Tea for Two Tidbits.

I have been busy enjoying the sunshine, cutting grass, rewriting
 my recipes and cooking new meals. I
still need to transplant my house flowers with fresh soil.
No time for tea and tidbits although I would love to have these little
people wearing my clothes around me. lol
When I was a kid I had my dolls and story books and I was in love with the black
shoes in one of them. I thought, when I grow up, I will have a little girl
and buy her these same shoes. Well I never did cause I have boys. lol

The top pinafour was so easy and fun to make and turned out
so pretty with the blue button. It would fit a 6 month baby.

 

The pink out fit was also easy and fun to make using cluster stitches.
I especially love the hat and the fact that it is a yoke pattern.
 The button on the hat and the sweater is a daisy.
It is certain to keep a little one toasty warm.

I love these as well. The lacy hat and booties are soooo soft.
I will have to make another lacy hat since I have two sets of booties.
The top of the booties have picot edgings.
I could not make pom poms for them .
Booties are so much fun to make for tiny feet.

I love this pinafour. The colors are soft, as well as the piece itself.
I could caress it all day.The picture did not come out well so I will
have to redo it. I am sure it is for a 6 mo to a year old baby.

This little shell outfit is for a new born with silver buttons
and picot edgings. I can't imagine my son today but he did fit
 t shirts as small as this.lol

So much for the outfits I made so far.

Today  was a somewhat productive morning.
Put the chicken and potato with okra to bake.
Rewrote some recipes into my journal. I have some really good egg recipes.

I found my old mayo recipe using dry mustard. I used to love making that mayo.

Its french. Nothing you buy in stores today compares to it.

Lately I carry my recipes with me cause I forget what needs to be put into them once I get to the store. So when I get there I look up what I want to make and then buy for that day.

Began a new christening dress in crochet . I already did the neck line and think now the sleeves and skirt will start. I did not check the pattern.

I love christening dresses. We used to have such beautiful ones when I was a kid and today they keep it simple.
But I would love to get the lace and sew a few the way they were made before.

Really have to get that sewing machine out again.

Bella is becoming a pain in the ass lol
Every time I lie down she comes and barks at me to get up.
I have to put my feet up but she says no put them down and then she sleeps beside them. lol

I really love this dog She is so expressive and her young spirit is very attractive to my old one. She keeps me smiling . All young life is beautiful because of its' innocence.

Beau is happy getting his walkies and Tanya just has her eyes peeled to everything the little one wants or has so she can take it away. Lately it is the squeeky ball.

The little one is already longer than she is and quite fluffy. I keep thinking she is a black angora cat. then I see she is a dog. lol

Yesterday we came across a beautiful bandit looking cat.

It had a black bandits' band around the eyes and the rest of it was gold.

Such a beautiful cat. I will have to take a picture of it if I see it again.

 I have never seen one like it before and well Bella saw it too and flipped out. lol

Yup, the old cat thought, well this ain't good and casually walked away.

This Bella will have to learn that cats are out of bounds.

If this was Tatty, he would stand his ground.

The other animals were raised with cats so for them a cat means nothing but

 for Bella this is all new.

Hope you  are all happy and healthy keeping busy with the spring weather.

xoxoxoxox

My Thai

 Thailand is truly a beautiful place to visit.
I always loved these houses the people lived in.
The life style seemed so quiet and peaceful.
If only places like this were not disturbed by
progress.
The richest people in places like this were those who could
afford electricity for a light bulb or a TV set.
Today with solar energy, every one can afford electricity
and have the best of both worlds.

We craved for Thai food so found this little place in Langley,BC.
It's called:    My Thai.
 It's not a fancy place but the food is good. The prawns were absolutely so fresh,
its just as if they just caught them.
It's on one of these little streets where cars are parked sideways
on both sides like one would see in a cowboy town where you tie up your horse
in front of establishments.
They had a nice little art gallery which also offered
lessons to stay alive. My Thai also offers cooking lessons to keep the public
coming.
Out of the way places like this, could use a little more advertising.
Unlike White Rock which has an ocean to attract people, they just have their
little special kind of attractions worth coming to see.

I think we would go to My Thai just for the Tom Yum soup they make
with rice. It is absolutely delicious!

This link is a recipe for what we had I think.

http://importfood.com/recipes/thaiprawnsoup.html

xoxoxoxxo

Man, As Innocent as a Babe

My beautiful lacy baby hat.

Lev Kulikov seems to be a spiritual educator I found on you tube.

He tries to explain faith as consisting of two parts :

Intellect and emotion.

This then falls into how we see faith and how we work to keep it pure and clean.

Intellect and emotion affects every man. If man is not of the right faith or mind, it is difficult to get him out of the hole he is in.

The first thing needed, is to understand that we are not separate from God. Even Karma ( which is a collection of mistakes affecting our health and destiny or future) is not given all at once by the creator, because if it was, we would live a total of six years before we self destruct. 

 

To enjoy life longer than six years , we have to learn organization and self control and God gives us time to do this. He watches over each individual and so we are always in contact with the creator so our emotion and health can heal from our mistakes, through wisdom. 

The creator regulates mans' karma or extra sensory perception.

A sick man comes to get healed of an illness. He leaves and then comes in again. Why?

 Because the karma program changes in each man with reality of health and destiny.

To stop all these karma programs, is the only way to totally heal a persons intellect and emotion.

We can ask God to do it and he can but instead he gives us karma because something is not right.

Man has to take charge of his life, clean it, put it in order and the first thing required, is faith in God, that he exists and that he has no other objectives other than love for mankind.

The rest man can do with as he wishes. He can take what he can and leave what he can't, push what he can and deal with his existing emotions.

The question becomes then is does man affect faith or does faith affect man?Who is the boss?

The answer is that man is God and King who does what he can.

When a man gets a cold he goes home and takes medicine and heals. When he has emotional problems affecting his health, he seeks help and is given instruction to do this by cleaning up his soul faith and intellect.

Emotions live in space which develop creation, yielding intellect, deciding what a man must do.

Space could be destructive to the building of life.

We must know how to build our faith using 4 things:

right : that everything begins with right beginning with mental creation

Physical realization

Emotion which is electrical

thoughts which is a magnetic field

When we remember we remember in emotion, the electrical part.

God is part of the living reality whereby man understands that he cannot live without him.

Once he understands this his life becomes easier because it has structure.

Harmony is a system existing on many infinite levels.

Parasites live at the lowest level.

Parasites live in what he call hell but the existence of hell is our own creation and is separate from what is.

for example:  A man can eat a mushroom but a mushroom can't eat a man.

Suppose one grows on a finger and we ask why? Well this is because the blood does not reach that part of the finger to give it the blood chemicals it needs to kill the mushroom.

Another system of Anarchy is also a criminal faith.

The middle ground between heaven and hell exists on the 9th-10th level of infinite harmony.

Physically man has a point of termination If someone tells him he will physically live forever he is lying.--

Life is a spirit from God. Its a system with a soul and body

The spirit controls the body.

It has a memory where emotion is kept in many places.

Knowledge contained in the body and spirit yields emotion.

Our purpose in life is education where we learn to correct mistakes through passing an exam.

Info in and of itself is not education unless it is understood.

Worry for example can result in other problems.

Man doesn't understand that he is King over his situations or problems in life.

Spiritual problems requires passing an exam through learning to understand it.

