Jan 15, 2007

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They sell covers for kitchen aid mixers............covers!!! COVERS!!!!!!

Why on earth would you want to cover it up?????

It's beautiful!!!

It's a goddamn piece of art!!!!!!

It should NOT be covered up!

If you are crazy enough to want to cover yours then you can find them on ebay (of course lol) but don't expect me to have ANY respect for you afterwards!

Midway through



So the workmen have gone home for the night.....we have hot water now and the heating is back on :) Tomorrow they will be here half a day and then thats it.....they are doing the AC tomorrow as everything else is done - oh except the thermostat.....

I don't like having workmen here but they were nice enough.....I kept sending coffee and cookies down to ...the cups and plates came back empty so I assume they liked them! The furnace room isn't quite so green any more :)

About blogging.......

I saw these questions on Cori's Musings blog and thought they were worth answering :)


1.Do you like the looks and the content of your blog?

The look doesn't bother me and if I didn't like the content I'd delete it ;) I like that I am keeping a record of our days - I love looking back at the archives - there are so many things I had forgotten about from last summer. I'm glad I blogged them.


2.Does your family know about your blog?

Yes, and some of them read it :)


3. Can you tell your friends about your blog?


Yes but not many of them read it - most of my IRL friends don't use the net much.


4.Do you just read the blogs of those who comment on your blog?


No I read a few others.....I have my 'regulars' that I visit :)


5.Does your blog positively affect your mind?

Yes.....its very therapeutic to blog about my day - and sometimes I write really nasty things which makes me feel so much better - then I hit delete :) I don't want things like that on my blog but it helps to offload even if I delete :)


6.What does the number of visitors to your blog mean?


I don't get many visitors these days since my blog is private......I miss a few of my old readers..the number of visitors doesn't interest me - what interested me more back when my blog was private, was to see where in the world my readers were - I had regulars in every continent and I found that amazing!


7.Do you imagine what other bloggers look like?

No not really...many of the ones I read are written by people I have actually met.


8.Do you think blogging has any real benefit?

Yes - as I wrote above, it's therapeutic and it means my family and friends back home can see immediately what is happening in our day to day lives......I hope it gives them a glimpse into what our lives in Canada are really like.


9.Do you think that the blogosphere is a stand alone community separated from the real world?

Uh......NO :)


10.Do some political blogs scare you? Do you avoid them?

They don't interest me :)


11.Do you think that criticizing your blog is useful?


To me, my blog is a journal of my life...I don't see any reason or benefit of criticising it...my life is what it is......


12.Have you ever thought about what would happen to your blog in case you died?


I guess it would just 'be there'....maybe Lloyd would type something about me dying....I was reading a blog the other day about a lady with Cancer - she died and the blog was just left - unfinished.....I think it would have been nice for her DH to have written a few lines - like a closing post......people need closure....I think it helps them grieve.


13.Which blogger had the greatest impression on you?

When I was at T-Blog, I used to read a blog written by an older lady...she lived in Toronto with her cat. Each day she would blog what she had eaten for supper. That was it....she didn't really blog anything else - maybe what the weather was like but that was about it...for some reason I HAD to go back each day and check how she was and read what she had eaten....I tried to leave a comment each day.....her blog would always read something like 'Today for supper I had green beans, mashed potato and a chicken pie'.

I'm not sure why that left an impression on me but it did.


14.Which blogger do you think is the most similar to you?

I haven't come across a blogger that I felt I was similar to. Thats probably a good thing :)


15.Name a song you want to listen to?

The song I have stuck in my head 24/7............The Fray, How to Save a Life.

Thomas, Sammy and friends.............




Last night Lloyd spent the whole evening obsessing over the train set.........it HAD to be perfect.........he hmmmmed and haaaaaed about whether he needed more engine sheds or curvy bits.......and he faced the HUGE dilemma of deciding where to place the bridges.......

Finally we agreed as to the layout and he glued the track down.......it has been a HUGE hit today as Sam has been playing with it since he woke up - almost 5 hours! Of course, just like at the library, the children are fighting over who has the longest train and whose train can go where...its driving me a little nuts to be honest.....

shortbread..........



This morning Susannah and Laurence made these thumb print shortbread cookies with a chocolate in the top of each one.........

Yum!

middle aged............

A friend of mine (actually, Randy Ferbeys wife) told me a while ago that middle age is 35..............so next week I will be middle aged............

That makes me feel great..........just GREAT!

My birthday will be while I am in Florida, and my request for the day was to spend the day on the beach :) Its not really Lloyds idea of fun - he is totally NOT the 'relax on the beach' kind of guy.......although he HAS agree to take his shoes and socks off and paddle :)

Me - I love the beach - and the sea - I envy Lloyd his childhood of growing up by the sea.....I love collecting shells, and pebbles........and pebbles with holes going right through them......digging my toes into the sand and feeling it warm them.....the sound of the waves crashing.....the slightly salty sea air............

Disney is exciting, the villa with its own pool and hot tub is exciting....but I am MOST excited about the beach :)

US ice storms in pictures...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6263399.stm

Which reminds me that we haven't had a really good hoar frost for ages.....I love taking the camera out and taking pictures of the frost on the trees and fences.....

morning sickness

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6180307.stm

Why on earth do they still not prescrive things like Diclectin in the UK...I suffered through 4 pregnancies in the UK with morning sickness......yet with Sams pregnancy they prescribed Diclectin straight away and my sickness was gone......I just don't understand why the UK is making women suffer with morning sickness needlessly...

I think they are still scared after the thalidomide problems........but I really do think drugs like diclectin have been proven to be safe now and should be prescribed - surely thats better than steroids!!!

quotes

I get an Inspirational quote sent to me each day and here are the last two:


Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
by Harvey Mackay

If you are too busy to spend time with your children then you are busier than God intended you to be.
by Rabbi Mendel Epstein

They are from www.bestinspiration.com

The before picture............


It is #$@$*&$ freezing in this house today - the only heat we have is from the fire in the sitting room......the furnace is being replaced so the heating is off.....the water is also off - all day - as the water tank is also being replaced.....fun fun fun!

I have buckets of water all over the house for flushing the toilet and making drinks............my feet are numb - thank goodness its a little warmer today - it will actually reach 0c today - yes Brits - that is WARM for here :)

I just keep reminding myself that this will all be soooooo worth it with a decent furnace and AIR CONDITIONING!!!!! but for today please let me gripe and groan about the cold and the chaos.........

And hey don't I just post the most exciting pictures ever???? Yesterday the Coker fractionator on the highway and today the furnace room :) I can see why you all keep coming back to read my blog roflmao!!! Lloyd says I am just sad.....but at least I don't get turned on by diggers and tractors ;)

And this mornings sunrise....




This was the view from my kitchen window this morning...............
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