My first Baby Shower Cake. It was a fun one....
Well the back window of our pick-up cap is finally fixed. I'm not going to point any fingers but SOMEBODY was driving the truck with the window up and smashed it out. The sound could be heard for miles and was akin to a grenade going off. Needless to say.... no more window.
We looked into buying a replacement window.... and looked at the guy at Truck World as if he had just lost his mind..... You want HOW MUCH for a piece of glass? Did you blow it yourself?
We looked at getting a new cap on Kijiji (where we found our current one) and found some nice deals but I would have to REPAINT, and WASTE the one we have.... that seemed pretty wrong.
SO..... we made one. Perfect...it is not. Functional... yes. Funky.... FOR SURE!
Pictures....ok:
In process....
Glue is drying....
Installed and painted.
I don't know how long it will last, but for now it works.
We looked into buying a replacement window.... and looked at the guy at Truck World as if he had just lost his mind..... You want HOW MUCH for a piece of glass? Did you blow it yourself?
We looked at getting a new cap on Kijiji (where we found our current one) and found some nice deals but I would have to REPAINT, and WASTE the one we have.... that seemed pretty wrong.
SO..... we made one. Perfect...it is not. Functional... yes. Funky.... FOR SURE!
Pictures....ok:
In process....
Glue is drying....
Installed and painted.
I don't know how long it will last, but for now it works.
May 22, 2010
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I just realized I missed posting my March and April books so here we gooo....
March I read something....hmmmm, oh yeah...
THIS ONE:
SUPER FREAKONOMICS by Levitt & Dubner.
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I loved it. But I loved the first Freakonomics book so I knew I would. It's just a lot of really interesting true facts and how they effect economics today or in the past.
A breakdown of what's covered:
Introduction: Putting the Freak in Economics
Chapter 1: How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa?
Chapter 2: Why should suicide bombers buy life insurance?
Chapter 3: Unbelievable stories about apathy and altruism
Chapter 4: The fix is in---and it's cheap and simple
Chapter 5: What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common?
OK, onto April. That one was a bit more disturbing.
BUYOLOGY by Lindstrom
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I will cover one of those things in my next post...... but I digress.
Both books came from my local library and I would recommend both for different reasons.
NEXT BOOK.... something a little more uplifting.
May 18, 2010
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I just walked into my sons room.
I turned.
I walked out.
Who instructed these two in the use of explosives?
When did it go off?
Why didn't I hear anything?
I could freak out.
I'm not going to.
I'm just going to give them both big hugs,
I turned.
I walked out.
Who instructed these two in the use of explosives?
When did it go off?
Why didn't I hear anything?
I could freak out.
I'm not going to.
I'm just going to give them both big hugs,
Assure them that my love is not based on performance,
And tell them they have 24 hours.
I will be outside reading if you need me.
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May 14, 2010
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In honour of my Dreadlock Anniversary last week I took a look at the blogs I read that just happen to be written by fellow dready's. They are some pretty amazing people! SO....a shout out to all my fellow dready momma's in blogland. Amazing women like Sara at Walk Slowly, Live Wildly. The Organic Sister Tara and her new wandering tales... the amazing pictures at Boho Photography.
I was in the middle of painting my bike so unfortunately I'm sporting my favorite painting shirt.
I'm pretty thrilled that my dreads are starting to grow. They spent the first year locking up and getting shorter (ggrrrr).
Question asked most often..... how do I clean them. I'm glad you asked!
Fill a sink or container with:
1/2 cup baking soda
8 drop tea tree oil*
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. sea salt.
Fill with really hot water... as hot as you can handle.
Soak for 10 min.
Leave for another 30 min wrapped in a towel.
Rinse.
* If you are not a fan of tea tree oil sub in something you love the smell of!
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I'm pretty thrilled that my dreads are starting to grow. They spent the first year locking up and getting shorter (ggrrrr).
Question asked most often..... how do I clean them. I'm glad you asked!
