Backstreet Boys..............

Do you remember the Backstreet Boys?

Here's a song to jog your memory, this is one of my favourites of theirs:

Well this past week my life has been consumed by the Backstreet Boys.  They are coming to Toronto next year and our daughter is a HUGE fan of theirs.  Has seen them in concert twice already as a teen, now in her **th year she will be seeing them twice again.  However, why I am should be consumed by this who knows, but I got dragged into the mix because Rogers was giving out codes for the pre sales for all it's customers, and I am a customer.

Daughter is too, but she wanted two codes just in case she couldn't get through.  Of course the site crashed when the codes were issued, after a stressful (for me!) 24 hours, I finally got a code.  Daughter had to change a meeting at work; no one could disturb her at 10am last Monday, as that was when the tickets went on sale.  She was 400th in line but she managed to get tickets.  500 level, which is up in the rafters but she is all happy about the situation.  

Son had to sit by his computer to get daughter-in-law tickets and he picked 4 up as well.  

And then, extra dates were added and added and added?  At this point they will be carting the Backstreet Boys off the stage on stretchers straight into a nursing home....LOL

For some strange reason though, conversations with my daughter, mother, brother and even my daughter-in-law have focused on these bloody concerts all week.  We even spent a good half hour last Sunday, me, daughter-in-law, her sister and her mother talking about the Backstreet Boys, and various boy bands.............

So this is it, no more Backstreet Boy conversations.............😜

Oh and just in case that prior video didn't excite you, here is another one I like!!

You're welcome!

National Gallery of Canada - Part 2

There was a special exhibition on while we were there called Qillaniq, you can read more about it here.  Basically it's an exhibition of art work by Indigenous people.

Below are a few things I saw.  I had mixed feelings about this exhibition.  I will explain at the bottom of this post why.  Just enjoy the photos and the details of the art pieces first.

After we went through this exhibition, we went for a coffee in the cafe.  We ended up talking to the nicest employee who worked in the offices.  We must have talked to her for 20 minutes and she was so informative.  She explained things about some of the exhibits that we would never have discovered.  I would have loved to have had her as our personal guide throughout the National Gallery.

For example there was a papier mache exhibit of an indigenous person who had caught a fish; I didn't take a photo of it.  All made of papier mache.  However, if you had looked at it really close (we did not) it was made up totally of grocery store receipts.  The artist was trying to highlight how expensive things are in the stores further north.

The one with the orange tarp was to show what you can make with items you can find in the far north.  Me personally, I thought people were working in the area!!  I honestly didn't know it was a "work of art!" 

There was one room, where there was a wire attached at the bottom left hand corner and the other end attached at the top of the opposite corner of the room.......that was it!!!  As the employee explained to us, to get through the room you had to walk a certain way past the wire, and that what the artist  wanted to show, that he could determine what people will do..........ME 😕😒😐

I guess what one person likes and what another does makes our world a special place to live in............

Part 3 you will see is more of my speed as far as art is concerned!!

Look at the October 14th date in the picture...........

Which one will you be celebrating?  I know which one I won't be........despite being chocolate covered!!

Post Thanksgiving Weekend.........

We had a lovely weekend.

Saturday:

It was lovely weather wise.  Spent a chunk of the morning doing fall cleanup in the garden.  Oh and looking up at that tree on my header photo of the blog and cursing how many leaves had to fall off it and for us to pick up!!!

Spent another chunk of time prepping blog posts for the coming weeks.  I finally got around to sorting out my Ottawa photos and writing various blog posts about our trip.  I am spacing them out so it's not constantly Ottawa, Ottawa, Ottawa!!  

Hubby has been doing some sorting out in the garage and found a couple of things to post on Facebook Marketplace, which I did; and ended up selling something that same day.  I will have an update post at the beginning of November of what I sold this month.

Spent another chunk of time doing my cross stitch.  I am getting faster with it, as I am familiar with the pattern she has done.

On an negative note, someone was having a party in the street behind us and decided it was appropriate to play their music VERY, VERY LOUD.  Had to put earplugs in to get to sleep.  I fell asleep, hopefully someone called the police after 11pm to log a noise complaint.  We generally live in a very quiet neighbourhood. 

Sunday:

Overcast day today.

Had a Thanksgiving lunch over at son's house.  Turkey and all the trimmings, and all tasted yummy.  Came home stuffed and vegged out in front of the tv for the rest of the day/night.

Monday:

A beautiful day weather wise.  Did laundry and some cleaning in the morning.  After lunch went for a walk.  It was shorts weather as it was so nice.  Came out and worked on my cross stitch for a bit and caught up on some blogs.

All in all a lovely weekend.

Finally one thing I have been eating for various meals since last Friday was this homemade Curried Butternut Squash Soup.  It's one of the best soups I have ever made, so tasty and "souper" easy to make.  In fact there is no recipe.  Just threw a few things in a pot, cooked it and then blended it until smooth.  A winner in my books.  

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving........

Today is Thanksgiving.  A day to give thanks and reflect on everything we are thankful for.  As a family we have a lot to be thankful for, and I am glad about that.  If you celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada, a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family from me.

Halloween Cross Stitch - Part 2

Sorry it's a day late, but I had yesterday's post already set up and figured I would just leave it.

I did manage to finish the first part on Friday night, which was more luck than management, as with everyone, sometimes life gets in the way and I had a couple of days last week, where no stitching got done at all.  It's Thanksgiving weekend this weekend, so hoping to get a good start on part two.

So far so good though and I am pleased with how it is looking.  That border is a bit more complicated than it looks.

Next part is all about ghosts............

The greyed out part on the left is what has been stitched on part one.

I swear..............

 {{{SIGH}}} Nothing else to say.................😟