Happy Caturday!!

Storm trooper chip!!

That's right folks! That chip looks like a storm trooper (they are from Star Wars, mom). Pretty amazing! Well, not amazing, but something.
We had a fun weekend. James' friends C&D came to visit. They have two large black dogs, Jake and Dirk. The dogs are well behaved and C&D definitely keep them in check. I like it when dog and children owners take care of their dogs and make sure they don't bother me. Dammit. The weather was beautiful, D and I were able to sit on the deck and do some chatting. C and James put a new hood on their truck. Later we bbq'd and had a campfire. There was some talk about going to race, but we were too drunk and it was supposed to rain. It did eventually rain, we sat outside by the fire in the rain for awhile before moving into the garage. We then went into the house, listened to some music and then went to bed.
The next morning we woke with headaches and went for brunch! After brunch we went to the 'Courtice Flea Market'. I love junk! I saw a lot of great junk! This is where we are going to buy christmas gifts y'all!!

Too tired to type!

I cleaned my butt of today! I started with the bath tub because it was covered in coffee, from my coffee/sugar scrub! Then I moved to the bathroom floor, then the cupboard. Since I have started using homemade products I wanted to clean out all of the products that I don’t want to use. My skin feels amazing! I get really annoyed by clutter, especially in the bathroom. That room should be organized, just like the kitchen, or your bedroom, or closet, and of course..wait..everywhere! OCD much? kind of. anyways, I made some iced green/ginger/mint tea. I haven’t tried it yet. I put lots of honey in it so I wouldn’t have put any sugar in, next time I will use Stevia. I have never used Stevia. James decided to cut the grass, so I cleaned the kitchen. I wanted to get some mixing bowls off the counter. I re-organized the spice cupboard. Also I wiped out the fridge. I don’t think he has ever cleaned the fridge! So that was my day. Boring? Not really. Have I written anything other than blog posts? no. dammit.

Bunnies beware!!

Three little beans have sprouted! James said that he saw some bunny outside nibbling on some of the weeds around the garden. Bunny better watch himself or he will turn into stew.

China Cabinet

On Monday we went to London to James' Mom's house to pick up this china cabinet. Her parents are moving in with her and she has to get rid of furniture. We brought it home and put it in the the living room. I polished it and put crap on it yesterday. It looks very good. I think the plant has found a new home. He seems pretty happy up there, he is able to stretch out.

One Year Anniversary!!

Monday was James and I's one year anniversary! It doesn't feel like it has been a year, seems like only yesterday we were going to Nirvana for our "first date". James bought me this plant and a card. What a sweet guy!

Lovely Lilac!

Lilacs in a tea cup. Pretty! I cut a branch off the lilac tree in the front yard. There are now lilacs all over the house. Even by Frank's food dish! He likes the smell. I think they are a really pretty flower and they smell lovely.
Todays weather was a little schizo, cold and windy then warm and sunny. We had to go to Mosport race track to a auto shop there, James ordered some parts for the race car from there. Then we went for a drive. We enjoy going for drives. We noticed a lot of places for sale. James, just like my mother, enjoys looking at real estate. We aren't looking to buy, it is just fun to look. Window shop. I absolutely love going to open houses. Everyone thinks that is depressing, James gets depressed, I really enjoy seeing what is out there. Also it is practice for when we do look for another house.
Went food shopping, I am going to make shepherd's pie tomorrow. Also I am going to make a soup. I have to clean out the fridge and freezer. There is no room! After food shopping, James put carpet that we bought the other day into the van. I did some yoga and housework. And then we went to Red Lobster, or as the french say 'Lobster Rouge'!!!! I ate everything on my plate. I spent the rest of the night in pain. I was laying on the couch feeling like crap, so I forced myself to go for a walk. It felt good. Cool, fresh air. Now I am going to have a bath and then go to bed. I need to get up early tomorrow. Work out before James gets home, so I can blast dance music!

TUESDAY!! yeah it is.

The basil is growing!!

