The Birds of Paradise...CTV SHOULD PRODUCE THIS SHOW!

Good morning!

This mornings blog is short, sweet and simple.....just like me(except for the simple part!) I just want to encourage everyone to joing the facebook page CTV SHOULD PRODUCE THIS SHOW! The more members the merrier and the more merrier the better! It's a sitcom pitch that I wrote and am in the midst of pitching to The Comedy Network....who has called me to discuss the show...BUT..I wasn't home (OF COURSE) so we have been playing phone tag! I want to keep the Birds of Paradise fire burning in their minds...so please, please, please, join the fanpage! Show them that people want to watch a show about normal people...not rich ladies shopping in fancy stores, or people living on an island eating bugs, or police officers chasing drug dealers through the streets....people want to watch a show about a family just like theirs! Join the group, write The Comedy Network (comedypitches@ctv.ca)it only takes one person to make a difference...be that one!

Wishing you a day filled with love, laughter and chocolate!

The Birds Of Paradise

Howdy!Howdy! Howdy!

I recently wrote a pilot for a sitcom that I created "The Birds of Paradise". CTV reviewed my entry, said they liked it but didn't have the budget right now to produce it. Perhaps, they just need a little push! Join the facebook group "CTV Should Produce This Show" and send it off to as many people as you can....if we can get CTV's attention, maybe that will put a little fire in their britches!
Thanks a trillion times!
Erica


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The Birds Of Paradise

Lola Baker stomps wildly through her blue jeaned colored life filled with family, friends and chocolate. Armed with only spandex and a quick tongue, Lola is a healthy mixture of intelligence and sarcasm, ensuring that any topic is open for ridicule. Lola Bird’s life is lived at a quick pace. She is a silver-tongued mother of two, sassy wife of one, and a disheveled daycare operator, she lives life to the fullest using as little energy as possible. Her life in the small rural town of Paradise Ontario requires bundles of energy though, and much to her dismay, she finds little time to vegetate. Lola is constantly kept on her toes warding off her teenage daughters many hormonal admirers. The phone lines are constantly busy, the doorbell is always ringing and teenage scavengers are incessantly cleaning out her cupboards. Her son is the apple of her eye, but the sty on others. He has successfully wrapped her around his finger, and relies on his mother's blind-site to get him out of many sticky situations. Lola's husband Carl is the love of her life, and the biggest pain in her rump. Although he would never admit it, Carl gains pleasure from driving his wife crazy, after all it was her sarcasm and wit that he fell in love with many, many years ago.
Lola's mother, whose favorite hobby is marriage, lives not too far from her daughter and is a daily part of her life. Raising her children in the same town she grew up in, Lola's neighbors are not strangers. Her brother lives a few blocks away as does her father, her mother and her best friend Jeannie.
Lola's kitchen table is a place for family, friends and the odd stranger to gather and gossip, laugh, cry and complain. There are plenty of jokes, pranks and wit flying around the Bird house......but then again, why wouldn't there by, there lives are one big punch line!

Happy Family Day!

Today is Family Day! Why the Canadian Government would give families a day in FEBRUARY to be together is beyond me. It's the coldest month....we are all stuck in doors, we are all suffering from cabin fever, we are all FIGHTING!

Here is some info about Family Day...what it is and who celebrates it (for some crazy reason it's not nation wide).

Family Day is observed in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan on the third Monday of February. This holiday celebrates the importance of families and family life to people and their communities.

What do people do?
On Family Day, many people plan and take part in activities aimed at the whole family. These include visiting art exhibitions, watching movies, skating on outdoor ice rinks, playing board games and taking part in craft activities. Some communities plan special public events, and art galleries and museums may have reduced price or free entry.

As the weather is usually very cold in February, hot chocolate and freshly baked cookies are popular snacks. Other people use the long weekend as an opportunity for a short winter break or to travel to visit family members or friends. As Family Day falls on the same date as National Heritage Day, some people use the day to explore their personal heritage and family history.

Public life
In the provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan, many people have a day off work and schools are generally closed on Family Day. Many businesses and organizations are closed, but post offices may be open. Public transport services may run to their usual or reduced timetables.

In the province of Manitoba, the third Monday of February is a general holiday, known as Louis Riel Day. Many people have a day off work and school and many businesses, organizations and stores are closed. In some communities, stores are open after noon. Public transport services may run to Sunday or holiday timetables. In rural areas, there may be no services.

In the other provinces and territories of Canada, Family Day is not observed and the third Monday in February is not a holiday. Businesses, organizations, schools and post offices are open as usual and public transport services run to their normal timetables.

Background
Family Day was first held in Canada in the province of Alberta in 1990. It is supposed to reflect the values of family and home that were important to the pioneers who founded Alberta, and give workers the opportunity to spend more time with their families. Family Day was introduced in Saskatchewan in 2007 and in Ontario in 2008. One of the reasons for introducing Family Day was that there was a long period when there were no holidays from New Year's Day until Good Friday.

