Random Things

I met my friend Cindy for coffee this morning and took along my camera :-) I didn't have anything to blog about so I thought I'd take a picture of my coffee! Then I asked Cindy to snap my picture too ;-)

I was wanting to order the EggNog Latte, but I got online this morning and checked how many calories was in it!! perhaps I shouldn't have, 460 CALORIES, and that was without the cream!!! I just kept thinking of all that hard work I've been putting in at the gym. So, today I opted for a Gingerbread Latte, and just like Sadie, I drank it in memory of our sweet bloggy friend Elizabeth, who we sadly learned passed away suddenly last week. 

The Gingerbread latte was only 320 calories. If you want a really low cal drink, think of trying the 'skinny Peppermint Mocha', it only has 130 cals for a 16oz cup (no whipped cream). I may treat myself to the eggnog latte sometime in December, but for now I want to use my calories wisely ;-)

I made this for dinner last night . . . .

I should think eating like this for the next few weeks AND going to the gym at least 4 or 5 times a week, will mean I can easily fit in to this . . . . 

This is my new cocktail dress :-)  Cheryl is hosting a cocktail party for her Mom's 65th birthday in December. I wanted to treat myself to a new little black dress this year.

And one last thing, I made this over the weekend. . . .

I took a few photos when I made it with some roses and rosemary in it from my garden, but I can't seem to find the photos on my computer? And they're no longer on my camera? I don't know what I did with them. Well, this is harder to do than it looks I must say. The candy canes are not all perfectly straight so or the same height! But it still turned out looking rather nice. I'll be sure to take more pics when I add roses to it for Christmas.

I'm Ready. . .

I am SO ready to decorate for Christmas, but hubby keeps poo-poohing the idea!! Yesterday I bought this little guy from Ross. He's not that little, actually he's just under 3ft tall :-)

I stood him half way up the stairs, and when Jason came home from work he said "bah humbug - there shall not be Santa's in my house before December!" Hmmm, well I have other plans, so he better get used to Mr. Santa ;-)  I'm not hosting Thanksgiving this year, we'll be going to my inlaws for dinner, so I think I will get my decorations out during the week we are off school!

While I'm feeling all 'Christmasy' (it's really cold out today, I feel like lighting my candles and playing holiday music!) I thought I'd share a few pictures I have in my Christmas folder on Pinterest.  If you go to my Pinterest page HERE, it will give you the source of the pictures.

I would love to make one of these pretty flower arrangements this year!

 I love how bright this staircase looks, and love the ice skates hanging up.

 This is the lovely Becca's Christmas mantel - LOVE it. I have a picture of her bedroom all decked out for the holidays that I absolutely love - need to add it to my Pinterest. You can CLICK HERE to see Becca's gorgeous Christmas Home Tour from last year.

OK, I found it (and pinned it), here's Liz's gorgeous bedroom. I think she's redecorated since then, but I love the color scheme she had in there, it totally went with all the Christmas decor.

 I need me some Christmas pillows for the sofa!

So, fess up! Have you started decorating yet? I know Liz has (not that Liz (above), I mean this Liz from SAVVY SEASONS :-)  I'm rather jealous that she's already got her tree up!

I don’t know what to blog about!

I’m sitting here having my coffee, surfing around the blogesphere and thinking I should write a blog post (because I haven’t posted since Wednesday) but I honestly don’t know what to write about?

I’m sure that’s happened to many of you before. And the dilemma is, do I post just for the sake of posting or do I not post and just wait til Sunday and sum up the week in my ‘Sunday Musing’ post? (and how many more times will I say post in this post!)

Well you can see what I decided. . . . because you’re reading this post :-) And to be honest I only decided to blog so I can use the Windows Live Writer again to see if I can get used to it. A few of you asked what I thought about it and my response could only be ‘it’s ok’. But that’s because I had only used it once and you’re asking a gal here who does NOT like change! Well, not when it comes to using new stuff, especially on the computer. I like to stick with what I know, and if ‘what I know’ works, then I see no reason to change it. But I’m trying it again. Melanie told me how to make the pictures larger and I’m sticking with the usual font so it should look the same but the best part of WLW is that I don’t have to resize my photos before adding them.

Hmmm, in saying that I really don’t have any photos to share today, so now I will have to go find one that I can add (because you know I don’t like a post without pics, and I’ve already had one of those this week!)

Ahhh, that’s better! Not that it looks like that out there though. That is my wishful thinking. I only wish it was wet and rainy today but it’s not . . . it’s bright and sunny yet again, with a high of 101!

I’d really love to see a sky like this again, just for today, just to stay home and feel cozy, curl up and read a book with Kristen, or knit while she watches cartoons. . . just for today. Soon our summer break will be over, we have only one more full week before school starts back on August 23rd. I don’t mind really, Kristen doesn’t mind either, she’s eager to start her new school and make some new friends.

But for now I’m going to enjoy yet another lazy morning, grab another cup of coffee and surf yet another blog :-) Thanks for dropping by this morning, I hope I didn’t bore you too much with my ramblings. Have a great weekend.

Trying out Live Writer

Well I’m typing this entry in Windows Live Writer and it’s the first time I’ve used it! Melanie mentioned this week that she used WLW but now she can’t because she is using a Mac and it doesn’t support this software. I had to admit I’d never used it and told her I thought writing in blogger was just the same? But I got curious and thought I’d try it out. It obviously looks different to blogger as I’m typing this but once I post it I’m sure it will look just the same to you. Other than the fact I’ve changed the font!

I’ll make this short and try to post it. Above is a picture of Kristen from last night at her 2nd riding lesson. First she got to brush ‘Spud’ before helping put his saddle on . . . . then she got to ride him :-)

I’ll share more picture on my Sunday post. Today we’re staying home to catch up on housework and laundry. . . but first, more coffee!