tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58093609371186384612024-02-07T08:28:22.543-05:00White Squirrel Cottagelroickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756064734417463971noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809360937118638461.post-21414219039227514722012-02-23T21:05:00.000-05:002012-02-23T21:05:07.280-05:00The Greyhound PalsI created the Greyhound Pals in 1999 when I was looking for a plush greyhound to buy but couldn't find one. We hadn't yet adopted out first greyhound so I didn't have a model. Enter Beauty, Claudia Presto's greyhound. She was a beautiful fawn greyhound and my Greyhound Pal model. Well that was many years and many pals ago, 885 to be exact. I've had many requests over the years and here are a few of the more memorable ones....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The First Groovy Pal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of Groovy Pals</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fairy Pal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Groovy Pal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angel Pal with Angel Bunny Slippers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Granny Pal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Granny Pal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shamrock Raver Pal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pals with knitted collars</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach Bum Pal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farmer Pal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farmer's Wife (of course)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nurse Night-n-grey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angel Pal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Biker with Fangs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's a Bad A@@!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Princess Chanel Pal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buckeye Pal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beauty Kanab 2003</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beauty, Dewey Beach 2003</td></tr>
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So, there are a few of the fun Pals I have had to make over the years and Beauty, the best greyhound model there ever was. I hope they put a smile on your face!<br />
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Have a great Friday and a fabulous weekend.<br />
:)lroickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756064734417463971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809360937118638461.post-55673064226844881312012-02-20T10:45:00.003-05:002012-02-20T10:51:55.641-05:00Another Sunday in the Kitchen...After the Ode to Kitchen post Maggie asked what I cook on Sundays, so I took some pictures yesterday.<br />
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I've been cooking since I was about 10. My Mom let me do whatever I wanted in the kitchen because it meant she didn't have to. In the 70's I took a few years of advanced Home Economics which really helped build a solid foundation of knowledge for me, I was never afraid of a recipe afterwards no matter how complicated. Most of the newer recipes I use come from Martha Sterwart's "Everyday Food" but there always many sources for recipes, endless it seems. I follow a few Blogs, Peanut and Pinney (one of my faves) and the recipes Mz Pinney uses are always fabulous. Mz Pinney and I are currently taking a Whole Food Kitchen course and it's been very enlightening, I'm really enjoying it.<br />
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Here is a sampling of what I do on Sundays, it may seem like a lot but we send a hotbox over to my in laws each Sunday so there is usually enough for 4. You'll see that nothing is really overly complicated and if you time it right you can be done in about 4-6 hours:<br />
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Sunday Feb 5<br />
- Slow Cooker Cajun Chicken<br />
- Curried Cauliflower Stew<br />
- Quinoa Salad<br />
- Cranberry Scones<br />
- Whole Wheat Pizza Dough, Frozen in 5" rounds<br />
- Oven cooked Chicken Breast for lunches<br />
- Sheppard's Pie<br />
- Soup with Sausage and Kale<br />
- Cut and pack Carrots for lunch<br />
- Cut and pack Pineapple for lunch<br />
- Wash and pack Grapes for lunch<br />
- Wash and spin lettuce<br />
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Sunday Feb 12<br />
- Quinoa Salad with fresh Herbs and Olive Oil<br />
- Apple Cranberry Crumble<br />
- Whole Boiled Chicken for Salad (broth for soup below)<br />
- Parmesan Chicken Tenders (5 chicken breast worth!)<br />
- Thai Mango and Green Pepper Salad<br />
- Whole Roasted Chicken<br />
- Beef Barley Soup (8 cup recipe)<br />
- 4 Banana Breads<br />
- Cole Slaw with Honey Dijon<br />
- Cut and pack Carrots for lunch<br />
- Cut and slice Apples for the freezer<br />
- Cut and pack Pineapple for lunch<br />
- Wash and pack Grapes for lunch<br />
- Wash and spin lettuce<br />
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Sunday Feb 18<br />
- 2 Pork Tenderloin in the Crockpot, Honey Dijon<br />
- Roasted Chicken Drumsticks, Spicy Paprika<br />
- Fruit Salad (to use up left over fruit)<br />
- Chocolate Banana Bread<br />
- 3 Zucchini Bread<br />
- Cajun Stew with Turkey Kielbasa and Shrimp<br />
- Lamb Soup<br />
- Assorted Roasted Vegetables with Maple, Garlic and Tamari<br />
- Pasta Shells with Spinach, Tuna and Cream Sauce<br />
- Cut and pack Carrots for lunch<br />
- Cut and pack Pineapple for lunch<br />
- Wash and pack Grapes for lunch<br />
- Wash and cut Strawberries<br />
