tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25074612171968259072024-03-05T12:49:33.887-05:00Leftover Chocolate Stitchesmy musings about stitching and life.... and that leftover chocolate does NOT exisit :)mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-701065330647443582017-07-18T18:05:00.001-04:002017-07-18T18:35:41.691-04:00Just 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-TqFSrOaiES9XQh6i6rwmhYlsgpWRP45aQjuDWXCWZ71rG1GZuzOu5L1unmVDBL16HN-3aCPsxHmK9mNAJH9EUggcsnU0aoptQCxZgnLVy2EWiibhyphenhyphenvTZkeG0UQSAMzjzizm9VjwdWOKm/s9999/IMG_5243.jpg" width="1936" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p dir="auto">You're probably wondering what this is...</p><p>Its the fly from a tent. Teen minifig's tent to be precise. Seems those velcro straps came off last time he went camping. Turns out they had only been glued on and they needed to get sewn on. </p><p>Guess who got the priviledge of repairing said fly?</p><p>Guess who hid out in her sewing room this afternoon.... for a while.....with the door locked. Hubby had already said he believed it would take all day.... and there are 8 of them to sew.</p><p>Guess how long said repairs took.... and how much quiet time I enjoyed.</p><p>Wonder how long it will take until they realize there is no sewing machine humming.</p><p>oh, but there was some noise going on....if you can call it that.....heehee<br><br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNw9wh23AxYH6J4kyDdmFLWB0Rhn6cdrOCb2cVpU0rEVay1bnANCa9GVLqupRrkkAXjbl86UynM8ogr7Ow5kVGSptZXp0R54k5SyF-Bf8ttys82Y95aiF3KsgdxDtGk4GtHJLNWa8FYAR/s9999/IMG_5244.jpg" width="1936" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p><br></p><p><br>Wishing there were 8 of these instead...</p>mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-47532117858274675152017-07-13T00:15:00.001-04:002017-07-13T00:19:04.650-04:00Dishes can always wait....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEk1FQlfB4DxHI2dlTuduAs-aBTGjcUoVXl6BW5-K_TjPizaQhgh-Sygny6XQzxFSwoKX9nijCnrHPBES6oD7IuDXXOqziXZZFwrTVAdUSXdhn6uwTI64wsaJkRZV06_qYlYc_zNYglad/s9999/IMG_2944.jpg" width="4032" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p><br></p><p>The signs are there.... you just need to keep your eyes open...</p><p>I think there is a message there I need to follow.</p><p>Well, there certainly was a sign in my kitchen today. Dishes were calling my name for a change today. <br>Why? Well, my teen minifig got his first job, and today was his first day. It seems the dishes in my sink are not worth as much as the gazillions of dishes he has the priviledge of washing at his job. Yup, his first job ... a dishwasher. </p><p>So, what does minifig mom do....dishes? Nay, they can wait..... I have more important things to do.... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoj_MOjGQmcU4cRNMzakxtovnPa7SyrDAJdIY58xjtwtqI7-LtJ9Ea-8ySmTlcJts80sP2yccozZl56maZVRTx3tsJYzFmksP730Hn16a15FoW1N4uB_doJkimVaOiKkVRmD0zsyB3THUh/s9999/IMG_5206.jpg" width="2592" style="max-width: 100%;"></div>mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-83352413593313345492017-06-27T01:46:00.002-04:002017-06-27T01:52:21.480-04:00Do you smell popcorn?<p dir="auto">My world is now complete. That's all I'm going to say. About this....</p><p>I thought I had seen it all....but oh no....... nay I say...<br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NRROVyRpJZXXL3waG0cKYH_xATmnB1XCuK6cOhz2mp6a3cyx1QpiPIWX77uY2FdnXNQN5fXViVPcXsqFLNhTgElnkP23gxhGQdfX5pRZmydITMiUL0tb2osayv3gqidQ2SypLHlOGqHV/s9999/IMG_26911.jpg" width="2048" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p dir="ltr">It seems this ...um....shape.....has taken over ... is it going to replace the classic teddy bear? Why is this kid , all wrapped up in a ...um...gigantic entity of mass.......smiling? Does it come with nose plugs?</p><p>Seriously... it would have never occured to me as a child to cling to or cuddle one of these...um...objects<br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwa3LY0QiPwuQs5adStv8xgM7F7tEdMWaxlxMF5oEQN-E5Pjq9GoGuN2Ex4ddIxr3mQCvr4W_lIusFqYKYrClbuWUs76btdfVkAHhDTY0DcYGeVCbNtIuNJeH49kmIftfi8Zgy7l34P_1l/s9999/IMG_2639.jpg" width="4032" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p dir="ltr">hanging out at the local fair isn't even safe...in who's world does a ...um...article of discarded body matter.... have a happy, pleasant smile... Do they make scratch and sniff versions?<br>Is there nothing sacred anymore?</p><p>Picture this ....a kid getting attached to one of these....um... items..<br>...LOOSING said...um...favourite-can't-live-without-security-creation....and wailing....oh, perhaps screeching.... to mom in despair ( you know the tune) LOUDLY...</p><p>"Mooommmmmmmy!!! I waaaant myyyyy poopy. Where's my pooooooo??"