Moving day.....?

Moving Day is upon us again!!!

Except this time I'm not the one who is moving, thank goodness!!

Jenn & Scott will be moving in to their newly-built house this weekend and I will be there to help them (as I've moved them out and in their condo previously, and they've helped with our moves too!!)

I can't believe that their house is actually finished!! I have been visiting the house almost every week to see the progress. I've seen it when it was a hole, when the basement cement got poured, when the wall supports went up, the roof, the walls, the cabinets, the bathrooms, the basements, the hardwood floors, the carpet, the light fixtures, the granite counters, etc...

I have also been on a few shopping excursions where they would go from store to store deciding which appliances, or light fixtures, or colour of granite to get. It would take them some time to decide whether or not a light fixture had oil-brushed brass or not.

So, this weekend will be busy as the big move is slowly approaching, and I'm sure they're way more excited than I am as they now have a house to live in and are now homeowners!!!

Saunders Farm

On Saturday, Will, Steph, Jenn & I headed to Saunders farm in the late afternoon.

I haven't been since I was in grade school and I remembered it to be very scary. Luckily, my fears have decreased with age!!!

It was so much fun!!

We headed through the mazes before they got shut down for the night and then headed to play games, went through the haunted house and on the haunted hayride!!

One of the mazes called "the mile maze" took us like 1/2 hour just to get through it all. There were so many wrong turns done by us and backtracking and we had split up temporarily only to reunite after another wrong turn. I swear we probably walked a mile throughout the whole adventure. This is what part of the maze looked like:

There was lost of fun, lots of good food (especially BEAVERTAILS!!!) and I was very excited that it didn't rain at all while we were there, even though it rained on the way - we did get a little worried, but never turned back, thank goodness!!!

If you haven't gone yet, I recommend it -- and if you don't make it before Hallowe'en, they have lots of events going on throughout the year. Just check it out at their website.

It is finished

I have finally finished reading the super long, 817-paged Anna Karenina!!!!!

I have been reading it since early July and I finished it Friday on the way to work!!!

Mind you, I have only been reading it on the bus, to and from work, which is why it took me so long to read it!!

It was a good book. Lots of drama, trauma, and very descriptive. I had to keep remembering that it took place in 19th century Russia and it took me awhile to get all the names straight as they all end in "sky" and all are princes/princesses and have like 4 different nicknames each.

I do recommend you read it if you have the patience for larger-sized books!!

Thanksgiving

So, this past weekend was the Thanksgiving celebration, and I really love this time of year.

I love all the colours outside and the mild weather and the peacefullness it seems to bring.

We had our turkey dinner this year, and I must say it was quite successful!! YAY! I love having turkey, I even had it for lunch today!

After Thanksgiving, I always get into the groove of Christmas coming. There are 75 days until Christmas if you're counting (and even if you're not)!!! Christmas is my next favourite holiday after Thanksgiving. My favourites always seem to be when I get to eat turkey and spend time with family & friends. You don't really think about doing that too much, say on Victoria Day or the Civic Holiday.

So, Happy Turkey Day!!!
(and days to come...)

HOCKEY STARTS!!

Hockey begins today with the 2006 Eastern Conference finalists (Buffalo & Carolina) battling against each other and the Battle of Ontario (Part I) and Dallas vs. Colorado. From here on until April 8 everyday there is hockey games and excitement with hockey pools and competitions to see how well the new players do (Malkin, Staal, Kaigorodov, etc...) and how well the newly-formed teams and coaches can work with each other.