My laptop is on a holiday now...

And I miss it terribly! My house is getting clean and stuff is getting done around here.

Well, I think I need to go back and add some pictures to my last post as it looks so bare without cooler! I would add pics to this entry but I cant find my friggin usb cord for my camera. i have a feeling it just went back to Stratford with Bryce. Now i have to buy a new one or just buy a new camera and get a new cord for free. (think i can justify that?)

Well, best be getting back to cleanin da house before my hubby gets home:)

Happy New year everyone...looks like i may be sitting at home for the night, watching the hockey game! WOOT!

Here is a picture of Bryce and Dorrie at our friend Sue and Johns house on Christmas Eve:)

And now its boxing day ...

Yesterday went by in a blur. We went out to a friends house on Saturday night for a fondue...didnt get home till 2am on christmas morning. Then I had to get up at 8 and go pick my brother and his fiancee up. After they packed up my car with gifts and food and stuff, off we went to grannies house. Bills Mom actually, she was coming for breakfast and gift-ripping.!Then back home by 10:30. We tore through the gifts in record time then had a quick bite for breakfast at lunch time!I played a trick on bryce by telling him that I couldn't afford a portable playstation (PSP) as he requested...he was kewl about it but I know he was kind of bummed about it. Can you imagine his surprise when I handed him 2 more gifts long after the last of the gifts had been opened. He just threw his hands in the air and yelled YES! when he opened the Grand Theft Auto game. It was worth it just have reaction in digital format!

My hubby bought me a really nice moto camera/mp3/bluetooth/cellphone. I have yet to figure it out, but I will. Steve and Steph cooked a fantastic meal which consisted of roasted red pepper soup, turkey, garlic mashed potatoes, glazed asparagus & baby carrots and some crazy delicious stuffing that Steve concocted. We were so full, we couldn't eat dessert. It is still in the fridge.
Today I took down the tree and decorations and vacuumed for over an hr. I had to get it done today as I have to go back to work tomorrow...Pooh! Billy took Bryce to the Y to workout and that was 4 hrs ago. heheheh I think they got lost.
So here are a few pics from the last few days of this chicks life:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v294/cchristmas/October%202005/December/xmas%20eve%20and%20xmas%20day/?

and click on slideshow:)

More Snow

It just never seems to end! It just seems like yesterday that I was taking pictures of a beautiful sunrise...actually it was:


And then, just as the liars network predicted, we got dumped on! What a great excuse for Billy to get out the door at 5:20am to save the neighbourhood! He plowed and plowed and before he knew it, it was noon-hour! These pictures were taken around 6am:


Here are a few pics I took on the way to work this morning. I went through the city as the 401 didn't sound like a safe place to be:




When I got to work there were only 5 of us, out of a department of 25! Damn I cant believe that people who live a mile or two down the road cant make it to work when I live over 50 kms away and almost make it there on time! So I got kindda pissy, did my required work and then went home at 1:30. When I got out of the building, the sun had popped out for a short bit so I pulled over and took some pictures of the new fallen snow. I was shocked by the size of this snowbank behind the building that I work in:


When I got home I found Jethro taking dancing lessons with a string of beads:

Then the sun went down in a pink flame:

Tomorrow will be spent cleaning and wrapping gifts.....so I really don't care if it snows anymore:)
One week till Christmas....Brycearoni is scheduled to arrive home next Thursday...I cant wait to see him and Dorrie again!

Let it snow

Yes, I'm actually in a holiday mood this year. It must have something to do with this snowy environment we have been forced into dealing with:) Here is a picture I took from the back patio door...

I took half a day off on Friday to be here when the cogeco dude came to replace my modem. Naturally Bill had to race home to save all the neighbourhood ladies from lower backache caused by pushing a snow shovel. Here he is playing on his very expensive snow plow.



Instead of playing in the snow, I spent the weekend cleaning, shopping, wrapping gifts and putting up that damn tree. Jethro helped, so it wasn't that bad:)

And when I got finally got the tree decorated on Sunday, it looked alright! (IMHO)

In my next life I want to come back as either a cat or a man...either way, I will get to nap all weekend long:)

I've done my Penance

I had no internet service since last week.

Well, it was 5 days but that still constitutes a week, right? So this nice Cogeco technician came to my house today and replaced my old tired blue modem with a shiny white RCA version. And all is good. I think even mister christmas was happy to have our lifeline back even though his house is cleaner that it has been in a long time. What the heck else do you do when your computer has no function?

