My fave show....

www.jamieoliver.com/tv/

Jamie At Home...oooh and edited to add that we got this show even before its shown in the UK WOOHOO that NEVER happens :) No wonder my Mom hadn't heard of it! It starts in August in the UK and you should all watch it because its FAB!!!!

This is currently my fave show.......definitely a book I will be getting in the Fall.....tempted to order off his website and try for a signed copy.....oh and this show is on tonight 8pm on the Food Network....

Cat predicts deaths...

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6917113.stm

I think if this cat came towards me I'd kick it and tell it to p*ss off!!!!! ;)

Bookmarks

Yesterday we did this scratch-art craft....where you scratch the black coating off to reveal the colours underneath.....we had cross bookmarks to scratch....Susie especially loved this craft.....Abby was upset that my Mom went home without hers!!!! We will have to mail it....

And no, I haven't changed my faith ;) but Susannah is Christian and I am happy to do crafts and activities that support her choices.....

Kitty pics.....

A few more pics of Jasper......

Jasper bug watches too..........

Jasper had fun chasing a dying fly around the floor (yuck!) but he loved the buzzing and seeing it spinning across the floor :)

Bug watching.........

Homemade water slide.......

Susie, Abby and Sam using the hose on the slide.....they were out there almost all day and are now inside cooling off....the girls watching Brother Bear and Sam playing with his bricks....Lloyd is on his way home....Chris is downstairs with his friend Max who came over....Laurie is down there too I think or he may be watching tv too...he was out for a cycle ride for a while and again is cooling off now....

As for me, I brushed off the porch, washed all the windows on the main floor inside and out.....vacuumed the stairs....did some laundry......sat outside with Laurie for a while.....bugwatched with Abby......caught up with Emails I haven't had a chance to get to lately.....including one from a lady who is planning to start homeschooling and wanted some advice......

First of the season...

Here are the cherry tomatoes that I picked from the garden and enjoyed in a sandwich :)

Traditions.......

Our neighbours fields are almost ready to be baled now.....yesterday they were there with their horse and plough-type thing preparing for the baler to come through........

Almost done...

I was determined to finish my book yesterday........so I sat out in the sun for a while with Sam and Charlie to get through it.........I didn't qwuite finish yesterday so I finished it today....Jane Greens 'Swapping Lives'.....

Would you swap lives with a single girl for a month? Where her clothes...live her life.....

Quiet house......

We took my Mom and Nephew to the airport yesterday for their flight back to the UK.....before we left we took the above pictures.....

We got their baggage checked in and then went up to watch the planes for a few minutes before saying goodbye and then racing back upstairs to watch them go through security......

After that we headed home via McDonalds......what a cool McD's...it has a train for tables so Sam sat on the train and ate EVERYTHING...which is unusual!

We came home and pottered about outside for a while picking tomatoes (first of the season!) and strawberries...some blackcurrants.....raspberries....

We were in bed shortly after 9pm....exhausted! Although I sat up and watched a fab show...DiagnosisX.....its a real life show about Doctors trying to make diagnoses of werid illnesses.....last nights illness was hypogonadism......very interesting story....of course Laurie now LOVES this new word....hypogonadism!! lol!

Today the house is very relaxed and lazy......I ran to the store for milk.....I'm about to wash the windows which are filthy....Chris has cycled to his friend.....Laurie has tried to round up some friends but they all seem to be away....Susie and Abby are busy bugcatching with a kit my Mom gave them.....I have a guy coming shortly to see to the air conditioning unit - they are replacing the cover for us because the well company dented it when they were digging....

Tomorrow I have LaZBoy coming out to deliver our foot stool and also to have a look at the sofas...the leather was supposed to be triple dyed so it should not be peeling off noticeably...but it is badly...........so they are coming to look at it tomorrow and will then decide what to do about it....this is NOT a cheap sofa so this should NOT be happening grrrrr.....its a shame if they have to replace it because it is just starting to soften up in all the right places and is all comfy!!

Woohoo Susan.....

Good for you for getting out of crappy facebook...I deleted my account few weeks back......just found the whole thing too childish....

Oh and I like your Smurf post.....I hadn't thought about the whole whore house thing at Fort Ed......but you're right...I guess it wouldn't be very 'Canadian' to put something like that there though....Canadians are far too polite and 'nice' to have to discuss that with school field trips ;)