Family and relatives try to teach but learning can take place anywhere.

A mother has a child it tries to teach but sees the child is not learning.

The child does not understand the mechanism of life.

The child does not understand faith

or maybe the child does and the teacher doesn't.
.....

I like the way this man explains things in lay mans terms and this is why he is called a man of wisdom and man who can pass on understanding to other people.

I always found that turning every problem in life into an element of education helps a lot in mental harmony.

Everything bad that happens or crosses your path in life, is about
educating you to become a better person.

xoxoxoxox

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

Every Mom gets a Red Red Rose
for knowing the passion of what
having and loving children is.

For what is a Mother without the golden hands
caressing her child and leading it by the hand
into a world so foreign, preparing it for the struggles ahead.

What is a Mother if not the aged lady who sits watching her children
with old  devoted eyes, a Mother who would still lay down her
life for each and every one of them.

A Red Red Rose for Mother
The Guardian of strength and power.
The giver of life and love
Preparing a destiny for another.
 A Lady's Life


xoxoxoxoxo

Little Bit of Lovin

This little new born 0-3 mo. set I made with silver buttons
is so cute.
I got a really nice designer, dark gray ribbon for the booties,
and the hat in the right hand corner.

The hat in the right hand corner is larger so I will keep it for another set.
for the 3-6 month babies.

They are fun to make cause they don't take much time and it keeps me busy
passing time.

It is raining a lot this end of the country. The grass is really long and
 needs a good cutting but we are waiting for it to dry a bit or
 the lawn mower will not cut it. I need a good garden tractor so
 I can do it myself since pushing a mower would be out of the question.

I always take the skins off the chicken . Usually I roll them up and freeze then
and then chop them and
give them to the birds outside in winter.
Now what I did was roll them up and put them into another container to roast with the chicken.
They dry out and cool and now my Rovers have home made chicken chewies.
Pays to make them at home.
With a big dog I guess you would have to roll out a lot of skins to make it thick and long
but with my little girls one chicken leg makes a nice tid bit to chew on.

Hope you all have a nice day.
xoxoxoxox

A Man's Gotta Do What a Mans' Gotta Do

If there is a way you can be sure a man will find it to shorten his work load.

I wonder if this can apply in the army where soldiers have to peel potatoes?

Makes the load easier to bear.
Have a great day!
xoxoxoxo

Just Enchantment.

This is another one of my very favorite postcards.
I was always enchanted by the lily of the valley
 with their little bells and
impressed with nature in creating such delicate
yet firm little guys that had such a hypnotic aroma.
They would spread through our rock garden filling up all the cracks.
I always had a bottle of lily of the valley perfume.
Can't seem to find it today though.

Our yard was full of lilac trees of the french variety. They were the most fragrant
and every spring, when you opened the window, the scent would be
blown into the house by a gentle warm breeze.
Just one whiff would stop you in your tracks with enlightenment.
We had white and purple trees and people would walk by and could not resist
grabbing themselves a few sprigs to take home.
As a result, we always had more and more flowers the next year
 as God is generous

Next on the list were red and yellow daffodils and tulips. The bulbs were planted
two feet deep so no rodents could get to them.
Peonies and ronunculas, were big time favorites.  So pleasing to the eye.
We were just sorry they didnt grow all summer but then our wild roses
compensated for it and brought in the bumble bees which were quite pleased
with these flowers. They also carried a very sweet smell and were
very good as a fence to keep out intruders because of the thorns.

All these flowers are still my very favorite today. The only plant I would add to the collection
are jasmine because of the scent. These will always be our family traditional plants.

Of course since then, we have come across rhododendrums,  magnolias,
apple and cherry blossoms and the majestic orchid.
The world is full of the most beautiful creations
some of which have the a most inventive means of survival.

One wonders how any one but God could have  such a wild imagination.
We blame him for wars and destruction but he only stands for love and we don't
 have far to look to see an entity, so busy doing such great things, that one would wonder
why it would want it all destroyed.
 It is only man who would use his name to do that.

Have yourselves  a wonderful day.
xoxoxoxox

MONEY MONEY MONEY

 MONEY MONEY MONEY

http://putlocker.bz/watch-zeitgeist-addendum-online-free-putlocker.html

If you could get to watch Zeitgeist , it is a very good video to watch

Where does our money come from and what does it mean to have money

Did you know that if there was no debt there would be no money?

And how is fraud and mortgages explained.

Google is not the only one who makes something out of nothing
God is the only one we know who does this

and now money is explained the same way.

And what of politics religion democracy communism fascism socialism and elitism.

What about unemployment?

What about the Venus Project?
How would it work when technology takes over everything?

If you can't get the link you will have to go to putlocker  and look it up under the letter Z.

 for Zeitgeist.

It is all good to know.

xoxoxoxo

Spirit Lifted

Man oh man. Rap at its best.
What a great movie!!!!

"Lifted" on you tube

Every one has got to watch this!!
xoxoxoxoxo

NEW Royals

Such a lovely couple visiting Australia and New Zealand.
Little George is so cute with his chubby cheeks.
Kate looks fabulous and William.. well he's Englands' darling.

Never thought to see the day he would be a Daddy to another baby Prince.
Diana would be so proud.
This is the future right there, to carry on the legacy the Queen Mum and
Queen Elizabeth worked so hard over.
She should pass it on before she dies so there is no mistake as to who
is next in line to be King of England.

I hope they make the right decision.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Rapture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnpF6ImVyZg



The Moment After on you tube.

I like all these movies with no belligerence/ swear words.
People don't see how using bad words affects ones soul.
How far away you become from your inner self, using them.

It is so nice to be able to flip the channel and not have to listen
to movies with such a limited vocabulary.

Have a good one
xoxoxoxoxo

Ressurection of the Bread of Life

The Infinite Resurrection of Perfection, such is the reality, of endless life.

Christ has risen
Christ has risen
Christ has risen

Happy Easter!
xoxoxoxo

The Story of Jesus

I never get tired of watching this movie on you tube.
The life of a child, who grew into a man, who was crucified
for nothing but words and who left such an imprint
and continues to fight the wickedness in man.

Fraud corruption lies unwholesome behavior drugs adultery...
the list goes on and thus, the wicked fight to kill goodness,
kindness, gentleness, accountability, love,
in the name of freedom .

"For if they do this when it is green, what will they do when it is dry?"

They who do not see or understand the meaning of the word "freedom",
find themselves enslaved by the very vices they say they are entitled to
under human rights and freedom. Freedom does not mean anarchy.
Only those who earn it, who understand the laws of life and are accountable to it,
deserve it and live free.

Well, the story is told and continues to be told, in the hopes that one day, man will
understand and see what the message was all about in the name of love and freedom

xoxoxoxoxxo

A Sacred Son

Wishing Every one a holy blessed Good Friday.

xoxoxoxoxo

The Trigger Legend

Dale  Evans and Roy Rogers and of course Trigger was a matinee that gave people
meaning . They were a wonderful role model to kids and adults alike.

Hope, Values that don't change, all that good can be, a strong attractive force.

Have a great day .
xoxoxo

Happy Trails

Wishing every one a happy trail for spring and summer.

I remember loving this couple and song as a kid.
They made life seem so wonderful knowing there was a happy trail to look forward to.

