Susannah making the mince pies earlier....and the last picture shows her taking a picture of the end result ready to blog!
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Feb 12, 2008
Susie bakes...
Susannah making the mince pies earlier....and the last picture shows her taking a picture of the end result ready to blog!
Mince pies.....
The mince pies - including Susies giant one.....and my brandy butter :) Which means I've almost used a whole bottle since Christmas GULP!!!!
Late...
Urgh......the game started late and they are in the last few minutes now. So Lloyd is still in Sherwood Park with Chris. the snow is still coming down heavily and I am just looking forward to them getting home.
Sam is still not himself...Abigail is cranky from over-excitement about her birthday. Susie is hyper from brandy butter and mince pies.....the phone keeps ringing for Laurie constantly and we are all hungry - but we are having dinner when Lloyd gets home so I daren't give them snacks....
Chris's team is winning at least - with 3 minutes to go.
Susie made me a dozen puff pastry mince pies tonight - and she used the pastry scraps to make herself a big mince pie pasty! I made brandy butter to go with them....YUMMY!
I have pictures so I will add them in a little while.
Sam is still not himself...Abigail is cranky from over-excitement about her birthday. Susie is hyper from brandy butter and mince pies.....the phone keeps ringing for Laurie constantly and we are all hungry - but we are having dinner when Lloyd gets home so I daren't give them snacks....
Chris's team is winning at least - with 3 minutes to go.
Susie made me a dozen puff pastry mince pies tonight - and she used the pastry scraps to make herself a big mince pie pasty! I made brandy butter to go with them....YUMMY!
I have pictures so I will add them in a little while.
Mary Engelbreit
I LOVE Mary Engelbreit...I love the whimsy style of her work...and her magazine is wonderful...I saw this girl in one of the adverts in the magazine and thought she was so cute - I'm cutting her out and putting her in my journal!
Surprise...
I asked Lloyd to pick me up a scrapbooking magazine on Sunday, and he came home with this board game lol! Not quite what I was expecting lol! Fun though! I opened it today and had a look and it looks quite good!
Paper doll fun.....
A had fun with this red riding hood paper doll today...and then we surfed online for more paper dolls which we printed out and A cut them out herself. Good for cutting practice - with all those fiddly parts!
My day...
Hmmmm its 3:20pm. Susie and Laurence will be home very soon. Chris has a basketball match that Lloyd is going to watch in town. It hasn't started to snow yet but I still keep getting the warnings emailed to me.
I have had work to do on the computer today - I like this because it makes me feel like I am doing my part for the business. Basically I have to trail through various websites and download all the information for upcoming projects that require IT resources...I have to download all the relevant application downloads and info and sort that...and will have to prep the responses from our business.
I feel almost business-like discussing my rfp's and the apc and various documents....I have to get organized though and have all the resumes ready to be matched to rfp's and ready to go on time.
I am so easily distracted though and find myself at LP again and again.....its a good job my boss can't fire me!!!
Sam has been cranky today...and sleepy so I hope he isn't ill. He tipped talcum powder all over my bedroom and for some reason we can't vacuum it up without getting nasty static shocks! Lloyd is going to check the humidifier later but maybe its something in the powder?????
Abigail has been busy - aside from our bones study, she has done a ton of work in her reading workbook - today we focussed on 'alphabetical order' and I wasn't sure she would grasp it easily, but she flew through it with no problems. Of course she is only alphabetising the first letter and hasn't had to deal with figuring it out from the second letter!
She did a few pages of math too.....
I cut out a paper doll for Abby - red riding hood - from my Mary Engelbreit magazine and she loved that so we then went surfing for more paper dolls that she could cut out herself.
All in all we haven't done a lot today but the day has passed by fairly quickly...
Laurie and Susie are home now and Laurie is making me a cup of coffee :)
I am defrosting some ready made pastry and plan to make some mince pies later and some brandy butter! It isn't Christmas BUT I made some lovely ones at Christmas and for some reason one of the children thought I had said to give them all to Charlie!!!! So they all got thrown away! I was so sad - so I bought a jar of sweet mincemeat and plan to make some more :)
Tonight I have to wrap birthday gifts because tomorrow Abigail is SIX!!!! :)
I have had work to do on the computer today - I like this because it makes me feel like I am doing my part for the business. Basically I have to trail through various websites and download all the information for upcoming projects that require IT resources...I have to download all the relevant application downloads and info and sort that...and will have to prep the responses from our business.
