HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Just want to wish you all a Happy Halloween

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Please watch out for all the little ghouls tonight and drive safe!

Oh and don't eat too much candy! :)

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July IHSW ~ post-weekend

Well little stitching actually got done this weekend, but I had a  feeling that would be how it was to go.

Here is a before an a couple of after pics of what I did get done

Before weekend

After weekend

Close up of after  weekend

I am on holidays this week, but not sure how much stitching I will get done.  Today was a Movie day with my hubby.  First we saw The Dark Night Rises (no words to express my sadness at the tragic loss of life in Colorado), then after lunch we saw the new Spider man Movie.  Tomorrow we are off somewhere, but not sure where as of yet...   guess we should decide soon LOL.  I  was on holidays last week  as well.  I had hoped  to do a post of pics from my trip to Orillia with my Mom, but the card in my camera go corrupted after I got home, and lost them all.  Oh well, could have been worse and happened at an important event.
Hope you all have a great week!

Quebec City 2011, part 2

Sunday started out like Saturday, but instead of going back to the old city, we headed in the oposite direction.  Last year Blair and I didn't get to see the falls and really wanted to do it this year.  Todd had never been either.

View from the cable car

Bridge over the falls

Looking down over the falls

View from the other side, walkin down the stairs

Dani and I

After, we headed further east and visited the Canyon Ste-Anne. None of us had been there before and it looked really interesting!

Blair about to go over the first bridge at the start of the falls

Water rushing over the start of the falls

Beautiful

Amazing

After a great late lunch, we headed back to the hotel.  After a short stop we headed back down to the old city.  We looked for a horse and carriage to take us on a ride.  Our driver was much quieter this time which was a shame.  The guy Blair and I had last year was amazing and we learned  a lot  from him.  We wondered around a bit more after our ride and headed down to the lower city for dinnner.  This time we hit an italian resturant with a wood stove.  Again, the food was amazing.  Dani and I both had pizzas done in the wood oven.  After dinner, we walked back along the board walk and then back to the hotel.  It was a long, but amazing day.

The next mornin we had breakfast and then made our way back to Dani and Todd's, and then Blair and I headed home. 

It was a packed, but amazing few days in one of the prettiest towns in Canada.

Quebec City 2011, part 1

On the 22nd, Dani and I along with our other half's Todd and Blair made our way to Quebec City.
That night we didn't do anything too exciting but did manage to find a showing of Harry Potter in English.

Saturday morning we headed to breakfast and then made our way into the old city.  Below are some pics I took along the full day of walking around.

Some graffiti around our hotel

Flowers in the Joan of Arc Garden

Statue of Joan of Arc

Walking on the boardwalk beside the Chateau Frontenac

One of the various street performers

This guy would move if you gave him money

One of the many statues hidden around the city

Looking down into the lower city

Lower city

and also the place we ate..food was amazing!

Saturday night we also did the ghost walk.  I got back to the hotel tired, but it was a great day.

Stay tuned for part 2 when visited not one but two waterfalls :)

Beautiful

Last weekend DH and I went on a camping trip.  We went somewhere I have never been, but heard was beautiful.
We went to Algonquin Park
Friday morning we were out of the house around 9am and started the 4hr drive.  Check in is 2pm and we wanted as much time there as possible.  We drove right through until we hit a little town called Whitney, about 1/2 hr from the campground.  We stopped for a quick lunch since we were actually running about 1 hr ahead of shedule.
After I passed the parks entrance I had a very hard time keeping the car at 80km.  The view was breathtaking!

We arived at our campground, Lake of Two Rivers CG, at around 1:30 and were allowed to enter early.  We found our spacious campsite and quickly got to work setting up the tent.  It actually went up easier this time than it did a year ago... amazing when you actually READ the instructions lol
After getting stuff set up, we made our way down to the beach.  This is the beautiful view that awaited us.

That night we also took a quick walk to the store for Kawartha Dairy ice cream.  I was happy to see they had KD ice cream since IMHO it is the second best ice cream I have ever had.  The first being COWS in PEI which you can't get off the island, so first in Ontario :) 

We also started a fire (first try btw... I rock).  Holy crap it got cool friday night!

Saturday morning I awoke early with the urge to hit the ladies room.  I fiqured it was starting to be daylight so I didn't think I would run into any bears.  Lesson learned... wear your glasses!  I saw a glimpse of a shadow and first thing that went into my head was bear.  I headed back to the tent and grabed my glasses.  I re-emerged very cautiously and realized that it was another camper moving around and not a bear.  DH didn't let me live it down all weekend.......

After a good breakfast we decided to hit one of the many trails at the park.  We thought the 6km Bat

Lake trail looked interesting. Lesson two.. take lots of water when you decide to do a 6km moderate trail hike!  By the end of the walk I was feeling de-hydrated and was very tired!  Looking back at the pictures from the hike, I think it was worth it though... just amazing!  Here are just a few of the almost 100 pictures I took on the hike.

Start of the trail

One of the many little bridges

Cute little froggy

Lovely little bridge around a small waterfall

Was Gargamel here?? :(

The view from the lookout that made the whole trek worth it

Acidic Bat Lake

I ended up putting the camera away about 15 mintues after the lake picture.  I was having trouble walking on the trail (didn't want to sprain my ankle for the 2nd year in a row on holidays) and making sure I didn't drop the camera.

