Superwoman

An old song....but it used to be a favourite of mine and something reminded me of it recently. Play it and listen to the lyrics :)

Lloyds idea of a joke!

Lloyd was holding my camera while I went to get my cup of tea this afternoon and he snapped a load of pictures of me walking back towards him....ha bloody ha! I was cursing him!!! It was freezing cold outside with a windchill of -11c!!!!! I couldn't find my lovely warm scarf so I had on Susies turquoise one and my lovely (lol) blue hat (remember Monica I said I have ONE hat that fits my big head and its blue so it doesn't go with any of my coats except my blue winter coat - well this is that very hat lol) anyway I am sooooo NOT a hat person but it was cold so I had my hat on and Susies scarf and I didn't care what I looked like because I was at home and no one sees me at home.......and then Lloyd thought it was fun to snap pictures of me ;)

Getting revenge for me taking pictures of him while he was sleeping lol!

;)

I realised this morning that Lloyd and I have been together almost 8 years....it doesn't seem possible! Its flown by! It really shocked me!! Of course when I said this to Lloyd he was quick to say that it doesn't shock him at all.......because its been eight long years of HELL!!!! ;)

OMG I married my Father lol...just the kind of thing my Dad would say - he always says about how long he's been married.....'almost fifty years...you get less than that for murder'!!!! ;)

Amber girl!!

And here is Rosies big Sister, Amber! Amber is completely different to Rosie! Hard to get a picture of! She refuses to pose for the camera. She does NOT like to play fetch. She likes to catch a scent and then run after the scent. She likes to run on and see whats around and doesn't like to walk slowly with us......where as Rosie will walk with us all the way. Amber is very slender where as Rosie is chubby.Ambers coat is silky and smooth and doesn't mat at all like Rosies. It's easy to groom and keep tidy. Amber doesn't swim.

Rosie Posie...

Today was as good a day as any to take my camera with me and the dogs! It was sunny with blue skies and the awful wind we've had the last week had finally gone! This is my Rosie girl! She carried her ball the whole way for Lloyd to throw and kick for her :) She LOVES to play fetch!

For Dianne and Dad :)

I know, I know......I haven't been taking as many pictures of the other animals....I'm sorry! I will try to do something about that! Here is a picture of Charlie that I took on Friday!

Charlie is doing good......the workmen adore her - Tim especially I think. They used to park their trucks on the side where the workshop is and she would stay over there near them...but now they have moved everything over to the side near the pond and the beehive.....so Charlie,too, has moved - and she spends her day over there with them - keeping an eye on them ;) Really though its because she likes company - she just likes to be near people! The guys think its funnny that she has followed them over!

She now has a woodburning fireplace in the workshop and yesterday two new garage doors were fitted to the workshop - so she is nice and warm and secure in there now :).

I will add more pictures of the other animals this week - remind me to take my camera on some of the dog walks this week - I tend not to because my hands get cold.

Oh and on Friday when I took my camera out, a wasp got between my hand and the camera and stung the palm of my hand and its still annoyingly sore and itchy :( there are still so many wasps everywhere :(

Our squirrel friend! Caught!!!

Susie spotted our squirrel on the porch today and called me to get the camera! I couldn't see it so came back inside only for Laurence to say it was back again! I saw it run down by the workmens trailer and all the cedar shingles! Finally - our funny little squirrel who appears every now and then and seems to be living in our side woods, is caught on camera!!! It obviously likes the bird nuts from the feeder :) We'll have to get a squirrel feeder and nuts for him now!!! :)

Sleepy.....

I was reading last night in bed but couldn't resist creeping out of bed and taking a picture of Lloyd and sam asleep snuggled up. They looked cute in the glow of my bedside lamp. Its driving me nuts having Sam in bed with us when he is almost 4 (because of Chris being in his room because of the renovations) and I will be so glad when Chris moves back to his own room and Sam can go in his own room...but there are things I will miss - and this is one of them - as well as having Sam snuggled into me in the mornings like a hot water bottle after Lloyd has gone to work!

Watercolour ATC's

These atc's are for a watercolour atc swap at swap-bot. They are both going to 1 partner so I have called them 'Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow'. This weekend I have also worked on Christmas and Winter act's for a swap I am doing with Tess and Stacey - but because they both read my blog I can't post pictures yet!!! :)

Edward Cullen swap!!

This is a package I got for being in an Edward Cullen swap at Swap-bot!! I love the note that came with it :) I couldn't agree more :)

Staceys first Artist Trading Cards.........

