Surprise

Guess what!?! We sold our house...Surprise!!! I am so excited to be moving in a month! The house we bought needs lots of work but the square footage is amazing! Plus we can renovate it the way we want it since we got it for a great price! Sooo very excited! So now not only is that all that Jackie will talk about BUT this is all I'm going to be talking about! mwahhahahaha! Suck it up peeps it's the only excitement we have.

Flowers & Such

My mother-in-law bought me these beautiful Lilies as an early birthday gift....I LOVE flowers!

Check out my blooming Fuscias...They amaze me everytime!

Last weekend we went on a date with my sister. We got to wear these super cool 3D glasses at the Imax for a late showing of Alice in Wonderland! It was even better in 3D than at the theatre in Winkler except for the teenage girls that had to go pee like twenty times during the movie, so annoying letting them through every ten minutes!

Happy Gilmore!

Guess what I did yesterday! I went golfing...gasp. Yesterday was the fire department's annual golf and steak dinner/presentations evening. I'm not too keen on sitting with some of the stuck up ladies, who all know each other and gossip about other people, while my husband golfs for two hours before dinner...So....Ike convinced me to golf with him. We were a bit late getting to the course and ended up being the last team on the green. After hacking up 3 holes we caught up to the fire chief (Irv), his wife (Grace), the former fire chief (Bob) and his wife (Ange). They asked us to join them as they were playing 'best ball' because none of them are competitive players. I didn't feel too insecure playing with them because some of them suck worse than me! Bob, who was our best player (he's more of a regular golfer), was very encouraging and Irv is just a goof which helped me to have a great time despite my poor attempt at this game! I had such a good time that I'm considering trying again sometime this summer. Who knew I'd like chasing a ball around with an iron stick!?!


Sure am sore though...

Mild Amusement

Today I worked...nothing very interesting happened. Actually the most interesting things happened before and after work and those aren't even very interesting. While I was walking to work this morning, the post office ladies were having their coffee break?....Actually more like 'it's too early to work break'... As I walked passed the building they waved at me....later on when I went to get my mail then one lady said to the other that they should smile at me very sweetly every day when I come in as it is very near their coffee break and I work at Pizza Haven so.... Maybe one day I would bring them a treat! The other lady instantly began smiling! Silly ladies...This is the part of a small town that I like.

Later while I was walking home, a van pulled up next to me and the lady called me over to ask for directions...If this were in Winnipeg I would not go over to some van but Altona is fairly safe so I obliged. They wanted to know if I knew where there was a restaurant owned by an East Indian lady...Ha...It's next door to Pizza Haven, of course I know where it is! They were way off in looking for the place cause I was almost home already and that's several blocks away. I always wonder if people find their destination after I give directions. It's always strangers who ask me for them and so I never get to find out if I give good ones or not!

Wasted Weekend!

What a long weekend! First we were hoping to go camping because the forecast at the beginning of the week was gorgeous. We quickly changed our minds as the forecast turned sour nearing the weekend. Instead we decided to do random 'campy' things without the camping. Friday was a nice evening so we went out for dinner and then to a challenging game of mini golf. That was a really great date night! However, saturday was a total right off....I slept in while Ike cleaned the fire hall. Then we borrowed our friend's canoe and drove all the way out to Killarney. Going back to the whole borrowing a canoe thing...Other people make it look so easy to strap it to the roof of a van and go....hmmm...Not so...first of all, it was SUPER windy on saturday which didn't help at all. We got the thing well positioned with foam blocks and strapped as tightly as possible. At first it seemed ok...only minor wobblage due to wind...but then...the semi test....Not so good. two blocks went flying out from under the canoe and into the ditch....causing the straps to seem loosened and the canoe to shift majorly! After that emergency stop to chase after the foam blocks and re-strap and add more straps...we finally got the hang of it and were on our way to Killarney. We chose Killarney because some friends' of Ike's were camping out there and we figured we could hang out. Wrong. Apparently my husband never called in advance (which I asked him to do the day before) to make sure that this would work out. We get there and they are on their way out for dinner with other friends. Sigh...so we found our own disgustingly dirty little restaurant to eat at and drove all the way home again. We would've gone canoeing by ourselves but the weather was crap--windy, rainy, dark dark clouds. The upside to saturday was that we then had tea and played Uno (the new one with the machine that spits cards) with the friends that we borrowed the canoe from when we got home. Sunday we slept in...ahhhh holidays....I found a listing for a very cheap used canoe (we've been looking for one for ourselves) and so we drove out to Marchand (South-East of Steinbach) to have a look at it. It wasn't exactly what we had been hoping for but for the price, it was good enough. It has a couple of patches which Ike said he'll make nicer and then we'll get his brother to paint it for us. It'll be brand new. We didn't end up having time to test it out yet...but maybe this evening when Ike gets home. Later sunday evening we went to the drive-in in Morden for a triple feature-- Clash of the Titans, Cop-out, and Valentine's Day. We've been tons of times before and never had any problems but for some reason this time we couldn't get any sound to work....ugh...totally ruined the first movie. By the second movie Ike rigged up a wire and walkie antenna which sorta worked....sigh....Just not our weekend....Couldn't even just make-out either cause I had my period and was getting quite crabby by that point! lol Monday we slept in...as we only made it home after 4am due to the movies....and I spent the rest of the day in my pj's just relaxing which I should've just done the other two days too...Probably would've accomplished more and spent less money and gas!

Our new used canoe...I guess we'll need paddles at some point too! :)

Time for Plants!

The other day, I decided that seeing as we were having 30C+ weather it was safe to start my garden and fill my planters with flowers!


In my garden I planted Roma Tomatoes, Spanish White Onions, Green Peppers, One lonely Purple Pepper (yes purple...I thought it would be fun), Anaheim Peppers (giant mildly hot full of flavor peppers, great for stuffing and grilling), Leaf Lettuce, Snap Peas, and Dill Weed. Take note of how my garden looks freshly planted and I show you an update in a few weeks!

Above is a Limon plant and some Lobelia...I just loved the look of the delicate tall stems and tiny flowers on the Limon! The Lobelia will produce soft pink flowers and is a cascading plant.

In this hanging basket I planted a Purple Heart and some pink Bacopas...Both are cascading flowers and will look magnificent if I can keep them alive all summer! In my other hanging basket I planted a Fuscia which I will post a picture of it when it is in full bloom as it is one of my all time favorite plants!

Here's my African Daisy...Loved the colour!

And my herbs...There's Lavender in the center (I know not an herb but I threw it in there), Oregano on the left, Rosemary on the right, and Summer Savory is the tall stems behind the Lavender (It's used in soups and dressings).

And another purchase I couldn't resist...my flowering cactus...hopefully the rain tonight doesn't tear my flowers off of it!

Project Zoe ~ Reveal

Well...I did have one more teaser but I got lazy this week and missed a few posts....plus Jackie got it out of me anyhow! So for the big reveal...Here's the super soft cuddly puppy I made for Zoe! It's a bit hard to tell from the picture but it's baby green with white accents, a brown and green bow, and brown hearts for eyes (I think they were brown...lol). I need to make myself one...man I love them!