Day 323 ~ Bamboo Shoots

On our way home from the tournament yesterday we stopped to pick up something to put the Bamboo Shoots in. Thanks to the new Walmart in Fergus we found some along with some rocks.
BTW, Devon can not believe we just paid for rocks!

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Day 322 ~ Tri-City Martial Arts Guelph Open Shiai

So proud of my boys, they tried their best and did a great job of representing the Arthur Dojo.
Mack placed third in the Brown belt division for Kumite. Nolan brought home a first place in the Blue belt division for Kumite.
Congratulations guys, you worked hard for this!

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Day 321 ~ One Happy Boy!

Purchased with his own money.
Mack has been waiting for what he considered a 'life time' for this game! lol

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Day 320 ~ Frost

A perfect morning to capture some gorgeous frost photos.

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Day 319 ~ The Old Public School

It has sat empty and abandoned for about 6 years. Over that time, it has been broken into, had windows smashed, became a hangout for kids to drink and experiment with drugs, and has also been set on fire.
Finally looks like this building will be put to use again.

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Day 318 ~ Practicing With DOF

A little glue and sparkles on a twig were my weapons of choice to practice.

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Day 317 ~ Bokeh

Playing around today, this is what I came up with.

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Day 316 ~ Hanging The Lights

A new helper this year!
He made me a little nervous while up on the roof. Not so nervous, just using the ladder.
Btw...this photo was actually taken yesterday, oops. Hehe

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Day 315 ~ Remembrance Day

On the 11th hour

Of the 11th day

Of the 11th month

We will remember you!

I feel honoured to be able to show my respect every year here, in Canada's Most Patriotic Village.
September 11th at the Cenotaph.

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Day 314 ~ Chillaxing

Mack having a lazy morning.

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Day 313 ~ Lego Time Again

The tiny plastic pieces sure do hurt when you step on them, they are expensive, and make quite the racket when sucked up in the vacuum cleaner.
However, it's the best way to entertain my kids.

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Day 312 ~ Neat Idea

One the items in the gift bag from last night was a package of Kids Trivia Napkins.

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Day 311 ~ Another Ladies Night!

This week Walsh's hosted a ladies night. There has been one a week here in town for the last 3 weeks.
Fun, freebies and good deals, who wouldn't enjoy that.
I must say this display made me laugh!

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Day 310 ~ Oh Dear Lord...Weapons!

The boys raised enough money with the board breaking fundraiser, that they received their choice of Nunchuku's or Tonfa. (Please don't kill one another)
Life with boys~never a dull day.

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Day 309 ~ Scrabble Letters

Here is a project that I've been wanting to do for a while now.
Thanks honey for hanging this up for me.
I made 3" scrabble tiles of our names to hang by the front door.

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Day 308 ~ Treats For My Fur Baby!

I'm always baking some sort of homemade goodies for my family.
Today I figured I'd try baking some homemade treats for Quasi.
They were a HUGE hit...he loved them!

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Day 307 ~ Have A Seat!

I've been looking at this living room set for over a year now.
Bit the bullet and went and bought it! Very happy it's finally in my house now!

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Day 306 ~ Good Bye Sore Back!

I'm in love with our new bed!
SO comfortable.

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Day 305 ~ It's Here!

Excited that the new bed and living room set are here!
This photo was taken through the front window. See the snow/rain coming down?

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Day 304 ~ Happy Halloween!

Demon Dog! lol
Taking a quick photo with the phone...I captured the perfect Demon Dog in his Vampire cape!

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Day 303 ~ We've Been Booed!

This couldn't have come on a better night. It was the perfect "pick me up" I needed! Thank you Anonymous Boo'er'!



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Day 302 ~ Spooky Cookies

The skeleton cookies didn't last long. I needed to make another 6 dozen Halloween cookies for this week.
Cats, bats and pumpkins this time.

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Day 301 ~ Cake For Breakfast!

After filling up at the Mandarin last night for dads birthday, no one was hungry for cake when we arrived back home.
Since today is his actual Birthday, We had cake after a big family breakfast.
The kids thought having cake that early in the day was pretty cool!
Notice how  he is sporting the cool hat again? What a trooper!

