SAIT student!!

Today I started my first class with SAIT online....I finally got to log in to my WebCT (web class tools for online learning) and have a look at my modules and assignments for the class over the next few months. We got to introduce ourselves via the discussion forums and generally get an idea of what will be expected of us during the course.

Home made pumpkin pie....

I had one pumpkin left from the weekend that hadn't been carved, so I decided to turn it into a pumpkin pie. This was the first time I had ever made a pumpkin pie from scratch!!! Turns out it is really simple!!! I made a round one and Susannah made a square one. We had some for dessert tonight with squeezy cream. Totally YUMMY and much more filling than bought pie or tinned filing - maybe because fresh pumpkin is unprocessed and so much more natural for you???

We are finding the same with Lloyds home made bread....I struggle to finish two slices of his bread as it is so filling - and it keeps me full for hours - yet processed wholewheat bread I can eat slices and slices of! It just isn't the same thing at all! Even Cobs bread isn't quite the same as Lloyds home made bread which just seems more REAL.....

Supper tonight was potato and bacon soup - a family favourite....smells so good in the slow cooker all day.....

Apple bobbing.....

We played apple bobbing on Saturday afternoon before heading out to trick or treat....

Halloween - trick or treat time!!!

Abigail was a peacock complete with peacock feather wand...Sam was a fireman. I was a devil all day and even forgot to take my horns off when we went out for the evening and didn't remember until I was lining up in Starbucks, that I was still wearing them....sigh....

Pumpkin carving 09......

These were the pumpkins we carved this year......we did them saturday afternoon while Susannahs friend was here (they were supposed to be pulling mean and moody poses in the picture but only Susannahs friend did it - Susie started laughing lol). Lloyd carved his scary face with a drill but I did mine with my wonderful Cutterbee - a scrapbooking knife lol!!!! Probably ruined a good blade but it was worth it ;)

OMG the kitchen was such a mess afterwards - Pumpkin goop and gak and muck everywhere - and Lloyds drill threw tiny bits everywhere!!!! But the fun - and the results were definitely worth it :)

Blogging for Scrapbookers - class intentions...

My intentions for this class, are to develop my blogging into something more than it has been lately.....to hopefully learn new techniques and ideas for journaling and writing. I would love to learn ways to change the style of my blog and the way it looks - ways other than just the background and header using typical backgrounds....

I'm interested in using my photography to inspire my writing more - using it to connect to the writing in the way scrapbooking does.

Since I've been posting on facebook, I've neglected my blog a little, and I'd like to pay more attention to my blog again...it needs some TLC ;)

Come and join me as I take this class at www.shimelle.com/classes/618/a-new-online-scrapbooking-class-blogging-for-scrapbookers/

Blogging for scrapbookers.....

www.shimelle.com/classes/618/a-new-online-scrapbooking-class-blogging-for-scrapbookers/

I signed up for this course today - although the start date is today, it isn't too late to join in with me!! It's about $16 Canadian or 9 pounds in the UK I think......I have to say that from what I have seen so far of the prompts and all the work put into this course, it's going to be amazing!!! Three weeks of prompts for blogging, with plenty of tips on how to make your blogging life easier - how to change things up, transform things and how to connect your blogging life to your scrapbooking craft (if you are a scrapbooker).....

I've opened my blog up for the next three weeks too - while I take this class, so we can share our prompts and our blogs with others in our class...hello to anyone who drops by from Shimelles class!