Welcome to the world of Winterpeg restorations

I think I have worn out the babes after only 2 days of construction
Good thing home depot is close by.
We started off with the deconstruction of the " secret " room and soon to be train room. The tear down went surprisingly fast. Infact the whole construction has been going well, a few tight corners but those were resolved. Kevin worked on the electrical installing 6 potlights , switches and receptacles. Jen and I insulated the walls with the pink styrofoam, taped each one with tuck tape to seal around each piece. Last night half of the gyprock was up and we are on a break day. Tomorrow the walls should be done and plastered and the grid for the suspended ceiling up,. We are aiming to have the room ready to paint by Sunday and that is where I come in, I will scoot the kids off and painting I will do.............

Winnipeg bound

After a four hour rocky flight I was ready to get off this roller coaster
I was lucky enough to have a row of seats on the plane all to myself
Interrupted by a passenger who noticed I was having a comfortable ride and he was jammed in between a wife and 2 screaming kids. He came to sit down on my row!

It was now time to disembark and the weather was a might nippy compared to florida
Once I landed the kids met me with coats and I quickly put on some nice warm pants trading in my capris for the warmer version.

I have been in Winnipeg for 24 hours, I shopped till we dropped and soon getting ready to help with some basement renvations- that is once everyone is up for breakfast!

up up and away

Here I am all packed and ready to go
Fleece pants, sweaters, warm sock - Yes I do look like I am headed for the North Pole.
I will be dressed to the hilt. Due to lack of space I have some slim pickings for clothes. My case is full of kiddies gifts. Boy am I going to melt in that Orlando airport. Then once I hit mere civilization I will get the babes to take me out shopping for something to wear back to the land of pure warmth. HAHA

I hope that my travels are uneventful as long as I can get from point A to B without being arrested... Stay tuned

My little charge

 

I am babysitting for two days, I have walked till we dropped ... While doing laundry I managed to keep the dog at my side, then I found that she had a long lead over at her house and brought it here. She is an easy keeper.. She is now able to watch me while I work!

It is a long story but......

 

My neighbor gave me this pot and I had a gorgeous mum in it. WELL the mum got crucified when the wind picked up and you know where it hit! Right into the MUM and whack half of it was amputated. SO I stuck it back into the soil and hoping for more devine intervention. I then put my sad 99 cent poinsetta in the middle so during frost it can come out and in the RV. I was over at the hardware store and found another 3 little plants and now my pot was full but lacking something. I ran around the other side of the rv, wacked off some eucalyptus branches, dipped them into rooting powder and then stuck them in the planter. What a site as you can see!

Of great warmth

 

I hope - I knit these to take out west. Now I have two pairs and with these the kids won't misplace me!!
When I head back to FL I think I will donate the mitts to the daughter..........

One man's trash....................

 

The old BBQ from last year lives on........................ Then our picnic table from the park was looking oh so old. My neighbor gave me some paint and I spiffed it up. He was going to throw out the paint and my table needed a spiff job. Well that paint soaked in and low and behold the table looks great only 1/2 gallon later............

Now for the butler service!

Hot stuff!

You now when the odds are against you when................. you are finishing making those oh so delicious squares ............... you are washing your spatula and realize the hot baking " melted" your spatula in half!! Oh well the licking part was good!

Minutes later maybe not so good, your tough starts to get tingling, your speech has slurred and you realize it too is burned...............water water............

He can have his nuts and eat them tooo....

But stay away from my marshmellows!!
I was all gung hoe to make my PB marshmellow squares
I had all the ingredients lined up
I could not find the marshmellows that we had the night before.
I wrote Marshmellows on a large piece of paper and showed it to HIM
HE pointed to HIS TUMMY..............

Death sentence...

Off on another tangent I made raison bread.... Some compromise!

Remember when

You told your kids that life was not fair. Only to console them after a rotten day at school with an obnoxious bully!!!!

Well we were right!! Not all is fair in love and war and DIETS
Here we are cutting down our portions, walking till our feet are numb.
Dancing to line dancing DVD's. shaking the bacon to ZUMBA on you tube....
DID I mention biking a few kilometers daily on top of it???
And do you think that it makes a difference? NADDA!! Those weigh scales lie, our shoes must have lead weights inserted by elves when we were sleeping

You never can trust those free designs

 

 

Yesterday on my birthday I thought I would sit quietly! I knit up the fat mitt per instruction and did not like how fat it was, would be ok if I had 3 other pairs under it. SO today I rewrote the instructions and knit the skinny mitt. Now I know what I am doing this evening- another skinny!! All in preparation for leaving the sunny south for the bleak north winds in latter December!!

More sewing today

 

One more Xmas gift in the bag, a set of pot holders and oven mit

New towels ............

I bought some plain hand towels and then I had some material and look what happened!

Quilt #3

 

 

 

Mainly scraps from other quilts

New bathroom border

Thank you EBAY