I feel almost business-like discussing my rfp's and the apc and various documents....I have to get organized though and have all the resumes ready to be matched to rfp's and ready to go on time.
I am so easily distracted though and find myself at LP again and again.....its a good job my boss can't fire me!!!
Sam has been cranky today...and sleepy so I hope he isn't ill. He tipped talcum powder all over my bedroom and for some reason we can't vacuum it up without getting nasty static shocks! Lloyd is going to check the humidifier later but maybe its something in the powder?????
Abigail has been busy - aside from our bones study, she has done a ton of work in her reading workbook - today we focussed on 'alphabetical order' and I wasn't sure she would grasp it easily, but she flew through it with no problems. Of course she is only alphabetising the first letter and hasn't had to deal with figuring it out from the second letter!
She did a few pages of math too.....
I cut out a paper doll for Abby - red riding hood - from my Mary Engelbreit magazine and she loved that so we then went surfing for more paper dolls that she could cut out herself.
All in all we haven't done a lot today but the day has passed by fairly quickly...
Laurie and Susie are home now and Laurie is making me a cup of coffee :)
I am defrosting some ready made pastry and plan to make some mince pies later and some brandy butter! It isn't Christmas BUT I made some lovely ones at Christmas and for some reason one of the children thought I had said to give them all to Charlie!!!! So they all got thrown away! I was so sad - so I bought a jar of sweet mincemeat and plan to make some more :)
Tonight I have to wrap birthday gifts because tomorrow Abigail is SIX!!!! :)
Guess what I am....answers!!
1. Book
2. Wasp nest
3. door handle
4. dish soap with scrubbing bubbles!
5. paper trimmer
Well done everyone :) I will do this again in the next few days and try and make it more difficult!!
2. Wasp nest
3. door handle
4. dish soap with scrubbing bubbles!
5. paper trimmer
Well done everyone :) I will do this again in the next few days and try and make it more difficult!!
Bones...
Head over to our homeschool blog to check out a video showing what we have been up to today!!!
Bones!
Today we learned about bones! A read a book about the skeleton to me. It showed how we need joints to be able to move. A had to answer a series of questions about the skeleton...about what the skull protects etc. Then we had to do an experiment!
We had to try walking around the house with no knee joints......so we couldn't bend our legs at all....then we had to try and climb the stairs - that is NOT easy with no knees!
After that we had to try and do things with no elbows! I had A try and eat some mini marshmallows with no elbows - it is almost impossible without eating like a dog! So in the end we figured out we could try and throw the marshmallows in the air with a flick of the spoon and catch them. Here is A trying it out!
In the news today...
We are under a heavy snowfall warning...the snow should start falling shortly, and is supposed to continue until tomorrow morning. 10cm of snow...which doesn't seem that much to me but is considered 'heavy snowfall'.
They say the roads may be bad for the drive home tonight. Lloyd has to drive in to town to watch Chris's basketball semi finals. Roads in the morning will be much worse though. Lloyd may take my truck instead of his car - his car is 4 X 4 but I still prefer him to take the truck in bad weather.
It makes me think that the worry over the occasional - once or twice a year hurricane in Florida is less of a concern than the five months or so of bad driving weather here.....
This morning on the news they were also saying that Fort McMurray (Fort McMoney as they call it here although I don't see the salaries being THAT big there - certainly not worth living apart for imo) has three times the national average of drugs crimes/offences!!!!!!
Most news stories at the moment seem to follow the provincial election.....I think I am the only person in Alberta who thinks Stelmach is doing a pretty good job. I think people have unrealistic expectations of how fast changes can be made in certain areas. I also think people don't realise that many decisions are not as simple as they seem to the majority.
I do NOT like Mason - I don't even like the way he looks - he looks nasty. But I do quite like Taft.