Late Saturday afternoon we  on were joined by my BIL Chad and his family, and my MIL and her friend.  We had a very nice campfire with them on Saturday night, and a nice chat Sunday morning after we packed up our camp.

About 1pm it was time for us to head home.  Traffic was actually better than I thought and we arrived home after a short stop in Peterborough for lunch and picking up my car at my Mom's. 

All in all it was a great camping trip, although it was a little short.  I think we are going to head up there again next year and make it a long weekend (Friday to Monday).

This weekend I am off on another little adventrue and will hopefully blog early next week, but might be later.  

Almost the end!

It is just over a week since my last blog post.  Not mch happend last week besides lots of work, but the weekend and this week has been better.

On Sunday, I attended Easter dinner at my Aunts house.  I don't get to spend as much time with this side of the family so I was a nice change.  I can't believe how big my cousin's kids are getting!!

My cousin(in-law) and hubby sharing a special moment :)

The easter bunny has stopped by and the kids had fun looking for hidden eggs... minus the 5 I ate on them...shhhhhhh

While they were looking, I spotted these eggs and thought they would make for interesting pictures

Yesturday was my 33rd birthday.  I received some lovely flowers at work!

First the flowers from my Boss showed up

Then about an hour later these showed up from my hubby

Here they are together on my desk

My mom drove down and took Blair and I out for dinner at the Railside in Port Hope.  VERY good food!!

That was about it for my evening.  Hockey kept Blair entertained and I did some stitching.  We will celebrate my birthday either this sunday or next sunday by going for lunch/dinner and a movie.  I also want to stop at pick up a few things I want to buy with my Birthday Money :)

April 26th seems to be a popular birthday.  I share my special day with an uncle, an old neighbour, a guy I played darts with, a friends hubby, and of course with once of my oldest friends, Amy 

For her birthday I made her a scissor fob featuring her 2 wonderful children's birthstones and of course hers (ours).  I then asked her (before she knew she was getting said fob.. i hope) if she had scissors just for embroidery... SHE DIDN"T!!  Well I couldn't let that happen, so I ordered a small pair from the states and hoped they would come in in time.  (They did with a week to spare!)

For some reason, I didnt' take a picture of just her fob (I have pics combined with the ones for my mom) so I will steal her picture from her blog to share with you.

Amy's fob with stones for November and December, plus April



I looked at the PhotoHunt for the week before I went away on the weekend.  This weeks theme was Dusty.  Nothing jumped out at me while out and about so the only thing I could think about was Cavendish Beach, PEI.  Here is a pic of a dune at the beach... hopefully it counts lol

Cavendish Beach, PEI July 18, 2010

On a side note, Tax season will be done on Monday May 2nd... YAH!!!!

Holiday Summary

Wow.  3 weeks since my last post.  Sometimes I can get really bad at posting.

For the last 2 weeks, I have been on holidays.  Hubby and I went to PEI with My Brother-in-law, his girlfriend, and the 2 kids.  Unfortunately we didnt' get to travel around the island as I wanted to, but stayed around Cavendish.  I was there around 20 years ago, and wow has it become commercial!

We camped at a really nice campground called Marco Polo Land.  I also went hoping to enjoy my first Lobster.  I didn't like it, but hubby said it was over-cooked.  I had hoped to go to a really awesome place in New Rustico, but the plans were changed.  Don't get me started on that..... I might start to rant lol

So instead, I will provide some pics of my time there

Green Gables

The original Green Gables House that inspired LM Montgomery.

House is now decorated per book.

Top of the stars - Anne's Room

Dress Mathew gave her...puffed sleves

The slate the broke over Gil's head

What is left of the house LM Montgomery actually grew up in

It was her grandparents house.

Worth the $4 to walk the grounds IMO

Cavendish Beach

MacNeils Pond - Lake of shinning waters

Cavendish Beach

Dunes on beach

I did visit a few other places in Cavendish including The Village of Avonlea, and Sandspit Amusement Park.

On the way home, Hubby and I made a short stopover in Quebec City.  Of the entire trip, I think Quebec City was the best....for many reasons.

One of the gates

The driver and horse that did your tour - Phillip & Sunny

Not a cheap tour, but worth it.

Artists Alley

One of the cute little streets

The amazing restaurant we ate at.  Would recommend in an instant.

On our way home, we made the side trip to Ste-Ane-de-Beaupre.  One word... Beautiful.

I took some pictures of the church of the stations of the cross.  I will save those for another post.

On the stitching front, I have not stitched much since getting together with Dani & Rebecca.  I took stitching with me, but either didn't have time, or didn't feel like it.  I have stitched since I have returned, and will post some pics soon.

On a side note, I grew up thinking Quebec was full of rude and ignorant people.  This trip to Quebec was nothing, and I mean nothing like that.  These people are very friendly and kind.  I not once had an issue with the language bearier... I don't remember much french from High School.  If you have been wanting to visit this beautiful old city and are nervous... DON'T BE!  I would go back in a heart beat!!