Fill a sink or container with:
1/2 cup baking soda
8 drop tea tree oil*
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. sea salt.
Fill with really hot water... as hot as you can handle.
Soak for 10 min.
Leave for another 30 min wrapped in a towel.
Rinse.
* If you are not a fan of tea tree oil sub in something you love the smell of!
May 04, 2010
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In honour of my 100th post I thought I would ramble about my weekend. My husband has been away for three days and it rained for two of them. Nice. In case he doesn't believe me I took a few pictures....
I learned that I seem to get WAY more done when he's gone than when he's here. Odd. I had a few unfinished projects I decided to tackle in his absence. The first was a chair that I bought at a junk shop (for lack of a better term) at least 10 years ago... OK 15 but who's counting. I was inspired to do this by Brenda. I read THIS blog posting the day Dave left and was completely in awe of her ability.
I learned that I can break my own rules...I have a rule against painting wood. So I stained it with blue milk paint. You can still see the grain and details through it... but it's blue. I consider this a fair compromise. I learned that boys are a great help sanding. Staining.. not so much. Going with the grain seems completely and genetically beyond them. I blame my husbands DNA for this.
I learned that tea tastes better in my new mug. No.. it's not all in my head. It really does.
I learned that once I start to paint it's REALLY hard to stop.
I learned that when trying to fix your plastic dog head with expanding foam because your adorable sons smashed his nose in...... less is more. There's a reason they call it expanding.
Finally, I learned that I really miss my man when he's gone.
I also learned that even though they are boys the have very decided opinions on fabric so a 5 min. trip to the fabric store turned into 35. The stripes were the compromise between the vision of three different personalities. I also learned that stapling fabric with a electric staple/brad gun is pretty scary stuff with an 7 and 8 year old "helping" you.
Finally, I learned that I really miss my man when he's gone.
April 12, 2010
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Ok, so the cookies were amazing. The kids didn't love them but I was in heaven.
They turned out just like they were supposed to, crunchy on the outside, hollow on the inside. I added a few tbsp. of cocoa powder which made them look a bit more like rocks.
Unfortunately I didn't get a picture because they were gone SO quick!
For the Instructions SEE HERE!
They turned out just like they were supposed to, crunchy on the outside, hollow on the inside. I added a few tbsp. of cocoa powder which made them look a bit more like rocks.
Unfortunately I didn't get a picture because they were gone SO quick!
For the Instructions SEE HERE!
April 08, 2010
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Empty Tomb Cookies - 220621 - Recipezaar
To celebrate Easter we will be making these cookies tonight to be ready on Easter Monday morning!
To celebrate Easter we will be making these cookies tonight to be ready on Easter Monday morning!
April 04, 2010
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Spring is for Maple Syrup!
We checked out the Sugar Shack at Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation area with the Williams Family and their Aussie friends Julia and Bryce.
March 27, 2010
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Over the March break my sister came down with her two boys and in an effort to keep them all amused we decided on a ferry ride. It was a pretty cold day and this offered a lot of amusement for free.
The bonus in it all was that I finally got over to the Wolfe Island Wind Farm to see the turbines up close. They are amazing.
The kids even enjoyed following the route the energy takes from turbine to Joe Smiths home. They had it all mapped out at the information hut. I love the unexpected lessons that we can take home and do more research on!
March 22, 2010
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! I'm not Irish but will celebrate just about anything.
To mark this special day my sons and I made Peppermint Patties from "How it all Vegan".
These things were SUPER easy to make and very yummy.
We tried to make hearts and shamrocks but once they were dipped it was really hard to tell. So do yourself a favour and go with round balls, much easier to shape and dip.
The filling is SOOO easy:
2 cups of powdered sugar
1 tbsp. vegan marj.
2 tsp peppermint extract
2 tbsp vegan milk ( I used rice milk)
Blend it all together until its a paste, form into balls, freeze 15 min. Dip into melted chocolate with a bit or margarine. SWEET!
March 17, 2010
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