Christmas is fast approaching and I think this weekend I will have to finish the rest of shopping. Damn, my list is bigger than my budget again this year. But I don't care, its all worth it to have my family here and enjoying each others company during the holiday season. It will be great to have our son and his puppy home for a few days as well as my brother and his fiancee here for christmas dinner:)

Ok, 6 days left till Chris Koster plays at the Elixir!!!

I want to know

When the heck is the 10th annual Weeping Tile and friends Salvation Army Benefit show this year? Last year it was on December 13th at AJ's Hangar. I guess I need to let Sarah Harmer know that I would prefer it to be at Stages this year !(as they have a kickin sound system now) Also, it cant be December 15th as Chris Koster is playing at The Elixir...Or December 22nd as our friend Derek Downham is also playing at the Elixir. hahaha !!! Like I am in any position to make a request to someone as regal as Ms Harmer!

Seeing as it is now December 1st, I guess I had better start christmas shopping....sigh

On the good news front...Tomorrow *is* Fryday...Yeah!

i have some new pictures of dorrie:)

i forgot to post these earlier in the week when bryce sent them to me.
here she is on one of her daily walks:

i love this action shot:

this would make a perfect cover for a christmas card " our new grand-daughter dorrie wants to wish you the best of the holidays!! "

and finally, a picture of brycearoni with a cowboy hat on !!! isnt HE cute? i dont know why he has such a stern look on his face!?

ok, its sunday night and i actually get to sleep in till 5:45 am tomorrow..wheeeee!! so much better than 4:30! hope this week goes by quickly!! i need to start christmas shopping on friday...yuck!

i graduated!!!

yes, my first part of my training is completed. i passed with the rest of my class. this means that i don't have to get up till 6 everyday. YEAH! getting up at 4:30am has been brutal. ok, im done whining! (/whine-off) monday should prove to be a very interesting day:)
Here is a picture of my class. (please remember, i was the second oldest person in the course)



so my hubby still isn't home from deer hunting, so im sitting here debating weather i should go shopping or sit on the couch for the day.

Its the third week of training

and my head is spinning!! however, I'm learning and managing to keep the majority of the material in my head. hard to imagine at my advanced age:)

not a lot has happened in my life except the fact that I missed the Trews last Wednesday night!! (entersympathyhere)it has been a real experience getting up at 4:30am to get to work by 6:45am. good thing i have a couple of ladies in my current car pool or i would probably be walking into the training room at the last minute.

so my highlights of the month of November happened all in the same day. first off, we had to go to Belleville on Saturday morning and arrived too early so Billy took me to the Tractor Store!!! I was in heaven!!!

then that night we went to Harlys garage and I got my picture taken on Harv's tractor. Wheee...it was a great experience:)


ok, next big event in the future is the Derek Downham show on December 22nd at the Elixir!!!!!!!!!! I cant wait to see D again!

Long time no update ...

Not a lot has been going in our household. The shed addition is almost complete...just a final coat of paint and its complete:)
This past weekend I borrowed the 4800 Nikon from work for a Halloween Party I was attending at the Merchant on Saturday night. Betablokka were playing, so I knew I couldn't miss this!!! I was dressed as the grim reaper and had a large heavy black robe with a matching hood:) My friend Judy was kind enough to offer to do my makeup...as well as lend me the costume. Didn't I look scary???



This costume rocked...Buddy dressed up as a penis:



I even found a few celebrities there...Elvis and Basketball Jones:



My date for the night got totally smashed, and I ended up driving his ass home. On my way home, I noticed that 'someone' had written something on my back window. Imagine my surprise when I got home at 2am and read "I only wish my wife was this dirty!" etched on the dew.

The next day was spent entirely cleaning my car. And taking pictures of the few plants in my gardens that hadn't been hit by frost yet. I wont bore you by posting them here, so if you really have a desire to see them, check out this link:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v294/cchristmas/October%202005/Backyard%20Pictures/

The next three weeks of my life will be spent in a training room, so the internet will probably be the furthest thing from my mind.

