Spelling

On my way in to work this morning

I was thinking about mis-spellings.

No idea why.

But I was remembering some times

I have seen things spelled

incorrectly and the impact it had.

Years ago I followed a truck

and when the guy parked I actually

offered to re-sticker his rear window

for him!

He had a ceramic tile installation service.

Except it was spelled

CREAMIC TILE

You cremate your tiles?

Euuwwwww!

(unfortunately before the error was

noticed the stickers were applied and then

the entire window was covered with

sun film.  More than I could fix for him...

Poor guy!)

But my favorite was when Nancy and Reid

were first married and living in 

Edmonton.

Reid was doing his internship at the hospital

and Nancy was suffering through her first pregnancy.

(I am eternally grateful for AMAZING pregnancies!)

They lived across the street from the hospital

in housing filled with interns, nurses, etc.

When you looked out her window you got an

incredible view of the ... parking lot.

With all those folks, parking was at a premium

so they were only allowed to angle park.

Unfortunately, the sign said

"ANGEL PARKING ONLY"

A tiny bit creepy.

Or it's for nurses only, cuz we all

know those folks are angels!

SMILE!

Let YOUR sign say 

I'm HAPPY!

Thanksgiving

Here's hoping you had a great Thanksgiving!

We were VERY low key.

I didn't realize I had finally run through

my lifetime supply of turkey cooking bags.

(bought a million of them several years ago)

so had to make an old fashioned turkey.

Slathered it with butter and poultry seasoning

and roasted it low and slow.

Turned out great!

I'm thankful for my darling husband

who makes awesome

fruit salad!

I'll BE thankful when Kyle is done putting the

engine in his "new" old F150.

(Rod drove it back when the boys were little)

He "painted it" so it looks great!

A bucket full of eggs

and a yard full of chickens

horses

and a cow who is 

GROWING.

It was a beautiful day

and we enjoyed spending it

quietly resting around the

homestead.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Birthday to ME!

Yesterday was a really nice day.

Thanks to NOT TELLING ANYBODY!

(grin)

Introverts.

We have social skills.

We just prefer to leave them home.

Family and Facebook friends

were very kind.

I just don't do the "office cake and card"

thing very well.

So kept it a secret at the office.

But speaking of the office,

Rod gave me a really awesome frame

and picture to put in my office.

Yes, my filing cabinet is a mess.

And yes, I have a phone.

But it's not plugged in.

(sshhhhh, it's a secret!)

He's my handsome cowboy!

And the Arizona group sent me new boots!

Ariat!

They make the BEST, most comfortable boots

in the whole world!

Yah, I look great.

It's after dinner.

Late.

I rubbed all my makeup off.

But I have AWESOME boots!

LOL

Thanks everybody for making it a nice day.

Brrr

It's finally fall here.

Woke up to 51.

Which might as well have been

12.

Yup.

It's well established I'm a pansy.

But it was BEAUTIFUL!

(Even though this was a couple of days ago)

This is out my front door.

Pretty, eh?

We are gearing up for Thanksgiving this week.

Gearing up means I haven't

grocery shopped yet.

Kyle has a very specific menu request.

Frozen sweet potato casserole from the store.

Stove Top stuffing from a box.

Yup.

That's it.

He actually doesn't like turkey.

So I'll be roasting a small bird

for Rod and I.

Making frozen sweet potato casserole

and Stove Top.

And some mashed cauliflower instead of

mashed potatoes because we all love that.

No green bean casserole.  (ICK!)

(Jim likes it, but he's going to Sabrina's Mom's

for dinner and I'm sure she'll have it on her table.)

EASY PEASY.

Which is my definition of a HOLIDAY!

Christmas? Already????

Full disclosure.

Hallmark channel has been showing Christmas

movies non-stop since Halloween.

Rod and I haven't moved from the couch.

Also the radio station is playing carols.

And I'm singing along.

At the office.

I know.

I'm going to be SICK TO DEATH of the

whole Christmas thing by December 10.

Except I won't.

The only thing I get sick of is the tree.

And it's because my house is not

designed to accommodate a tree.

And I refuse to get a tiny,

skinny, wimpy tree.

Our's isn't HUGE.

(It's smaller than the old one)

But it IS in the way.

All the time.

It's beautiful and I'm willing to

work around it.

For a while.

It's pushed up against the breakfast bar.

And right next to Rod is the end of

the couch.

So there is a one person wide

space to walk through.

Anyhow.

All that to say...

Sondra and I were talking about eggnog this morning.

I love eggnog.

I do NOT love store bought eggnog.

(Kyle, however, DOES - drinks it like water...)

Sondra made some homemade eggnog

37(ish) years ago.  (Might have been 38)

I will NEVER forget it.

Homemade.

Full of REAL eggs.

Full of REAL cream.

Full of REAL flavor.

YUM!

And this week I found a recipe that sounds

like her old recipe but "on plan".

So I sent it to her.

And we were discussing making it this morning.

But then we remembered it's not Thanksgiving

yet and we don't "do" eggnog until after

Thanksgiving.

Except Thanksgiving is going to be late again

this year and there's going to be a SUPER

short Christmas season.

So I'm starting early.

On the good stuff.

Maybe even eggnog.

Anyhow.

I found a really cool Facebook page.

It's was shared by my old Calgary

friend Sidona Goodridge.

It's called 

Merry Little Christmas

and is full of great pictures.

Like THIS one.

Isn't that awesome???

Have a Merry Little Christmas!

(And feel free to yell Bah Humbug until 

November 27th, when the Christmas Season

officially begins.)

Meet Sir Loin

We had a FUN and EXCITING day!

It started nice and early

at our friend's house

where we hooked up her truck

to her horse trailer and headed

up to a town called Dunnellon

in North Florida.

She had purchased two darling

little heifer calves and

we were there to pick

them up.

Aren't they adorable???

These are the same friends we 

went with earlier this year

when they sold their cows.

Once they were sold,

they realized they missed having

cows in the pasture!

So...

today we remedied that.

And...

as long as we were up there,

we decided to pick up

this little guy.

Meet

Sir Loin

Isn't he cute?

He is a little Florida Cracker bull.

Well, he was a bull.

But after we agreed to buy him,

he became a steer.

He seems to be settling in.

We are going to put our little

Florida Cracker pony in with him.

I think they'll be good buddies.

Now we just need to get the dogs

to accept that he's not going to eat them.

MIB or Secret Service

He says Secret Service.

I say MIB

What say YOU?