Getting ready

Last year around this time I was 40% ready for Xmas.....

This year I am...let's say 10% ready.....NOT GOOD

Of course there is the oven situation.....

But we are working through it

and Dan is hard at work on patching the hole.

 These are the new Xmas decorations from my work's lobby.

I am grateful they got rid of the creepy leprechaun/Cirque Du Soleil dolls.

I also spied this cutie blowmold in a shop nearby.

What do you know I have the same!

The oven crapping out on me really threw me off. And I am barely getting used to the situation .

So I am writing a lot of lists and I will prep all my cookie dough and pastry dough during the weekend.

I HOPE!

so that is 3 batches of pie crust dough, 2 batches of ginger bread cookies dough, 1 batch of Xmas sandies ,2 batches of pferffernusse dough...and I will see from there

Stay clam, sleep tight

and I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Seen Around

I love posting about interesting things I see while on the road.

Our latest road trip took us to Kingston, Ontario.

Once the capital of the Province of Canada....for just a short time . It remains an important military installation.

The old town (downtown ) is just lovely, quaint and great for unique shopping.

Here are things I saw  there, on the way there and on my way back.

 From the Brockville Goodwill, sad, so sad

 From a Kingston DVD club.

I want one (a blowmold just like this...)

 This machine really cracked us up.

Who knew the Dan meister wood worker extraordinaire had another job on the side?

In Montreal no less....

 Happy lovely mishmash from Gannanoque, Ontario

 Nice sunburst!

 The funny thing is my mother in law had the exact same clock

over the sink in the summer kitchen attached to her RV!

Whatever happened to it?

I don't know!

I bought a tiny gift for Dan, but it is still a secret!

Out with the old

Good morning to all,

here I am in my living room waiting for the oven installer to come knocking.

They said between 8:30 and 12:30.....

Here are some pictures of the old Roy oven.

Here's the door

The oven out of its nest

 And the nest in question.

Now just as the pics were downloading, the oven

tech showed up!

Guess what?

The oven is too small (???) and Dan will have to install a contraption so

they can install the oven...Dad we're coming over for supper!

Size DOES matter lol

!"/$%?&*() not happy!

When in Rome....

Or should I say when in Montreal...

One thing Montrealers do once in a while is go on Mount-Royal (aka The Mountain) and gaze at the city sky line on the Belvedere.

 That is the Big O (Olympic Stadium)

            The Jacques Cartier bridge

 The St-Lawrence river

And little ol' me!

It was a great treat to look at the city i love

but chilly and windy!

Have a great weekend!

What time is it?

Some people seem to think Christmas is just around the corner.....

 Well it is actually but i feel it is too soon for the decorations....

I am loving November

The light is bright

the sky is blue 

and the trees are gorgeous

Those mums put joy in my heart everyday when I see them.

They were removed this afternoon to make way

for some tulip bulbs.

Yay and boo!

I wish they'd stayed longer!

Seen Around

Seems I haven't done one of these posts in a very long time!

Wednesday I went for my annual lung check up and not only I spotted a church basement sale nearby but I found the charity shop I could not locate last year!

Schwing!

I did not buy ANYTHING, but it sure made for a thrifting adventure!

 Yes this is a brand new dragon made of shells.

 This lamp sure would be an ice breaker

 New in box holy trinity clock.

Now I am thinking that they were donated inventory

from a Chinese gift shop

 This sweet casserole did not have any markings

 I would've snapped up this delicious fondue pot if my cupboards

were bare....sigh!

 These tacky glass souvenir mugs always crack me up!

 I knew it was just a matter of time until I saw this in a thrift store.

The chocolate fountain is fun, but how often are you going to use it?

I figure the clean up must be an adventure as well.

 This is something I don't think I could buy in a thrift shop...

Herb tea!

No thank you

The church basement was very cramped with bossy volunteers. I was scared to take pictures....

Oh well

This is just the beginning of the fall bazaar/church basement season!

CHARGE!!!