</p><p>Or to those who desperately want to be in on the latest fad must have<br>" but mmmmooom, all the kids have a poo. I gotta have a poop!"</p><p>Oh the humanity.... perhaps distracting young impressioanble minifigs whilst wandering down the aisle might work<br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWH9XD4zVXjFl9ajrwMPX_-WtlvosGJIbyioWQwCX-GQEXTLTWdwx-DEI-t1rOIG_LXC2w54ecOjNxdnqDmsyIHK8k1U4GgOwf5jFinalIq3mTpmt0uvC4BPsE8ClXt8G1Na4pMDaQBPh/s9999/IMG_26910.jpg" width="2048" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p dir="ltr">Well, at least that was Teen Minifig approved. Anything bacon is always approved.</p><p>And then there was this...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfidtWOP4SUEqB-Eo44iL_0ibll1ZDT-uChfNJBJKOa0ayqQutcYHPxGWufw9LCPZp403_8Jo_mcgdN6jRF7AezasavpKTAkkIjCf2nSqlYZYGJ4OkEdKvbriZdWJWuM7AbpjA-zTm6jGo/s9999/IMG_5147.jpg" width="2592" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p dir="ltr">Apparently no ordinary Jackfruit. <br>A birthday Jackfruit. </p><p>I know what you're thinking...at least it wasn't a.... Durian fruit. </p><p>Now THAT would be a stinker....</p>mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-72048436698943709062017-06-21T00:36:00.000-04:002017-06-21T00:37:40.890-04:00The truth is always somewhere....<p dir="auto">Teen minifig made a neat gift for his dad. Thought-ful gift.<br> It left me thinking....<br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeW7PfhiBS4l6BziEUm-_3H0Zr_RYEXd7VqvZMs6DAAakcry6zoftESeF81WQIekXxlKWs_9qybZtLhfycx1uL6rjf9Qxmfy7N28Hk4uJcevZ5GxxDbTeq8VLC6dSNlH7yvnT3n6tcfdxe/s9999/IMG_2650.jpg" width="1280" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p dir="ltr">Is there a deeper meaning to some things? Am I missing something?...<br>( not sure if Kiwi was wondering...)<br><br>...was it blueberry? Truth be told.... it was gone way to fast....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGOB_wy4lBzo0WKGgG8EDOiqPy912b2E_xIvfLS6R2kJ7ZxXvi1LhyphenhyphenOvFtG5zxJW80WV_N0E-ftEAIxqwSEKn1OclsLfXAfJcbxICu6Pj7FcysI3R1zDorUiPAAkqUakd7RmrCMLbaf7Z/s9999/IMG_2641.jpg" width="4032" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p dir="ltr"><br>....will these Newfoundland eggs ever hatch ....truth be told , might be witing a loooong time for that to happen...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjttQv5aggPbgQx6zVitqzl3lbS-gBpK8XDpkXr5PqAuEa4QBoDiLQAkBVe8l9qVj4AAY18mcUHpeXh5dolmD9h8zg457Zdt5D0Ev0d24j1E_ysgbQLLPWeb58O4u4j4tsGfbuZTAhjCg_/s9999/IMG_5123.jpg" width="2592" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p dir="ltr">Is this the end? How did this happen? Truth be told.... I did share.... a ...wee ....bit.<br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVM4qWRyn0EN2afsLYnIFYanos2QgggXRMikNkKxhl09LefgaOz8ouyZCB7zpbP4FybEyc6lNFq4uk2gscXdQOeSaCesT0aAvmBCDllJ2ZVsx3h7fFm2hawYwCFojhudeiwQm_oppdbSp/s9999/IMG_5122.jpg" width="1936" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p dir="ltr">Have no fear...just when you think all is lost.....I found more truth last night....<br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1se0wlTWd-IghVkA7c18D1O0afo1KYcLSHLh4a_nzWwyVxOA3CLxzaw7WfrSVFiqknhwqCBmDwU3pT_EVs4ciRDOTJwS1ieh0Fyg_9H4N__HZvxWL3xkdlEmAndQ0_sf6AxxsH3_YyNy8/s9999/IMG_2673.jpg" width="2048" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p>And it was delicious!</p>mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-1255762927706782072017-06-15T23:50:00.001-04:002017-06-15T23:51:29.605-04:00wrong answer<div dir="auto">
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<a href="https://www.newfoundlandchocolatecompany.com/" target="_blank">newfoundland chocolate company</a><br />
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Kumasi<br />
Origin: Ghana<br />
Bean: Forestero & Criollo<br />
Cocoa 42%<br />
Tasting notes: Bold & distinctive with an aroma of HAZELNUTS. Caramel, butter & honey undertones.<br />
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Obviously I had to resort to alternative measures... being only able to smell it.<br />
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Teen Minifig was my first tester... his reply (...as he reached for a second piece) <br />
"Mmmm that's good"<br />
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Hubby was the second tester. <br />
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Preferably one that houses EDIBLE Chocolate.<br />