Life is a journey and so, may we find the wisdom, to make the right choices in life,
to make it so.

xoxoxoxo

Cosmic Law

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQJYHSg38vA

This is a very interesting video about aliens which seem to have always been
with us and who guide us.
They seem to live 800 years in an uncontaminated body.
They seem to have interfered with Chernobyl to help so it didn't do more damage
than it could have.
Worth watching if only somethng to think about.

Have a good one xoxoxoxox

Nicholas and Alexandra

The Last of the Czars is a u tube video that shows a couple very much in love.
It is nice to see in England with William and Kate and the Queen and Prince Philip.
I can't speak for other countries as I don't know much about those couples but it
seems Princess Grace loved her husband King.

It is hard to keep control and leadership in a  society, if the laws are loose but then to keep them loose, one needs an educated thinking public and if every one sits drunk or high or is too ill or controlled by too much fanaticism, or has corrupt reasons to govern, things always head into a deep abyss. So laws have to be used in such a way as to
guide people in the right direction.
Society should understand that there is no free man, unless each man is free of his devil/vices.
How do people expect to be free, if they  keep themselves in chains?
They can't speak of  "freedom" if they can't self govern.

The Quebec election tonight showed a province of people who are very tired of politics and empty talk. They live in a nice country, Canada, envied by the world and so the only thing needed here, are good people to run things smoothly so people have jobs, a place to live,education and health.

Had the Czar made sure his people had these things and not kept as serfs/slaves, he would have been loved and the Romanoffs would have continued to reign.
 But as it turned out, he trusted in the wrong people and they lost him his life and legacy.

Last night my Bella had a tummy ache and she was very uncomfortable. I gave her yogurt and she farted a few times and then finally fell asleep.
Today it is hot in the house and she ate but did not drink much water and this concerns me even though she is playful and assertive again.
She has been so loved here that to think she could be lost, is just unthinkable.
 She had her shots 9 days ago and they say it takes 6-9 days before distemper shows itself.
I just hope her body was able to handle the shots she received. 
She needs another shot next month.

Mean while my sons friends' Bear, was taken to the doggy park and he gets very dirty there.
This results in his fur becoming very matted and badly in need of clipping.
He is a handsome dog to look at if his fur is groomed properly .Instead it all has to come off.

I like the idea of doggy parks but if they are not kept clean, then dogs can pick up tons of things
from the grounds. I told my son I don't want Bella there.
I took my golden to swim in the ocean and he got an ear infection we could never really ever get rid of and my husband hooked his finger fishing and also got a skin disease on his hand nothing helps to cure. The skin gets very dry and cracks.

How sad when you are surrounded by beauty but it is all polluted and can't be enjoyed.

xoxxoxo

Russian Revolution As Never Seen Before

As the Czar was not a bad man, it is the bad men who find interest to get their way by using good men.
What this video teaches is that one must take care of ones own people first.
Food jobs water shelter .
Lenin was also an idealistic man but idealism is not to be had when dealing with
unidealistic people. People who want what they want and have different interests.

The Cheka was a very feared organization. One can be found in every would be revolution.

Why do men fight? Why does history not teach the very basics of why men fight?

Before religion was blamed but how many men bled under bad governments.
Did they die as patriot heroes or as men who feared to say no?
History tells one story but one can understand why people do not want to give up their guns.
Once the guns are given up, there is no saying no to a dictatorial government.

Why do men fight?
xoxoxox

.Bella Bella Martadella

Bella Bella Martadella as my husband lovingly calls her.
I finally managed to get a decent picture of her. lol

She wont let me trim her nose so you can see her eyes better.
She is my bratty little girl who loves to play bark growl and bite.
Lucky she is small and doesn't do much in terms of damage.
Pups will always be pups. lol
Whatever I eat or drink Bella has to have a smell or a taste
She is very observant and vocal.
I think you can teach this dog to talk.
You can't help but love her and Tanya is beginning to finally give in.
She rolls on her back so Bella smells her but then Bella lies down when
Tanya is looking at her so
they speak their own dog language.
When they go for walks Bella prances enjoying this new world she is discovering.
She loves the outdoors and tries to get a good whiff of it.

In the car she enjoys watching the goings and comings but there is no place like home.
You know shes had a full day when she conks out at night into a deep sleep.
Babies are all so precious and bring so much joy.

Have a good one.
xoxoxox

Saving a Marriage

This You tube video is very nice to watch in times of woe
when we see families suffering from so much of lifes' pressure, surrounded by violence
bad language, corruption, unemployment, homelessness etc...

We forget how nice things could or should be as the ugly tries to desensitize people
to accept the bad and mistake it for freedom, instead of seeing it for what it is..
slavery.

The more the ugly, attacks the good, the more we can see that the ugly fears
 to lose its' power over the innocent, other wise why would it bare its' teeth?
The ugly knows that deep in their souls, all people want love and
someone to care for them and this is farthest from the uglies' mind.

Today Bella visited the vet for her 1st shots.
She was a trooper but now is tired and sleepy.

Tanya is slowly allowing her to do more things around her and she is also learning to keep her distance and respect elders. lol Old dogs are already set in their ways and the pups learn from
them.
It's a long haul but I hope soon they will be very good friends.

Today I over slept and even if I took Bella out at 6 am she slept with me till 10 am and then said that's enough lady. She jumped on me and began with the growls barks and kisses to say get up you lazy
so and so and I couldn't help but laugh. I told her Poor Bella. You need a youngster to play with and not old fogies like my husband and I. On the other hand she lucked out cause we love her to no end and are at her beck and call.

The days are going by very quickly. I need to buy some soil to put by the tree out front because there seems to be erosion or something taking place there. It needs more soil especially for the flowers.

We have lots of rain these days and the temperature can't decide from moment to moment if it wants to be warm or cold.
Great weather to catch colds.

Have a good one
xoxoxoxox

Daily Life of Faith and Hope

Another Perfect Stranger
This is a very good you tube movie I think every young person should watch.
It explains a lot of things confusing to so many people.

My puppy is growing and she is so loveable.
My husband who always has a stand offish approach to animals, can't get enough of her.
He keeps coming back to have another look. She has something about her that is quite
unexplainable. You just want to hug and kiss her all day.

Yesterday I went shopping and left he behind.
My husband said she was crying blue murder and even got Tanya concerned who went to her and kissed her. Later when Bella came towards her, she again went on the go away mode.

Lately the animals are beginning to get along better.
I still have concern over Tanya because she is so possessive,but Bella is already her length . Of course she is much lighter since she is still a baby.
I think Bella will be larger than Tanya especially since she has such a good appetite.

Hope you all have a good one.

xoxoxoxox

Pups and Spring.

This was an interesting movie on you tube.
Quite informative.
Just think if we look back at History, Poland belongs to the Mongols lol

The day is beautiful today Spring is in the air.
Puppy is growing. She is such a loving little girl.
Days are flying by. Put out my outside potted plants since the danger of frost is over.
Tanya is slowly accepting Bella but still looks to steal everything from her.

