Back to the party at Anne's

Emil and Anne

I had this all written out once, but apparently it didn't post to my blog, so here we go again. I just wanted to mention how smart Anne is to make those nice shrimp cocktails to have before dinner. The shrimp are interspersed with lemon wedges and the bottom of the glass holds a quarter cup or so of shredded lettuce topped with a dollop of seafood sauce. She has done them in wine goblets before, for an equally nice touch. That little appetizer suffices for a salad and she goes right on to the main course which was all prepared ahead of time...
Mashed Potatoes topped cheddar cheese, and baked in an 8x8 Pyrex cake pan. Asparagus precooked and waiting to be served...in another pyrex dish in the oven. Then she had the most colourful dish... baked stuffed tomatoes. I don't know what was in the stuffing, but it was light and fluffy and didn't taste too strongly of any flavour.
For another vegetable dish, Dick made these vegetable sticks, comprised of zuccini, red and orange peppers, and carrots...all cut to about four and a half inches long, then made into little bundles that were then wrapped in a slice or two of bacon! These were baked on a cookie sheet until the veggies were cooked through and the bacon was crisp on top. What a neat idea. ( she may have marinated them in some olive oil ahead of time) She made about two bundles per person. Her main entree was roasted pork with applesauce ,and then gravy to top off everything. I nearly forgot the cheese scones...now those were very good...about the size of a baking powder biscuit, so everyone ate at least two of them!

She wound up the dinner with a beautiful cheese cake topped with a raspberry topping and whipped cream... Yum. We all filled our bellies with goodness and wine and had to come home to go to beddy byes.
So I thought I'd pass on those dinner ideas, now that Christmas parties are happening every week.


We are planning to have Gord and Janice and Ed and Linda over, next Sunday...for some Mexican food. I think I'll do a soup, fahitas, natchos, and coleslaw, and Janice is bringing a trifle for desert. It won't be too complicated, that is for sure.

have a great one...



"The Creator"

Dinner at Anne and Dick's

Lynn and Ursela

Must of been a good joke by Emil!
Emil and Anne with Barry and Ursela in the kitchen

And our Hostesses with the mostest! Anne and Dick
Note that delicious appetizer... I'll tell you how its done, tonight!

"The Creator"

New Pics !

Thanks Lynn and Nadine for these very sweet "New Farah-Doo!" pics of little Miss QT and Marilyn Monroe before her Christmas party, and who is that gal with the dark hair?? She has recently lost many pounds, so you may not recognize her... Way to go girl!

Now if I could only zip up my trap and go see an exorcist to get the hungry demon out of my belly. I commend anyone who can stick to a diet and an "exorcise " plan.

"The Creator"

Welcome to Colour

So...how do you like the colour...lots of it...very typical of me...load up on the paint and let her go!
It has a name W 2.o .
Mainly ,it will be the format of the future...loads of colour, no square boxes and lots of 3-D. I'm still working on that part of it. To me, it seems like they are taking up a cartoon style of web page to keep people interested and to make it fun and lively. That will be me... fun and colourful!

It was a good Saturday today. I finished all of my wrapping! TA-DA! ( Looks like a demolition zone upstairs!)
I packed up two huge boxes to send to the kids and now, it is just a matter of topping them off with as many styrofoam chips as possible! In fact, if anyone needs styrofoam chips, just let me know. Maybe I should be thinking about making a bean-bag chair. That wouldn't be too hard, especially if I make it out of an orange garbage bag! HMMMMmmmm....

Emil made it back from his Vancouver trip ...sounds like it all went well and lucky him, he actually landed in Castlegar! I had visions of a phone call, saying he was back in Kelowna. The fog was most of the way down the mountain across the lake from us, all day. I guess the morning plane never landed, but his flight did. He said it was packed.

We went out for a nice hot-tub tonight...little snowflakess cascading down out of the heavens...right to the inside of my housecoat. Not pleasant when I put it on, after the tub. Oh well, I suppose I should be getting geared up for the Polar Bear dip!

Anne has invited us for dinner tomorrow night...nice of her. It will be Lynn and Rick, and Barry and Ursela, again. Should be a fun night. I'll try to get a few peops in for dinner next Sunday...Janice and Gord and Linda and Ed. Linda and Ed have hosted so many dinners that I feel definately overdue.
So really, there is only two weeks left till Christmas. Where has the time gone to?
Best I get my butt in gear to send out cards. I am boycotting the Xmas letter....mainly because I write most everything in the bloggy,s o what else would be news?