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mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-11378526623384312282017-06-13T00:27:00.001-04:002017-06-13T13:01:01.890-04:00Keep it clean<p dir="auto">My deepest appologies for the last posting. I know writing about delicious chocolate and Kybos in the same post could be seen as tasteless..... just don't give me too much crap about it ok?</p><p>Next up...<br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVtzZaFLXk0SREUsl1P_36IUJKQPlrMyoZnJ4fkAHOoSuEVud4BJlKXxg7I9jYkcfB2qATh7fvSS40Lis30SaPql46nJb109gWUVvxk3fXvUMmMOygEIWcSExEbmEoKEq0iJA0Yq-mycX/s9999/IMG_5072.jpg" width="1936" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p dir="ltr">Brazil<br>Bean: Amazonian Forestero and Trinitario<br>67% cocoa<br>Tasting nites: Deeply intense cocoa taste. Fresh hints of tropical fruit.</p><p>hmmm, another bar no longer on the web site of https://www.newfoundlandchocolatecompany.com/collections/the-dark-collection<br>...the sky is certainly falling....</p><p>verdict: very intense indeed.<br>repeat factor: would willingly subject myself to this. Must locate substitute in mean time.</p><p>Speaking of substitutions... 2nd best camping idea ever.....<br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYLHWYPIp0laVlcFyDMXl3kwt4MtUpRfwB8ZX1NbTTt3e0Mk1vKa858YDNaMRu-NRPlzHB1o0m-DEG0O__dfBv72ldc2zo-nv81zD4II6F_ghrM-muzsyJqf915T-kw1iGKp0_J4cJOTe/s9999/IMG_2557.jpg" width="2049" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p dir="ltr">That's right....wooden cutlery. No need to wash. Lego teen thinks we could use these at home. Was he refering to the campfire?<br></p>mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-78778449996157129472017-06-12T23:25:00.004-04:002017-06-13T13:06:18.773-04:00Survival skills<div dir="auto">
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Sao Thome<br />origin: Africa<br />Bean: Forestero<br />70% Cocoa<br />Tasting notes: The taste is at first pleasantly mild-bitter, full & fruity with impressions of candied black fruit. Then come floral & coffee bean notes.</div>
I would heartily agree about the coffee notes!<br />
Verdict: Not sure about the fruit....would have to have some repeat experiences with this bar. Sadly, I don't see it in their web site :(.<br />
PERHAPS if a certain store, ehem, ,,, <a href="https://www.newfoundlandchocolatecompany.com/" target="_blank">Newfoundland Chocolate Company</a> ... could let me know when it is in stock again..... not sure if I'll be able to survive, but I will some how..<br />
Withdrawal symptoms: always.<br />
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mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-74149424190053520352017-06-08T23:13:00.002-04:002017-06-09T00:11:11.112-04:00Hmmmm....<p>so it seems I can't post photos .... so frustrating.</p><p><br>Almost as frustrating as trying to locate chocolate....that I hid REALLY well.</p><br><p>Good news, I found it. Newfoundland chocolate 😀</p><p><br>Safe and sound. Well, ultra safe now that it's been....tasted.</p><p><br>So next up.... me trying to figure out why this blogger site won't let me access the photos on my iPad...<br><br>UPDATE : an app called BLOGO did the trick! Can post photos...and write offline too! Whoohooo!!!<br></p>mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-43935286407717708602017-05-30T14:24:00.002-04:002017-06-08T23:57:47.087-04:00So why?<p>Ok, so it's been a while. No idea why I stopped posting, but today I was was looking at this</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDUWEwRaRrpFX_O1g0ThAo57WU-0g41Vb5S5RHnf4UtUwLgP5cJUsYqDX5K8FyDAwKNqEU3jbLsUInnhrn1QTMFqi8EBqDUUtDCJCSwZLlaAbgKwMRTGHFewS0U15v_WFcxIYDB4TdB-t/s9999/IMG_4952.jpg" width="2592" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>This may have been distracting me... for a bite... I mean a bit....</p><p><br></p><p>Yes, I was in Newfoundland...St. John's for a stitching conference, and some touring. SO of course I had to go into the chocolate shop there! Not to worry, I took some accomplices.</p><p><br></p><p><br>The <a href="https://www.newfoundlandchocolatecompany.com/" target="_blank">Newfoundland Chocolate Company </a>carries bars with cocoa from around the world.</p><p><br></p><p>Not to be selfish, I thought I'd share ...my thoughts ....about each of the bars.</p><p><br></p><p>Alto El Sol</p><p>Origin: Peru</p><p>Bean: Criollo</p><p>65% Cocoa</p><p>Tasting Notes: Tangy and complex with notes of plum, black cherry and a hint of banana.</p><p><br></p><p>WOW! truly a uniquely wonderful blend, subtlety hints flavours, with just the right amount of cocoa.</p><p><br></p><p>Verdict: Delightfully scrumptious.</p><p>Repeat Factor: oh yeah!</p><p>Withdrawal symptoms: I guess the other bars will tide me over, for now</p><p><br></p><p>Did you notice there was none left....yup I had to share, as said Newfoundland stash was seen by a certain population of inhabitants residing in my abode. They both gave it a thumbs up. Good thing ...their hands were distracted that way from getting the last of it, lol.