I planted strawberry and hot pepper plants outside today. My friends Glendon and Michelle brought them as a housewarming gift. We had a party to finally celebrate moving out of Toronto and into James’ house. It was a lot of fun. It was really nice to see everyone and to be partying out here instead of in Toronto. I hope that this can happen again more.

I am baking bread right now. This is my second attempt at baking bread from scratch. I want to master baking. I hope it works. So far it is better than the last time. Rising perfectly. I am trying to figure out what to have for dinner. Either Spicy pasta sauce with bow-tie pasta or shepherd’s pie.

I noticed a lilac tree outside yesterday. I am going to go and cut some off. I love lilacs. They are my favourite smelling flower. I am going to paint polka dots on my nails! Then read outside. I am still reading ‘Eat Pray Love’, she is now in India. So far, pretty good. I am looking forward to seeing the movie.

Grease is on t.v. right now. I had ‘hotdoggins!’ for lunch today. I can’t resist. They are the worst kind of meat, but I love them!

So far this has been a pretty wicked day!

Oh! I did my taxes yesterday. I have never done them before. They weren’t as hard as I thought they would be to do. They were really confusing, though. I am going to get James to check them. I am going to go and hand in my application to ‘The Humane Society’ in Oshawa. I want to be a cat cuddler!

Aren't we cute?

We are all making angry faces! HeeHee!

Check out my green thumb!!

Turns out that I have had a green thumb all along. I have always thought that I am a bad cook and a plant killer. I killed a cactus once! How? I over loved it, too much water. But this plant, it was a little piece that a friend of ours broke off the dying plant and stuck in a glass of water. It sat in the water for a long time, then one day I said, "Krista, let's plant this!". So I did. I stuck it in a glass planter with some dirt that James had in the basement. I got discouraged because it wasn't doing well, the dirt was really watery and the plant didn't seem to be growing roots. I took the plant and dirt out of the planter, threw some glass beads in and spread them out on the bottom, then stuck the plant back in with a little more dirt. And Ta-friggin'-Daa!! The plant has now gone from one sprig of dying to a beautiful healthy plant!! So I am more capable than I ever gave myself credit for, it is amazing what you can do with a little time!!

I got to find my green thumb!!

These are my Mom's tomato plants. She started them with seeds inside, I need to do the same. I am going to go and get the things I need and start them this week. Grow them and then plant them outside at the end of May. I am not sure exactly what I want yet. I need to draw it out and figure out what kind of veggies we will eat. I am really excited about growing our own food. We watched 'Food Inc.' last night. It is pretty scary what we don't know about our food. I think that we (James and I) need to be more conscious of what we are eating. We are already pretty good but we eat a lot of processed stuff. He wants to start running and doing yoga, once he starts that he will eat more and need better, whole foods. We need to buy local and organic. He is going to go in on a half cow with some guys from work. He eats a lot of meat, which is fine, but he needs to make sure it is good meat.

lol catz are my crack.

Sometimes I get stuck on the internet looking at cute animal picture and videos. I think that is my crack. Can't get enough. I saw this one last night. I love Marie Antoinette, anything to do with her I find fascinating. Now I know a sleeping cat isn't fascinating, but look at the fur, the colour, the posture! If Frank was still, er, well, "equipped", then I would be tracking this beauty of a cat down! Of course I am assuming that this is a female. Even so, I really want a pretty white kitty. Frank would probably be scared of it, would remind him of the evil White Cat. I just think it would look pretty for family photos. James could hold Frank the boy cat and I would hold Margaret the girl cat. I am not sure yet what her name would be, maybe Helen. Marcia? Another boy would be named Dennis,obviously!

Poor Frank!!

