Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Day 358....Monday Dec 28

Evidence that someone had fun in the snow recently.

Day 357.....Sunday, Dec 27


A bit of the aftermath.....which we did NOT clean up today - we just layed around all day

Day 356.....Boxing Day


One of the best gifts of the day......matching Tshirts for Andrew and Kaden. "Tool" is how Kaden says 'cool'

Day 355....Christmas Day


Of course, there are tons of photos to choose from for Christmas Day....too many, so we go with the candles.

Day 354.....Christmas Eve


I took no photos Christmas Eve....too busy. This is from Christmas morning...taken by Dan, on my camera. A beautiful, frosty morning.

Day 353......Wednesday, Dec 23


Yes, there are some ornaments on the tree......a few more each day.

Day 352 Dec 22 - Tuesday


Our NEW new bathroom clock.....the other new one quit working right away.

Day 351 - Monday, Dec 21


Started wrapping presents today.....these are the first to be wrapped.

Day 350...Sunday Dec 20

James Titus (Ty) turned one year old today. We celebrated together at his house.



Day 349....Saturday, Dec 19


One of the best things about this season is the beautiful lights decorating homes.

Day 348....Friday, Dec 18


This guy waddled across the road in front of me......it took me awhile to pull my camera out and get a shot off so I almost missed him.

Day 347 - Thursday, Dec 17


Christmas Preparations all week. Actually, today I shopped all day in Red Deer.

Day 346.....Wednesday, Dec 16


Day 345.....Dec 15....Tuesday


Christmas in the bathroom

Day 344.....Monday, Dec 14


More Christmas ornaments and decorations out.......snowed in today.

Day 343.....Sunday, Dec 13


The tree got brought upstairs today.......time to get into the Christmas spirit

Sunday, December 13, 2009

DAY 342....Saturday, Dec 12


This is the south wall of what used to be Poplar Books. I was parked right in front of the now empty space (it burned down a couple years ago) so I took a photo of the old painted-on sign for a grocery store called 'Foodland'. The grocery would have been in the building on whose side the sign was painted.....now housing several businesses - including Melanie's shop, 'Nailzz by Mel'.

Day 341. Friday. Dec 11



The only photos I took of Vinj and Kath getting ready to leave for their European Vacation were of Seth playing on the couch and of Taliah getting Seth's loving. Here, he was tickling her and making her laugh then giving her a kiss.

Day 340 Dec 10 thursday


Our new bathroom clock.

Day 339. Wednesday, Dec 9


This is Dan, leaving for work. Notice where he carries his water bottle?

Day 338. Tuesday. Dec 8


sorry about the poor quality photo.....new shelves in the laundry room which I was working in today.

Day 237...Monday, Dec 7


In FULL SUN, this is the temp this morning......which is wrong, of course, since the sun is shining on the thermostat.

Day 326. Sunday, Dec 6


Snowed in.
I cannot get out, no one can get in.
No baby shower today.
Andrew and Daniel came and used the tractor to 'plow' us out.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Day 325. Saturday, Dec 5


The wind does some weird things with snow.

Day 324. Friday. December 4


Jim unexpectedly had a day off....waiting for cement to harden. So, in spite of a blizzard, we went into town to do some shopping for him - he needed long underwear and insulated coveralls - as well as quick visits with some of the kids.

Day 323 - Dec 3, Thursday


Stopped to pick up an order at the local Scrapbooking store to find it is going out of business at that location. They will be selling exclusively online at www.myscrapbookingheaven.com beginning next month. Of course, everything is on sale. Here is what I came home with.....pretty good example of restraint, if you ask me. Of course, I did not venture past the checkout counter - these pens were at the counter.

Day 322. Wednesday Dec 2


The book I am reading today,...it is good and I'm getting through it very quickly.

Day 321. Tuesday, December 1


The snow that fell yesterday made my trip to Edmonton today a little 'iffy'. The gravel and the secondary hiways were very icy but the main highways were OK.
FYI....I take a friend to 'the Cross' for radiation treatment on Tuesdays.

Day 319. Monday, November 30


Daniel has a job! He is working with his Uncle Ken. Notice his jeans have begun to look like Uncle Ken's jeans......more white drywalling mud than denim. LOL. Here, Dan is making his lunch for the day.

DAy 319....Sunday, November 29


No, I did not take this photo....but it is representative of our activity for the day - Jim and I spent the evening and night at Mom and Dad H's - I watched the Grey Cup game with them (Jim was still at work) and shared the disappointment of most of the population of Alberta and Saskatchewan when our team lost.

Day 318 - Saturday, November 28


Drawing is one of the main activities that the girls enjoy every day. Being at Gramma's house does not change that. Here is one of Emma's drawings from her visit.

Day 317. Friday. November 27


The little girls stayed overnight with me tonight so their parents could work hard, packing, moving, and cleaning....transferring their home from the duplex to Andrew's house.

Day 316. November 26. Thursday


This photo is from yesterday...I didn't take any pictures today (oops). Still, a cute photo of Kath and Seth

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Day 315. Wednesday. November. 25



Kathryn and I (with Seth's 'help') set up the 'Sunday School' room today. Except that church is on Saturday so maybe it is Saturday School.....except that for a reason unknown to me, the children's ministry is called 'Bugs Club'. I call it Sunday School so I don't have to explain to someone that does not go to our church what Bugs Club is. It is Sunday School, OK?

Day 314...tuesday, November 24

Got a new purse today.

Because I need another purse.

And I couldn't resist the red.




Day 313...Monday, November 23


Rob and Lana went to the hockey game. I got to spend the evening with their kids (and Seth). Once Ty was asleep and supper gotten out of the way, the girls and I played a game of 'Life'. The girls were in top 'silliness' most of the time.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Day 312 Sunday, November 22


Sophie takes a chance to cuddle with Grampa while he watches the Western Final Football Game. Riders won! YAY!

Day 311 Saturday, Nov 21


Jim was home today and Seth came over for the afternoon. You can see by his face that he was painting with him mom that morning. What you cannot see in this photo is all the paint all over his pants and shirt. LOL.

Day 310 Friday November 20



Dan put foam board insulation into the dog house today....increasing the ability of the lamps to keep the dog house warm.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Day 309.....19/11/09


I began to move bins from the back entry down to the new shelves at the bottom of the stairs today.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Day 308~Wednesday, Nov 18


Jim's truck broke last night. Donny A fixed it this morning. I drove it out to him at work this afternoon.

Day 307 tuesday nov 17


A boy after my own heart....

Day 306 - Monday, November 16


I was pleasantly surprised to run into my cousin and girlhood best friend, Ruth at Safeway this afternoon. We sat down for a quick visit.

Day 305....sunday, november 15


We had special guests this afternoon and overnight......

Day 304 Saturday, Nov 14


My supper veggies.....

Day 303....Friday, Nov 13


Dan has begun building shelves in the laundry room now.

Day 302 .... Thursday, Nov 12


Thursday, November 12, 2009

Day 301. Wednesday, November 11


Since it was a stat holiday, Jim had the day off. Mom and Dad H, Andrew, and Vinj and Kath came out for lunch and a chance to visit with Jim.

Day 300 Tuesday, November 10


I took my truck to Jim at his worksite today.....he moved his office into my truck then I took his truck to our mechanic friend to have the front end replaced. This is most of what I saw of my hubby while I was at his site......while he was getting all his paraphanalia out of his truck.

Day 299 Monday, November 9


Came home this afternoon to this handsome young man keeping my son company.