A Hunting Bill will go....A Hunting Bill will go

Yes, its that time of year...time to sneak up and scare bullwinkle. Thus causing him to fall down and die of a heart attack. That is how my mind perceives hunting, and I'm sticking with this theory.
Yes, I used to be the type of tree-hugger that never understood what hunting was all about. Just think about the storie's of a friend 'bagging a deer' on the way home. It's merely because this species of animals has over-populated themselves to the point where they have become a nuisance to themselves.
Anyways, before Billy could go away, we had to get to the marina and get the boat out for the season. It was actually a fairy warm day and the sun managed to stay out for the amount of time that I was knee deep in the water. Thak You weather gods! As I waited for Bill to bring the boat around to the ramp, I took some pictures of the guys stepping the mast on an old sailboat. I found it amusing that one of the marina dogs had to put themselves right in the middle of the action:

The people on our dock are diehards and still have their boats in the water:

After we got the boat home, Billy had to go get his new four-wheeler to get ready for the hunting camp. This would be the first time that I had laid eyes on this new toy, and figured I had better take a few pictures of it.

Hey, my cosmos are still blooming...Does this mean that fall still hasn't arrived?

After Bill left, I swept through the house and magically cleaned all dust, cat and dog hair and dirt. Then I went for a drive. I stopped out to check out the progress of my friends Laurie and Jack's new house. They are almost ready to move in:

When I got there I was told that miss dubleberger had gone to the office....so off to Rigney ave I went. I took a side street off of mud lake road and kind of got lost. Naturally my camera had to do some documenting:




After I got home, I went over and had a beer with the neighbour ladies. Cheers !!!

Here's to a quiet week alone!!!

I can handle this....

Yes, I am a big girl and can deal with the fact that I am aging. So when I found out that I had a grandchild, well, I took it like a trooper. She is the sweetest thing I have seen in a long time and I can fully admit that I am biased. My two cats do not agree with my mushy sentiments, but they have had it too easy for too easy for too long.
Without further adieu, here is Bryce and Dorrie:

I have been pleasantly surprised that she is so well behaved. She sits out on the step all by herself and doesn't bark like the rest of the dogs in the neighbourhood!


And here is Jethro, trying to sneak up on Dorrie and Bryce:

This is how she slept while we had our dinner:


This is what Thanksgiving is all about; being thankful for our blessings. We are just tickled that Bryce and Dorrie will be staying with us till Monday.

Now its October.....

But so far the weather has been great! On Saturday we went do to Confed Basin for the 15th annual chilifest. It was just like summer out but I opted for wearing jeans and sweat all afternoon. We were meeting up with our friends right out side city hall. Mike had an antique car on display, so we all took turns watching it! Isn't it a beauty?


The real reason I went was to see the Chris Koster band. I love this band and will find any excuse to see them play. It was a beautiful sunny day and I was excited to get some pictures of this great band in the daylight for a change.


Before the bands started, I made a trip over to the market with the girls. Everything just looked so bright and colourful; I just couldnt resist taking a few shots:


When we got up the next day, the sun was still shining brightly so we figured it was a great day for a boat ride. It was the second of October and it felt like labour day weekend. As usual, Bill had to find something interesting floating in the water. There was no note attached this time, which was a bit of a let down!

We decided to travel East, towards the 1000 islands as there was very little wind. I have so many pictures of the waterfront, I started taking slanted pictures.

Being brave, we traveled past RMC, into the mouth of the islands and past the Howe Island Ferry. As we were following an antique wooden cabin cruiser, all of a sudden the motor died. GASP! What to do? We thought that the gas at the marina has a bit of water in it as the last 2 times we filled up there, the motor was a bit harder to start. We dumped gas line anti-freeze in it before we left the dock. So that couldn't be it. How ironic it was that our boat stalled in front of a marina. We managed to get the boat started enough to coast into the dock. I felt really ridiculous walking up to a small gathering on the dock to ask them where we were. The Trident Yacht Club, I was told. We called our friend Harly, as we didn't have Rogers cell phone number in the cell phone. Roger just happened to be at Harlys and very kindly offered to come help us. After a few hours of waiting, Roger appeared on the horizon. Now don't get me wrong, it was a beautiful spot and the sun was burning into my skin. We had food and drinks and an offer to use the 'head' in the club house. It wasn't a bad way to while the time away. And the scenery was gorgeous!


Once Roger appeared, it was evident that the problem couldn't be fixed immediately so we tied a few ropes together and started to tow our beastie home. Man, it seemed to take a lot longer going back, especially when we noticed the gas gauge going dropping at a fast pace. We started off towing Billy then we decided that it would be best to pull the boat on its own. Besides, Billy was having far too much fun with the whole situation:

Anyways, around 7 that night, we made it back to the marina as the sun set in the western sky. It turns out that we have to replace the fuel pump, which cost under $300, so that's not as bad as it could be. Not a great way to end our boating season, but it gives Billy something to do during the off season:)