Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Things that make me smile - September edition


In the spirit of making sure that I celebrate all of life's little gifts and gems, here are a few things that made me smile in September:

LOVE me some muscle cars (as seen on our trip to the US)
 
We pulled into a gas station behind a van...fully outfitted with what looked like satellite on the roof and an air conditioner in the back window.  Some people just know how to live!!

Farm fresh eggs from Janet & Gary's chickens with fresh fruit for breakfast.  Superb!

My very first adaptation of a favorite recipe to a legal recipe that Dave can eat (recipe will be posted soon)


Scenes from the weekend...the looonng weekend!!

This is long past due but I have been having a real problem uploading photos on our desktop computer.  Something must be blocking the uploads for some reason.  So, I finally figured out that I should try to do it on a laptop until I can fix whatever is wrong.

We made our annual trip to the cottage for the Labour Day weekend in September.  Dave, Heather and I arrived on Friday and immediately entered 'chill' mode.  Gary had wireless installed at the cottage which could be a blessing or a curse.  We spent 'quality time' together in the upstairs den, all working/playing on separate laptops!!  Ahhh, technology!

We really spent the entire weekend doing nothing but napping, reading, playing on the computer and eating.  Well, Heath was a bit more industrious and did some work each morning at some inhumane hour that I refuse to acknowledge comes more than once a day.

Brian and Michelle are now busy with two little ones and only came down for the day on Monday.  Thankfully, it was sunny and the warmest day of the weekend.  Mom and Dad dropped in and so did Dave's Aunt Majorie and her husband, Roy.  We invited everyone to stay for supper and madly scrambled to clear out cupboards and fridge so everyone would have something to eat.  We called it our 'loaves and fishes' meal because there was enough food for everyone and even some leftovers for our cottage neighbor, Ivan.

Here are a few pics to chronicle our little break:


A quiet morning on the sun deck


Some Monday brunch options


Nolan had a ball with all of the new things to see and do


Our table full of guests