Frank met up with his arch-nemesis 'White Cat' the other night. I was outside and I heard cat fighting sounds. Frank had went over to the neighbors and was in the 'forest' beside their house. I called to James and we ran over. White cat was standing all defiant and poor Frank was cowering in fear. I will admit that I saw a lot of white fur and there was white fur stuck in Franks paws. We scared White-devil-Cat away and called to Frank. He ran to the front of the house. That is when we noticed the smell. Frank had went poopy, he was actually still going poopy. James carried him to the back door and took him to the basement for a bath. Frank was not happy! We washed and dried him, then lured him upstairs with treats. He sat on the carpet in the backroom licking himself. I wanted to show you how funny he looks wet. His tail is so skinny and funny when he whips it around. James has decided that he must teach Frank self defense, so he doesn't have any more 'Shit Shows'. We have also decided to defend the house against the evils of White Cat. Stay tuned to hear more about the saga of Frank and White Cat.

Skid School racecar

James and his Dad are building a racecar. James Dad has a business, 'Skid School', which is a driving school that teaches you accident avoidance and car control. They have the Wingham highschool autoshop class working on the car. James designed this car on a video game. Pretty neat! I am excited about watching James race a car that they designed and built.

James + sports = drinking!!!

A couple of weeks ago James went to Buffalo with some work pals to see a hockey game. Now let's get something straight here, James does not like sports. He enjoys car racing but other than that not much else. He went ice fishing because of the drinking , goes golfing every summer for the drinking, and went to the hockey game, once again, for the drinking. He may not be an excellent ice fisher, or golfer and when it comes to watching hockey, he is lacking. But he is a championship drinker! Give him some beers and you will be amazed! They had 3 sets of tickets that were in different places around the arena, and switched places after every period. They were all pretty good seats. The first picture shows you that as well as a wicked blonde hair-do. Very nice. The second is some dude that was hit with the puck. Yikes! And the third, well it is just a picture.

Meeting the work pals.

Last night I met James' work buddies. They usually will do a wing/beer night at the end of a bunch of shifts and this time wives/girlfriends were invited! We went to a bar in Courtice. It was nice to put the names to faces. I have heard many a story about the various characters he works with. Also meeting the women behind these men was nice. I think that we will be hanging out more. When we got home after many beers(James) and 5 martinis(Krista), Frank was attacked. With love, mind you. And lots of it! James had just finished a 3 day, 12 hours a day work week, had many beers and he loves Frank. Let's be honest this is a serious Bromance. I was gone all weekend and they had some bonding time. Okay all together now, "Awwwww"!

Pics of Frank!!

Here are some pics of Frank. I was chilling on the couch, I grabbed Franks Binkey(a shawl that my mom made me) to lure him over. Of course he came over! Loves his Binkey!! I grabbed him and placed him on his back(he likes to sit like people) and put his Binkey on him like a blanket. It was adorable. His feets were sticking out the bottom. We laughed so hard.
The two other photos are of Frank laying on the kitchen floor. James was tossing pieces of newspaper on him. He just laid there. One landed on his face! Oh Frank!!

Dart board!!

James' mom gave us her dart board. It is so cool to have this dart board in our house because I remember it from my childhood. Every house she lived in it was there. She is really good at darts, actually she is really good at all pub style games. We put it up in the kitchen. We have already put 6 holes in the wall and a hole in the kitchen table!!

A big pile of rocks?!

I haven't posted in awhile. I deleted my facebook and ever since haven't been on the internet that much. I check my email but that is about it. NOT ANY MORE!! I want to post a lot more on this blog. We have been doing a lot of things outside. We cleaned up the big pile of rocks. That's right, there was a big pile of rocks to clean up. I think I have a picture of it. Wait. I will look for it. I found it. That pile was in the front yard. James took out the stone fireplace in the living room, like a year or more ago, he piled the rocks just off the front deck. We got a wheel barrel(barrow). It is so handy to have one. Who knew!! The rocks have been moved to the back yard. I weeded the garden. I also dug up one of the smaller gardens. I pulled out the biggest root of all time. That garden is going to be the vegetable garden. I have to go somewhere and buy some seeds and start to grow them inside. I found Frank laying in the garden a couple of times. He also tried to pee in one of the gardens. Stupid cat. I read somewhere that you can put lemon peels in the garden to keep cats out. He has found a patch of wild mint outside that he goes nuts over. He licks, eats and rubs his face all over it! Too cute!!!