- Wash and spin lettuce<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">other veg: Asparagus, Orange and Red Pepper, Zucchini</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roasted Vegetables with Maple and Tamari</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roasted Drumsticks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lamb Sausage Soup with Potatoes and Carrots</td></tr>
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Till next week, keep on Cooking!<br />
:)lroickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756064734417463971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809360937118638461.post-46400285219777968082012-02-15T12:43:00.000-05:002012-02-15T12:43:11.600-05:00"Ode to Kitchen"I love my kitchen.<br />
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It's not the large farmhouse kitchen of my dreams but it's the one I have and I love it dearly. It's very well laid out for a small 1950's kitchen and works well for just one person. I guess you could say it's a "one butt" kitchen! Over the years we updated a few things like the flooring, counter, tile and appliances but stopped short of replacing the cupboards. The sad reality is the 80s cupboards are a wee bit of an eyesore and definitely need updating but we've made the best of it for now. <br />
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We love to entertain and I love to cook and bake so loving my kitchen is essential, it's like my second best friend. And for those who don't know me I spend the better part of 6 - 8 hours in my kitchen on Sundays, preparing the upcoming week of dinners, lunches and treats. We have a special bond, my kitchen and I...<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So, to you Kitchen, I thank you for being so awesome and for keeping me warm on all those cold winter Sundays...</div><br />
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And just because she's so cute, here is a picture of Miss Sm-Ella. She decided to play with the bed stuffing that Daddy left on the floor while he washed the cover. We think Roodie may have helped a little....<br />
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</tbody></table> We have not yet started the "Cabin Chic" bedroom as the plans were derailed last week when our Roodie was having some health issues. He's on the mend now so we should commence with the plans next week.<br />
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Till next week!<br />
:)lroickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756064734417463971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809360937118638461.post-4014582182904139182012-02-06T22:57:00.002-05:002012-02-07T08:36:12.613-05:00Cottage Decorating 101Let's just say I'm artist, not a decorator so I don't really know any of the "decorator" rules, like this accent goes with that style and this period furniture goes with that drapery finial. I only know what I like; sometimes I even get it right although the chairs may be mid century modern paired with a baroque mirror and a Queen Anne coffee table. Over the last couple of years we've been decorating our little cottage with vintage finds and personal handmade items; we find they add that personal touch.<br />
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Here are a few pictures:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vintage 60's Greyhound Lamp, Etsy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chickadee, carved by my Mother</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vintage-esq Cast Iron Cow and Sheep, Etsy<br />
Granite Rock Vase, Halifax NS (Left)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trout Etching for the Bathroom, Etsy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ceramic Trout in the Bathroom, Etsy (Brown Trout, get it?)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Etching, Antique Store; Ceramic Greyhound, Etsy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hand Stamped Bunny Pillow, Etsy<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I adore Magazines, especially vintage decorating magazines!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Assorted Loons from the Antique Stores in Thornbury, Ontario<br />
(my Mom scouted these for me)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Lastly, some of the white squirrels from White Squirrel Cottage.<br />
Left, Squirrel or Plenty, Etsy; Right, Squirrel, From Mom<br />
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</tbody></table> Well, that's it for this week folks, I have a lot on my plate at the moment. I will hopefully be posting on Monday as we start the re-decorating of our bedroom in the style of "Cabin Chic".<br />
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Have a great week.<br />
:)lroickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756064734417463971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809360937118638461.post-73331172844711260102012-01-31T16:13:00.001-05:002012-01-31T16:15:26.244-05:00Scalloped Potatoes in just under 20 Minutes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>If you're a scalloped (or escalloped, as my Mom would say) potato connoisseur, this recipe is not for you. However, if you work two jobs and try to have a life while maintaining your sanity, you may like this recipe. I LOVE potatoes, they've always been my one big weakness next to all things chocolate. Both are probably not that good for you in large doses, but you can always dream...<br />
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I'm not sure where this recipe hailed from originally but I've been doing it like this for the last 20 years.<br />
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A large batch should be enough for 6 -8 people (or 4 if I'm one of them !) <br />
