Its getting close

We are now down to 9 days...well....8 days...today is almost over. VACATION! I can't wait.

Its sad tho....Doug is trying to get in as much work as he can before we go. So he didn't even get a chance to come home between trips this time. I SO SAD..........

Bag is almost packed. Still need a few things. Must do laundry the night before we go so my son has clothes to wear... and Doug...lol... Also need to pick up a few necessities...

...like sunscreen, sunglass, and a beach towel.

YES!!! I'm rubbing it in!!!

Ok. So now I have a few things to share.

Our sledding afternoon!

The dog being crazy.

Always a nut job.

And here are some layouts that I've made recently. LOVING the scrapbooking...

A wintery morning

Yet again I woke up this morning to the beautiful ice fog. It makes everything so beautiful. So after I dropped my son off at school I stopped and took a few pictures.

This is that the Birds of Prey center. In the spring this will be full of Canada Geese, Snow Geese, and local ducks!

This is the strings hanging of my moss planters.

The tree in our front yard at sunrise.

A plant that is left over from last summer.

The tree in our front yard again!

BURRRRRRRR!!!!

So this morning I got up with a plan! A plan to finish the cat I'm crocheting. A plan to make shortbread cookies. A plan to finish the scrabble tile pendants I'm making. A plan to RELAX!

So far I've worked on the cat and pendants. Had breakfast and tea. Its SOOO COLD here today! I'm sure there are colder places but its -32C but feels like -42C with the wind chill. YUCK!

I'm starting to feel the "grey" descend. I hate this time of year. Doug always works extra so he can take some time off. Stress from finding the right gift for each person is taking its toll. I'm

sure I'm not the only person that gets into this mood. I just know that in the next few days I will be dealing with monster child cause he misses dad. We are working on day 10 today and that is normally about his limit. We still have 8 days to go!

So if you like my buttons that have been added to the blog you can thank {Mis} Adventures over at http://thismommasmisadventure.blogspot.com She made them. I can not for the life of me figure it out. GRRR!

So I have decided that on Tuesday's I will bake something and take pictures and post the recipe with pictures. Then if you want you can make and comment on how it turned out! Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays! Stay tuned to tomorrows post for the yummy recipe!

So here is a picture of a scrabble tile pendant I made. It does not have the bail on it yet as I'm not 100% happy with it. Here is why. The glaze I used has yellowed and it shows on the tile. I think this one particular tile looks okay because of the picture I used. Check it out. Let me know what you think....

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for something yummy!

Canadian winters....

So this morning I got up with the plan that we would go to town and do some Christmas shopping only to find that its windy and snowing. This DOES NOT make for a nice drive into town. Its not much snow but the wind blows it across the highway and makes it hard to see and causes these huge snow drifts. Here in Alberta we don't have many trees so the wind blows....and blows ....and blows.....

Its also -17C out! YIKES! Truck won't start with the remote so I have to brave the cold and go out and start it. :(

So I made the decision that I would check the weather forecast to see what they were calling for tomorrow. MORE SNOW!!!! AND EVEN COLDER!!!! Tomorrow they are calling for -30C.... :( :( :( :( ...

Ok, so if I want to get ANY shopping done this weekend it has to be today!

Just curious I start looking at peoples pics that they had added to www.theweathernetwork.com and found some interesting photos from Ontario...MAN AM I GLAD I LIVE IN ALBERTA! lol... These are just from the past week.

These people will have to dig out a maze so their horse can walk around the field.

"Sorry I was 5 hours late for work Boss, it took me that long to dig out the truck"

"I can't come to school today, my house is snowed in"

I guess these people won't be BBQ'ing any time soon

That bird house has quite the lean on it....