Beautiful Saturday...

If you weren't lazing around in your cave all day, then ypou probably saw it... pure blue sky ( in parts) and best of all...sunshine...It made me revitalized after these past few weekends of snow and more snow! How about you?
I received my much anticipated parcel this past week, a shelving unit from Costco. Did you know that if you order online, the prices INCLUDE shipping charges and from our part of the world, that is better than driving four hours to get to a Costco. Puralator does the deliveries which meant I had to drive to the Gill and Gift in Balfour to pick it up...and it was extremo heavy! It is designed to hold 500pounds per shelf... probably the exact weight I have on each shelf now! See bottom picture for beginning of my filling it up.

A view of the mountains above Redfish Creek,just as the sun was setting

And it was this bright ! Bright and beautiful! Emil and I went for a hot tub this morning before breakfast... nice to soak up the heat and think about our vacation in Punta Cana that will be upcoming...it will be a heatwave when you walk to breakfast in the morning... I can't wait for that!


So now you see the shelves..nicely tucked in to utilize the exixting shelves that were in the closet already... Emil is pretty handy when it comes to figuring these things out. My new arrangement allows me space to keep many of my little appliances and things like my large serving platters and my huge wok.... I am so delighted... It set me into cleaning mode and I went through the kitchen,washing the floor in there and the bathroom, emptying some cabinets and rearranging others. It makes my heart sing to see space in my kitchen cupboards now and to have a place ( that I can see and reach) to store my appliances and big ceramic pieces. Yea! The shelving unit is 72" tall, has four shelves that are 18" x 36" and came with wheels that I opted to exchange for the stabilizing feet.

Also, I ordered a rack that suspends from the ceiling of the basement near my laundry area where I can hang clothes either to dry or on hangers for easy steaming once they are out of the drier. I don't see that going up just yet, but with any luck it will be up before the snow melts.
Now to put up some decorations and get the rest of my cards done.... Have a great weekend...see you next weekend unless something spectacular happens in the meantime ..

"The Creator"

More Snow from the Snow Fairy

Yesterday was a snow today and the snow fairy dumped another three inches of it last night...looks gorgeous, but my body isn't too happy with the idea of more shovelling. The temps rose yesterday and the snow turned into concrete...so much so that the snowblower stopped blowing it after I did the driveway..Lets say that I had a few issues and thus I was out there for no less than four hours hacking away at the snowload. I will go earlier today and hope to have it all done before any of it starts to melt. The snowblower can stay in the garage... it is way to heavy for me to maneuver...even tho it doesn't require pushing...I will be happy to have Emil come back and tend to the snow duties... I miss my sweety:-)
other than that, I did half of my Christmas cards last night and hope to finish the rest up today. I tried to whittle my list down to fifty cards this year,so don't feel left out...just read my blog and I will be putting my very funny Xmas card up on header,come December... Why, that is only a few days away. I hung my Christmas wreath and removed my fall decorations fromt he front signpost... might hang a red Xmas ribbon up today instead to try to get into the Christmas spirit this year. It won't be the same without our four girls, but thankfully we have phones and skype and the ability to easily communicate nowadays. Our first Christmas in Quebec was one of the lonliest,despite having friends over for dinner. It is hard to be away from your family, but not as difficult as it used to be in those days without email, easy phone plans and cameras mounted in your computer. I will look forward to a rest after a busy few weeks at work that doesn't end until Christmas eve.
Ok, enough procrastinating...out to the snow shovelling!
Happy winter to everyone!

A little bird came out of the snow on the roof of my feeder this morning...he was fluttering his wings to remove the snow...and made me wonder what the heck he was doing there in the first place...the food is down below!

Do you see that patch of blue? It is coming up in more places between the clouds. i understand that the weather will take a dip in temps tomorrow to -9*

"

The Creator"