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You will need the following:<br />
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-Large lidded casserole dish (I used a 2.5 quart oval dish - make sure it fits in your microwave)<br />
-8 medium, or 6 large potatoes any kind, peeled and sliced thinly (put them in water after cut so they don't brown)<br />
-2 garlic cloves minced<br />
-1 large, or 2 small onions cut in half and sliced<br />
-1/4 cup butter<br />
-1/4 cup flour<br />
-1 1/2 cups milk (add a bit more if the sauce it too thick)<br />
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Put the chopped onion, garlic and butter in the casserole dish and microwave on high for 3 minutes or until the onion is soft and butter has melted.<br />
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it should look like this:<br />
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then add the flour and stir it all into the butter onion mixture.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once the flour is stirred in pour in the milk and slowly mix it up until the flour mixture has mostly dissolved.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then put back in the microwave for 5 minutes, stopping to stir half way through. Once done it will be a nice thick white bechamel-like sauce with onions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Add the sliced potatoes and stir them into the sauce making sure they're all covered in sauce (this can get messy!):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Then cover and microwave on high for 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper after you're done microwaving as it tends to attract the microwaves and your food will not cook as evenly. You can do it if you want, Just sayin' s'all... <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once done you should always let your microwaved dish sit for 5 minutes or so, and Voila, Scalloped Potatoes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1494Y493NhRs9RN_PIPkScctCN4hBL7cMdYKaP-6dJkW05OaPA-MUHzt152tzL55XtjsDH0uBga5CalFpOvZo0W1G-Rtqls_SwmKVmGbV5G1O7QR4ePsDhhw0ppkqpXeYA95WgCij7E/s1600/IMG_2668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1494Y493NhRs9RN_PIPkScctCN4hBL7cMdYKaP-6dJkW05OaPA-MUHzt152tzL55XtjsDH0uBga5CalFpOvZo0W1G-Rtqls_SwmKVmGbV5G1O7QR4ePsDhhw0ppkqpXeYA95WgCij7E/s320/IMG_2668.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <br />
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</tbody></table>lroickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756064734417463971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809360937118638461.post-2316698616304646552012-01-26T13:18:00.001-05:002012-01-26T13:44:37.718-05:00Meet the Kids - Furkids, Present and PastBefore this Blog gets fully under way, I thought you all should meet the kids. Greyhound kids, thats all we have. Since 1999 we have been blessed with 20 little feet scampering though the house, and hogging the couch, mostly the latter. Our current two are Roodie and Ella; half-siblings. They are so completely different that it makes us laugh.<br />
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Here is our most recent adoptee, Ella...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ella - AKA Nut-Ella</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ella's pretty much a truckdriver/tank hybrid who barks like a Rotti and bascially has no manners - she barks at EVERYTHING. She's a bit of a brute and sometimes smells funky. She also wants a kitty for Christmas. We call her Smella or Nut-Ellla. Nut-Ella makes us laugh because she's so goofy, she a D-O-G.<br />
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And then there's Roodie...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roodie - the Princess</td></tr>
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Roo on the other hand is a very sensitive little flower. He's a worrier and he get spooked quite easily. We call him Princess Roodie or Roodie-Anna. He has his silly moments and can wag tail better than any greyhound we've ever had...but there are all these scary things out in the world: like balls, air mattresses, signs, trees, birds, shadows. He loved his Mamma though...(no surprise there)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frightz - Mamma nose best!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Mamma Frightz was our broody and Roodie and Ella's Mom. For those not familiar with that term, once she finished racing she went to the farm to breed more racing pups. She had 6 litters and 40 pups total. She was the most polite and ladylike greyhound we have ever had. The only bad thing I can recall was she could scream like a banshee, and for no particular reason. We call this the GSOD or Greyhound Scream of Death. The GSOD is usually reserved for special occasions, like when someone scares you while trying to brush your teeth. She used to scare the crap out of the vets and vet techs (can't say we didn't warn them!). Her racing name was USS Frightning and we did try to change that but if you called for her, "Frrriiiiiggghhtttninnnng' she would come a running. So, we kept it. She was a total doll and we miss her every day. We adopted her 3 weeks after losing our Wardy...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ward our little sick boy</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ward was our second greyhound and he was sick and underweight when we adopted him from a wonderful group in Ohio. They rescued him from a not so good situation, God bless them. In short, he was a wonderfully loving guy who was medically challenged his entire 3 years with us. We called him our little Frankendog because he was covered in scars from head to toe, well, almost all his toes, all 8.5 of them. He must have had a rough go it before coming to live with us. When he went to the bridge my heart was never the same (this is still hard to write without tearing up).<br />
