Its snowing in Moncton......

Well winter sure made an entrance to the area last night and snow continues on today. Think it may be a white Christmas for sure.

Mal went out and snapped a few pictures of the area and caught a photo of our friend Bill dragging out the snow blower to start the season off.

No school today so kids all home... Susan got a performance award at work so made her day... Congratulations Susan...

Must get a few more cards done today........

Happy Thanksgiving to all our relatives and friends in the US today.

quick trip to Saint John and visit to market

decorations in market

trees made with wrapping paper

Cindy's shop

Items made by Cindy



King Square

Yesterday we went to Saint John after receiving the news my high school buddy Lori (Landry)
Arseneau had passed way.  Lori had just turned 65 but has been fighting sickness for 10 years
never complaining.  She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. In high school when
you seen Lodi you seen Pat and Doris, not both of them are gone and I am all that's left of the
three musketeers.

Before heading to the funeral Parlour we stopped at the market and seen Malcolm's cousin, owner
of The Butchers Daughter, Cindy made some lovely items for her shop and I wanted to show her
little Christmas people to show you just how cute they are.

It poured rain so hard we got away as soon as we could and driving was not pleasant.
Tomorrow we are expecting snow so get those shovels out everyone.

Monty's christmas

Happy birthday Arathi

Arathi surprised us all with a visit from Ottawa for a few days and it just happened to be
her birthday so her Mom and dad got a cake for her.

She also got to go to Halifax for her Nieces birthday and surprised them all. Had a ball as the party was a makeup party for 19 6 yr olds.


                            

Unfortunately I am a little late posting Arathi's visit but better late than never they say. lol

 Had Anitha and Rama in this afternoon for a visit, they are feeling better after a good dose of the cold. 

I found one of my favorite bars from years ago at Walmart over in the grocery section... A Flake Bar.

And Malcolm's favorite

Whats your favorite bar??

Gram comes to town....lol

Well it was so nice to see Kim today and spend some time over lunch.  Just a week ago Kim

was waiting patiently for the arrival of her granddaughter and this week she is rocking her sweet

Nora to sleep.

Kim and Nora...


We got our flu shots today, no crowds waiting at all. Think a lot of people got at drug stores, so many
places offering it.


Kim and I had lunch at Tim Hortons, Kim tried the sweet potato soup and loved it, I had the steak and cheese Panini..
GOOD!!

first snowfall of the season

 

On Friday we seen our first snowfall of the season and although many of us are

not happy to see the snow come , we always enjoy that first glance when everything

is white.

 

Trent was going to hockey with grampie so had to snap a picture of him under everyone's

favorite tree we take so many pictures under every season.

 

Sadly on Saturday our wonderful neighbour Shirley Robinson passed away, We always

enjoyed seeing Shirley coming and going and having our chats across the fence. Shirley

LOVED my apple pies and it was a treat to make a few for her each Christmas to enjoy

at their family dinner.

 

Looking forward to lunch with my friend Kim from Miramichi, Kim just

became a grandmother to a sweet little baby girl named Nora..... Andrea will love

having her Mom for the week.

 

A visit from our friends for lunch

It was great to see Paula and Laurie drop in on their way to Nova Scotia for a few

days.   Pumpkin did the inspection to see if Gilbert had been here . lol

Laurie was so pleased that I had one earl grey tea just for him, his favorite and to top

it off pumpkin cake which he really was surprised to try, his favorite. (Get the recipe Paula)..lol 

Looking forward to seeing them in December for our Christmas get together.....

Football with St. Mac's against Moncton

Despite the cold Malcolm's cousins were on board to watch St. Mac's against the team from Moncton
playing for the championship. Moncton won but St Mac's held their own for quite awhile.

We took Kate and Trent to the game but it was so bitter cold I didn't last past first quarter, Erin and Ryan came back to the house for a hot cup of tea before heading home and the kids got a chance to get together to talk about their favorite games they play on their I-phones......Ryan and Kate both graduate this year.

A stop at the mall which was a crazy place to be on a Saturday for a bite before taking .Trent home for his hockey game, he came back for a sleepover with the hopes Nan would make chocolate chip cookies but he settled for a good movie..Hercules

Happy birthday Nana

 

Happy birthday to a wonderful grandmother who showed only love and kindness to

all who knew her.

 

 So many memories over the years to share with our own grandchildren, stories to tell and

recipes to share.  We are so thankful for all those good times.

 

  Remembering you on your special day.......

 

 

Remembering the Fifties..

Well memories of the 50's , for many of us they can be different but some things never change like getting a black and white TV with a couple of channels to enjoy and of course the bunny ears to get as clear a picture as you could.  Black and white photo's which you waited for the roll to finish to take to store to develop and you had no idea of what you took or how it turned out till you got pictures back.

I was born in the 50's, lived in a great neighbourhood where you knew everyone. Went to a catholic school with the same kids you seen at church every week and told the same sins at confession. Never went to church without something on your head and looked forward to the movies in church basement every Sunday and dances on Friday night and for the grown ups of course bingo night. 

Taking a break from blogging for awhile.... may do only a couple a week till  at least December.











Foods in the fifties


Curry was a surname.  
 
A takeaway was a mathematical problem.  
 
A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.  
 
All potato chips were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not. 
 
Rice was only eaten as a milk pudding.

A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.
 
Brown bread was something only poor people ate.
 
Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking.   
 
Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.
 
Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold. Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.  
 
Fish didn't have fingers in those days. 

Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi.
 
None of us had ever heard of yoghurt.
 
Healthy food consisted of anything edible.
 
People who didn't peel potatoes were regarded as lazy.
 
Indian restaurants were only found in India.  
 
Cooking outside was called camping.
 
Seaweed was not a recognised food.
 
"Kebab" was not even a word, never mind a food. 
 
Prunes were medicinal.
 
Surprisingly, muesli was readily available, it was called cattle feed.
 
Water came out of the tap.
If someone had suggested bottling it and charging more than petrol for it, they would have become a laughing stock!!

 

The one thing that we never ever had on our table in the fifties ......

"Elbows Or Phones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mom's favorite book....

November we remember

less we forget

a field of poppies

poppies in England


November and we all know its November 11th that is important date for us all. Remembering our
service men and women who fought for our country .  November 11th is also the day we buried my
Mom, a special lady and no better day than the day we honor our veterans.

Well it was a miserable weekend weather wise bringing us our first touch of winter in many areas, we
were lucky here in Moncton to get mainly high winds and rain with a touch of snow out there this morning.

We made a big pot of stew and I baked the pumpkin cake which was delicious and I took 1/2 over
to the kids to enjoy.  Trent was just getting home from a days course in hockey for refs. He was proud
of the certificate he got and his badges. 

Have a good week everyone.