Tonight it's Scrabble and Wine...

...Along with Spagetti and Meatballs and Sausage....and cheesecake!

What a wonderful ending to a super long week.

Tomorrow its the Annapolis Royal farmers market--and a quick trip to Ye Olde Time PUB.

(That is Elaines FaVoRitE place to eat when she comes. She always gets deep fried scallops)

Then, on Sunday, I'm doing a whale watching cruise for work....

Ryan sure is enjoying having his family out...he loves Tyson so much!

My Couches have Arrived!!

Sorry that it has been so long since my last post. I just started up my last semester of schooling last week, so I'm still setteling into the new schedule...now I know why they call them the lazy dayz of summer!

Anyhow, sometime between work and school and life...our new couches arrived! It took them 12 weeks to get to us.(6-8 weeks overdue...),but they finally made it. Well, part of the order did at least. The loveseat that we had ordered got beaten up pretty bad during shipping and so we sent it back right away. We have a whole new set on the way, however, that costco said we should be expecting in the next 3-4 weeks....which means that we will probobly get it sometime before Christmas.

Kyisha has laid claim to the chair, as that is her new favorite spot.

Ryan's mom is driving accross Canada right now as I type. She just called, and has just passed Montreal...so we'll be expecting her sometime tomorrow evening. She is traveling out with her dog, Tyson. Which means that we will now have 4 dogs to try and keep off the bare couches...good luck to us....

Project Chalkboard

I went shopping this past Saturday in hopes to find a large 2'x3' chalkboard that I could hang on my basement door. I found nothing...and I'm a pretty darn good shopper. (Let me clarify--I found no chalkboard. I did, however, find a very cute fall jacket! ....amongst other things...)

Everywhere I went, I was told "We have no chalkboards, but, we do have chalkboard paint.

So, I decided to giver a whack and make a chalkboard. I figured that it couldn't be all that hard. So, I went down to our local hardware store (Fraisers Pro!) and bought a sheet of ?-board (like peg-board without the holes), 2 strips of pretty moulding, 2 itty bitty "red gumball" wall paint samples, and a pint of chalkboard paint.

I got the hardware store to cut up my big sheet of ?-board into 2 - 2'x3' sections, leaving me with a HUGE 5'x4' piece (which I somehow managed to stuff in the back of the jeep amongst a whole shopping day's worth of purchases...). I cut the moulding at home into two 2' & 3' pieces.

..and voila!

...it's amazing what a little bit of caulk & paint can do for poor carpentry skills. Not to mention liquid nails, and a roll of double sided sticky tape.

My Tomatoes are almost ripe!

...the big ones that is. My sweet millions have been steady for the past few weeks, but I have never grown a big & juicy & ripe red tomato since I started vegetable gardening. This year I planted Roma's...and today I saw that one is almost ready to pluck! I think I'll make it up into some fresh salsa--along with some of the peppers from the garden.

The shame is, now that the bounty is here, I am the only one around to enjoy it.

I guess I'll be needing some advice on how to preserve vegetables....that, or the neighbors will each be getting a bountiful basket.

Ryan....I wish you were here. I'd make gazpacho and salsa thrice a week if you were!

My Clothesline Up and Running!

Thank You so much, Ryan!

I have always wanted one...