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Busy day on Saturday around the Acreage, and Sunday will be not much better, so will post more on what we have been up too.
Enjoy your Sunday and a Happy Halloween to those of you who celebrate it.......
On Thursday evening we went to a Pooja for the first time ever. A Pooja is a Hindu house blessing. Below is how the "alter" is set out. Everything has a meaning, and unfortunately I don't remember what it is. They were praying to Ganesha, which is represented by the small figurine in the middle of the "alter."
Dd made Halloween cupcakes for her work and her boyfriend's work.
We had a lovely rainbow in our back yard earlier on today. It's also cold and very, very windy....I wonder where the pot of gold is?
Ds went to Japan earlier in the month and brought me back this doll as a present.
On Thursday we are going to a Pooja. Now for those of you not in the know, a Pooja is a house blessing for people of the Hindu/Sikh persuasion. Our "adopted daughter and son-in-law" are Indian and they are moving into their first house and have decided to have a Pooja.
Now as you may or may not have guessed we are not Indian, so I figured that I would try and blend in a bit more with the other Indian people there and buy an Indian outfit. So while I was in the city on Tuesday I called in at a couple of Indian clothing stores. Must say they were a little surprised to see a middle aged white woman with a British accent asking for a tunic, but they were ever so nice and helpful.
In the last store I went into they picked out some tunic tops but all but one were too tight and were squishing the girls (bosoms). So we decided I would try on the longer tunics and pants sets. They picked out the largest size they had and they thought it looked wonderful. However all I kept saying to them, "they are squishing my girls." They kept saying that's the way they wear them and they were supposed to be clinging to your figure. Now that's all well and good when you don't have any wobbly bits, but when you have wobbly bits you really don't want things clinging to you. They did suggest a sari, but I did ask them how on earth me and dh were supposed to tie it/put it on? I suppose that could be a whole new post in itself; me and dh trying to figure out how to put on a sari!!!
Anyhow, I ended up buying this tunic top which at least I can wear again for another occasion. If I am ever invited to a fancy dancy Indian function I will go out and buy a sari and make sure I put it on when Rupa is there to help me.
So the reason I was in the city was to go to the dentist for my six monthly cleaning. The gist of the situation is that there is a problem with the root canal that he just did. So I am on antibiotics and have to go back in two weeks to see how my mouth is feeling {{{SIGH}}} I have no idea what is going on, but I know that my poor mouth is still aching.
I was out all day on Tuesday and was pooped by the time I finally got home, but at least I got a number of errands completed while I was down there.
I plan on having an industrious day around the house on Wednesday, wish me luck!!
I am heading to the dentist this afternoon for my 6 month cleaning. I can see it is going to be an interesting visit, as I have toothache all the time on my right hand side where I had the root canal. Needless to say I am not a happy camper......
I have been busy with this cross stitch card that I got free in a cross stitch magazine. I have no idea who this card is for but I do know it's not for dd!! I have started one for her and will show you it next month.
Very British like with fog through out the day on Sunday. I guess it was better than snow, at least you don't have to shovel fog.
Here is a photo of the material I bought. Not sure what I am going to do with it yet, as I am busy with a cross stitch project.
On Saturday me and dd went to the Creativ Festival in downtown Toronto. We had a really good day and here are some photos from there. By the way no photographs were supposed to be taken, but I asked permission each time I took a photo.
Dd really liked these cards and wanted me to take a photo of them.
This was Friday's sunset, we have been having some glorious sunsets recently.
On Wednesday Molly had her tooth extracted and below is the evidence!!! She was missing half the tooth it turned out.
Look at you, you are beautiful again, all those super pink flowers. However I have just one little request of you, would it be possible for you to flower one of these days at Christmas time, just like the season you are named after?
I have yet to see you flower at Christmas, you generally flower in the Spring and Fall. Would you prefer to be in another room? Would that help? Regardless though, I am just pleased that you do keep on flowering for me. Keep up the good work!!
I hunted out all the Christmas presents I have bought so far and sorted them all out to see what I have got for everyone. I seem to be in good shape so far. Have a number of gift cards to buy and am waiting for a couple of things to go on sale before I buy them!!!! I have to say that's one good thing I love about Canada, most things tend to go on sale at one time or another!
I have made a decision about one thing though, there is no yearly newsletter going out with the Christmas cards this year. I want as stress free a Christmas as possible and writing that newsletter every year just adds to the stress.
I am not a fan of vegetable drinks, the whole thing is icky to me. So when I saw the new V8 drink that incorporates vegetables in a fruit tasting drink I thought I would give it a go.