I suppose I could make stuff up...hmmmm... ...How we spent our Lottery winnings...how the trek to over the Great Wall of China was...how I adopted two infants...forget that one..no-one would ever believe it!

I am tired of hearing about the weird sister-in-law of the cousin, or Matilde's high colonic, or the Mixatarian lifestyle you've switched to.
I am bored with all the groups you've chosen to lead, and I hate that you've lost ten pounds when I have been gaining. I can't bear to read one more letter that starts off.." Well, another year has come and gone..."
I can't believe that some people think I can actually read that mini letter that has been shrunk from an 8 1/2" x 11" paper down to a note the size of the palm of my hand.
I do, however, love pics of the kidlets, s o keep those coming, but spare me the details of your mother's gall bladder operation. There should be a law about speaking about surgeries in a Christmas letter... Say, did I tell you I had my annual check-up with my proctologist? OMG. I think I have heard it all...and probably sent it all, myself. So lets be firends and share a personal note or your signature at least...and who it is to.

Sometimes that annoys me..

Love Bob Sleigh

and that is it..oh yes, and sometimes they put the date with that... then spend 51 cents plus tax to mail it to me.
Maybe I am turning into the Christmas Grinch. So we'll all try to shape up.
Speaking of Grinch... What do you do with the Christmas letters? Hang them for everyone to read? Keep them in a near-by drawer? Toss them in the garbage? Pile them up somewhere?
I think I will print off some Xmas labels for my return address stickers...what photo to use?????





"The Creator"

When it Stinks

Ok, I admit it...the bottom of my slipper was covered in a blob of brown. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that one has stepped in sh*t...probably doggy-doo-doo, and worse yet, it probably belonged to my own dog!
It was dried on, now that it had been sitting all day on the mat by the front door. Did I mention that the brown doggy doo-doo was on the sole of my NEW sheepskin booty slippers?
Still, one sniff from three feet away,and I knew it wasn't mud. It was pooooooo-poo! Poo-poo doesn't come off all that easy, once it has dried. I first tried with toilet paper. That was almost hopeless, then I was looking for an old toothbrush. That, turned my stomach.
I had to run the whole sole of the slipper under hot water and hope for the best,as I intermittently wiped the poop off, with a wad of T.P.
Disgusted by it all, I continued to discover little bits of the organic stuff ground into the kitchen floor, and in the door matt. Ugh.
Moral of the story..... If you take the dog outside while it is still dark, wear boots and watch what you are stepping in.
Poo!
Bedtime now as I am yawning crazily and Silk is whining to go out...to poop.



"The Creator"

X-Country Skiing

Seven of the Badminton team met at Connie's last night and donned our cross country skis for a moonlit ski through Kokanee-Creek Provincial Park. Although, Sharon's hubby, Bud , is not on the badminton team, he was the lead of our "Conga-Train" for the night...and a good leader he was. Ouar first hurdle was to chicken -walk up the foot bridge that crosses Kokanee Creek. I kept praying that I wouildn't start skiing in reverse and slide back to the beginning. With one last grunt, I made it up what seemed to be a stair, onto the deck of the bridge. It went better than I expected, and launching off the other end down a winding sloped continuation of the bridge, proved to be almost as tricky. I nearly skiied right over-top of poor Sue, as I couldn't figure out how one puts on the brakes when your ski route is only about three feet wide with railings and support posts on either side. I guess they have it all wheel-chair accessible for the summer visitors,and those viewing the red kokanee ,as they go up the creek to spawn.
Bud kept the train of gals on track, by being the trail breaker in many cases, and he led us up and down the roads that join the campsites together, until we emerged fromt he forest and into the day park area. The lake spread out before us with a beautiful night vista showing up all the lights reflecting alongside the lakeshore, and for an added touch , the full moon popped out of the clouds.
We all wished we had thought of bringing a camera along for that one shot of a lifetime.. silohuettes of 7 skiers in a line, white snow glistening up front, lake shimmering in the back and a full moon surrounded by aring of puffy clouds.

So no-one had a camera, but the visual will live on ,in the memory bank. It was pristine!
Everone shut of their headlamps and followed one another int he bright moonlite, all along the beach for a kilometer or so, without a sound, except for the odd honking of a Canada Goose, camped out on the lake somewhere.
We doubled back and forth several times to give me the work-out of my life, ( besides the shovelling episode of the night before) and when someone suggested we begin to head back, I was gung -ho. By then, Sue and I were both pretty pooped. I am sure we had put on over five kilometers in six inch deep snow, at that point. We wwere still near the visitor centre, and had to ski back tot he bridge..this time ,making our way up the winding ramp ( another heave to launch myself onto the deck of the bridge) .
I was greatfull to be back at the start,as by then, my shoulder was giving me a bit of pain.

