Wednesday, April 15, 2009

More Victoria photos

What a lovely way to spend a few days off, than a trip to Victoria to see my sweet family for Easter. Last year, I missed my spring trip and was totally family deprived for months until they came for summer. It is tricky ,not seeing them at Christmas anymore, but as our lives change, these things happen. All I can say, is that I am so happy that I went. I got to see the day to day lives of K. and M.. and we had Maddie's birthday party and then we celebrated Easter and Costco...and I had my hair cut by my old hairdresser who has moved her shop out into her home way out in Langford, but still do-able. So, here are a mixed up bunch of photos, in no particular order.. although Maddie's birthday did pretty much come first.. no, it was second.
I met my friend, Francoise and her partner for breakfast early Sunday at a cute little restaurant called Shine. Breakfast was their specialty and on Sunday morning it was jam packed with line ups out the door! The service was fast and the food delicious! That was the first time I met Paul,and he was easy to chat with and it was no wonder that him and Francoise got together...they are a good match! My camera wasn't working at that moment and my pics are on my phone...so I will post those ones, when I get them off my phone...a whole other procedure...

Maddie getting the ballons blown up



Three MAddie's at one party! How cute is that!



Maddie and Granny B.





Happy Birthday to you-u-u-u-!



Blow out hte candles and make a wish!




Kaleigh and Annette at our Easter dinner which was mighty darn delicious Thank-you Sonia for making it and thanks to Nonie for bringing all the veggies! Yum, Yum, Yum!


Soni with her new haircut... she always looked good in red as a young'in and now she looks fabulous!



That's me with my eyes closed and my new striped hair and Nonie, always with a big smile to greet you! Nonie and Don came down from Mill Bay to join us for dinner. It had been at least three years since we saw visited. It was fun to catch up on everything and we look forward to seeing them up our way in June when they come for a big Legion get-together in Trail



Maddie and her good friend, Ashley...playing the game of Life at the computer. It was afree game in a box of cereal and it provided hours of entertainment!



SPRING HAS SPRUNG!!!!




Looking out from Sonia's doorstep across the cul-de-sac. The trees which were blooming late this year were in their full pink blossoms..a happy scene to greet you in the morning when you walked out the door!



Here's Mr. Spike...he couldn't leave Silky alone, but secretly, I think she liked all the attention!


The trees were all so beautiful in their spring "pinks"



That's my Annette... now she is off in Halifax visiting her new fellow! Woot!- Woot!









And the daffs were all abloom




Soni ,getting MAddie's cake all set up...













"The Creator"

Susan Boyle

She's a hit on the news, so I thought I'd share it here...a huge surprise at the British has Talent show with Simon Cowell. Listen to her sing and you will be amazed as well... Susan Boyle

"The Creator"

Monday, April 13, 2009

Nosica Nosica Sonia wins by a Nose!


Yep, Maddies egg went down, smashed, kuputz!

Sonia was the grand winner! Note that nice Chocofeller Egg. We cracked it open and ate it all gone!

Annette inspects the damage that Sonia's egg inflicted

Kaleigh is paralyzed when hers broke!

So once again it was fun fun fun at Easter at Sonia and Annette's house. Don and Nonie joined us for a delicious dinner of turkey and dressing and gravy and potatoes and all the yummy veggies that Nonie brought..we filled our faces till we could eat nothing more but apple pie!
The Nosica Nosica game was rivoting as usual as everyone put their best egg's nose up to the nose of another player and smacke,smack smack...till you heard that aweful squinch as someone's egg broke.
We usually like to play with two hard boiled eggs each ( large white ones preferred) Colour them up but never apply any decals or anything to the pointy end as that will be your weapon end. Usually we colour then decorate them as a group, before going ahead with the game. Any two players can go together,as long as they keep their elbow on the table. The idea is to tap or smash the other player's egg until either yours or his breaks. There is no set rule how the breaking happens...sometimes it is the smasher and sometimes it is the smashee.
So, if there is a great number of players, every two players can tee off with egg # 1. The winners of that round go against each other in pairs. No real rules here, but everyone should play their egg. The winner is the owner of the last egg not broken. The prize used to always be a giant chocolate filled Purdy's egg, but they don't make them anymore. The winner gets their picture taken and eventually hung on the Nosica wall of fame ( maybe posted to my blog?) Then the idea is to drop the big egg so as to break it open and then everyone helps them selves to a hunk or two or three of chocolate...no covetting of the prize...it is meant to be shared. Figments in Nelson carries the big one that Sonia won and shared...and it was filled with about 6 chocolates. ( See photo above) Otherwise, any good quality egg will do the trick. The rule ussed to be that the winner would be the one who supplies the egg next year. However that is not always workable, so I just buy our egg. my mom used to play it with us as kids, on Easter morning ,before we ATE our coloured egg! No prize in those days, just bragging rights!

Try it out and you'll see that it could be fun any time of the year! And no quail or duck or ostrich eggs allowed!
"The Creator"
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