriarch J.R. Ewing in style on Episode 8 of the new season, according to the Huffington Post.
Producers were caught off-guard by Larry Hagman's death on November 23rd, but he had already filmed six of the Season 2 episodes which allowed the writers to rework the plot to reflect J.R.'s death. Hagman had been diagnosed with cancer over a year ago, but he kept on working through treatment.
Larry Hagman was a North Texas native and the son of Broadway legend Mary Martin. Hagman was born when Martin was 17. He often said that they "grew up together." They were close until her death in 1990.
The role of J.R. Ewing on "Dallas" changed Hagman's life and career dramatically. He was a well-known actor on "I Dream of Jeannie" with Barbara Eden, but it was the role of J.R. Ewing that rocketed Hagman to stardom.
article courtesy www.examiner.com
"Dallas" airs Monday at 9pm on TNT and on Bravo Canada
ABOUT YOU
They made us laugh last year at this time and they're ready to do it again. Rodney and Robert Dennis will celebrate their birthday with a party on Friday night.What kind of incriminating photos and video clips will we get this time around? Well my friends, for that, we'll all have to wait and see.
Feb 26, 2013
SUPPORT
This video really reached deep down inside me and touched a spot that will always remain tender and bruised. It made me say "Yes, that's SO true" and it made me cry.
Please take a few minutes and see for yourself.
VIDEO
Baby Gets Down with Beyonce
You might have seen this one before, it's circulated around the internet for a while now, but it is always worth watching again, especially if you are in need of a good chuckle (and hey, couldn't we all use a good chuckle?)
You might have seen this one before, it's circulated around the internet for a while now, but it is always worth watching again, especially if you are in need of a good chuckle (and hey, couldn't we all use a good chuckle?)
Feb 25, 2013
Feb 23, 2013
INSPIRATION
Powerball lottery winners live modestly, give back to hometown
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Kevin Murphy, Reuters CAMDEN POINT, Mo. - Three months after winning half of the biggest Powerball lottery jackpot in U.S. history, Mark Hill still meets friends for morning coffee at a local convenience store.
And that Camaro sports car Hill considered buying with his winnings? He got a pick-up truck instead.
While some lottery winners fritter away their fortunes or meet tragic ends, not much has outwardly changed for Mark and Cindy Hill since they won half of a $587 million Powerball jackpot in November. They netted $136.5 million in a lump-sum payment after taxes.
“They are very conservative people,” said Walt Stubbs, a friend and former high school classmate of the Hills. “They are doing some really nice things for the community and they’ve taken care of their family.”
The Hills are giving money to civic projects in Mark Hill’s hometown of Camden Point, Missouri, and still live in nearby Dearborn, Missouri, as they did before winning the jackpot.
The Hills will pay for a new Camden Point fire station and ball field and gave the town more than $50,000 to buy land for a new sewage treatment plant that will eventually allow residents to give up individual septic tanks, Mayor Kevin Boydston said.
“I’ve said all along that these lottery winnings could not have gone to a better couple,” Boydston said. “They are giving back to the community, just like they said they would.”
Camden Point has fewer than 500 residents and is wedged into hills in a rural area about 30 miles north of Kansas City. Its downtown has a series of mostly empty brick buildings.
Stubbs, chief of the area’s volunteer fire department, said the new station is planned to connect directly to main roads, a major improvement on the current fire hall, which does not have quick access to highways.
“It’s a situation where if we had to do it ourselves, it would take 25 years,” Stubbs said.
The winning couple graduated from North Platte High School in Dearborn and have donated to a scholarship fund at that school.
The Hills, in their early 50s, told reporters at a news conference after winning the lottery they would stay in the area and give a lot of the money away. Mark Hill quit his job as a mechanic. Cindy Hill was out of work at the time. “I’m real proud of them,” said Shirley Hill, Mark Hill’s mother. “They have stayed grounded. That’s their nature.
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