Afterwards, the girls, and Bud ( he has the backhoe service out on the North-shore) all congregated at Sue's place to celebrate Connie's 54th birthday. Mare had brought a lovely double layer chocolate cake, and everyone else pitched in with munchies, making it into a regular badminton party. Mare was up to her usual non-stop story telling, which provided us with many laughs. She also brought along a box of Pepper and Olive Oil-Triscuits. Something new and delicious to look for at your favourite supermarket, cause they are not at the page I have linked you to!
At ten o'clock, I called it a night and so did everyone else. I was glad to get home and fall into bed.

Look at me tonight...still doodle-farting around on the puter and it is heading towards midnight.
I chatted with Sonia andAnnette tonight and caught up on all of the news. Sonia's cough is a little better, and Annette seems to be doing great at her new job, and everyone is getting ready for Xmas. Me too. I hung up this very nifty strip above the patio doors, put out by velcro, to hang my cards on. Works like a damn and comes from Canadian tire. Might not be enough card hanger-upper velcros, but we'll deal with that later. I only have three cards at the moment to hang!
Good night... I am falling off my perch. I spent a good amount of my evening looking up hot spots to vacation in, come January.

"The Creator"

More of the white stuff

I'm dropping over from all the shovelling I ddi tonight. I couldn't believe that we got all that much snow. I am off to beddy byes before I fall off my perch. The badminton gals want to go moonlight night skiing tomorrw night. i hope my legs are more rested by then. It is Connie's birthday so we might have a little cake after the skiing...I'll keep you posted.

"The Creator"

Squirrel Foils the House Animals

Nutsy, the Squirrel was having fun with Soleil and Silky, on Sunday. In fact,the cat ran right into the patio door glass, whilst trying to catch the squirrel! Emil had a great laugh watching the antics between outdoor life and indoor life...too funny. I think this little guy, cute as he may be, is turning into a little pest!

"The Creator"

Met home

Take a peak at the new Metroplitan Home Magazine website...nice stuff there!


"The Creator"

Good Week-end come and gone...

I don't know how the week-end comes and goes so fast...Of course,with only two days off,one has to pack it all into the 48 hours that you have at your discretion. My week-end was planned when I got the word that my Candle order had arrived from Partylight...all six boxes of it. Whew! Talk about heavy...I loaded it all up into the car on Friday,shortly after it arrived at Emil's office. Good thing the seats fold down in our new little rig..the boxes all fit in like magic!
Emil had dropped over to Finley's for a wine with Gord and Janice before they headed over for curling. I opted to not have a drink,as everyone knows that Counter-Attack has begun, and to drink and drive would just be foolish.
We made it home without incident, but our friends, Gord and Jan got stopped after curling and unfortunately it was brought to their attention that their car insurance had expired. Yep, easy to do, but not a wise idea. Out of the car they had to get,and a tow truck was called,so there they were...left standing at the end of the orange bridge around ten o'clock at night with no vehicle to drive and a carload of groceries, and some thiry kilometers between them and their home!
Then there comes the shell-out...75 bucks for the tow-truck and a whopping five hundred plus for the fine for driving with no insurance coverage! Whoooo-doggies! Not a pleasant piece of news just before Xmas.
On that note, everyone go mark their calendar when their car insurance expires and better yet, get in there a few days or even a week ahead of the expirey. They easily pro-rate it, so you have the option of renewing early.

Saturday morning, Emil helped me to sort this ginormous order of Partylite. Good thing, or I would have been still sorting! Once that was complete, we both went for a X-country ski...down along the beach. Drinkwater had been out ski-dooing, so it was a good track to follow way down to the big dock near the ferry. Emil went that far, but I never. My toes were beginning to cramp up, but other than that, I did ok.
Sounds like some of the badminton gals are going to go to Kokanee park one of the nights this week to x-country ski. I might go with them, if I have the energy. Certainly sounds like fun!
Linda called Friday night to invite us over for dinner with Jan and Gord. Nice treat for us. They have recently painted all of the kitchen and living -room in a warm sunny butter colour. definately was a huge improvement over the stark original whitish colour that was there from when they bought.
Oh yes, Friday night after coming home from town,and unloading all the Partylite boxes, Emil and I headed for the hot-tub. Now that was an awesome soak...the moon was burning a hole in the clouds,and we were drenched in moonshine...all good!