Purely selfishly though, as a business owner and a home owner, we seem to be doing very well under the conservatives....and I'm not sure how that would change under the liberals.....
I like the conservatives running Alberta but the Liberals running Canada...that seemed to work well. I can't stand the Conservatives running the country!
They say the roads may be bad for the drive home tonight. Lloyd has to drive in to town to watch Chris's basketball semi finals. Roads in the morning will be much worse though. Lloyd may take my truck instead of his car - his car is 4 X 4 but I still prefer him to take the truck in bad weather.
It makes me think that the worry over the occasional - once or twice a year hurricane in Florida is less of a concern than the five months or so of bad driving weather here.....
This morning on the news they were also saying that Fort McMurray (Fort McMoney as they call it here although I don't see the salaries being THAT big there - certainly not worth living apart for imo) has three times the national average of drugs crimes/offences!!!!!!
Most news stories at the moment seem to follow the provincial election.....I think I am the only person in Alberta who thinks Stelmach is doing a pretty good job. I think people have unrealistic expectations of how fast changes can be made in certain areas. I also think people don't realise that many decisions are not as simple as they seem to the majority.
I do NOT like Mason - I don't even like the way he looks - he looks nasty. But I do quite like Taft.
Purely selfishly though, as a business owner and a home owner, we seem to be doing very well under the conservatives....and I'm not sure how that would change under the liberals.....
I like the conservatives running Alberta but the Liberals running Canada...that seemed to work well. I can't stand the Conservatives running the country!
Know anyone near Vanvouver?
If you know anyone in the Vancouver area...or are interested in relocating and work in the IT/ QA field, then we are looking for resources for a 2 - 3 year contract with the BC Government:
For further information please contact: lloydthorpe@testingautomation.com
Senior QA software testers - with a background in User acceptance testing and preferably conformance testing.
Resources will be represented through Testing Auto working for the Gov of BC.
No specific qualifications - just experience.
rates would be around the $60+ hr range depending on experience
Length of contract is to end of fiscal with possibility of extension for further phases of the project (years)
Location is downtown Vancouver - West Pender
For further information please contact: lloydthorpe@testingautomation.com
30 things...
I saw this on Coris blog and copied :)
1. If your doctor told you TODAY that you were pregnant, what would you say? I'd turn to Lloyd and say 'Your Mother will want a paternity test!' lol
2. Do you trust all of your friends? no. I actually trust very few of them. Sorry friends lol.
3. Would you move to another state or country to be with the one you love? I would go wherever Lloyd goes. I'm not attached to places and I like moving about and living in new places.
4. Do you believe that everything happens for a reason? No, I think things just happen.
5. Can you make a dollar in change right now? Yeah, we have a change jar. Actually its one of those huge water jug bottle things from a filter machine - and its almost full :)
6. Which one of your friends do you think would make the best doctor? Lloyd - he's so easy to talk to and nothing seems to freak him out lol
7.What naughty word do you use too often? the f word...oops!
8. Is there someone who pops into your mind at random times? no one in particular...lots of people do at different times.
9. What’s your most favorite scar? A dog bit my hand in Elk island Park a few years back and I have a scar now - but its quite a pretty star shape so its ok :)
10. When was the last time you flew in a plane? October 07 - we flew to Vancouver for a week.
11. What features do you find most attractive in the preferred sex? smile and the tops of arms
12. Fill in the blank. I love chocolate anything for pudding.
13. What is a goal you would like to accomplish in the near future? run another 5k or buy a home in Florida.
14. If you were to wake up from being in a coma for an extended time who would you call? assuming Lloyd was beside me, my parents.
15. Where was your favorite picture taken? My favourite picture of me was taken on a hill in the Rockies - we had pulled in for a bathroom break on the way to Banff with my parents. My favourite general picture would probably be of the hummingbird being chased by the bee - taken on my porch last year. Or the gorgeous picture of Lloyd I took in September that just makes me melt.
16. What’s your middle name? Emma
17. Honestly, what’s on your mind right now? My head feels funny....again :( and its not snowing yet.....and I really should go and get dressed!