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.newfoundlandchocolatecompany.com/" target="_blank">Newfoundland Chocolate Company</a> also had Gelato that rivals my local fix, Port One Cafe.</p><p>but that's another story....</p>mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-59115585515118376762015-03-01T22:02:00.001-05:002015-03-01T22:05:56.748-05:00a few of my favourite things<span style="font-family: inherit;">White.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've been thinking a lot about this colour lately.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With all the snow outside, it's all around us. I mean, how could you NOT think about white. Which of course leads to other thoughts about 'white'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My favourite chocolate when I was little was - white chocolate. Now my favourite is dark chocolate, but certainly wouldn't turn down any white </span>chocolate<span style="font-family: inherit;">.. it is somewhat </span>chocolate<span style="font-family: inherit;"> after all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">White tea - I do love tea, and have had this, but find it lacks flavour. I think I'll just stick to green tea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">White was one of the first colors used by </span>paleolithic<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 17.9200000762939px;"> artists; they used </span>calcite<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 17.9200000762939px;"> or </span>chalk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">In </span>ancient Egypt<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">, white was connected with the goddess </span>Isis. And did you know that '<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">White' is the source of more names for women in western countries than any other color? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">...Albine (Latin), Blanche and Blanchette (French); Bianca (Italian); Jennifer (Celt); . Candice (from Latin Candida); . Fiona . (Irish); </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">, Nives (Italian) ....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh there are so many things one imagines, when thinking about white.... beaches, sandals, white pants for summer, albino animals, weddings, clouds, mountain tops, cleanliness, ghosts, tobogganing, skating, ice... oh the list goes on...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 17.9200000762939px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">White is the color in Western culture most often associated with beginnings ... innocence...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #252525; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">But white has a dark side. Trust me. A cruel, blinding , colourless, bleached, natural</span></span><span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">, friends laughing in your face mean streak... with </span></span><span style="line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">nary</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 17.9200000762939px;"> a shade or smidgen of colour relief in sight...</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">Why do I say this, you may ask.</span></span></span></span><br />
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So another thing white reminds me of is the movie...</div>
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<span style="color: #252525;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.9200000762939px;">Any more white and I'm going to bash it</span></span></div>
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<br />mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-84260281935672805412015-01-17T00:02:00.000-05:002015-01-17T00:15:29.147-05:00It was just a matter of timeWell, there are lots of things I can handle in life.<br />
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Decorating for a birthday boy.. easy<br />
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with maybe a wee, tiny bit of mischief thrown in</div>
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<br />mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-10061090710012758242015-01-09T23:32:00.003-05:002015-01-09T23:32:39.773-05:00not quite ...So somebody told me he'd pick up a new calendar in the kitchen for this year... oh what might that be.. flowers? bears? birds? landscapes? the choices are just endless....<br />
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why couldn't it have been at least <b><i>chocolate</i></b> moose?</div>
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not quite like the chocolate I know... but interesting</div>