Janice brought cranberry everything to have with the chicken that Linda had prepared. She created a tasty cranberry salsa...lots of chopped cranberries,two whole big oranges coarsley chopped and then a jalapeno pepper finely chopped, and a few tablespoons of cilantro chopped up. Everyone inhaled it with chips, as it was flavourful and delicious.Janice also did orange flavoured cranberry sauce for the chicken. Made us all wake up to dynamic new tastes!
Dinner was yummy and then we settled down for a rousing game of Mexican Train, where Ed won! He was pretty lucky,if I do say so myself.
Darn, I am falling asleep and falling off my perch. I will call it a night pretty quick here.
I spent today delivering the candles and it pretty much consumed the day. Joyce was sweet enough to come along with me to Castlegar, where we met Lynn at Joey's Only and we all ordered something fishy for our lunch. Us cousins had a good blab and lots of hugs and then went on our way. At Canadian Tire, I picked up bird seed, since the little Nuthead Squirrel has been cleaning out the birdfeeder every day. Joyce also gave me suet. I'll have to make a point of hanging it up one of the maples. All the bird species love it. Today we had a huge eagle land up in the Cottenwood trees. It appeared to be an immature eagle, but definately not immmature in size. It stood nearly 3 feet tall from what I could figure.
I built an easy pot of soup after I returned home...Hot Italian sausage and black bean soup. THis is quite easy...just toss a few cans of tomatoes into a large pot and then add some chicken broth or a little water to stretch it out a bit. To this, add a can or two of black beans or mixed beans or one of each, that has been rinsed in cold water. as the soup cooks, you can flavour it up with a dash of Italian spice, extra garlic ,or whatever you have on hand. I fried up a chopped cooking onion with a few stalks of celery,also chopped. When all was sauteed, I dumped it into the pot of soup! Did I mention that one should have the hot Italian sausages ( Johnsonville's are tasty) frying up. I sliced each one into little slices and comntiued to fry until they were cooked through. I added water to the fry-pan to keep them from burning.
So now you have your pot of soup. To it ,add the fried sausage pieces and then add the fried onion.Also I added some frozen spinach that I had in the freezer...Fresh would be better ( Just don't cook the spinach long once it is in the soup)! I couldn't decide on a set flavour for spices, but opted to add a sprinkle of Italian seasoning, some garlic seasoning and pepper and a little salt. I had a bowl of soup, a salad and some squash that Lynn kindly gave me. All was good and now I am a happy camper who has to plunge into bed before I do a faceplant onto the floor. Good night all... HAppy eating!
It was a delicious way to end the day. Pardon my typing. Seems my fingers are all stiff...



"The Creator"

TGIF

December 1st and voila...It is Friday...Yahoo. I think today is the day the Christmas shoppers will descend upon us. Just to make it clear...Kolmels has beautiful jewellry at prices that are probably better than the competitors that is advertising 70% off.
I did a little tour of Marks last night and can safely say that I am happy to not be working there anymore, tho they still have some great looking clothes and accessories . The store doesn't look as jammed up as it was last year, making it a little more shoppable.I met up with Anna and we had dinner over at Quiznos on her supper break. She still works at Marks a couple of days a week. It was fun to have a few laughs and learn all the juice on the changes that have taken place.
Okay...looks like it is check the hot-tub time and then jump in the shower time.
Just a reminder that it is Light up the Hospital Day and any donation can help purchase something special for a hospital in your vicinty. You can choose which hospital or long care facility gets the proceeds. Tune in to KBS to get the goods or drop by Chako-Mika Mall today.
Have a great week-end and hopefully everyone has begun to thaw out. We still received more snow fromt he heavens last night. I don't think Frosty will be able to stand up today,unless I brush him off. He was only half standing last night...


"The Creator"

Congratulations ROJO!

And Congratulations to the happy newly engaged couple...a couple of tricksters, cause they didn't tell let us in on the big secret! In any case, it looks like it was a fun occasion for the two of you...unless you brought along the family! Can't wait to see you both at Christmas! Once again, Congrats to the two of you and may this be the beginning of something even bigger! WOW! Love ya both!

"The Creator"

Another one of our Christmas Cuties

Eva sent me a nice letter with pics of the little dance star, in her recital costume. I can see that she is growing up ! Thanks Eva for the update. Too bad everyone didn't live a little closer so we could see our little grandsweeties more often and get to know them better.







