Halloween

I was hoping to be posting a photo of my granddaughter all decked out for Halloween, unfortunately my little princess was sick today. When she's feeling better my son and his wife are still going to dress her up and bring her over, why not? Just 'cause she's sick she shouldn't have to miss out on the fun. We can choose any date we want to celebrate a special event and have our own little party.

Tonight Abbie was eager as could be, she ran to the door every time someone rang the bell; it was almost enough to drive me crazier than I already am!  Again this year I didn't get that many children at my door, maybe 35 or so, but that was enough. It's tough to focus on homework when I've got kids ringing the bell and a dog barking. Still in the spirit of what's left of Halloween I wouldn't change a thing. 

 We cheated, Abbie wore the same costume last year. ;-)

The Great Pumpkins

 Tonight was pumpkin night; there's some things in life a person just has to make time for and pumpkins at Halloween is one of those things.

Cheryl, my niece, went with traditional pumpkin carving...

there was a bit of an oops! 

Nothing some quick thinking couldn't fix though.

And my gold pumpkin, well she's quite the pumpkin if I must say so myself...

Now how's that for thinking outside of the box?

Outside of the Box

A while back I was sitting here late one night and came across this gold pumpkin, yup a gold pumpkin. Linda, who is the lady I've borrowed the idea from,  got me thinking... why not a gold pumpkin? So today I dug out the gold spray paint which was sitting in my basement and sprayed the pumpkin and tomorrow I'm going to go to the Dollar Store, buy some bling and finish up my pumpkin.

I'll post an after photo of my creation once I'm done, if you want to see Linda's click on her name above and it'll take you to her site. Now how's this for thinking outside of the box?  All I need now is a chariot to hook up to this, a few dolls and I'll have Cinderella!  Yup, I'm thinking it's time to put my creativity to bed.

Where'd Everyone Go?

I find it rather interesting how people seem to disappear... here's the first week of University

There was excitement in the air, campus was extremely busy and you could feel the willingness and eagerness to learn. This was at the beginning of September, within less than two months here is what it was like on campus today...

Both of these photos were taken within the same time frame, give or take an hour. What happened to the willing eager minds? 

Fridge Art

Elyssa came over to visit for a while tonight, she brought with her a wonderful photo of pumpkins she made while she was at her dayhome today. I proudly hung Elyssa's pumpkin picture on my fridge.

I'm tickled pink, I adore fridge art and haven't had any on my fridge in quite some time, not with my youngest being 22. However, my daughter has painted me some beautiful pictures, ones which hang on my living room wall and I love them just as much as fridge art.

Memory

A little memory can go a long way...

... IF you remember to put it in your camera before you leave the house. I forgot to do this today and went to take a photo... oops no memory!

Brrrrr

It's starting to get pretty chilly out there, I'm dreading what's to follow. You'd think that I'd be used to this cold season that's coming our way, I've lived in Alberta my entire life but it seems the older I get the colder I get it. Maybe I just forget from year to year just how cold it really was, either way it gets way to cold for my liking. 

8:20am and 0 degrees, yup it's almost time to get out the parka and mukluks.

It's Getting Real Now

Tonight I received my offer of admission...

to the University of South Australia! 

This is getting a whole lot more real and now the work really begins... keeping up to my current courses and getting all the paperwork in order to get on that plane in January! This is getting so exciting but a bit freaky at the same time.

Canada's Cutie

 

I love Elyssa's shirt, "Canada's cutie", I know I'm her Grandma and prejudice but I couldn't agree more!

Chillin' at Grammie's house and talking up a storm, I couldn't ask for better company on a Saturday evening!

What's In Your Trunk?

I found it interesting what this lady was putting into her trunk...

Now I'm curious just what it is... any ideas? Not that I want anything which even resembles this in my house, I'm curious is all. 

Speaking of trunks, I stopped off and picked up some groceries on the way home. I got home and left my trunk open with full intentions of going out to get the milk and potatoes. I got inside and started putting away what I brought in and totally forgot about going back out to get the rest. After a few hours passed it dawned on me that I'd done this, talk about feel silly... thankfully it wasn't my laptop or camera bag I left out there. 

So what's in your trunk?