It's Officially Hallowe'en

Truth be told, I've been celebrating Hallowe'en all week. It is my favourite time of the year. I love how the neighbours get right into it as well. The costumes, candy, decorations, candy, make-up, candy, movies, candy.... Did I mention candy? I must admit, I've had quite a bit of candy today. I haven't blinked since about noonish. This might explain why I'm still very much wide awake. I'm hoping my wine cancels out some of the sugar and I crash soon.

Because of this:

I'm really happy with where I live. Our Supers go to a lot of effort during the holidays.

I'll more photos tomorrow or the next day. I'm off to polish my boots and play Overlord: Raise Hell.
I leave you all with a clip from one of my many favourite Hallow'en movies:

After Long Last......

.....I can finally upload my pattern into Ravelry. Do you remember my Pick Your Poison bag?


This is the one, which after three days, I have finally managed to upload.
I am not really sure how I managed that task. It was mainly trial and error. Now if only I can install something to sell my wares through this site.....


My husband has been reading an excellent blog which I am now thoroughly enjoying. The World According to B. This man went to the same elementary school as my husband. Now he is overseas teaching in Singapore. He really has quite a way with words and takes the most amazing pictures. I hope you all would enjoy it as much as I do.

I'm working on a few other things at the moment. A hat for one of Hubby's students, another bag for my mom to cart things around and another pair of socks. I hope to have pictures to show all of you before the end of the month. It's a noble goal at least.

I'm off now to see when I can watch the new season of Sanctuary. I hope you are all enjoying your week ends.

Two Weeks Until Hallowe'en :D

I just looked at my calendar at work today and realized that there is just two weeks left until Hallowe'en! This is my favourite holiday of the year. I wish the government would recognize it as such and give us the day to celebrate. It's already an event geared towards consumerism. We might as well go all the way.

I'm not sure what I will dress up as exactly. I know they will involve my new boots:

I will either be a superhero (or villain) or a very tall witch!

I have finished my Summer Socks!

I am so happy with them. I love the colour. It really shows the pattern.

I have something else I can share with you all:

It's a bit late for a picture, but these were our desserts for Thanksgiving dinner.
Husband baked these wonderful treats. I'm ever so thankful that at least one of us enjoys working in the kitchen. If it was left up to me we would be dinning on a copious amount of macaroni and cheese or popcorn.
It's our wedding anniversary this week end. Actually, its on Monday but, we always celebrate the week end prior. It's just more relaxing that way. We don't have to worry about work the next day and can take our time with whatever we have planned.

I hope you all stay warm this week end. I just read on our weather report that we may receive possible flurries. I'm so not ready for that at this time of year. :( Have a great week end. :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

In Canada, it is our Thanksgiving. Husband and I are staying in and just relaxing. My parents are off to visit my sister, and my husband's family are on Pelee Island. This means quality time to spend with each other, our fuzzy children, video games and domestic stuff :).

Yesterday, we went for a walk to pick up a few supplies. We enjoyed the new autumn colours and the crispness in the air.




Someone else was outside enjoying the nice weather:


We returned home and spent some time with our TV. :) We watched the first few episodes on the new season of Dexter; and got caught up on our new fun show, Bored to Death.

Husband played his video game, Baroque and I worked on my summer socks.


I have never done a picot edge before.

This was surprisingly easy.

Today we will continue with our domesticity and finally do the laundry that has piled up for a few weeks. We will enjoy a nice bottle of Pelee Island Vidal. I am hoping to get to the heel of my socks and maybe start a new project this evening. I will probably be on Facebook playing all the little games to be found. It was sort of funny. There is a game called Yo'ville, where to earn money you bake things at the sweet shop. I returned today to find all my ovens blackened and the room filled with thick smoke. This is eerily too close to home. I might forgo this game for a bit. The Much Music channel has a marathon of Bring It On movie, so my need for guilty pleasures will be met. Our dinner will be lo-key tonight. We will have some poached turkey breasts, cranberry and some sort of veg. Most likely we will kill the bottle of wine and I will have a find a project that does not require much thought.