Dh was off work on Saturday, which was nice. Unfortunately he has hurt his knee, so he's hobbling at the moment. Dh is one of these people who doesn't like to sit down doing nothing, so I had to force him to sit and watch British soccer on tv on Saturday morning to rest up his knee. He has to work on Sunday so I figured a few hours not doing anything would help his knee.
We went to Tim Hortons for lunch then on to Cookstown Outlet Mall, as we are going to a housewarming party and I wanted to get a gift. We ended up with this Corning ware set, which I thought was useful, as you can't have enough serving dishes.
Our washer drains into a sink which then drains into a pump which then pumps the water up to the septic/sewer line and out into the spetic bed. On Wednesday I was doing laundry and when I went down to the basement to get it out of the washer, I found water everywhere on the floor. I figured that the hose had come loose.
On Friday did more laundry and the same thing happened; so this time figured that maybe the bottom of the washer had rotted out. Anyway did another load and discovered the pump wasn't working; instead of pumping the water up to the septic pipe it was just pouring out the pump all over the floor. What a flipping mess.
Anyway my dear dh came home and stripped it down and repaired it, and now it is working fine!! So that saved us $300 thank goodness.
I went to get the mail from the mail box and it was full of mail on Friday. Unfortunately at least six pieces of mail was for other people at other addresses!!! To cut a long story short I got the phone number of a "higher up" individual and they are going to see what's what. I told them I am fed up of the situation and they are not to use my name............so we'll see what happens.
Friday's sunset........pretty nice eh!
Had to take Molly for her annual check up as they wouldn't give me any more pills for her allergies until I went in!! Anyhow, ended up HAVING to consent to her getting her rabies shot, along with the DHP and Parvo vaccination. The vet was really pleased with how her skin is looking and how healthy she is. She has lost another pound in weight and is down to 38 lbs.
While we were in the vets office a guy came in with two cats in carriers. Molly could hear them, so that set her off........she howled and howled. The true hound in her came out in full force. When we went into the main reception, Molly immediately went for the cat carriers............however one of the cats hissed and flicked its claws......so Molly went flying the other way to get out of the way!!! Then she started howling again.......my poor ears were ringing by the time we finally left the office.
There was a hard frost on Wednesday morning. I don't think I will be hanging out the washing anymore in just my nightie!! It was cool enough that in the afternoon I put the fire on. We still don't have the heating on. The black container on the top of the fire is a cast iron pot that contains water; it's to keep moisture in the air, as the fire makes our skin dry.
Yep, it seems the hotel is open again for business. Already had 3 mice move in, the cluster flies are settling in quite nicely. So much so that I have the vacuum cleaner out full time for quick hoovering up!!! Now I see the Asian beetles/ladybugs are moving in also!!!
The main job for this past weekend was installing a new garage door. It was a cheapy all in all cost us just over $200, but it's a whole lot better than the prior one.
A Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians out there. It's Thanksgiving weekend this weekend. We "celebrated" on Saturday as the kids came over. We didn't have a turkey, I made chicken breasts, stuffed with cream cheese and spinach and wrapped in bacon. Roasted potatoes (from the garden) and Caesar salad. For dessert dd bought an ice-cream cake from Dairy Queen and I made Chewy Ginger Cookies (recipe below)
Ever had one of those days when you thought, it can only be better tomorrow? Well Friday was one of those days.
I can't go into detail on some of the issues, but one issue I can talk about is Sears. So I had to order a switch and a couple of blades, 25 minutes later, I had them ordered. Do you know that I was calling the Philippines. She kept calling my tractor an appliance?? And if she said "hold on one second," one more time I think I would have screamed..LOL
I then went grocery shopping and I didn't get to the store until around 11am and the store was so busy I couldn't concentrate. I ended up buying Presidents Choice Cola, instead of the "real thing." No doubt there will be some griping from the people who drink it!! I don't drink pop as it makes me gassy.......I swear I could burp the alphabet after I have drank a can of pop.......too much info?? ;0)
When dh came home he put a temporary switch on the tractor so I can use it until the new one arrives. He is such a love isn't he?
Took a photo of the flowers and pumpkins on the front porch.
The weather is glorious here, so have been busy outside. Managed to break the tractor again (SIGH), got whacked by a tree branch and it broke off the knob that turns the blades on the cutting deck on and off ((SIGH)) So must remember to chop that branch off. Meanwhile I can't cut grass, until I get a new knob. Luckily it's not bad, although I do have a little more to do on the field yet.
If you're from Britain this is a blast from the past. Do you remember Cissie and Ada? Click on this link to remind you, and for everyone else, this was big in the late 70's and 80's.
It's Thanksgiving weekend here so planning on being in the garden for most of the weekend.
Enjoy your weekend.........
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