Tanya puts her ball on the living room table then barks so someone gets it for her.
Then when she sees no one is going to fall for her attempts for attention she jumps up and gets it herself. lol
She plays these YOU GO FETCH it game all the time. Dogs know how to train people lol

Lately I have been smelling skunk. Last night I took the dog out and saw 4 guys smoking it up by the house at 10.PM When they saw me they walked up the street to a parked car and smoked up there.
The smell carried down. It wasnt exactly marijuana but  maybe some laced with other things.
Smelled awful and comes into the house
I really don't know why they do this sort of thing.
Every time I see this sort of thing I think of how high the prices of healthcare will be in a few more years trying to save these people who dont care enough about themselves, to know not to do this.
It's like saving a man with throat cancer, who goers out and continues to smoke through the hole in his throat.
What's the point of it all.
Well no point to lecture.
No one cares to listen lol

xoxoxoxo

Colorado Home of the Free and the Brave

Centennial is a you tube James Michener's movie that consists of 12 episodes, I really enjoyed watching them.
We are the guardians of our earth and our future .
I hope you take the time to see these episodes.
xoxoxox

Ingrid and China

)

Beautiful old movie with Ingrid Bergman in China.
The Inn of Sixth Happiness
They sure had beautiful stories back then.
To be able to face strife and love had to be kept private.
It  was so romantic  no matter how it ended.

I love the old Chinese towns and scenery.
China has the most mystical mountains.
Always makes you wonder what lives in them.
There are such peaceful areas in the world which one can
truly feast ones eyes on.
A body not only needs nourishment for the body but also for the soul.

Having a baby in the house sure reminds me of when I was a young Mother .
These were sleepless days and nights one had to spend caring for a young one.
No time to complain just to sit and play and smile and this is what I am doing again with this new
baby who won't let me out of her sight.
Sneaking away when she sleeps never works.
Of course Tanya has to have what the baby has.

I tried to hide all the balls because they are causing a revolution here over them.
But no matter where I hide them Tanya runs in and hones in on them right away.
I can't believe how she knows where they are. Then she stands there and barks
for ever to get them back.
The baby seems to have the same keen sense of smell.
These dogs would make terrific drug sniffing dogs or search and rescue.
Nothing gets by them.
So now I put the balls outside into the mail box.
I told the guys they can play ball outside.
But she went and found another one somewhere and seems very pleased with herself.
The little one is left with her round frog to play with and leather chewies. and her pull rope.
She loves to play tug of war.
Every morning she wakes you up with kisses to say ok pee time.
If you turn over and say later pup, its at your own risk.
This is how animals train people. lol

xoxoxoxoxo

Ooh Eee Ooh Ah Ah

)

This is a great song I completely forgot about.
We used to have so much fun with it.
The tune never goes out of your head.
Puts a sprint into your walk too.

We are NOT New Brunswick today shoveling heaps of snow.
We have beautiful spring weather just asking for a garden to begin.


My son took Bella to the beach and weathered her out She slept like a baby all night.
Bear came to visit and he looks like a fluffy pom with a semi shitzu nose.
and he is still his boingy happy self. He sure has grown.

All the dogs fear his being so boistrous and even Bella backed down. lol

Beau likes Bella and comes to greet her but then shies away cause Tanya comes in and chases him away.
We have to begin teaching Tanya she is not the boss. lol

The dog food seems to have doubled in price but many brands the dogs do not like.
I got Nutrience because it had herring in it and the dogs have to be pretty hungry before they touch it.
They rather eat a real smelt than the pebbles.

My dogs like Pedigree and Beneful.
Yesterday I also gave in and got a plaque spray for my Tanya. She is already losing her teeth.
As dogs live longer , they get the same problems people do.

Seems the dry dog food is not much  help there as they said it would be.

So life goes on and we along with it
Have a great day.

xoxoxoxo

Life Is Not An Island.

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This is a very nice song sung by Harry Belafonte
The movie, Island in the Sun, is an oldie but equally very nice to watch.
They sure knew how to take the greatest shots back then in beautiful surroundings.

A lot of things were nice back then as things had to be made to last.
It was not easy to obtain things so recycling was not something they had to talk about 
 as opposed to todays' throw away society.

I love westerns too because they also give you a feeling of freedom , peace , a taste of the wild
and mysticism. Mother earth holds so much power in the palms of her hands and we are just
things caught up in the middle of them.

Watching wagons pulled by these hard working loyal horses for miles on end to
a post where they get replaced with a new set, had me asking the question, how
long were, say the Wells Fargo Wagons, supposed to be run before such a replacement
is made.
Well wiki said stage coach horses were expected to run 12 - 15 miles or changed at every two hour
intervals , at most 3 hrs.
A stage coach traveled at an average speed of 5 mi/hr.

One could easily see how difficult it was for every one involved to travel long distances
unprotected, over bad roads and bad weather.

Hanging around a horse ranch today, I see how easy horses  beget leg/hoof problems.
People have to spend a lot of time making sure the hoofs are kept clean and dry .
In those days horses didn't have that luxury or maybe they did, every time they came to a new town
in the livery stable where they were fed, watered and checked for hoof damage, just like car maintenance today except with engines.

A little sure went a long way back then. Today we are promised a lot, to get so little.
In Quebec right now Premier Marois said something to the effect : Come visit us after we separate.

Bill 101 is a most ungracious bill.
French people could enter into your home as if it was their own and tell you to go visit Toronto.
Complaining of invasion of privacy to the police was no use because you could not know who was pro separation and who was not. When working, you could not serve customers in English or risk having all the work you did lied about surrounded by political wolves.Creating trouble could cause you more trouble so
continuous harassment forced the English to quietly leave in what was fast becoming a fascist state under the Parti Quebecois. Words such as Freedom and the Bill of Rights existed only on paper back then.
New immigrants came to Quebec and many leave probably because a small group continue to spew hate amongst the young people.
PM Trudeau lied to the English people saying he would clean it up but did nothing Now his son is running for the Federal Liberal Party and another PQ Government is in power in Quebec.
Justin Trudeau already let it slip he would separate Quebec so this could be interpreted as a silent quiet plot to destroy the country.
The lies continue by the Fed Liberal Party, except in a more financially distressed world.

Canada is a great country to live in from coast to coast.
Quebec was a pearl until the PQ came into existence and suffers to this day.
Separation would not change anything except to cause more poverty and heart ache and fachism to grow.
 Canada, since she will have lost the St Lawrence River would have no easy access to
provinces beyond Quebec on the East Coast.
Quebec will look to France for help and France would be only too willing, being broke herself
and in political trouble
In any event , poverty cannot help poverty and the French Franc would not suit the  financial system we have in place in the northern hemisphere.
On top of all this, any bad thing happening to New York would drift up wind into Quebec
and Quebecers would be crying and asking Canada for help and then the question would be
why would we help them when they are a people with no good will or heart.

It is high time Quebecers stopped listening to lies and made peace with a country that has been
tremendously good to them.

xoxoxoxox

Doodles of Fun

I found this video to be fun
Imagine having no dishes to wash after the kids finish eating  candies
or  nuts or other dry things you may want to buy for a party
No garbage disposal is required either.

If you want to use it to drink liqueur, you may want to just triple dip a balloon
in between fridge cooling and you don't need to make them round, as you can use the long balloons
to give it a higher glass shape. The balloons come out mostly without fuss as the chocolate freezes hard.

So it doesn't melt in your warm hands, you can cut out rounds from a plastic bottle to put around it .
Takes a bit of work but the results are amazing and fun cause you can eat your chocolate
glass, coated in liqueur or you can just freeze it with your favorite ice cream.

On the home front
The clock had to be put an hour ahead so we tried out the battery test on the counter and yup it works.
The battery was full when we dropped it and stayed standing. A depleted battery would fall over.

