IT WAS AN EARLY MORNING ON THE ROAD
AND THE MOON ECLIPSE WAS JUST ABOUT OVER.
THE SUNRISE WAS BEAUTIFUL.
SO WE HAVE 22 HOURS OF DRIVING AHEAD OF US TO GET TO HAMILTON.
THE COLOURS AGAIN WERE BEAUTIFUL AS WE TOOK
THE UPPER PENINSULA ROUTE.
EARLY MORNING FOG ALONG SOME OF THE LAKES.
WE AGAIN SPENT THE FIRST WEEKEND AT CHRIS'S IN KITCHENER, SHOPPING AND
COOKING. TRYING TO GET SOUPS, LASAGNAS AND
HASH BROWN CASSEROLES DONE. ALSO BAKED A PAN FULL
OF SCALLOPED POTATOES FOR LUNCHES DURING THE
FIRST WEEK.
LORI CHOPPING VEGGIES IN PREPARATION FOR
THE VEGETARIAN LASAGNA!
CHRIS HELPING WITH THE LAYERING OF LASAGNA.
MANAGED TO COMPLETE 7 PANS OF LASAGNA - ONE FOR SUPPER
AND THE OTHER 6 FOR THE FREEZER!
NEXT WEEKEND THE AIM IS TO GET 6 PANS OF
HASHBROWN CASSEROLE MADE AND FROZEN.
LAYERING THE VEGETARIAN LASAGNA. IT WAS YUMMY!
THEN ON TO HAMILTON - LORI HAD TWO AND A HALF
SHIFTS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK SO WHILE SHE
WAS AT WORK, RON PAINTED HER BATHROOM.
CHANGE WAS FROM AQUA TO A NEUTRAL COLOUR WITH
GLITZ. WE FOUND SOME VAL SPAR GLITTER TO
ADD TO THE FINAL COAT OF PAINT.
MEASURING FOR THE OLD MEDICINE CABINET AND
INSTALLING A NEW ONE OVER THE SINK.
A NEW LACE CURTAIN TAKING OVER AS A SHOWER CURTAIN.
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHANGE!
A NICE FRESH LOOK!
ANOTHER WEEKEND AND BACK TO KITCHENER.
HAVING A FEW CAR ISSUES BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL
MAKE IT HOME BEFORE WE NEED TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.
PLANNING OUT THE RECORD WALL.
CHRIS'S RECORD COLLECTION.
ALL THE CANNING DONE AND CLEANING UNDERWAY!
GOT ABOUT 40 JARS OF SOUP COOKED AND CANNED
AS WELL AS 2 POTS OF SOUP WE ATE
DURING THE TIME WE WERE THERE. BORSCHT,
GREEN BEAN SOUP AND WILD RICE SOUP.
CHRIS'S FRIDGE - 22 JARS AND 1 POT OF SOUP
MOST OF THE CASSEROLES PACKAGED AND
IN THE FREEZER, ALONG WITH A FEW FARMER
SAUSAGE WE BROUGHT FROM MANITOBA.
MORE FLOORS TO WASH.
AFTER ALL OUR WORK WAS COMPLETED WE
HEADED TO CAMBRIDGE AND THE KEG.
MICHEAL WAS IN MISSISSAUGA FOR SOME COURSES SO
WAS ABLE TO JOIN US FOR SUPPER.
WE LEFT HAMILTON EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING
AND HEADED SOUTH TO SHIPSHEWANA.
WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET THERE IN TIME FOR THE
TOY AUCTIONS.
IT WAS A FORTUNATE
HAPPENSTANCE FOR RON!
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY SIDE.
CHECKED OUT PLANS FOR A GAZEBO AS
OURS NEED REPLACING.
WE HAD BEEN HERE BRIEFLY PREVIOUSLY AND
REALLY NEED TO COME BACK TO SPEND SOME
MORE TIME HERE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF INTERESTING
PLACES TO VISIT AND IF YOU ARE INTO
QUILTING, THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF FABRIC TO BE FOUND!!!
WE ARRIVED HOME WITH THE CAR STILL MOVING.
THE WEATHER AT HOME HAD BEEN ABOVE NORMAL
SO THERE WAS STILL NO ICE ON THE POND AND MY
GERANIUMS WERE STILL BLOOMING ALONG WITH
A FEW OTHER ANNUALS.
IN THE PAST WEEK WE HAVE MANAGED TO
GET ALL OUR OUTSIDE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND
DECORATIONS UP;
BROUGHT OUR CAR INTO THE GARAGE
FOR SOME MAJOR REPAIRS
TRANSMISSION, OIL LEAKS, BREAKS,
ANYTHING ELSE???
VERY THANKFUL WE MADE IT HOME WITHOUT
MAJOR INCIDENCE.
WE'LL DEAL WITH WHATEVER HAPPENS LATER.
NOW IT IS TIME TO UNPACK OUR CHRISTMAS TREES
AND BEGIN THE INDOOR DECORATING.
WILL SEE HOW MANY TREES I HAVE THE ENERGY TO DECORATE!
ALSO TIME TO PURGE SOME OF MY GLASSWARE COLLECTIONS.
NOVEMBER IS HERE AND PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS BEGIN.
THE WEATHER HAS CONTINUED TO BE
ABOVE NORMAL. VERY LITTLE MOISTURE IN OCTOBER
A HINT OF FLURRIES, BUT MOSTLY ABOVE FREEZING.
LOVE KEEPING WINTER ON HOLD!