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And being the fabulously fantastic exciting month that it is</div>
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Somebody surprised me with a birthday month present...</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>was this guilt brought on by the wrong type of moose?</i></span></div>
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in about 10 yrs from now.</div>
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Yes, I could ponder all the places I wanted to see,</div>
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and I'm not sure if the Lindt factory would let me in.</div>
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Yes, I could lament about all the stitching I wanted to finish,</div>
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but I think 64 finishes in one year is indeed pretty good.</div>
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And I finished the year up with the wee angel above :)</div>
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Yes, I could brood over all the chocolate out there I didn't get to try,</div>
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but didn't... ok, no excuse here</div>
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Yes, I could mull over the fact that I didn't get a unicycle for Christmas , again,</div>
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besides - I'm almost there!!!</div>
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I could cry over </div>
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So, I have been a wee bit neglectful of posting my stitching finishes.<br />
Yikes, ... I didn't post too many blogs or too many photos of me finishes this year.<br />
What can I say - Chocolate often gets in the way... that and my job.<br />
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So here goes... an update on my finishes for the year. I finished 61 !!!<br />
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whoo hoo!<br />
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And to save time posing all the photos here, I decided to post the link to my 2014 album on facebook :)<br />
(I know lazy eh?... sorry, you'll have to be on facebook to view them...)<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/helen.omalley/media_set?set=a.10152570165540926.1073741838.573920925&type=3" target="_blank">Stitching album 2014</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/helen.omalley/photos_albums" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/helen.omalley/photos_albums</a><br />
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Ah, but there's one I forgot about... finish #62 !<br />
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There are many things in life that I find inspirational. </div>
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For Suzzanne....</div>
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In my eyes just now, not yet.</div>
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Your departure was so sudden</div>
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The sun today it's shining</div>
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Your promises all in pieces</div>
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Your voice to me now fleeting</div>
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Was music to my soul </div>
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Your love is never ending</div>
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One day there will be much less pain</div>
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just now,</div>
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not yet.</div>
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<br />mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-21757774767644168102014-10-20T11:30:00.003-04:002014-10-20T11:30:38.066-04:00I Dare you....Monday October 20, 2014<br />
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<br />mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-61223229387053574112014-07-03T09:33:00.002-04:002014-07-03T09:33:54.386-04:00Red and white ... for a purposeIn Canada, July is the colour of red and white.... reflecting our country's flag.