Friday, April 20, 2012

A Friday Off

The weeones have no School today as there are Teacher meetings. HB starts his days off today as well. So it was nice not to have rushed this morning and get to sleep in a bit.

The weather was nice here yesterday evening and the weeones played out doors after supper till dark as it was lie a Friday night on a Thursday. 
I made this little video in the window watching them enjoy some nice Spring temps. 


Thursday, April 19, 2012

Picture Post Part 2

Last weekend the weather was so nice that I decided to open the trailer up for the upcoming season. I have recently  been getting the itch for camping,after reading all my favorite blogs and some of them have been camping.
I spent all Saturday washing down and vacuuming. I washed all the bedding and hung the quilts out on the line. I washed all the plastic dinner ware and am so ready for the season to begin.

 Everything smells so fresh and clean in there. I do however need to make new curtains for the upstairs.
 The kitchen was sparkling.
 I also need to buy new mini blinds for the back windows as those ones that came with the trailer are pretty much done. Maybe a nice matching valence for the window as well. ANY IDEAS????
 We ended our busy Saturday with a lovely yummy Bar B Que. Nothing tastes better then this.....
Do you camp as well. What are your favorite things about camping. Do you maybe a favorite family tradition  when it comes to camping. We do and are to start a new one this year thanks to a idea from Mel over at http://melissagoodsell.typepad.com/

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Picture Post Part 1

I finally got a moment to download some pics from the last couple of weeks.
I never got to send out the Easter pictures as I was to sick with a cold to do so and only shared Easters past with all of you. So without further ado here is the pictures from Easter morning in our home 2012.

The weeones woke early.
 Easter bunny had brought toys.
 The girl decided they wanted there ears pierced for Easter. We went Easter Saturday into the city and got them done at Ardenes.


 There was loads of white chocolate bunnies around the house.
 and of course Easter would not be complete without peeps.
 They got these great books of Skittles.
 Bunny peeps.Hummm something new here.
 Jayne's favorite green peeps.

 The girls got a new soccer ball to share.

Justin got a cool new FOX hat. (I bet the Easter bunny was grinding his teeth bringing this one)


I did not do to much decorating this year. only put a few things and enjoyed my daffodils I bought from the Cancer foundation.
We had Easter supper with my Parents and Hubby had to work night shift. But all in all it was a nice quite Easter.



Beautiful Weather

Good Morning. It has been beautiful weather here the last few days, and today is suppose to be the nicest yet. With a nice weekend we were able to open up the trailer and do a major wash down.
I guess it was more me then we,however the girls did pop in every so often to see if I needed any help.

I have so got the trailer trailer camping fever. I can't wait to get out on the road and camp.
I washed all the bedding and hung it on the line to dry. I washed all the walls,cupboards,and drawers out.  vacuumed the whole place down and it smells wonderfully clean in there.
I need to make a list and take a run to the Dollar store and pick up a few of those great little plastic camping things in the next little bit. I would also love to make some new curtains for the trailer as the ones in it are so thin and bleached for the years of sun. (I need to go through my fabric and see what I can come up with)
besides that the winter did not do any damage to the trailer and we are so blessed for that, as we had a lot of hard weather with tons of snow. (Hubby kept it shoveled off as much as he could)

Besides washing the trailer we had a Bar B Q on Saturday night for Supper and it tasted so yummy!(First one of the season)
We cleaned up the front yard. Hubby and Justin raked the lawn and the girls and I cleaned off the step,putting away all the winter items, and sweeping the walk way.
The Winter was hard on my front step,as we lost our large window box that ran along the railing of the side deck. We also lost that piece of the deck. We will need to build another.
We took out some of the lawn chairs, and a few decorations.

Sunday we did mostly the same of cleaning the yard more. Had a casserole for supper and tucked in early after baths.


Monday was a nice warm day. Hubby went back to work and the weeones back to school. It got all the way up to 26 here and I spent most of my day indoors cleaning the floors,laundry, and making a nice chicken supper. BUT! after supper we all headed outdoors and worked a bit around the barn yard cleaning up. I even got wear my  sandals.


Today it is suppose to another high temp day and I am heading outdoors to clean the jeep and truck. They are both long over due.
I also put a roast of pork into the slow cooker with some orange marmalade,I will make herb rice to have with and some veggies.




Wednesday, April 11, 2012

200 th Post Winner

CONGRATS!!!!! to Cheryl



What a wonderful scrapbook set. I think that I would scrap book something with Emily's graduation.

Have a wonderful day.

~Cheryl



Cheryl wins my little scrap booking giveaway as a gift for my 200 th post. 

Cheryl I am sure you will enjoy all these little goodies. 
If yo will kindly send me off a email with your address I will get these out to you at the end of the week.
jessicacarey@live.ca

CONGRATS!!!!!! once again Cheryl

Monday, April 9, 2012

2 Week Menu

As I am trying to get back into a routine after a great Easter break, I find myself swamped with laundry, cleaning,and a somewhat empty fridge.
Tomorrow is my town day and before I head out to the Supermarket and spend way to much and come home with only half of what I needed, I decided to make a menu for the next 2 weeks and then make the list.
Tonight we are having a turkey pot pie with salad. I had some Turkey thighs in the freezer so popped them into the oven and turn it into a pot pie with a biscuit top.
So my menu will begin Tuesday

Tuesday Chicken Stir fry
Wednesday  Steak and potatoes with fresh veggies
Thursday meatballs and rice and beef fried mac
Friday ???? Take out food or Homemade pizza????
Saturday hamburgers with homemade fries.
Sunday Pulled pork


Monday Meatloaf
Tuesday Hamburger casserole
Wednesday Chicken dinner
Thursday Hamburger soup


Mind you, I will probably change my days around to maybe suit myself a little better,but I now have a menu in place and will have the items I need to make these. (I find life is a little smoother this way)

Looking at the long range forecast which shows some nice temps on the way) and hubby Having the weekend off I won't be stuck in the house trying to figure out what we will have for meals and having to run into town.





Sunday, April 8, 2012

Happy Easter

I thought I would share a little of Easters past









Yes we all love Easter and this year is no different. Although we did have a major snowstorm and we had to move our Easter egg hunt indoors.
I will be posting pics from Easter morning 2012 soon..........