Holidays to celebrate families are also held in other places around the globe. In the Australian Capital Territory, the first Tuesday of November is known as Family and Community Day. In South Africa, the day after Easter Sunday is Family Day.

What's being said about Christmas

The Christmas Season is apon us! I have found a list of funny Christmas quotes to help you cope with this holiday season.

Yes, we all love the holidays...but sometimes they can make us want to scream, pull our hair out and drink WAY too much eggnog!! In order to truly enjoy this holiday season it is important for you to keep smiling and laughing....after all, the Christmas season is meant to be a time of joy.

"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall." -Larry Wilde.

"The one thing women don't want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband." -Joan Rivers.

"I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included." -Bernard Manning

"Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home." -Carol Nelson

"Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money." -Author Unknown

"Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man trying to wrap a Christmas present." -Author Unknown

"Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day." -Phyllis Diller

"There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them." -P.J. O'Rourke

"Christmas is a race to see which gives out first - your money or your feet." -Author Unknown

"Christmas is the one time of year when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ." -Bart Simpson

"There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child." -Erma Bombeck

"The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin." -Jay Leno

"Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's money." -Author Unknown

"Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next year." -P.J. O'Rourke

"Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit." -Kin Hubbard

Pain in my tooth!

For the past few weeks I have been suffering from a toothache. It amazes me how something as tiny as a tooth can cause such tremendous pain. I fear that it is literally going to drive me completely bonkers. Since having a cavity filled a month ago (the filling was placed on the nerve), one of my back molars is SUPER sensitive to hot and cold. For twenty minutes after my first cup of coffee in the morning I am holding a hot water bottle up to my cheek and applying WAY too much Ambysol to my gums. I know the easiest solution to this problem would be to just simply give up my hot cup of java in the morning......this is a solution that I would NEVER consider! Asking me to go without my morning caffeine would be like asking Ellen to give up dancing, or asking my son to give up skate boarding or like asking my neighbour to smile and wave back each morning instead of scowling and grunting.....in other words....impossible! I have tried tylenol, ambysol, a hot water bottle...nothing eases or lessens the pain. So I Googled 'toothache pain remedies' and found myself chuckling over a couple of 'home remedies'.....

•Toothache relief using Onion - Latest research has confirmed the bactericidal properties of onion. If a person consumes one raw onion every day by thorough mastication(I'm not sure what that means...kind of sounds naughty!), he will be protected from host of tooth disorders. Chewing raw onion for three minutes is sufficient to kill all the germs in the mouth. Toothache is often allayed by placing a small piece of onion on the bad tooth or gum.
•Remedies for Tooth ache using Garlic - Among the most effective home remedies for toothache is garlic. A clove of garlic with a little rock salt should be placed on the affected tooth. It will relieve the pain and, sometimes, may even cure it. A clove should also be chewed daily in the morning. It will make the cure teeth making it strong and healthy.(they forgot to mention that your tooth pain will be the least of your problems....your breath will smell like the butt of a skunk....they should have also included a home remedy for halitosis with this one!)
• Keep your head up - Elevating your head can decrease the pressure in the area and may lessen throbbing pain (your neck will be killing you, but your tooth will feel better!)
I am on the 'short list' to see a specialist about a root canal (or at this point I wouldn't object to having the thing pulled!), so cross your fingers and toes that I get an appointment before Christmas....because there is NO WAY I am missing out on pie with ice-cream and hot chocolate with whipped cream!

Celebrate!!!

Did you realize that Friday was NATIONAL NACHO DAY???? Why is this not marked on my calendar? Had it not been for a friend bringing this important occasion to my attention I would have totally missed it...it just would have been another day. November 6 is now marked in permanent marker on my calendar as being National Nacho Day...a day we should all celebrate! If we all honored nachos like they so deservedly should be ....I think we would be a few steps closer to world peace. No one can eat nachos and be angry. It's the food of happiness. Melted cheese, bacon, hot peppers....all symbols of love! November 20th is National Peanut Butter Fudge Day...mark it down, take out the good china, invite the family over and CELEBRATE!

I'm glad it's just not me!

While I was browsing the infinite sites on the internet, I came across one that made me chuckle. It's a website blog that centres around how absolutely wonderfully annoying husbands (and wives) can be! It's not a negative site, every post finds humour in the things that drive us crazy about our beloved. It is a good-humoured blog that brings to light the everyday trials and tribulations that the majority of us experience.....whether it be with our husband or our wife....from everything from embarrassing habits to who takes out the trash! If you have a moment or two, check it out, you're bound to read a posting from someone who 'knows your pain'! To quote one of the fans of the site "This is great. I’m glad to see it’s possible to love someone endlessly even though they annoy the everloving crap out of you."

http://myhusbandisannoying.com/