snowmen cookies

a sweet friend named Suzanne recommended the magazine Country Home Holiday with Matthew Mead. while i love to read magazines, especially about crafts, lifestyle and home decor i'm also not often one to try and attempt the projects in them.
usually too complicated, costly, and i always have trouble finding the supplies they use. i don't live in a large metro area.

but the Matthew Mead mag is different. i can see myself doing some of them.
i fell in love with his snowman cookies. instead of pfferneuse cookies, i used the holiday white oreos and edible markers for their face.

easy - they are going to sophie's daycare tomorrow for treats.

blog break

taking a trip to Vancouver tomorrow for work.
back to blogging in a couple of days :)

christmas book club

we had a nice change from our regular book club meeting this time. a few of us met at Karen's house...we had treats...brought our kids...and read Christmas stories. smaller than normal turnout due to the snowfall we've been getting here.

poor sophie did not like The Christmas Carol selection that was read. scrooge seemed to upset her. but not the half dozen 2 bite brownies she ate.

a winter home

brrr...it's snowing out this morning.
glad it's Sunday and we don't have to go far today.

this book looks perfect for a day like today.
santa?

-5 degrees celcius

much colder weather is expected mid-week, but for now this
is still on the brisk side. we stayed indoors, put on the fire, some candles
and relaxed.

little people nativity

vic and i were talking tonight as we do each night around 9pm when we are eating our dessert. sophie needs to know about the Christmas story. the nativity.

i think i'll take a trip down to Zellers tomorrow during lunch and see if they have this:

Country Home Holiday

This is my latest magazine purchase

yummy. it's a gorgeous magazine.

Christmas lists

I thought it best to drop a few subtle hints via the old blog.
Dear, if you are reading this, here are a few suggestions (I will add/edit as I can):

this lens

maybe this for my wrist

books, like this
and this
maybe a pretty one of these (to replace my ugly grey one)

and maybe a tin of this
that's a start :)

{red}

i love red (most shades anyways).
especially loved sophie in her little red riding hood costume this year.

finished a layout tonight.

favourite things

some of my favourite things...

this magazine i love the party dresses in the december issue.

these shoes (thank you vic for this birthday gift)

one of my favourite books is being made into a movie (thanks Joanne for letting me know)
yippee - currently filming in london

beauty/fashion magazines

before i became a momma, and particularly during my 20s, i was a fashion/beauty magazine crazy addict.

today, not so much. i only flip through them at the hair salon.

i found this blog. it's good.

i've been tagged

actually, i haven't really, but i liked this one and i didn't have anything to
blog about tonight (unless i want to go on about work stuff - which i don't).

1. What is your occupation? HR manager
2. What color are your socks right now? oatmeal coloured
3. What are you listening to right now? the hum of my computer
4. What was the last thing that you ate? couscous
5. Can you drive a stick shift? yes
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? orange
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? my mom
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? n/a
9. How old are you today? 38 (for a few more hours)…
10. Favorite drink. diet coke
11. What is your favorite sport to watch? something girly - like ice skating
12. Have you ever dyed your hair? yes - every 3 months
13. Pets? not now
14. Favorite food? Depends - probably yogurt w/raisons
15. What was the last movie you watched and did you cry? can't remember
16. Favorite month? october
17. What do you do to vent anger? rant
18. What was your favorite toy as a child? barbies for sure
19. What is your favorite, fall or spring? fall - no question
20. Hugs or kisses?hugs
21. Cherries or Blue berries? blue berries, but cherries are close
22. Do you want your friends to email you back? only if they want to
23. Who is most likely to respond? nadine :)
24. Who is least likely to respond? ??
25. Living arrangements? My home with Vic and Sophie
26. When was the last time you cried? Not sure
27. What is on the floor of your closet? a shirt that is going to the thrift store
28. Who is the friend you have had the longest relationship on the net you
are sending this to? ???
29. What did you do last night? we just got back from Montreal, so i didn't go anywhere -- just wanted to be home.
30. What is your favorite smell? apple pie
31. What inspires you? people, magazines (creatively)
32. What are you afraid of? illness
33. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? Cheeseburgers
34. Favorite dog breed? not sure
35. Number of keys on your key ring? 4
36. How many years at your current job? 8
37. Favorite day of the week? don't have a fav.
38. What states have you lived in? n/a - provinces (BC)
39. Favorite holidays? Christmas
40. Ever driven a Motorcycle or heavy machinery? No!

Calico Critters

Sophie started playing with these little adorable creatures at a toy store during our trip to Montreal. She was mesmerized for about a good 20 minutes talking to them, posing them, and hugging them.

I bought her a set of this family for Christmas. Since they are quite small, I think they will be great for hand-eye coordination plus she loves to act out her little scenarios (so good for socialization/family roles too).

bonjour

we just got back home a couple of hours ago.
the laundry is ON.

Montreal is lovely. my favourite part is definately old Montreal (Vieux-Montreal).
The Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Montreal (Our Lady of Montreal Basilica) was the highlight I think. It opened in 1829 and everything in it is on a grand scale. Celine Dion was married there and Pierre Trudeau's funeral was held there. It's rather jaw dropping -- and not in a garish way.

The shopping was also quite amazing. St. Catherine's Street, plus the underground shopping was great. The citizens are very friendly and extremely accomodating in switching to English if you do not speak French. Vic and I found that our high school french left something to be desired. French immersion for Sophie is looking like more of a possibility.

Here are some photos.

tomorrow

tomorrow we are off to vancouver and then on to montreal.

can't wait.

in the meantime, found this cool link.

studio 60

we've started to watch this on Monday nights.

it seems to be holding our attention for now. the writing is pretty good - very West Wingish since the exec producer is the same guy who did West Wing. sometimes i find the dialogue too fast and it's almost hard to understand what the characters are saying.

i like steven weber, matthew perry and bradley whitford, and john goodman was great guest staring tonight. do NOT like Amanda Peet. i seriously don't think she can act, plus i find her unbelievable as the President of a network. maybe she'll grow on me, maybe the character will develop and unfold. she needs some edge in my opinion.

just my 2 cents.

flashback (1986)

back in December of 1986, i was in my second year of university at the University of Victoria. studying sociology, english, psychology and political science. which led me to deciding i wanted to study business, which required a complete re-shifting of gears...moving back home, earning some more money, going to a different school, etc...an interesting (difficult) switch, but good in the end.

i came home for Christmas that 2nd year with wild hair, FULL eyebrows and padded shoulders.

nice.

a trip

we are going here next Wednesday. for about a week.
i can't wait, especially since i haven't been east of Alberta in
this great big country of ours.

we are going for a work conference for vic. all 3 of us.
sophie on a plane for 5 hours. hmmm...