"The Creator"

And We all got Snowed in...

Here are a few shots from around the province in places that don't normally get snow!
The top one came from Ronda in Vernon...a little brighter there, but clearly a large dump of the white stuff. Sonia sent the rest of the pics from their snow drenched part of Victoria. The sunset seemed to make the snow look perfect! Sounded like kids were home doing schoolwork and making crafts for a big craft fair coming up. Annette was the chauffeur with her four wheel drive Tracker...but even she stayed home on Monday when the snow was at its worst.
I am hunkered down in my new sheepskin lined slippers... They are the cozy ones that I had once before, until I wore them out completely.
This afternoon, the shoppers ventured out,after the wind stopped blowing. We began to see a little upsurge in Xmas shoppers. I think tomorrow will be the day that people get their payday and get into the mood!

Good night all... I still have fifty things I want to do, but the old beddie weddie is calling me...



"The Creator"

A Snowangel

Look at this little cutie doing her snowangel! Hard to believe there is snow in those parts! 

Growing Pains and More Snow

Okay, I am about done for the night. twice, I tried to upload four photos with no success. Now I have two pics of our Frosty and I can't seem to delete the extra one. Bear with me while I get this picture posting thing figured out for this Beta blog. Wait a minute...Looks like the extra Frosty pic is gone. I'll upload some pics, the slow way...grrrrr.

In the meantime, it is bedtime.

I will once again try to get the other photos to post. Yes, nothing but snow and freeking cold. Sonia and fam have had it cold and snowy in Victoria ,also. Then Correna wrote to say it was dropping to -42* with the windchill. Brr...don't humans freeze into a popsicle about at -20*? All I know is that when it got that cold, you drove without brrakes, beacuse the brake fluid was pretty much frozen. We drove on an ice-rink all the way home. Everyone was doing about 50.

Hope everyone and their outdoor plants are all toasty. Thanks for the letters and photos, everyone of my dear friends or relatives.. I'll try to get back to everyone sooner or later.

Cheers!

"The Creator"

Poor Frosty could hardly stand up with the weight of the snow on his hat. This is after I brushed him off and essentially uncovered him from snow that had him buried. note my little deer are also more or less buried. 

Let it Snow...

Oh my...winter arrived with a vengence today...blowing snow and cold...a snowfall warning, in fact. I got out and shovelled the back deck off when there was only 2 inches of snow, but I bet there is a half foot of it now..try 15 cm. if you are metric.

Did I mention that Lynn and Rick had us over for a wonderful turkey dinner on Friday night...along with Dick and Anne and Ursela and Barry. Barry heads up the Storytelling Festival held at Proctor everey summer. Sounds like they have already rounded up many story tellers for next year. It will be adult oriented with stories dealing with history as the basis for the festival. Balfour will host a Children's festival in light of the changes. It is all good, as I guess the cost of doing a similtaneous Children's festival was more than the Story telling Festival could bear., or is that bare? I'll have to look that up in my funk and wagnells!

All in all the dinner was great,and Rick cooked most of it, including a delicious make ahead potato dish that was baked in the oven. He mashed the potatoes, added plenty of garlic, cream cheese and sour cream, then baked them up in the oven until they were turning golden on top. Certainly was yummy and saved all that mess associated with last minute mashing of the spuds.

Also, they had a huge pan of baked veggies...broccoli, artichokes, mushrooms, mixed with parmasean and cream, I'd say.
They were layed out in a large shallow pan and then topped with slices of tomatoes and a sprinkle of parmasean. The dish was colourful and yummy and was a smart way to serve up a bunch of people.
We had a lot of laughs and mostly people were still laughing when I returned from the bathroom. Seems that Anne had volunteered me to join her and Lynn on a Polar Bear swim on New Year's Day!
SAY WHAT?????????
I get goosebumps just thinking about it!

Emil dutifully resolved to build a large bonfire, and Dick said he would ply us with brandy!

Sooooooooooo--o-o-o-o-o--o--o-oo-oo-ooo .......
If any brave souls wish to take the plunge with us, it will be at 2:00pm New Years Day on our beach!
Anne has volunteered to have the New Year's party this year! I'll have the "warm up your buns" party after the big plunge!
Oh My!
The thought of plunging will make these next few weeks buzz by.

