Country Furniture

Today I went out shopping with my boyfriend for new furniture for out at the farm, this is what the final decision looks like. Herb bought the sofa, the loveseat, (which is pictured here), and the arm chair.  I just love this set and I think that it's going to look fantastic out at the farm. Once the living room is finished being painted and the new furniture is moved in, a new area rug and a few odd things, the living room will be so comfortable. I'm looking forward to getting out to the farm again to see how this is all going to look.

Happy Birthday Son

Tonight we celebrated my son Derek's birthday, it's hard to believe that my middle child is going to be 26 in two days. With all of our busy schedules we managed to all have time tonight to come together to celebrate this special occasion. I had asked Derek what he wanted to do for his birthday and he asked for his favorite which is santa fe chicken, so that he got. I love our get togethers, laughter is abundant and nobody leaves my place hungry!

Happy birthday Derek. Thanks for the love, the laughter and putting sunshine into my life.

RCMP

Today I learned something new, well a few new things but this one is of particular interest to me. I will require a Criminal Record Check to go out on my practicum, the last one I required I went to the city police and had to wait until it came to me in the mail. If I go to the RCMP detachment I can go in and receive my record check on the spot. This is going to save me the hassle of waiting and wondering when the heck it's going to get here.

Hmmm I hope that they don't keep me, I'm pretty sure I haven't done anything illegal since my last record check.

Get Your Motor Running...

I've been meaning to stop off and take a photo of this motorcycle for some time now. Today I thought that I'd best get out of my house and away from essays before I go stir crazy. So out I went camera in hand and this is where my car gravitated towards. I bet that the owner of this machine can't wait until this snow is gone. I know that I'm anxiously awaiting spring, soon enough it will be here and the essays and finals well be done... ahhh soon enough.

I Looked Up...

... and what did I see? A whole bunch of essays and assignments starting back at me! One down and three to go, then comes the completion of this round. A few finals, a practicum and then it's time for big girl's school in the fall if all goes well. University here I come!

New Pencil

Today I went to buy myself a new mechanical pencil and some pencil leads, somehow I ended up browsing through the camera section. Not only did I buy my new pencil, I also bought this new filter. I'm going to chalk this up to a great salesman. I had also purchased a battery for my new Sony point and shoot, I have since returned it after I found the same thing online for $50 less, I couldn't believe the difference! 

Now I really must learn how to use my Rebel, I have a purchased a few extras for my camera and I don't even know how to really work my camera yet. I am not going to buy another thing for my camera, ok... I'm going to TRY not to buy another thing for my camera until I learn more about it!

Family Ties

"When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses."

                                                                                     ~Joyce Brothers

In With the New

Today I had to replace my old keyboard, half the keys were worn off and the batteries died within no time at all. I bought the same type of keyboard, the old one served me extremely well and has seen me though many essays, emails, and all that I do on my computer. 

There's a certain feel to the Microsoft keyboard, I guess that maybe I'm just used to it. Whatever it is I hope that this new one gets me through this next bought of essays and it had best get worn in real quick, two of these essays are due next week!

Patriotic Snowman

On my drive home today I had to do a trip around the block when I spotted this patriotic snowman to go back and take my photo. Even though it's lost it's shape with the wonderful weather we've been experiencing it manages to hang onto it's Canadian flag and a red hat which says Canada on it... now that's patriotism at it's finest! 

Lights Are On...

I was driving by these city lights today and managed to capture this shot. I got to wondering, does the city leave a few lights on all the time or were they just coming on?  

It was a beautiful sunshiny day, I believe we reached +7c which is wonderful for this time of year. The old saying goes though "In like a lamb, out like a lion," so I don't think that I'm going to put away my winter gear just yet.

I just had a thought... me and my thoughts.  While I was viewing my photos from today I noticed that these lights are pretty darn clean. I know that when I wash my car it seems to attract bird droppings so this leaves me to wonder now if the birds avoid city lights or if the city spends thousands of dollars in keeping the lights clean? I have never seen anyone cleaning them but yet somehow there's no dirt or anything on the lights. Interesting... in my mind anyways.