Thanks Giving

Fun putting away the trampoline!

Rich, Jen, Josy, Isaac, Josh, Rudy, Amy & Robin

Byron, Kathy, Larry, David, Kevin, Dianne, Matt & Amanda

Harriet & Maeve

Yoho in Oct getting very windy and colder

My thanks giving cupcakes.

Last week was very tiring but fun. I was working from 8-4.30 with a class of seven 3 year olds at the early learning center where I work. They certainly kept me on my toes! Harriet came with me for 2 days as it's a long weekend at the moment and even she was shattered by the end of the day. From next week I start working part time with Thursday as my day off. I've got a big market booked on 18/19th Nov called Christmas in the market so I'm baking Christmas cakes at the moment then I'll start to fill the freezer with lots of baked goodies. I'm also still practising my cupcake designs for the market. My boss at work says I can kick start my business by giving out flyers to all the parents so I can bake for their kids parties etc.

On Friday at 7.30am on our way to work Harriet and I saw a moose. He was a big bull moose stood in the middle of Hanwell road. Thankfully it was a beautiful clear morning and I saw him along way off so I could stop and watch him. He turned and stared at us then wandered off into the woods! The roads are very dangerous at night at the moment as the weather has turned cold it means moose mating season. Moose are huge creatures with little spindly legs so if you hit one on the road you have very little chance of surviving.

This weekend is thanks giving which everyone gets really excited about. I've asked many people what they do at thanks giving and most say go home and eat! We were invited to Kevin and Diannes to celebrate with them. There were lots of family and friends there and we ate a beautiful meal of Turkey, potatoes, squash, peas, carrots, gravy, stuffing, tomatoes, beetroot, apple pie, pumpkin pie and I took along my latest cupcake designs to taste. A great time was had by all.

David has been helping friends finish their haymaking and next week he's going to the cranberry bog to help with the wet harvesting of the cranberries. He spends the rest of his time on roofs installing broadband!

We're busy getting our little house winterized by putting in a bigger fire, which when lit makes the house really warm at the moment. Also we've got 3 sets of patio doors to board up before the snow comes. We've put away all patio furniture, the trampoline and we still need to bring in the jetty. Alot of the wood is cut but this needs finishing and stacking close to the door!

A friend at work has given Harriet snow boots, coat and trousers (sorry pants!) but the rest of us still need to get kitted out and so do our cars which need minimum of all season tyres but better to have snow tyres on. We are told sometimes the snow comes by end of Oct but rarely stays then but to expect it by November definately.