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My friend Linda is in the hospital. She told me she is bored. (Maybe she shouldn't have told me that... I can get a wee bit creative sometimes, lol)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s a little-known fact that most hospital beds can be lengthened. Choose a moment when the nurses are busy, (maybe during their nap time), and extend the bed. This may result in a flury of cute doctors and attendants scurrying to wonder how the heck your legs shrank. Just act nonchalant, or you may land on the front page of the enquirer. Oh, but that may be fun too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When the janitor is off, borrow two poles, attach a pair of shoes. Now grab that bucket of paint that you carefully were hiding in the bathroom ... dip the sole of each shoe in some paint and proceed to make footprints on the ceiling. When nurses ask where the footprints came from, just casually respond it was the new exercises that the physiotherapist recommended.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Redecorate your room with hospital supplies. Interesting patterns can be made from simple things like bandaids, IV tubing....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Organize a national day of wheelchair races down the corridors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Act like a duck the next time the doctor comes around. Make sure to ask him what time the pond opens for your noontime swim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ask that hunky male nurse to give you a bed bath. Suggest he might need help and should send for a few firemen just to be on the safe side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Polish your finger and toe nails. Since you will not have any nailpolish, use a q tip and some of the yellow iodine tincture. It will look unique and clever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If there is a suggestion box in the hospital cafeteria, write “cocktail hour” on several notes to fill it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Take three pigs, and label them 1, 2, and 4. Then let them loose around the hospital. When they find these pigs they will wonder where #3 is, and will continue looking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Place a bunch of pillows on a wheel chair in the shape of a person, then cover with a blanket. Leave a little note pinned to the blanket saying “do not wake!” Then put the wheelchair in the elevator.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Make beautiful water fountain statue out of syringes, I.V. tubes, and bedpans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Fill several hospital gloves with water and start a water balloon fight in the children's ward. The nurses LOVE this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Blow up a glove & hold it closed. When staff comes to examine you... Use it like a whoopy cushion ... Just look at another person with a sly smile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">During the night cover everything in your room with aluminum foil.... when the nurses wake you the next morning, calmly say, “See? It worked! The aliens didn't abduct me last night.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Get one of those giant remote controlled balloons – make sure it's a pink elephant. When people come in to visit you, pretend you don't see it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Learn a new musical instrument. Make sure it's portable for wheelchair rides. Trumpets are perfect. Mornings are the best time to practice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wishing you a speedy recovery Linda</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">may you soon be dancing again </span></div>
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mybearsnmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179366933706917305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507461217196825907.post-16937312296835549412014-06-16T20:43:00.000-04:002014-06-16T20:43:12.789-04:00Hold it or not....Long story short: I have conquered Candy Crush. Oh Yeah. Big time stealer, lol.... well, until we meet again and they add more levels, sigh...<br />
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I've been enjoying the outdoors a bit more lately...(when I ran out of CC lives of course, lol) and the weather has been gorgeous. Take a look at some of the flowers I captured on my camera...<br />
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Mid May was Scouting JOTT (Jamoree on the trail) - that's when Scouts all over the world go on some sort of a hike the same day This year it was on May 10<br />
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Spent a beautiful day up at Blue Springs Scout Camp.<br />
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And what's a hike without some good friends :)</div>
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Me and Mark - crest designer extraordianaire </div>
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Some friendly friends of the forest... look at the colour on this one!</div>
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