Life is fun when you have time to doodle with it.

Have a great day!

xoxoxoxoxo

No Cowards Here.

Kenny Rogers sure makes good movies  and sings really good songs.

We havent heard much from him lately but that bratty smile sure looks nice on him.


I enjoyed this movie as well the the gambler .

On the home front puppy is coming along quite nicely She is our new treasure to love and
protect and boy does she know it.

When we got married my husband thought I was a nice quiet sweet girl till finally
I began to find my voice. Then he'd explain it by saying I was developing my personality lol
One day he said ok. you're personality has developed enough lol

Now I look at this pup and explain her playfulness as developing her personality.
My husband and I laugh over that statement. It means a lot to the both of us.

Today as Bell was pulling off my shoes, I told her the same thing. I think you have developed your personality enough. lol

I sure do love this little gal. Didn't take her long to touch us all.
Tanya, my first beloved, is also teaching her the art of the hunt and manipulation.
I never knew she was so cunning up until now.

No wonder even the big dogs don't mess with her.
They cut and run when she is around.

Coward of the county? Not by a long shot.

Well the buds are coming out this end on all the plants outside.
Spring is in the air.

xoxoxoxoxoxox

The Life of Orange.

While snow covers mountain fronts, tulips bloom
in valleys down below.
I got a few from hubby the other day
and they are opening up beautifully filling the room with color.
What a difference a few flowers can make in an otherwise dull room.

 Jennifer Bourne describes the meaning of orange as:
"joy and creativity. Orange promotes a sense of general wellness and emotional energy that should be shared, such as compassion, passion, and warmth. Orange will help a person recover from disappointments, a wounded heart, or a blow to one’s pride."
She has a lot more written up on the subject on her web page.

I guess we should all have orange in our lives.
The peels alone have such a gentle fragrance I could sit and smell them all day.
Hope you all have a wonderful day filled with orange.

xoxoxoxo

Getting the Kids Excited.

Never too late to have fun. Below would even get the kids excited.
  The expressions on these guy's faces says everything!
 
Two old boys having a great laugh... Just love this photo!  

Two old guys talking:
  First Guy said :   "Was my 85th birthday yesterday and the wife gave me an SUV"

Other guy:  "Wow, that's amazing! Imagine, an SUV! 
                     What a great gift!"

First guy:                            

 "Yup.   Socks, Underwear and Viagra!"

Bella Mia

This is Bella .
She is a new addition to our family.
She is a Sichon just like my Tanya is except her
 parents had longer legs . I think they were more 
 Bichon than  Shitzu.

Black is difficult to take pictures of but rest assured, she is gorgeous
just like her Daddy, with no overbite.
If you look at her from the side her profile resembles a lions'.

She came from ol Prince George, the land of snow, ski doos, skiing
deer, moose, and mountain goats.

Tanya found this trip very exhausting. She just
about had it  feet away from our house before having a total melt down.
I never saw a dog break down like that crying and howling.
 I must get out of this car!!!! Get me outa here!!!
I hate snow!!! Take me home!!!
She was also not used to playing second fiddle to a pup.

I must admit we all felt the same way as snow and long slow winding  mountain driving, with cliffs on both sides, do not mix. I don't call this kind of road a highway. We do not realize we are so spoiled until we see what the pioneers had to go through. Even worse than that.

 Is it no wonder they shut the highways down after a snow fall. They told us it was lucky we left when we did cause they were snowed in and blocked off from the rest of the world for 3 days.
We also didn't dare stop except at night, thinking we better get out of here before it's too late.
So again, no time for pics.

Bella's drive was serene. She slept and ate and slept and played in the snow.
She loves  snow and looks so pretty with the white fluff in her fur.Typical baby.

Tanya was soo happy to walk into her own house with her own stuff and freedom.
 It is verbotin to touch any of her toys,especially her balls. lol
But it is ok to steal Bellas' and God help Bella if she objects.
Even Beau doesn't cross that line.

I can see by Bellas' behavior she will not be intimidated for very long as she grows
so Tanya will find her match. lol
To watch my three dogs behave is so funny.

Bella, when she walked into our home looked confused.
Hunh? Where's Mom? Where's Dad? Where are the kids?
Hey!  What is this?
 Time flies.
She was 9 weeks when we got her and she is now 11.
After a week of love and caressing and nurturing, she feels right at home.
In fact she gained her bearings and filled her tummy, so there is nothing left to do but play
and look for trouble.
 Her little sharp teeth find my fingers in spite of all the chewies she has

As soon as Tanya walked in, Beau who was not her very favorite, was her best friend.
They were so glad to see each other and kissed for the longest time.
Then there came the issue of Bella.
Bella and Beau are the same words for beautiful or handsome.

Beau examined her and thought oh no, not another one.
My son brought his girl friends little pup Bear here and he bothers Beau to no end.
Beau ignores him or leaves the room. Bella is less aggressive and more polite.
At least she is for now.
If she gets too close, he kicks her gently with his hind paw, to say go away.
Old dogs find young ones annoying lol

The other day Bella got into one of her play moods She jumped and growled and played
till I finally told her Bella No. But she wouldn't stop so I picked her up cuddled her and put my lips behind her ear and growled. She did not expect that and yelped like a pup who thought she was going to die.
I did not expect that reaction and began to laugh and asked her: Did I scare you Bella??
Poor Bella.
She licked me with that:
 Whew!
That was a close one, kinda look.

The other dogs heard her yelp and immediately ran into the room to see what was up.
Especially Beau who lets the women chat but when push comes to shove, has the last word. lol
He knew the young chick was in trouble.
After seeing it was nothing, he nonchalantly turned around and went back to the front door to lie down to get some cool outside draft.

People think dogs are animals with no soul but animals are individuals just like people, with feelings
and characters.
It will be interesting to see how they begin to get along or not get along, where Tanya is concerned.
There is bound to be a show down between these two if Tanya doesn't change her behavior.
It doesn't look like Bella will submit to her.
Right now everything is a toy to Bella. Even the hair brushes.
I don't know how she will let anyone brush her if she sees a brush as a play thing. lol

Today Tanya watched Bella play with her ball and did nothing but once SHE begins to play, then watch out. No more Mr Nice Guy. Hopefully Tanya will begin to understand that you can't fight youth. She will remember what she was like as a pup, all full of energy.

Well life goes on.
New Year, New Life .
It was a wonderful Valentines Day getting this new puppy.
 My son is enjoying her .
She loves playing with him and pups are for the young. lol
But for us old guys she is a joy to watch, just like a new born babe.
xoxoxoxoxoxo

R U JUICED?

This is so interesting . I would never think to test a bttery this way.
I have to try it.
It is especially good when buying new batteries which may or may not be
truly energized.
Cool.
Beautiful white sunny day today. 
xoxoxox

End of Sochi 2014

We watched the end of Sochi. It was a wonderful
finale.
Putin looked sombre as Sochi was marked by so many bad
 political events like the uprising in Ukraine and
reporters causing trouble by showing the Pussy Punk group
being harassed and beaten by police.

Why is it that people always try to destroy something nice,
 especially reporters.
It's like words like  manners and politeness, don't exist
any more than they understand morals ethics and values.
If rebels have issues with political views, they should fight
them on the political front.
Ukraine has always been known as Russias' bread basket.
Russia needs their farmers.
It will be hard for Ukraine to get
away from Russia and why does it want to?