I hope you all are enjoying the holiday. I'm sure I am not the only one who has lots to be thankful for.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! :)

First Born......

We treated ourselves this week to a beautiful sushi dinner.

We share the appetizer of sushi pizza:

Very tasty treat with salmon, crab meat, cucumber and lots of other goodness on a bed of fried rice.

Husband enjoys his Tuna Lover's Roll, made of yes, tune, spicy tuna mix in the roll and raw tuna on top; while I dive into my Red Dragon Roll raw salmon on top, with shrimp, avocado and cucumber in the middle.


The wine I chose was just because the picture matched what we were eating:

Rather simple process, but albeit a successful one!

This will most likely be the last of our treats as we would otherwise have to barter with our first born to get our truck fixed. It seems everything goes at once. Today, we replace the brake line and serpentine belt. Now our truck has the amazing ability to move forward and stop. Nothing but the best for us eh?
Our next step will be replacing the spark plugs, ball joints, and shocks. Not all at once. The bright side is that these will be the last of the repairs for a while. After all is said and done, I still love our little truck. It's like my little terrarium. A nice little habitat until I arrive at my true home. It helps keep away some of my anxiety.

I'm off now to play mini planet. Have any of you tried this? It's on Facebook. I think the only thing that really bothers me about this application, is that you cannot tell without some serious investigating the age of the other players. There are 30 year old people trying to pick up teenagers. I like to hope they don't realize initially and quickly correct the situation. I wish parents were able to better monitor their children on the net. I know what a difficult task this is. I was one of those teens that tried to get away with absolutely everything. I did survive. I like to think though that is because my parents armed me with enough fear and common sense to be wary of predators and have some self esteem. There are not that many out there that were as lucky as I was. I suppose that is a phase that we all have to go through. I hope everyone makes it safely to the other side.
Good night everyone. Enjoy the rest of your week end.

I've Done Some Knitting...

.......and added some more programming to my television addiction.

First the knitting bits:

I have finally started my Summer Socks from the Ravelry Pentathlon:

I really like the colour I selected. It's not as bright as I initially thought, but they will do just fine.
I'm not really pushing to have these completed by the deadline. I get the feeling from the main organizer that this event is not something she really wants to be a part of. I shouldn't let that influence me, but it has. So I will just try my best to enjoy the different patterns that become available.

I am also working on Valentine:

..for the baby Niece.

I was hoping to have it complete for her birthday which was this past Saturday, but it did not go that way. I am sort of happy I held of finishing it. It allowed me to do some reconnaissance for her size. She is just under 37 inches. :)This means I do not require much yarn.

Has anyone else been watching a lot of television lately? My Friday nights are solid! I start with Dollhouse, then the new one called Flash Forward, followed closely by Flashpoint. Not to mention all the TV during the week. Fringe started up again, so did America's Next Top Model......I could on for some time. I hope its not too weird to book social engagements around TV Guide.

I am still a little tired from the Niece's birthday party. All I really remember are a lot of sparkles, pink and a whole lot of icing. I think I'm starting to begin my sugar crash. Hope everyone had a great week end. I will chat with you soon!

A Wedding

My husband and I attended the wedding of one of his students this week end. The ceremony was beautiful. It was a traditional ceremony with the Rev. being a female. I like that. We had a female minister as well. The only complaint I had was my shoes :(. After the ceremony was over we rushed to the nearest mall to find more suitable shoes. Mine were causing me a lot of discomfort. We hit gold by one very amazing sale, buy one, get two free!!!
This is what I walked away with:


These are the ones I wore to the reception:


Here are the handsome men in attendance:


And since all of these men are fighters, you cannot take a picture without them in a fighter's pose:


Here is one of the many projects I have been working on:


A pattern is soon to follow :)
That pretty much sums up my week end. I hope you all enjoyed yours. Have a good night :)