Monthly Archives: June 2009

A run by any other name……….

This morning I managed to ruin a brand new $9.00 pair of panti-hose before I had them pulled up over my knees.    I’ve always had a problem with panti-hose.   This reminded me of one that happened years ago while out … Continue reading

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Porsche big adventure

The real estate agent strongly urged us not to leave Porsche at home during the open house yesterday.  But what do you do with a seventeen pound cat that owns the house?  My DH placed Porsche in her cat carrier … Continue reading

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Open house

Today was the day and never has the house been as neat and tidy.

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Shiitake, shiitake

A year ago this past April, my DH and I attended a “grow your own shiitake mushroom” seminar held at the beautiful An artist garden bread & Breakfast located on the Bay of Fundy coast,  20 minutes from Fundy National … Continue reading

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Supper breakfast

How quickly this week went by, here we are back at Thursday.  Rather than repeat a misadventure in eating like last Thursday, I decided to make supper breakfast.   When the kids were small this was one of our favourite meals, … Continue reading

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Our house is a very, very, very fine house

The house is listed with the real estate and we will have an open house this Sunday.  Keep your fingers crossed.

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This day in history

Sixty years ago today my husband was born.  Happy birthday Carl! I love you. Here’s some other events that happened on your birthday through the ages: 1790 – The first copyright for a book was given to “The Philadelphia Spelling … Continue reading

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Ideas from other bloggers

I spend about an hour a day reading other blogs, jotting down links to recipes I want to try or ideas I want to remember.  Here’s a few worth sharing: Beauty that moves is a lovely blog with incredible easy … Continue reading

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Women should find you handy

The house is being listed on Monday evening, so we spent the weekend doing last minute rearranging, cleaning and otherwise pushing to get things done we have had on the list for weeks. My biggest project was sewing valances for … Continue reading

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Pink is pretty

The cottage swap block for June arrived from Kathleen in Delaware. She decided to make rose covered cottages, as the flower for June is roses.   Each fabric has roses or flowers .  As an extra Kathleen included a post card … Continue reading

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