Ukraine was divided into north and south.
North was considered Russified and
 the south was more on the Polish front.
If Ukraine separates, the people can again decide
to separate from Ukraine and go to Poland.
It's just trouble and all for nothing.

You know, going to school we had Ukrainian students and if you asked
 them about the situation out there, they would shake with hatred against Russia.
I always wondered why parents put so much hate into
 their children, when they should be teaching love for the
country they live in, that feeds them, clothes them, educates them,....

Punks trying to steal free publicity and  attention should not be given it
at an event where all the attention should be payed to the athletes
who worked hard to get there and more deserving. This is there show.
Maybe athletes should get into the punk scene when they are performing
so no one watches their performance

The same with the gay issue. America doesn't accept words like
"respect" and "freedom" and allows for everything while denying things
 people are comfortable with that is seen as good.
 Does this mean what America thinks is right
 for America, is right for other countries where the people support other values?

When I sit and watch the Ellen commercial for Covergirl it always makes me laugh.
Does the woman not know what she is? She is a man. She absolutely refuses to
 wear womens' clothing.
She should be doing mens' under wear commercials, not womans' make up.
It's just like a man doing bra commercials.
I wonder if Kramer would do some for Warners. lol
America is known for "crazy" but other countries don't like it and should be
shown some respect.

I love America but sometimes I think she goes too far.
I am so glad the Guy doing the speech on the Olympics was gracious and kind
to Russia and so was the public sitting in the bleachers.

Apart from that, my tree outside is beautiful. We had powder snow falling
for two days now. I think we brought it from up north. lol

xoxoxox

 Rick Watson has left a new comment on your post "End of Sochi 2014":

I live in Alabama and it is ground zero for crazy. I would like to think the world takes our good points and dismisses the crazy stuff.

Thanks Rick

The Beaver Beats the Eagle At Sochi

 
The Beaver Beat the Eagle today at the Sochi Olympics.

Go Canada Go!!!!

Pretty cold outside here in BC. We drove through the mountains
and got stuck there after the snow began to fall.
All the roads were shut down and when they were open
the drive through was treacherous and beautiful.
Truly God's Country, for the strong and free.

It took us a long time to get through them doing 90 degree
turns on a highway with just 2 lanes.

We did see mountain goats, a moose, and a deer.
It's truck country up in them hills.
One hit a moose at our hotel and it dented the left hand front
end pretty good. Had it been a small car, the people would have died.
The moose would have gone through the front window.
It is cow and horse country . Rodeos and the old west
is still in full swing and there for many to enjoy.
Along the road sides are little stores with Indian names
selling mineral stones and even gold.
I thought I'd have a chance to taste some venison but no one sold it
unless you went to some farm and bought a lot of it to bring home.

Went by some pretty awesome mountain water in Lillouette
It was under BC Hydro Management.
 They keep the best for themselves lol
Soo blue and clean and gated ! Very private.
You don't see water like this anymore.
 The local people are so friendly and
especially the hotels are pet friendly.
It's so nice to see.
The heaters in the rooms were all in perfect working
condition and they kept the rooms HOT!

I have to say I had a great time in spite of the driving stress
the road conditions provided. I finally got a doze of
Quebec weather. Fresh cool air, perfect white snow along
with a nice hot shot of brandy.
That's the life!

Well let's see how our Canucks manage out in Sochi.
So far so good.
xoxoxoxoxoxo

Old IS New , New IS Old.

I began this painting (as I have many ) in the year
2000.
I know cause I made sure to write the date on the painting.

Then it just stood there waiting for the finishing touches.
Finally I got tired of all the knitting and decided to pull
out the paints again.
Once that is done I can say it is ready to hang on the wall.
It is a big painting on a ply wood board. 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 feet.
Once you begin to wait for the paint to dry to continue, it
gets forgotten, cause you begin other paintings. They reach the same
point where they need to dry to continue and then they get forgotten,
 as you always get side tracked.
Behind it is another one the same size, I will have to finish.
I love painting winter scenes as they give me such a sense of freedom.
Living in BC always leaves you with that strange feeling
of mysticism. So much inner luxury in beauty enjoyed by so few
because to enjoy it could be deadly.
Banks Island alone is like 70k miles and full of animals including grizzlies
and musk ox. Once you head up north, running out of gas or getting lost is NOT
an option. Leaves you dizzy just thinking about it.

Being pulled like this by deer, looks like so much fun and I wish I was young
to be able to try. That's my knid of skiing. lol

As it is, I am still waiting for that moonlight ride
in fresh powder snow, pulled by a Troika. lol
Dr. Zhivago is still deeply embedded in my mind.
What a story that was.

Now the actors are old and the roles they play today do not suit them.
But I guess you take what they give you. It's a job.

The new Nikita hardly compares to the old one.
She just doesn't cut the story line.

Well, since it is still not finished, I decided not to wait and put it up on line.
It doesnt have much left to do Just deer touch ups and a few things done to the scarf and mittens.

It is big so one has to put it up to do the bottom and then wait till it dries to do the top
or risk the animals rubbing against the wet paint and leaving hairs. lol
In this case it wouldnt be a bad thing cause it fits the ambiance of the thing. lol

On the home front I got my hearts and stuck them on my wreaths on the front door
So I am ready for Valentines.
My oldest is a Valentines baby. He sure is a big baby now. lol

They also had the St Patties things out so I made sure to get a few hats and beer glasses
and the clovers ,which will go on the wreaths so they stay up till March 17th at least.
The wreaths are getting dry and the needles  fall when you touch them, but I am determined to keep them up since I took the trouble of making them.

Well have yourselves a wonderful day!

xoxoxoxoxoxxo

Tara Taree

Rain rain..finally we get some Was starting to miss it.

Made pizza pops and pizza and other stuffed things great for snacking on

This morning tried out making more yeast dough since the yeast seems to be
good for a change
Usually they make you spend a ton of money and you bring home dead yeast.
This time it worked and for once it was fun cooking and chopping.

Hubby got his liver fried with onions and garlic.
 I made really chippy fries and falafel as I sat asking myself....
self?....what is there more that I can do?
I got a new potato peeler and I love how it works
especially on carrots.
 All I have to do is keep peeling till the carrot disappears into a great salad.

Any way there will be stuff to freeze for snacking for the big boys.
You know what to do with left over stew??
Stuff it into dough and the kids love it.

Being busy helps a lot to not get bored. It's like multi tasking
Watching the Olympics,chopping, painting, and knitting
all in between stuff, while dough is rising.

 I just love yeast dough when it works.
The stove keeps the house warm from the drafts.

When we were young my husband would come home and make himself a batch of dough
and he sat waiting for bread to come out of the oven while studying.
In those days we always had good yeast though. It bubbled like crazy.
I guess he found making bread was a good reason to stay awake at night.

Today we are like Maxine
 We stay up all night and then get mad at the alarm clock in the morning
but like she says we can't break it cause it's in the phone. lol

Hope you are all having a nice New Year so far.

xoxoxoxoxoxo

Frosty Outside

Have been busy cooking and painting and knitting.
Hope to put something new on the blog soon.
xoxoxoxox
 

SMAC Mimetics

Ottawa researchers find

 http://www.ddw-online.com/therapeutics/p149034-smac-mimetics:-a-new-class-of-targeted-agents-that-activate-apoptotic-cell-death-and-block-pro-survival-signalling-in-cancer-cells-fall-11.html


I sent the link and they removed it so I sent another one to look up to read.
Anyway if they take it off again just look up SMAC MIMETIC.

