Forgot...

..to show you our pumpkins!

Hallowe'en

This year I helped the Caped Crusader navigate through our little town and enjoy some trick or treating.

He was quite the hit with the town.

We even managed to shell out some treats for the kiddies with help from an aging rocker.

Our little entourage received quite a few looks.

Since this is my holiday week, I was able to visit with a friend.
Unfortunately, I was quite ill.
Nothing says thank you for having me in your home like preforming a technicolour yawn.
However, we did make Whole Wheat Apple Nut Bread with a bread maker.
Have you seen these things? They are amazing little machines. It's my ideal way to cook anything.
Put things in a machine and walk away for four hours.
I love it!




When I arrived home this was waiting for me:

This might make some pretty interesting socks.

On a completely different note:
Has anyone noticed how awesome television is becoming?
Television programs have pretty much evolved into mini-movies. It's great. At one point, the highlight for most people was to watch a bunch of strangers battle it out on an island. Adult version of Gilligan's Island with a game strategy thrown in. Then there were the decades of talk shows and soaps. The occasional comdey, but nothing really OMG! We have to watch the next episode. T.V. was meh.
Now we have zombies, electronic apocalypse, Sci-fi, bikers, para-normal and everything in between.
What is your current favourite?
I'm going to continue my cross stitch and watch Project Runway.
Hope you all survived Hallowe'en.
Cheers!

I Actullay Cooked a Chicken....

.....But there are no pics. I was too nervous to remember to take photos.
We celebrated a very quiet Thanksgiving. Just the five of us. Mom-in-Law joined our merry little party.
On the table were coleslaw, carrots, peas, mashed potatoes, dressing (stuffing), gravy, cranberry sauce and the chicken. All of which I made/prepared myself. I am pleased to note, there was not much left over. I figured it was a good little feast if the kiddos ate it without complaint. They even complimented me between mouthfuls!
Everything else has been rather quiet over here.
It was a very nice fall day yesterday so I got my butt in gear and actually planted tulips.


The before shot of my shoes...


And the after...


While I was playing in the dirt,


Hubs was working on the roof of the garage.


80 bulbs were buried!

Sort of looks like a weird burial site eh?

Little Reno is also growing quite a bit.


He is even learning to share,



That is MY bed Mister..

Now we go Trick or Treating?!?!





He is a difficult image to capture.

I'm off to sleep before work tonight.
Hope everything is good with you and yours!
Cheers!

Perhaps a Good Scrubbing.

I have been watching this television show called Revolution. An apocalypse comes about. The world has lost all of its electricity. No internet, lights, television, planes, vehicles etc. The population has to re-educate itself on survival again.
This got me wondering. Maybe we might benefit from some sort of extreme power loss. Maybe we would be cleansed of disease and pollutions. I am sure that it would be an intense hardship. A lot of life would be loss after the huge Earth cleanse. I like what was mentioned in Stephen King's The Stand. The Glen Bateman character said something to the effect that after the apocalypse, people will still die off in somewhat large numbers out of stupidity. People will have to learn how to store food effectively. What wild things can be eaten in relative safety.
I would like to think that I would be able to survive and function adequately. I think I would fair better in this electric apocalypse than a zombie one.

Autumn Crispness

Hubs took the mini humans apple picking the other week. They brought home this monstrous fruit that is about the size of the youngest's head!
Since I have this thing about posting pictures of minor's on the internet, I will post a picture of the fuzzy child so you can get a relative idea of the size of these apples.

Reno is really unsure what to make of these red/green objects.


These do not smell like kibble.


When in doubt, run!


I have made a fair bit of progress on my cross stitch.


Since my cross stitch does not travel very well, I have been working on my Mittens over my lunch period at work.



These are my Day of The Dead Mittens.

We have found this wine in our little liquor store.

We tried the Chardonnay the other week. It was amazing, especially with the seafood pasta I made. We will try this Bougelais sometime this evening.

This is the new song I have had stuck in my head for about two weeks.

I liked the appearance that Psy made on Ellen the other week. Ellen suggested that Brittany Spears might want to take off her heels. How can she dance Gangnam Style in those shoes?
Psy said, No, no. The shoes are good. Gangnam Style is all about dressing classy and dancing cheezy.
I love that idea because that is pretty much how I roll. The other idea I can get behind is that yellow suit you see the other gentleman wearing at the end of the video. Where can we find suit?

Catch-Up

The mini humans are back in school. They started the last week of August. I now fully appreciate that commercial from Staples:

We all went to the Brome Fair.







Enjoyed the rides, exhibits, animals, food.

I finished my shawl earlier this week, Mariposa.

I just have to re-block it once again and place it in a nice bag with a bottle of wine for the amazing woman who managed to make sense of that garden surrounding our home.

I have also decided to take a little break from knitting for a while and return to cross stitch.


This is Night Cat by Vivienne Powers.

After the contemporary cat has been finished I will move on to this one:

Deathabilly.

Reno had grown rapidly the past month. He can now eat kibble and enjoys drinking and playing in the water bowls. Napoleon is being a great big brother/influence over the little fellow. They are quite the tag team.






This is my new favourite song the moment:

Reno Eating

I just thought I would post of video of Reno eating because I do not think it will be much longer until he is eating like a big cat.