Here we are, Saturday, January 9th, 2010 already.  Where does time go to? The morning is a bright one with temperatures in the low single digits.  Brrrrrrrrr, 7F for those who are not using the celcius scale, and supposed to hit a high of 17F if we are fortunate.  This deep freeze is not kind to arthritic sufferers.

The whole town suffered a hydro blackout last night, just at supper time.  No one had any idea as to what caused it.  One minute I was sitting in front of my sewing machine and the next plunged into darkness. It didn't last too long though only an 1 1/2.  We were toasty warm with the use of our propane firepalce and cookstove.

This morning bright and early I attended a Frost Fest Committee meeting.  What fun - virtually everyone on the committee arrived and it was a full house.  The Retirement home once again played host and provided a breakfast of juice, croixsants, muffins, bagels, toast, fruit salad, tea or coffee...Mmmmmmmmmm.   I thought I had all of the details for my scavenger hunt settled but really it must all be changed.  Not all digital cameras perform well in the cold.   I will have more to tell you about this the closer to Frost Fest it gets.

Wishing you a wonderful day from Seeley's Bay.

Another New Year Begins

Happy New year everyone.

I have been thinking of deleting my blog because it is so boring!!!! With this being the beginning of a new year, possibly I can learn to become a more interesting read? Who knows?

This Thanksgiving mother and I decided to take ourselves on a little journey.  Mother at 87 years young managed to drive shotgun with me all the way to Ft. Meyers, Florida.  By the time our month was almost over we were on the way back to Canada.  It was alot of driving but I admit to loving every moment of the time I spent on my journey.  Look at this splendiforous tree at one of those rest stops,

Look, I discovered cotton fields in bloom and coy and turtles in Shopping malls

I nick-named this one Myrtle.  So many things we saw and did while visiting there, but we were so happy to return to Seeley's Bay.


With the onslaught of 2010 there are already too many obligations on my schedule, and time spent for myself is becoming premium.   So I have enlisted the help of the other "me" and hopefully I can keep up with her...

The annual Seeley's Bay Frost Fest is coming again - oh boy a ton of fun and games in a winter setting are once again being planned, and more and diversified activities are added. The committee members are excited about their quest once again to make this a stellar year. Each and every dollar earned during Frost Fest will be returned back into the community, so virtually everyone in our community becomes a winner.   IF your interested in the events and activities planned for this years annual event you can get there by clicking on the Frost Fest Link in the links section of this blog.

I'm pretty sure I told you I now am living in Seeley's Bay, Ontario, which is located in the heart of Rideau Heritage country.  I'm adding some intresting links about this wonderful place in the links section just in case your interest has been triggered. These sites explore the wonders of this region I now live and play in.  I must tell you that Ken Watson is wonderful, his site is chock full of interesting information, image gallery of scenic wonders throughout, links to other numerous sites for destinations within the region and so very much more.  This mans site is so informative and interesting.  I do hope you'll think about visiting our region one day soon.  Why not take in the Annual winter activities and fun offered by our 2010 Frost Fest?

Since I make no real resolutions when each new year rolls around I once again didn't bother this year either.  However, I feel guilty for taking up this space and not blogging on a daily basis, if for no other reason than to let you know I am here and what trouble I may have managed to get myself involved in.   So in spite of not having made a resolution I will make every effort to come here every day and let you discover what I am up to.

Since moving here I have managed to join a few committees and the Seeley's Bay Lions Club.  As last year, I have undertaken to make totes for giveaway prizes and a few other articles which I hope may become sellers and earn me back some of the costs so that I may replace my materials.   This will be fun seeing as I only have a few weeks left to complete these tasks. 

I also volunteered (yes, I volunteered) to run a new activity event for the frost fest, a virtual scavenger hunt - now this should be fun, or at least I am hoping others will try it and find it fun.

I am also diligently working on my Esty Shop to increase my stock.  This isn't going as fast as I thought it would, but I am working on it.   Looky - here is a new bag.

So, if your still reading and you think some of these dithers of mine will be interesting to follow, by all means please stick around, you never know when you'll catch me having a race to see which one of me will finish first.

 

Lazy Me

My goodness, I have been lazy in the blogging department haven't I?

I have been busy catching up on matters I should have already been caught up on, time just never seems to be enough and one does eventually sleep.

Over the past month I have done not much in the making of bags department, not much in the piecing of quilts either. Been busy clearing up the mess in the Crafters Cottage or The Hut as we tend to call it all of the time.

Our goal is to have had this cottage properly organized.

When we first arrived here from NewBrunswick we had too many totes and cardboard boxes filled with "stuff" and these couldn't be left inside of our small but functional house. These then were stored in all of the cottage rooms, and I might add, these filled it up. Everywhere nook and cranny in that place was filled to it's capacity with little or almost no room to even walk around it. We have been haphazzardly working in there but mother being 86 needs all of her mornings to get up and become mobile, which of course if most understandable. Appointments and visitors also have taken a toll on available time, so not alot has been accomplished.

Now we are in a hurry to complete the junking and the clearing because we have to have this finished before the middle of August and that certainly doesn't leave us much more time to waste or use for other events.

Today I choose to be in the Hut and to get as many hours in there as I possibly can to empty boxes, make decisions as to what we keep and what we give away (I am hoping to have alot of give-aways') but, asking mother to make these decisions on the spot will not be easy as it hasn't been in the past. I believe we have moved the past fifty years of stuff with us, and with my collection of fabrics and her collection of silk flowers we have become quite a joke, leastways I believe it funny.

Off I go, with apologies to those who have been sweet enough to follow this unskilled blogger to THE HUT - wish me luck in that I get more accomplished that I have in the past many days.

I promise to check in later and give you the scoop. I must take a picture of this mess to show you what it is I am describing to you, then, finally if and when we do manage to get organized, you'll see that as well.

Possibly while I am learning the art of organization, I might just well learn to become a better blogger too.