Its Christmas Time!

Okay, for all of you out there who believe that Christmas should not start until the end of December, humbug on you! As a kid we always used to decorate the first weekend in December, after a HUGE housecleaning of course, it was like the reward for cleaning the whole house top to bottom, and hauling all the boxes and boxes of Christmas decorations up from the basement... sneaky sneaky pull a Tom Sawyer mom.... "It's fun!"
Okay, actually it was, I remember my friends being shocked at the transformation that would occur. We even changed our doilies and tablecloths; we added trim in the kitchen and bathroom! Although we didn't go as far as my Swedish relatives who change their curtains for the holidays, and one of my aunts even sets aside an entire room of her house and makes it into a little winter wonderland complete with fake snow and a train set!
Back to the point. I got Christmassy today and listened to Christmas music all day (there is already a radio station playing only Christmas music; 106.5fm) and I put out the few decorations and lights I had. I made rye bread, chocolate chip cookies, sweet almonds, shortbread, and drum roll please....swedish MEATBALLS! I officially feel like Christmas, I have a poinsetta, I have lights inside, and I'm getting ready to put them up outside too, and my house is clean, except the room that I started refinishing woodtrim in (don't ask me why I decided to start this project now). I have been procrastinating this for a while now, and I finally got the scraper out and bought a sander and I'm ready to keep plowing away tomorrow.


Have a Happy Holiday Season Everyone!

I'm on a roll!

Wow, it's been a while since I have updated my blog. However I will have to make this short as my computer is acting up... first it was the disc drive and now it's the space button on the keyboard. I have to hit it really hard to ensure a space every time and it makes for tiring typing! Wow!

November on the Island

O.k. today marks halfway through November and I was in SHORTS!! And I still have flowers blooming in my garden, not just blooms left, but still blooming! Despite that I have been thinking that it seems to be getting colder every day, and then thinking that I was a wuss for thinking that, didn't I grow up in Prince George??!!



I was very thankful today to wake up and see blue skies and sunshine. My much neglected yard has needed some attention and today was a perfect day for it. I managed to get the majority of my leaves piled up and ready for pick up...I'm pretty sure that Victoria spends as much money on leaf removal as Prince George does on snow! I also took a load of cuttings, etc, and the last of the random objects lying around my property to be mulched/recycled/garbage.