18. If you could go back in time and change something, what would it be? I'd go back a few weeks and email Paul and tell him to give up riding his bike in London....he has a family to think of!
19. Who was or will be the maid of honor/ best man in your wedding? My children were the only attendees at my wedding.
20. What are you wearing right now? nighty, slippers and undies.
21. Ever had a bar fight? no - I've never really hung out in bars.
22. Who knows you the best? Lloyd.
23. Did you buy something today? not yet..but theres still time ;)
24. Did you get in a fight with someone today? not yet, but theres still time ;) lol!
25. When is the last time you had a massage? a few weeks back probably
26. Last person to see you cry? Lloyd and Chris while we were watching 'Reign Over Me'...last week. Oh actually no...Saturday night Sam and Abby - I was crying on the phone to Lloyd as I felt so ill.
27. Who made you cry? my f*cking migraines...and movies...
28. What was the last TV show you watched? Martha Stewart show for ten minutes...
29. Who was the last person you hung out with? Lloyd, my kids
30. Have you ever taken a peek at someone else’s diary? No, unless you count blogs!!!!
1. If your doctor told you TODAY that you were pregnant, what would you say? I'd turn to Lloyd and say 'Your Mother will want a paternity test!' lol
2. Do you trust all of your friends? no. I actually trust very few of them. Sorry friends lol.
3. Would you move to another state or country to be with the one you love? I would go wherever Lloyd goes. I'm not attached to places and I like moving about and living in new places.
4. Do you believe that everything happens for a reason? No, I think things just happen.
5. Can you make a dollar in change right now? Yeah, we have a change jar. Actually its one of those huge water jug bottle things from a filter machine - and its almost full :)
6. Which one of your friends do you think would make the best doctor? Lloyd - he's so easy to talk to and nothing seems to freak him out lol
7.What naughty word do you use too often? the f word...oops!
8. Is there someone who pops into your mind at random times? no one in particular...lots of people do at different times.
9. What’s your most favorite scar? A dog bit my hand in Elk island Park a few years back and I have a scar now - but its quite a pretty star shape so its ok :)
10. When was the last time you flew in a plane? October 07 - we flew to Vancouver for a week.
11. What features do you find most attractive in the preferred sex? smile and the tops of arms
12. Fill in the blank. I love chocolate anything for pudding.
13. What is a goal you would like to accomplish in the near future? run another 5k or buy a home in Florida.
14. If you were to wake up from being in a coma for an extended time who would you call? assuming Lloyd was beside me, my parents.
15. Where was your favorite picture taken? My favourite picture of me was taken on a hill in the Rockies - we had pulled in for a bathroom break on the way to Banff with my parents. My favourite general picture would probably be of the hummingbird being chased by the bee - taken on my porch last year. Or the gorgeous picture of Lloyd I took in September that just makes me melt.
16. What’s your middle name? Emma
17. Honestly, what’s on your mind right now? My head feels funny....again :( and its not snowing yet.....and I really should go and get dressed!
18. If you could go back in time and change something, what would it be? I'd go back a few weeks and email Paul and tell him to give up riding his bike in London....he has a family to think of!
19. Who was or will be the maid of honor/ best man in your wedding? My children were the only attendees at my wedding.
20. What are you wearing right now? nighty, slippers and undies.
21. Ever had a bar fight? no - I've never really hung out in bars.
22. Who knows you the best? Lloyd.
23. Did you buy something today? not yet..but theres still time ;)
24. Did you get in a fight with someone today? not yet, but theres still time ;) lol!
25. When is the last time you had a massage? a few weeks back probably
26. Last person to see you cry? Lloyd and Chris while we were watching 'Reign Over Me'...last week. Oh actually no...Saturday night Sam and Abby - I was crying on the phone to Lloyd as I felt so ill.
27. Who made you cry? my f*cking migraines...and movies...
28. What was the last TV show you watched? Martha Stewart show for ten minutes...
29. Who was the last person you hung out with? Lloyd, my kids
30. Have you ever taken a peek at someone else’s diary? No, unless you count blogs!!!!
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