Sunday, January 30, 2011

It's Cold!

What did I tell you?
Almost -30C here this morning!
This is ice fog from Thursday afternoon.
It rained Thursday night, then froze & snowed, so my vehicle was a Popsicle in the morning!
I went to open the sliding door behind the drivers door, and it opened enough to pop the latch, and turn on the interior light!
I went & got a jug of water to thaw it out, and close it properly!
Those doors are froze up til Spring, or the weather warms up, whichever comes first!





Remember, quite a few posts ago(and if I wasn't so lazy this morning I'd find it for you!), I said that Ray would be late for his own funeral?!
Yesterday, I went to a funeral (second one this week kids!?).
Ray was reading the eulogy.
I sat with a friend, and one of the funeral directors comes & asks me where my husband is, as he's also one of the honorary pallbearer.
Me; "I don't know, he left home before me!?"
See, people, that's why we take separate vehicles!

I'm going to make Butter Tarts this afternoon!
Before you ask, here's the recipe, and these are TO.DIE.FOR!

1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup walnuts (chopped) I use pecans
1 egg
1 cup raisins

Melt butter, add sugar & egg.
Then add raisins & nuts.
(I toss this all in my mixer, and mix it up!)
Fill 3" pastry shells. (Costco has good ones)
Just fill until even with the top, and bake at 350F for 20 minutes to 1/2 an hour.
It might be a little longer if your tart shells are frozen!

We're picking up the tread mill from my SIL this afternoon.
I CAN NOT walk with all the wildlife around!
You ever been chased by a moose?
It's not fun, and Shadow either barks like a rabid dog, or runs away!

Just so you know I AM doin stuff, here's a picture of my desk!




When I'm done scrap booking the pictures from Christmas, I might clean it off!

Gotta run!

Ta ta for now!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

We're Gonna Pay!

This is the 5th day in a ROW that the temperatures have been on the + side of 0 degrees Celsius!

It's sooooo nice out!

Here in northern Alberta, we're not fooled!
We are in for a couple blizzards, and some -40 before Spring comes along....for sure!

I came to get my Criminal Minds fix, it'll be on at 7:00 pm, so I'm listening to Ellen's Birthday party!

I'm sending V her Valentine this week; I've got a photo radar ticket that needs to be sent to her!
Won't she be surprised!?

I had Stamp Club last night, and I was the hostess!
I had awesome Hostess benefits, I'll take a picture of all the goodies I get when it comes!
Oh, and I DID order the Big Shot.........embosser! I'm so excited!

Alrighty, here are the cards we made last night!

This was a faux silk technique.....I'll be trying it at home.....It was pretty cool.
First I had to promptly stick my tissue paper to my work pad!
hahahaha! I got another piece and tried again!



 This was a fun technique too.
We used stamp pads, but you can use reinkers, and paper towel.....I forget if this has a name!
I'm going to try this at home too!




Our instructor liked grey and green, so we had to make a card out of it.
Me.....not so much!




This next one, we used bleach.........I wasn't very enthusiastic about it.
It's all right though!




Better go!

Ta ta for now!