Nothing will work unless you do. ---Maya Angelou

Good morning peeps!
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends!
I have made a few cards.
I'll show you them, and then you can get on with your day!

I needed 2 wedding cards, so whipped up 2 standbys!
(Mom needed one!)

 I made a Halloween wreath from a Stampin' Up kit and took it to my mom!

The color is really off here! It's all quite orange!

Look for the purple spider. It's put together with beads!

 |Kalen's Halloween card. I stopped last Sunday on my way home & had lunch with him & 2 of his room mates to the Rusty Nail Bistro, which is to the west of Grouchy Daddy's!

 My drive was beautiful!

Mother Nature was wonderful in all her Fall Splender!

Our leaves are long gone, we have such horrible winds!

 We also had to stop for this procession!

A push & pull load! It's so heavy that there's a semi at the front, and one at the back!

 Sorry the picture is crappy!

I could only find this on Pinterest!

I guess I'd have to know the trucking company! 

The kids are all away!

Vanessa & Harley are gone to a concert in Edmonton.

Kalen took my nephew Shawn & went to grammas!

This is the first time in about 2 years that I didn't have any projects at Vanessas'! 

I've been grocery shopping, filled the van with gas, I'm on my 4th load of laundry! 

The plan is to make a pie or 2, work on my Halloween bags for my peeps, maybe make a card, make my pumpkin spice pumpkin shaped chocolates for on top of my Halloween cupcakes for work, make stuffing, I bought a chicken! Peggy is coming for supper tomorrow. I also took her with me on my trip and dropped her off at her daughters!

I need to get the outside of my windows washed either later today or tomorrow morning. I got cabbage roles |& perogies from the Farmers Market yesterday, they're thawing in the fridge!

I have an easy recipe for  sugar scrub I want to try. I have a 25 lb. bag of apples sitting on my floor to do something with, and I brought the brand new coveralls home from work to pick the patch off the back!

We moved into our new (to us) shop & office.

I can probably walk there if I have to!

There was a box of brand new coveralls; if someone would pick the patch off the back, we can use them!

I might or might not have volunteered!

I have a dentist appointment Tuesday morning, and I finally (after whining) get to see the orthopedic surgeon on Oct 22!

I can live with the pain, it would just be another ache, but the swelling bothers me!I want to know what he put in there!
So this has taken me forever cause I keep getting side tracked on the internet by stuff like this!
 

Anyhoo, have a great weekend people!

Hope you're all well! Talk to ya later!!

You are what you are today, because of the decisions and the choices YOU made yesterday. - Rev. Wayne Goonie

Well, three challenges in a week...aren't you impressed?!
Not doing that this week!

Here's a Halloween card I made; I'll get it in now, so if you've come to see what I've been creating you won't have to read the rest of the post!

 

Now we're going to get picture heavy.......still with me!?

 

This was the sunrise on Sunday.

 

 

A little blurry; now here's a picture of the moon!

It was still up in the west!

 

 

It's blurry too......I think I was up too early!

 

I got a picture of cranes.

 

 

This guy was in the back yard.

 

 

I had 2 meetings last week, dinner with the gf's, a cultural something I went to Friday night with another gf, and Ray & I hauled wood all weekend!
Makes me think of that saying "No matter how you feel get up, dress up, and show up."

It's that time of the year! For wood hauling; though if I had it my way it would be cut & hauled all summer, and we wouldn't have this last minute dash to fill the woodshed!
I did manage to get the laundry done, and Saturday threw stew in the slow cooker, and a loaf of bread in the machine, and that's what we ate all weekend...and fruit!
Don't know if we'll get to use the outdoor furnace!
I need a plumber & electrician, and MR. Procrastination has left things til the last minute!

It was lovely all weekend!

These portulaca are still blooming their little faces off! They don't know it's October!

Here's the empti-ish woodshed.

 

Here's how we're 'logging' this year at the Luck household!

 

 

I'm in the bush, cause it's my job to tie the chains & wrappers to the trees.

WHY you ask is it MY job?

That's what I was asking myself after this tree came down right beside me!

 

 

OK, so it's dead, and not very big, pretty sure I'd have had a headache!

 

It's hard work,it was hot; and everyone needed a drink!

 

 

 

She was very appreciative!

And smiled for the camera!

 

 

I found this!

 

 

Took pictures of foliage.

 

The clouds were amazing....

 

A cat hiding from Shadow in a pipe when we unloaded wood.

 

 

So far this week I've had one meeting, dinner with the gf's X 2, went grocery shopping, & a funeral;  it's only Wednesday!
I've realized I need a waaaay bigger stash of Sympathy cards.
In a small town, you know the whole family, and I always want them to know I'm thinking of them!
The kids will be home this weekend, it's our Thanksgiving, and Ray's uncle is having an 80th birthday party on Saturday!
I told him he had to go, his uncle isn't getting any younger, the kids want me to cook the turkey on Saturday, cause they're leaving Sunday, so I guess Ray'll get leftovers!
Don't worry, Thanksgiving dinner will be spectacular, cause "No matter how I feel I will get up, dress up and show up!"
I have big plans for the holiday Monday; and let me just say it involves a whole lotta card making!
In my dreams! We'll probably be hauling wood!