Today I got nearly all my gifties wrapped. Did I mention that my Christmas shopping was almost all done...the main stuff anyhow.
I am thinking that work will be quite crazy in the next few weeks...32 days till Christmas , someone said,so I want to have all the shopping details out of the way. It will seem strange not to be packing up for our annual trip to Victoria. I can't think about that part of Christmas.

On Friday, Carolyne gave me a preview of her new jewellery!
TO DIE FOR!!!!

If you thought you've seen it all....you are in for a big surprise! Lots of spanky new looks with this very funky whitish sterling silver that has either pearls or natural gemstones, from star sapphires to beautiful citrines, with everything in between. She has bangles and bracelets, earrings and pendants of every size! Not to mention, beautiful full necklaces that are adorable.
Also , Chris has been making up lovely pieces for the store... an Australian opal pendant with a diamond accent, a heart shaped ruby pendant, and a beautiful square blue topaz...in a cushion cut facet. MMMMM....

I'll take a reality check and be happy to sell any of the above items. Good thing there is pleasure in making a nice sale.The good thing about jewellry is that it is light-weight to ship,thus we have had a lot of early shipping shoppers already.

Oh yes, and don't be fooled by those 70% off sale signs at Ted Allen's. His prices are now at regular retail prices. It won't be soon enough when he closes, which probably won't be well into the new year.

Ok, time to go wrap the last ten little doodle-bops upstairs.
Look out your window...Merry Christmas!





"The Creator"

Welcome to my New World

I hope you all arrived safe and sound! Not too painful was it? I am embarking on a newly named blog...beaswax. You know the old saying...Mind your own Beeswax?

I thought it reflected what I do most often...jot down a few words, upload a few pics, then let everyone have a go at them. I do, however wish for respect.

Read what I write, enjoy the funnies, the photos and so on, but "Mind your own beaswax "and please don't use what I write for any maligned, malicious or misguided intent. Thank-you.

I do what I do, mostly for pleasure and to keep our family up to date to some degree through photos and news without writing the same blab to 20 different people. I don't have time for that anymore. I hardly have time to blog!
Here is the catch...I like to blog, and I like to do it without worry that someone will be offended or p*ssed off because of what I said or did.

On that happy note, if you are still with me, then set Beaswax to be your new "My Favorite Link" to tune in to moi! Welcome everyone, and please come back if you dare!

* How to do it: while you are at my new website, click on Favorites, or the double Yellow and green Plus Marks if you are running Internet Explorer 7,and add me in your Links . I will then show up on your toolbar or at the end of it in a drop down box if you have a lot of links.

If you weren't aware, Internet Explorer has been upgraded to Internet Explorer 7 . Apparently it is more secure ( a good thing) . Joyce put me onto it, and voila, I am using it and so is she. It wants to give you a Yahoo toolbar and search engine, but once you have the new Internet explorer downloaded, you can turn that Yahoo toolbar off. Just go to "View" and select which toolbars you want to view.
I have "Menu, Links and Google" ticked off, if that is any help. The other security feature is one that prevents other websites from "Phishing"...that is, stealing such info as your credit card numbers by setting up fake sites to request them. You will be alerted to the danger.

I guess the other way to add me, is to drag the toolbar with my blogsite address, to your desktop to create a shortcut right on your desktop. I think you have to hold down the control button while dragging, then release it on the desktop. I'll check that out. ( Yep, it works fine)

So that is about it for tonight.

Happy cruising and let me know what you think. You can still leave a comment...you just have to rewrite the script you see, so that they know you aren't a computer making rude comments.

Good Luck...Love ya and Leave ya!

"The Creator"

Really Winter

Silky after her bath and clipping...Looking a little shy from the camera..

Thank goodness I finished my outdoor chores moments before this big Whitey blew in from Nelson. The snowy ice pellets were blowing right up into the balcony.Brrr!

I quickly slammed the basement door and retreated to the cozy house to assemble and sort which Xmas presents I have bought. In fact, it looks like the main ones are accounted for...just a matter of wrapping them up and getting a big box ready to send to my little family as I now call them!

Emil put the snowblower on today and I bathed and clipped poor Silky. She looks like a wisp of her former self, without the extra ten pounds of fur. Good time to do it eh? The day before the big cold front is supposed to move in. It will drop to minus 20* so the weatherman says.

We decided to grab a bite over at Dockers tonight. The roads were wet and at times rain poured down. Strange weather. The parking lot was a sheet of ice and the snow crunchy, so I think the rain was a freak of nature. Anyhow, it was great to sit down and relax for a bit and have someone else do the cooking.