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And then there is the Ambassador who started it all, Walter...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walter the Rock Star!</td></tr>
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Ah Walter, he was a legend and loved by all. A LOT of people knew Walter. He was the kind of greyhound that had peeps and a dogtourage. I was just Walter's Mom. Walter came to work with me every day for 14 months, however, the highlight of his day was returning home to his Dad, what a guy. He and his Dad (my DH David) were two peas on a pod. They did everything together (when he wasn't forced to go to work with me - oh the dread). They definitely broke the mold after Walter was created. DH and I were crushed when he left us for the bridge but we were blessed to have had him in our lives for almost 10 years.<br />
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So that's it. Those are the kids present and past. Now go hug your pups...<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’m sure we all have some sort of bucket list; perpetual or otherwise. Mine is more, not sure how to describe it, perhaps more like a personal improvement bucket list. I have many random thoughts floating around in my head, things I want to do or accomplish in no particular order. My Husband thinks I’m nuts but loves me anyway. I will try to accomplish some of these projects in the coming year so I can share them with you all. Here’s a sampling:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-make my own soaps and lotions (books bought)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-live in a green “off the grid” wooden yurt house</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-grow an amazing vegetable garden</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-canning</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-take better notes</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-listen better</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><s>-start a blog</s></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-cook a new thing every week (I’m getting there…)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-learn one new thing every day</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-relax more</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-read more (I have 6 novels on deck…)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-inspired by Mz Pinney – knit something (an actual usable item!)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-make a quilt (with t-shirts or fabric scraps)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-slipcover the sofa</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-make hypertufa pots </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-accomplish all the tasks I plan to do on any given Sunday (likely impossible!)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-open a consignment store for home décor items</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-learn more about flower gardening (ordered Canadian Gardening for 2 years)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-paint those darn Muskoka chairs (once we agree on a colour)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-adopt some chickens</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">-be less materialistic</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">-work less...enjoy more </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Well, that’s all I could catch today. Perhaps you will think about what you want to do, or how you want to live, for the rest of your life…. </div>lroickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756064734417463971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809360937118638461.post-50054338102247537492012-01-24T13:25:00.002-05:002012-01-24T21:10:52.751-05:00This will be my first postOK, just checked "start a blog" off the bucket list. Admittedly, I'm not the most prolific writer but perhaps in time this will change...<br />
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All kidding aside, I've started this blog in order to chronicle the weird and wonderful things I create. Occasionally when friends come over and see what I've been up to they say how creative I am. I've said many times, "you can all do this too, it's not that hard", but they just stare in disbelief. So, I'm going to take the guesswork out of things and show you how it's done. What most people don't realize is that sometimes I don't have a clue about what I'm about to do...God love the intent, and Google. I've been an avid Google-r for over 12 years now.<br />
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So, in order to hook you in I will now tantalize you with my fancy footwork, or not. This is our wee cottage "White Squirrel Cottage", located in Jackson's Point Ontario. My DH and I are in the process of rehabbing this poor wee neglected house. I'm happy to report the smell has finally gone away hopefully never to return...It's a good thing they don't have scratch and sniff on the internet.<br />
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The following are 5 pictures of the backyard over a period of 2 years:<br />
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Taa, Daa! See? Easy-Peasy...<br />
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</div>So welcome all, to my little corner of the interweb.lroickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756064734417463971noreply@blogger.com0