When you're wearing milk-bone underwear ???

Tonight one of my cousins called from Ontario and somehow we ended up talking about Cheers and I noted how much I've appreciated the presence of the Coffee Shop here in town that has become for me like Cheers was on tv. Paul asked - "do they call out 'SHAWN' when you walk in?" I said sometimes ... then he said you need some smart one liners to throw back ... and one of our favourite lines ever uttered by Norm on Cheers came up:

It's a dog eat dog world out there and I'm wearing milk bone underwear !!!

I couldn't have said it any better ... somedays it is a dog eat dog world and my underwear is milkbones ... and when those days hit, it is good to have a place to go where you can just relax and fit in. For me it is a delightful coffee shop on Main St here in Minnedosa called:

Chipperfield Coffee Company

For those of you who know Minnedosa, but haven't been to Chipperfield's - it is located in what was once the Chipperfield store on Main St kitty corner from the Arena ... it was named after the Chipperfield family who once called Minnedosa home, and who were delighted to lend the new business their name in honour of their father Jim and his legacy to Minnedosa.

I have nothing but praise for Bonnie and her staff. They are good people, and they provide exceptional service and nothing but good coffee, refreshments and snacks. Chipperfields has become a refuge of sorts for me, and it is a place where people from all over the community gather to enjoy a break in their day ...

Everyone needs a Cheers in their life, and for the folks in Minnedosa, Chipperfield Coffee Company fits the bill nicely ... Because like it was sung for over 10 years on tv:

Making your way in the world today
Takes everything you've got;
Taking a break from all your worries
Sure would help a lot.

Wouldn't you like to get away?
Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your name,
And they're always glad you came;

You want to be where you can see,
Our troubles are all the same;
You want to be where everybody knows your name.
You want to go where people know,
People are all the same;
You want to go where everybody knows your name.

dayenu ...