I also have not got one of my bosses & his wife a baby gift!
I gave them a card, but I've got something in my head, and that's what I want to get!!!
Is that a BAD thing?
Pretty sure the kid's outfitted until he's 5!

It was pretty darn cold here the last few nights!
Supposed to warm up for the long weekend!

I put some links to blog candy on the right of the blog....hopefully they're all current!

And Myrna, this last picture is for you!
I have several POTD!

 

It will all get put away after Monday.....I hope!

 

Hope you're all well!
Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. -Joseph Joubert

SIGH....
My attempts to keep in touch with you at least once a week have failed miserably!

I did get the cards made and sent to SAS4K's Canada. Halloween, Birthday, Thinking of You, and a few Christmas.

Here are a few more Halloween cards.

I got my van back, on Wednesday (finally). I should be good for another 50,000 kms!
I'm hoping for more, cause I'll be paying once the warranty is off!
I've cleaned, puttered, put things away, got things out.......

Made my Happy Thanksgiving cards for mom & the kids.

Had a lovely time by the fire last night, yeah there's a fire ban on, cause it's so hot & dry, but we were real careful, and had water sitting near by!
Had friends that were passing through to go dig potatoes up north today!
They come a LONG way for spuds; I was happy to see them!
There's a fire ban on AGAIN, remember this post?
You know, the one in French!? hahaha
Well, the fire.......it's BAAAAAACCKK!

I've been getting up before breakfast and going to work........banking some time for next month!

I actually got up late this morning, cause were were outside at the fire pit until waaaayyy after midnight!
It was beautiful, and so many stars!

Already though, a load of laundry is waiting to be hung out, I brought the tomatoes in out of the freezer to make more salsa later, found my rubber gloves to chop up the peppers; believe me, I've learned! The beans are soaking for the salsa........
I'm going to repot some plants, put my board I cut & painted on the piece of furniture in the craft room that needs it, and do all the regular stuff that gets done on weekends!
I've had breakfast, finished the 8th scarf (one more to go);
I've played my turns in Words With Friends on Facebook, read blogs, I need one more cup of coffee, and I think I'm good to go!

Here's a couple pictures of the leaves on the trees!

This is when I take the road home from the south!

 

It really doesn't look that bumpy IRL!

 

And here's part of the backyard!

The fire pit is to the left!

 

 

Have a good weekend everyone!

I'll stop by and see you when I have a minute!

 

Keep out of trouble, and I hope you're all well!

 

Ta ta for now!

 

 

You can't think your way into acting positively, but you can act your way into thinking positively.-Nido

I'd love a weekend off!
Seriously!

I watched the sun come up yesterday.....nothing spectacular, except for the sun on the trees!

Then it got cloudy; so I started washing windows.
Got 6 done inside & out, and 3 more outsides. Just 3 more to go, and they're the biggest!
Here are the helpers on the deck.

Hahahaha!

This is my kitchen window.....

right after the public area windows were washed this spring, some over zealous bird crapped on it!

I've looked at that all summer!

Never mind....I'm a hurtin unit from hauling the ladder around....don't wanna do THAT more than I have to!

It's an awesome ladder though, you can go up either side...sturdy, only too big (8 ft.) & unwieldly!

Need about a 6 foot ladder!

Here's the after picture!

Which then led to the make work stuff!
I washed the drapes in the M bedroom.
Then did the valance, rug & shower curtain in the M bath!
Between yesterday & today, I've done about 6 loads of laundry; and had to have a redo of the towels cause the washer was still on delicate! YOI!

I tried out the rice cooker Vanessa & Shawn gave me last weekend.
I had cinnamon tinged Basmati Rice, and was going to cook a smokie over the fire, but was too tired!
How does that rice cooker know when the rice is cooked? hmmmmmm? It wasn't sticky or anything!
I was outside last night drinking beer by the fire pit, when a flock of cranes flew over.

Usually you can hear them and they're so high up you can't see them, and yes; they are headed south!

I was up at 5 am this morning....Gawd, I don't know why!

I did finish this little photo album though.

As Bonnie said, "Just do it girl!"

Here goes.

Originally; I wanted it to fit in this film canister I scored!

This last picture is in acrylic, cause it's on the back!

I don't want it to scratch.

Here's the finished product!

And of course it doesn't fit in the canister!

I'd have to use about 4 CD's and have no embellishments!

Hope I did ya proud Bonnie!

I'm going to take it to my mom, so she can brag....don't worry,

I'm trading mom for her pictures that are the same!

Now hopefully Bonnie forgives me for this next picture!

A Halloween card I made this week!

I'm really hating not liking that Glimmer Mist in red!

Looks like I killed somebody, and I was going for a fine mist!?

I got the card inspiration here!

The haunted house was a $1.50 in the bin at Michaels.

Got muffins in the oven for lunch for work, gonna throw the last load of laundry in the dryer...hey, I hung the other stuff out, and go have a nap!

That's the plan anyhoo!

Have a great week people!

Ta ta for now!