Trick or Treat

Halloween excitement. What can match the excitement of 3 little girls going out for treats. These girls hardly know what sugar is.

pointed at Paprika

This is our standard table center...the squirt bottle

The dread deed

So, today he found out what it was like to wash the oatmeal pot. That goes with learning to cook oatmeal right?

morning cleanup job

Bob was in charge of making the hot oatmeal this morning. Somewhere in his early life, he was told to cook on the highest heat and to put the lid on to make it boil faster.
Did it boil over??? Did it boil way over? YES.

Claire and Basil

Basil is getting to be a lot of fun.

Nostalgia

Saturdays are always a bit nostalgic. When I was a kid and we had a few furniture items in our small cabin, I had to dust the furniture. I remember fondly dusting our phonograph as I listened to Saturday at the opera from CBC. I am not particularly fond of opera but i still listen on Saturday because of the memory.

Twas a Birthday kind of day

Emmanuelle turns 2. Simon is almost 5 months

Kettle corn

Maple syrup and butter over freshly popped corn is not bad.

old dog learns a new trick

MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT DOG GROOMING. I ACTUALLY ENJOYED IT. My next investment may be a grooming kit for dogs...$000

Monday beginnings

One of those days where the granddaughter rings the doorbell and comes in, the dogs bark cuz they are so happy to see her. The phone is ringing and I am in the shower.

I am a part of all that I have met

I just found out somebody was actually reading my blog and that was scary. Here I thought I was talking to the wind...that is wind, not air, in Lethbridge.

MY life is going to the dogs

Trying to take a nap goes like this:
Dog #1 barks-she is on the outside of the patio door and wants in.
Dog#1 barks again. She is lonely and wants her buddy dog #2.
Dog#2 is jealous and barks. I lift her out of her kennel and put her in the pen.
Dog #1 is chewing #2's ear and there is a ruckus. #2 goes back in the kennel.
Dog#1 is lifted to the great run of the house.
Dog#2 is jealous and wants out too. She is taken out of the kennel and put onto the floor.
Dog #1 and #2 run back and forth and wrestle under the bed. The bed shakes and I am not napping. Dog #2 takes a dump on the carpet. I am mad.
Both dogs get thrown back into the pen and I get up. We go down to the backyard grass where dog#1 eats grasshoppers and #1 eats grass. Both are happy.

Emmelins comes home

Severe asthma and on orange alert

Acute Asthma

First time I have ever gone to the hospital to visit a sick grandchild

Nana prays for Emmeline

Another 2 trips to ER today for Emmeline. At times all we can do is pray and that is the best.

inheritance first for me

Thanksgiving for the unexpected inheritance cheque from Aunt Emma. Thinking Bose sound system.

Thanksgiving

Family dinner is over. Thanksgiving was early with Kris, Carla and kids here. Lots of fun.

comedy view

Another comedy view for the neighbors. Paprika pulling on my bathrobe as I cleaned up the poop off the deck.

The virtues of bleach

Was I ever happy to have Bob's help tonight with cleaning the downstairs. The shower had so much mold in it. Austin moved out today.

Sweet peas

I keep picking the "last" sweet pea bouquet of the season. Today i got one more. Thanks October for a fine month.

same old cough drop

My little visitor, Claire, silently goes into my dresser drawers and comes out with the most interesting things that I forgot I even had. She is always bringing Bob the cough drop that he leaves on the top of the dresser.

Don't swallow your toothpaste

More medical facts from Emmeline: "If you brush with toothpaste that has fluoride in it , you can't swallow any of it."

one week old Basil

Dear little Basil is a week old now. A little porker and so lovingly cared for.

Saturday it is

Bob and I attended the Saturday service at St Auggies. That was different for us Sunday service only worshipers.

Hiway 22

Took a day trip to Cochrane and enjoyed some of the most incredible Fall scenery I have ever seen.