Truthful Thursday - Tired of sewing

That's right, I need a little break from sewing all those fabric wallets and holders.  Last Tuesday I finished sewing all the fabrics that I cut except for a few baby slippers.  I only made one and I almost forgot how to make them.  There's a new mom at the place where I volunteer and she wanted to see what it looks and maybe order some for her baby girl.  Maybe after my sister's visit, I will return to more sewing as I have a big project for my MIL.  The ladies at my dentist office are very interested in seeing all the ones I have finished. I will be bringing them to my next appointment so there's a good chance I might sell some of them.  During the first week of December, I also plan to take these items to my place of volunteer to see if the ladies there are interested in buying some for Christmas gifts.  Last night I saw the couple of bananas on the table getting a bit brown.  Since I had stopped sewing I had some time to make some muffins.

Banana, apricot and pecans muffins.

Wow Wednesday - Almost a year

You won't believe what I will show you because as you know I am terrible at taking care of plants, gardening, etc.  Last December 26 when we had a small open house for friends and relatives, one of my friends from the Camden Community Center Nutrition Program, her name is Susan, she gave me a small plant.  Honestly, I did not think this plant was going to last a month but lo and behold, it has been 11 months and this plant is still alive.  Not only that it is alive, it started having flowers again.  I guess it's that time of the year.  It's funny because I left it in the same pot, water it every now and again, kept rotating it to get a bit of sun but not too much sun.  Don't ask me the name of this plant, I don't have a clue. But the fact that it started to have flowers, I am just so ecstatic and overjoyed.  Introducing my plant that survived under my care.

My special plant.

For those of you who really know me, it does not take much to keep me happy.

Three Tuesday - Coffee flavors

Second week of my Three on Tuesday and as you can see, today's topic is coffee flavors.  This will be my short and sweet post.

Two Tea and Two Coffee flavors

 YES - to the two new coffee flavor that we have added to our collection. 

Creme Brulee is from my MIL and Wild Blueberry Mountain I found at Ross.

NO - Instead of using these two tea flavors as Iced Tea drinks, my friend Michelle suggested to

just use them as hot tea drinks. My new favorite Sweet Raspberry Tea and second favorite

is the Half and Half (tea and lemon mix).  Both are a little too sweet for me but I just make

it in a bigger mug which dilutes it for a lesser sweet tea.

MAYBE - My sister will be coming for a visit and I have asked her to try and find the following

Timothy's flavored coffee (Winter Carnival and Sugar Bush Maple).  I hope she finds

both these flavor for us to try.  Just going by their names, I know that it will be a YES.

Many Monday - So much time

Even though we gained an hour yesterday due to Daylight Savings Time, it took us at least an hour to change all the clocks/watches in our home.  We decided to make a list of the ones we have to change and the ones that changes automatically.  How many clocks/watch does a regular household have?  Here's our list with the first group having all the ones we needed to change manually.

1. Golf Clock in the living room
2. Pyramid Clock in the living room
3. "Who the hell cares" clock in the kitchen
4. Microwave Clock
5. Oven Clock
6. Keurig Coffee maker clock
7. Guest bathroom clock
8. Our bathroom clock
9. Coke Clock in Jeff's home office
10. House phones x 5
11. Metal clock in the guest bedroom
12. Clock radio in our room
13. In and out temperature clock
14. Battery charger
15. Timer in the kitchen
16. My 6 watch
17. Jeff's 2 money clip watch
18. Deck big clock
19. Nissan Leaf car clock
20. Toyota car clock

This second list are the ones that changes the time automatically.

1. Jeff's cell phone
2. My cell phone
3. Squeeze box (internet radio)
4. My Nintendo DS
5. Jeff's computer
6. My Dell lap top 
7. Jeff's Kindle Fire
8. My Kindle

That's all the time I have and hopefully you all remembered to do all your clocks and was not late for anything yesterday.

Sorry Sunday - I can't help it

It was so nice to have our grandson Gamble sleepover again.  He told his father that he misses us and he has not come by to stay with us.  So yesterday afternoon we picked him up and took him to dinner.  My MIL usually comes over for dinner but last night since we had Gamble, we decided to take them both to dinner.  We had asked Gamble what kind of food he would like for dinner and he chose PIZZA.  Our choice of venue was Mountain Mike which was located near my MIL's home.  It was a little busy but we did not realize how noisy it was until we sat down.  In one section of the restaurant there was some sort of party going on with a few adults and a bunch of kids.  The kids were running around the whole restaurants at the same time screaming. None of the parents were in control or were interested in trying to keep the kids quiet or behaved.  Then all of a sudden I hear one of the guys said the bad word "M----r F----r" on the top of his voice.  Thank goodness that Gamble was busy playing Angry Birds on my MIL's phone.  We still did not have our food so we just sat there and I covered my ears because the noise was in full blast and was starting to get a headache.  Then one of the kids got hurt while running around and for a moment it was silent.  A few minutes later our food arrived and the kids started again with their running around and their screaming.  During the middle of our meal, the same guys said that same bad word for all the patrons to hear.  I will not profile because it's not polite but this type of behavior is not tolerated by some restaurants. This establishment is going to be added to my list of restaurants to avoid. There are other places to take your grandson for a pleasant meal without having to listen to screaming unruly children and parents who does not care what their children are listening to and have uncontrollable kids.

I guess we could have just taken our order home and had a more pleasant evening but we thought that it was a good time to teach Gamble what NOT to do or not to be.  His Dad actually told him before he left his home to behave while dining and to be calm but at the same time enjoy and have fun with Grampa and Ola.

Would you have stayed or would you have taken your order to go?  

Filler Friday - A different mixture

Each time I experience a blank moment when it comes to posting, I end up just doing a mixture of anything and everything.  It's probably a little boring for some but maybe it might be interesting to others.

This Gamble's (step grandson) costume this year.

Meet Sophie, she is the little devil of my BFF Rose.

Today is the birthday of another very good friend.  Mike from Brampton aka Lawnmower Man (inside joke).  I've known him for almost 17 years.  He was introduced to me by another good friend who is Mike's best friend.  It's amazing how time just flew by.  We use to play squash and racquetball and then go for chicken wings and beer at one of the local pubs.  We also went out to shoot pool, golf on Thursdays during the summer and have dinner at Oscars with the rest of the guys.  He is a very caring and thoughtful friend who always lends a hand.  I remember he helped us move from a basement apartment to a high rise building.  I hope that he is enjoying his birthday today and may all his wishes come true.  Happy Happy Birthday Mike.  

This is the only photo I can find of Mike taken at my retirement party in 2010.

 

Trick or Treat Thursday - Belated Halloween

Due to my special Wednesday post, I am doing my Trick or Treat post one day late.  First I would like to show you the before and after of our candy bowl.  In case you can't see clearly we have M&M Pretzel, Take5, Snickers, Heath, Hersheys Cookies and Cream.  Last year we only have between 12 or 15 kids.  I believe we have enough and if not, we will just turn off our last and go to bed early.

Jeff has this black plastic bowl  for at least 5 years and it's his Halloween Bowl.

As for my costume, I went to my volunteer place and wore my Caregiver outfit. That was my costume.  We had a potluck for lunch and I brought some little round appetizers.

My MIL bought this for me two years ago because someone ask me if I was her Caregiver.

Mini Chicken Potpie for our Halloween Potluck.