Ottawa researchers say they’ve found a combination of experimental therapies that kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue.
The researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) combined a therapy that targets cancer-causing genes, called SMAC Mimetics, with a live virus or non-viral immune stimulators to create a new tumour-killing therapy.
“I firmly believe that it’s not a matter of ‘if’ this will help cancer patients — but ‘when’ this therapy becomes a standard of care,” researcher Robert Korneluk said in a press release. “The results of our combination exceeded expectations — and furthermore, no harm was done to the surrounding healthy tissue when we eradicated tumours.”
In some cases, tumours required 10,000-times less virus to kill a cancer cell when a SMAC mimetic was added, the study found.
Korneluk said the next step will be using the therapy in clinical trials as soon as possible.
The research was published Monday in the journal Nature Biotechnology.

More Thinking

I am trying out new pattern designs and so far this is what I got.
I am using 275 stitches in a round.
I think it would make someone a nice skirt once it is done and very warm.lol
But it won't be a skirt. After the reindeer, will come a maple leaf design and then it should be long enough to try doing a yoke and a neck line. Then some plain white sleeves.


It is taking its' sweet time so I will not be worried about it. Just taking my time.
In the mean time I made a nice stew adding chopped up steak and a few Italian sausages in Bearnaise sauce. I added shredded cabbage carrots onion garlic and broccoli and then the TV said Cabbage and broccoli is imported from India. India ....where they say has food shortage .
Does it make sense?
And then where is our broccoli and cabbage?

Then we complain about the price of food and environment pollution.
I personally want to eat food from my own country and would appreciate stores buying from our own farmers.Shopping local farmers markets is a pain in the ass but I think it is worth the trip and the main stores like Safeway Save On Super store and Walmart will lose out. Safeway and Save on have a union. It should say something about this to ensure business is not lost from customers having to shop elsewhere for local food.
Now that I am paying attention to where food comes from it begins to upset me to see so much economic dysfunction by people who were trained in the financial field and should know how to cut costs. We elect a government who should know how to do this.
The newspapers are not much better They simply attribute this to company costs but it would be cheaper if they took out packaging which goes into the dump  and if the food was grown locally and processed locally so it doesn't have to be shipped.

I remember New Brunswick once dumping their potatoes into the ocean rather than giving them to those in need like to the homeless and other charities or maybe cows goats and pigs, which could have done better with it.
 They said we couldn't sell them so we dumped them. Such waste.
Then when they have a drought or a flood or something else and lose money the government has to bail them out but they help no one.

People don't see the need to speak out but this is why we have reporters to ask these questions.
This is why they are in the news business to dig this sort of stuff up but instead all we hear on the news is about drugs and shootings over a table eating poison food from somewhere else taking for granted our government and FDA is protecting us. Are they?
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People dont want hormones and vaccines in their meat and eggs and vegetables so the best places to ensure this does not happen is to grow it locally so it is within easy access to the local people and food management can be controlled locally where it is supposed to be by the people who buy and eat it.

It makes a lot more sense and worked before all these big businesses walked in and took over.

I guess I should not say these things as someone from a big business will get mad and no one wants to upset them but should they not be thinking about this as well if they really care about what they do? It is their own families who ingest this food or do the owners grow it locally on their own properties lol.

Never a dull moment in this world.
I am trying to stay away from the TV these days as it is nothing but death and war but the news slips in between and then all the work you do trying to stay away from endless political arguments, floods the room again via TV.

I had a cousin who accused me of being spoiled rotten She said I dont work and dont know how hard it is out in the world to survive.She is living the single free life.
I told her she doesnt know how hard it is to stay home either, give birth, sit worrying about kids and husbands because this is not a 9-5 job.
She comes home and her meal is prepared she eats and goes to bed or watches tv or plays with her flowers and cats.

At home you have the kids the pets, the old people, the house and volunteer work which takes up 18 hours a day with no pay.
Then you have jobs which have no security so you dont know where the next paycheck is coming from or when the check will clear. Bills don't care about your problems and families still have to be fed and clothed.
Saving for a rainy day just doesnt work for most people today because every day is rainy lol

Things sure have changed. People make so may laws that it is impossible to live anymore, so many
decide they will bow out and make life simpler and just collect government benefits and from charities. They end up with a better life style than most folk who dont want to do this and keep up the so called "good fight".
But these people are losing every day. I don't know how our kids will be able to do it once everything is stolen from them by uncouth politicans and business people. Just to stay alive is becoming
difficult and this is where the big pharmaceutical companies come in and gobble up.
No one is looking for actual cures to what ails us.Just what they call maintenance.
They rather chop the leg than grow a cartilage.
 If they can grow an ear, they can grow an ear drum.
They can grow a liver or pancreas to keep you alive to 70 at least. They can grow blood cells and strong blood cells can kill cancer, over whelm it, so it shrivels and dies.Blood cells are soldiers just like cancer cells.
We all have cancer.

It takes someone with morals ethics and values to even care but the world hates these words and then wonder why their ships are sinking?

We used to have this farming family who owned lots of land around here.Well the Father died and the family  took over and sold out to contractors. All the land for cows sheep and food has houses on them.
It has become what could be described as a future slum.
One has to think why such a powerful family, who could have done so much good, sold out.
So in the end it is not about doing good.

It becomes scary when doing good takes second place to money, when money is not worth the paper it is printed on. When you sell something to get nothing, this is not good business because everything else we do from that point on is worth nothing because you sold out to get nothing and so have nothing to work with.

It can become very complicated and gives you a massive head ache thinking about it.
Easier to knit paint carpenter engineer etc... than to sit thinking about thinkers who are not thinking about doing good.
In the end it is the little things that you do that counts.

See how the drug people are winning? They grow on crown land, pay no taxes,and feed chemicals to the trusting, to create addicts and more business and therefore more demands for government to legalize drugs. Then it is easy to over power government because they become the good guys supplying a demand and thus enslaving a society.

And so many do not see this so we have a runaway train happening right now.
The good timers, are so hell bent about doing it their way and not according to the survival plan given to us for free
in the 10 Commandments , that develop hated words such as morals ethics and values.
These words are not fun.People have to grow up and under drug influence, this never happens.

I guess there always has to be a genesis and then there has to be a crucial end to again build from innocence and purity and good ness until hopefully, one day, we get it right.

Have a good one
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Nice Weather Girls and Purse

This is a Nice Purse commercial but it makes you think a little.

OMG!!!

Enjoy.

xoxoxoxox

Warm Kitchens

During all this time I finished a vest It is quite large . I still havent found a pattern where they make things fit NORMAL people. They are either for tiny size 9 people or babies or over sized.
It is quite disappointing to do a size large or even XL and then find out all this work is for a size large( size 10 )person. To me this is not a large. Men especially need much bigger bulkier sizes.
The men wearing them in the picture they give you, are not size 10. lol

Today was another cooking day.
Went back to crock potting making delicious soups and stews.
Just replenished another pot with steaklets corn tomatoes potatoes carrots and some other stuff.