On Friday, Stacey - from the 'Mollys People' blog (link to right) came over for the afternoon with her children so that I could snap a few Fall pictures of them. I know I for one had a lovely afternoon of chatting, tea and hot chocolate, walking in the woods and enjoying holding Kylies teeny tiny hand!!! It makes Sams hand feel ENORMOUS!!!! You forget quite how little they are when they're two!!! 4 hours flew by!! They met Charlie the pig (Taylors face when he met her was quite a picture lol! And luckily Abigail was home from school so she had a wonderful time playing with Kylie with playdoh and painting.....

Anyway, While visiting, Stacey gave me an envelope and inside were her very FIRST ATC's!!!! I feel HONOURED to receive these!! thanks so much Stacey!!! And I especially cherish the one of Molly!!! Molly is Staceys little dog and some of you may remember that I fell in love with Molly the night of Staceys Stampin-Up party when I made the Christmas Cards - I don't normally like little dogs, but I really liked Molly who was a sweetheart!

I've only posted pictures of these two cards because I will save the others to post when I get Tess's swap cards and then I'll post al the Winter and Christmas swap atc's at the same time :)

Halloween party night.....

Tonight the girls have gone to their school Halloween party night - a week early for some strange reason. I guess because many people go trick or treating on the actual night. The children didn't have school today either so I guess that gave the school time to decorate and get organised. Laurence spent all week saying he didn't want a costume and didn't want t go because the Jr High kids said it was babyish and not worth going to. Tonight he is sulking because all his friends are going and he doesn't have a costume. So I suggest costumes we have in the costume box and he isn't interested so his friends offer him costumes and he plans to go with them and now he can't get in touch with them because it's too late.....and now he's tired from his sleepover last night and sulking because he isn't out having fun! I'd happily take him but he's too busy sulking!

We bought Abigail a purple and black witch costume because on the packet it looked so cute - but when she put it on it was awful - it looked like something a paedophile would design!!!!! OMG so she didn't wear that - instead we got the dress up box out and she wore this rapunzel dress as a 'nice witch' instead! I had no body glitter so I rubbed red stickles on their skin lol! Oh scrapbooking supplies come in handy sometimes ;) I told them if they come out in a rash they should find a bathroom and wash it off quickly lol!

Susannah is an 'Evil Fairy' and her wings have black cobwebs on them....I made her wand.....a dowel and black felt hot glued and then decorated again with stickles lol!

Lots to blog about!!

I am going to blog all out of order the next little while!!! I want to blog about Stacey and her atc's, her children, postcards, the renovations, Oliver, my Nan, Halloween.....and so its all going to be out of order lol! And none of it is in order of preference - just in order of how the pictures are coming off the camera - and that tends to be back to front lol!

Painted atc's

Here are some atc's I received in the 'painted atc' swap at Swapbot. These came from Erna in South Africa. Erna is an artist and an art teacher! She actually contacted me on Facebook! Aren't these atc's exquisite? I plan to frame them and put them on the wall as they are miniature portraits in watercolour!

Grrrrr wind!

I've been awake since 4am! Our bedroom was full of smoke! No idea why - I assumed Lloyd had lit the fire in the workshop but he hadn't last night! So we checked the house and garage and everything and our place is fine - we couldn't see where the smoke was coming from so assume someone has a fire going and the wind outside was blowing it in this direction. The smell was so strong. We always sleep with a window open but we closed the window and the smell went. But the wind is so strong outside.

Anyway I was wide awake - so many things going through my mind......couldn't get back to sleep and before i knew it Lloyds alarm was going off so I suggested he had coffee with me. Now Laurence is awake and I can hear him having breakfast downstairs. The girls are still asleep.

Last night I went out for dinner with my friend Tess - we had a quick look around the new used book store near Scrapbook Memories, before heading to Eastside Marios (Joey Tomatoes had a 25 minute wait sadly) but thats ok because ESM's is Tess's favourite! We had a lovely evening and Tess even managed to get a head massage by some guy walking by (hahahaha)

I think I TERRIFIED Tess with my driving (and parking) skills lol and she can probably now quite see why I don't attend her crop nights lol...this is nothing new to Val of course who frequently sees my bad driving......Tess kindly offered to follow me home - and most people know how far I live away from town :) but I don't mind highway driving - its in town I hate driving!!! it's all the turning and signals and everything - the highways are easy!!! Once I hit Hwy 14 it was EASY :) you just have to keep an eye out for moose and deer then :)

Anyway, thank you Tess for a lovely evening! Lets repeat again SOON!!!

Anyone size 12 or 14 petite?

I have pants...practically brand new.....mainly Reitmans jeans.....in size 12 and 14 petite. Are they of use to anyone? I didn't wear them for very long at all........a few times only.

Free to a good home in the Edmonton area...or heading to the thrift store......

Let me know!