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Day 300 ~ Happy 60th Birthday Dad

My dads actual birthday is tomorrow.
Today was the surprise party! Such a good sport, he wore the hat all day and night. Can your believe he even wore it to the Mandarin for dinner, and shopping at Chapters after.

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Day 299 ~ Just Nolan & Mom

A nice lunch date with my favourite 9 year old.

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Day 298 ~ Ready For The Chilly Weather

Today I had the pleasure of moving 2 skids worth of pellets for the stove. Rona delivered and I stacked them in the garage.
Time for some A535.

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Day 297 ~ The Blood Bug

Devon came home with an ouchy today. When Nolan asked him what happen he told him it was a blood bug. He had poor Nolan thinking all night that daddy had a bug under his skin, drinking his blood. lol

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Day 296 ~ Why Am I Doing This?

So my husband answers a call from a phone solicitor and agrees to this survey. Everyone in our home has to keep track of what they watch on TV for a week.
A side from being time consuming, I'm the only one actually filling these forms out for everyone.
Never again!

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Day 295 ~ Tim's Drive Thru

I wonder how many times a day this wall gets scraped by cars.
Note, there is no paint from the Jeep on here.

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Day 294 ~ Another One Checked Off The Fall Bucket List

A fun afternoon with the kids!

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Day 293 ~ Blah

Time for a movie and a nap!

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Day 292 ~ Skeleton Cookies

Gearing up for Halloween.
These are Chocolate Cake Mix cookies. Cut out with a Gingerbread Man cookie cutter.

Here's the recipe.
1 Box of Devil's Food cake mix
1/3 cup of shortening
1/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 egg
Mix all ingredients together at once. Divide dough in half. On lightly floured surface, roll each half 1/4 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 6-8 minutes @ 375.
Decorate with white icing.

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Day 291 ~ Lady's Night

It was Lady's Night down at Sussmans here in town.
After a perfect parallel park, it was lots of laughs and tons of fun!
Thanks for the great night girls...Melanie, Tanya, Tracy and Darlene!

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Day 290 ~ They Have An App For That

How convenient is it to Blog from your phone?

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Day 289 ~ Lonely

Look at this poor thing growing on the sidewalk beside hwy 6. I bet people driving by we're looking at me like I was crazy. Crouched down on the sidewalk taking a picture. lol
Hang in there little guy.

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Day 288 ~ Wicked

What do you think of my new wine glass? I might just keep using it after Halloween...this baby holds two glasses! WOOHOO!

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Day 287 ~ A Trip To The ER

Hopefully some relief for Devon.
Poor guy has thrown out his back again.
Fingers crossed...with the meds and the many visits to the chiropractor, please feel better soon!

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Day 286 ~ Last Minute

Karate seminar today and an hour before Mack has to be out the door, I'm sewing the badges on his new Gi.
Typical me...put off today, what you can do tomorrow!

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Day 285 ~ Shh, It's Nap Time

Finally a day with some sunshine. Quasi isn't waisting a second of this.

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Day 284 ~ Apple Crisp

It's all about apples this week!
I guess that's what happens after you visit an apple orchard.

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Day 283 ~ Apple Sauce

WOW, the house smells fantastic right now.
Who knew homemade apple sauce was so easy to make. Why haven't I made this before.
I can't decide which photo I like better. I'm leaning towards the first one...however, all the men in my house vote for the second one.

 

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Day 282 ~ Can't Wait To Try It!

My Epicure order came in today.

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Day 281 ~ Hanging Out With Friends

Today we went to an apple orchard, had a visit with some great friends and went out for dinner.
Mac, Mack and Nolan.

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Day 280 ~ Happy Thanksgiving

I'm thankful for my family.
Such a simple photo...yet, my favorite!

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Day 279 ~ A Trip To Micheals

One of my favourite stores!
I'm so excited...finally getting around to a few projects I've put on the back burner for too long now.
Stay tuned!

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Day 278 ~ Mack's Movie Night!

Tonight Mack had a few friends over to watch a movie. Not sure they actually watched much of the movie. Too much chatter and giggling going on.

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