It is delicious with a spoon of yogurt. I could eat a whole pot by myself so I resist by cooking and leaving the kitchen and letting people help themselves. lol

Then I did the Lahmajoon or Armenian Pizza.
Its mince meat with finely chopped green peppers garlic onion parsley tomatoes plus 1 can of tom. paste, cumin coriander salt black pepper cayenne, basil , olive oil and lemon juice.
It is supposed to look like liver worst once everything is chopped up but since I do it by hand it never is lol
I guess you can put it through a blender or chopper on fine chop.

You spread this on pita bread which you tear in halves. I get about  60 pieces of pizza this way.
I put them between layers of parchment paper and into zip lock bags to freeze. I get about 3 big bags to freeze. They go very quickly as they are very addictive once you begin eating them.

They are quick to make in the oven or the microwave and you can even add a bit of parmesan or some other cheese to it. Today people put lots of other stuff on them like eggplants zuccini eggs...
before cooking them which are then rolled up to eat.

When I think about it, this is a very healthy, non fattening meal to eat and for the price, you can't feed
60 people in one day, cheaper and like I said , this is addictive food.
You can't just have one piece.
It lingers in your nostrils and mouth for a long time lol

So if you are allowed to have International food fests as a school fund raiser or in a church or at a cook out, you are sure to make some change on this pizza.
 It goes about as fast as tacos do.

Well since the boys are in the mood I have another batch of mince meat defrosting waiting to be fried with onions garlic and shredded carrots to stuff  into either yeast dough made for French bread or simple dough made out of baking powder. or even the dough sheets they sell already made to roll and  stuff in and then deep fry  in vegetable oil as egg rolls. They freeze well but usually dont last long as they are found almost immediately by the house fridge raiders.

My favorite stuffings are like the one above or with mince meat onion garlic and rice or with
shredded cabbage steamed with shredded carrots onions and garlic.
I have half a cabbage left over so I can use it to stuff some egg rolls.

The thing about this sort of cooking is that you can make a lot so you don't have to sit waiting for people to ask for snacks They just go and help themselves at their leisure.

While you are cooking, the kitchen smells fill the air with aroma my men notice right away as they walk in through the front door and head straight for the pots. lol

After the chill of the air outside, inside it is warm and inviting and not only for the guys but for my achy bones as well.



Have a great day

Jugglin February

Hi!

Picassa has made it so difficult to use that I need to take all my pics out of it and
save to desk top or some other place.

In the mean time I have been busy and now feel like doing what my garden child
is doing. I guess its time to pop a few Centrum to get the old body back and pumping.
It's either that or give in and take a nap lol

It is amazing what a few vitamins can do for you. Get your iron level up there again. lol

I left my knitting for a while Have two pieces to finish but don't seem to have the inclination.

I got myself a whistling kettle. Something I've been eying for a few years, some plastic
containers for food storage and a pair of fleecy pants since I am in love with these pants.
Life is for comfort as they say.

Our mountains don't seem to have snow this year . Only one has opened for skiing and it's January already. They try to put the artificial snow but it is not really enough to be satisfying to the true
boarders and skiers.

In Abbottsford we see only a few high snow peaked mountains, with tons of snow and of course Mt Baker in Washington State. It would not be a good sign if that mountain went bare in the summer.
It never does.

The new washing machine we bought has no parts available. I wonder what kind of companies we have today that sell such expensive things but no parts when they break down and then they want you to buy insurance and this means an added expense, still with no parts to be had.
In the mean time the old clunkers keep on clunking away slow but sure and work the way they are supposed to.
I guess things will have to go back to the way they were cause people will just stop buying new technology full of head aches.

Yesterday we had sunny weather which brought the spirits up and today the sun came out again.
Maybe our winter here in BC is over.
I wanted to put something for people to see on the net but I've done nothing except cook meals and so have nothing to show.
I've been mostly on the road with hubby and the scenery is  all the same, news is all the same.

Sochi will be interesting to see with every one walking around with a personal body guard so to speak lol I don't think I'd want to go out there if I was an athlete.

Hope every one has begun a fabulous New Year.
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        A wee hard man.
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O'Leary. - See they've found a cure for Arthitis
O'Gill - About time
O'Leary - Aye. They take your bones out.
Not only do you feel better but a lot more relaxed.
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The government has our backs against the wall too long says O 'Tool
Aye says Murphy.
Time to turn around and fight!
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Paddy asks O'Tool
Now that we won the lottery, what do we do about the beggin letters?
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Frosty January Cooking

Well was unable to post cause blogger had an error and it is still not fixed.

 I thought it had to do with the weather but a week is too long to have blogger fix the problem.

I think I am not the only one with problems.

In the meantime I was busy with recipes cooking up a storm for sit down

dinners which are quite enjoyable but it sure takes a lot of time for the cooking,

the pots and pans the counter cleanings etc.. till the table is finally set to eat.

We are just not used to so called "NORMAL" living cause it really takes a stay at home person to do this killer job. lol 

You also have to be in a good mood or the recipe is slopped together and doesn't come out right.

Either that or you have to be a professional chef who knows his stuff.

Me not being a cook at heart, made it even moreso a trial but I did it. lol

I finally got myself a new toy in a pasta machine at London Drugs. It's manual but it makes

5 different kind of pasta and I like the idea of putting lots of herbs into fresh pasta to cook right away.

It even comes with a stand for noodle drying.This was the only store that had it on the shelf. I know cause I wasted a lot of time and gas trying to find a store which advertised that it had it and didn't

So I made ricotta canneloni with spinach, covered in a really tasty sauce. It had oregano,black pepper, basil, garlic and cayenne in it.

If course my husband said he liked it but it wasn;t his kind of food cause it had no meat in it.

This always dampens my spirit to want to try different recipes with the kind of men I am surrounded by.

Some wives are lucky to have people around them who like to try different things but not my guys.

Once you are used to fish and chips as they say.

I remember  once this man came to a chefs house for dinner and this woman really cooked up a storm of delicious mouth watering dishes. The guy ate and said it's good but not as good as my wifes' cooking. Knowing his wife does not cook, the chefs' curiousity was aroused and she began picking the mnd of his guest to find out what was wrong with the food he was given to eat.

Finally it became clear that the reason was, that his wife always burnt the food and her husband was used to eating it that way.

So unless the food had a burnt taste, it was not good. lol

We sure had a storm that came in from the Pacific ocean last night. It did a lot of swirling like what we interpret as hurricanes, coming into the Gulf Coast on the weather network. It poured and it is still pouring and the wind blew hard and broke a big branch off a Douglas fir.other than that it warmed up.

We had some pretty chilly weather last week.

Usually we dress like the Aussis do in shorts and fleecies and flip flops but lately it needs warmer clothing, gloves hats and winter boots to keep your feet warm.

I hate it when my son plays soccer at night when it gets real frosty. He always comes home coughing.

Well glad to be able to put up a post finally

It still shows error so I don't know what the problem is.

Maybe blogger needs an upgrade??

Gemma Wiseman wrote that all we have to do is up load the pics to Picassa web albums but they only allow you one gigabite and then you have to pay or delete pictures from the blog. So this means you have to sit and play games again. People need to say no and not do it. Why offer a service if everything needs to be paid for. I lost so much stuff already with this computer program playing.
It takes years to collect info and then poof it's all gone.
Keep pics on their disks is an option or maybe have them printed as pictures which is really the best. You don't need all the photos just the good ones.

Did you know the old technology is coming back in style because people are finding out the new one is not good, doesn't last?

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