Life Gets In The Way

This morning I told you I would be posting about the Wellington Garden Centre.

Here it is almost ten o'clock (bedtime!) and I still haven't managed to get it done and I feel as cranky as this penguin looks!

Life really does get in the way sometimes doesn't it?(smile)

I will do my best to post it tomorrow but, I won't make any promises. Our school's winter bazaar is this Friday and I have a ton of things to do before then.

I need to make posters and contest entry forms, decorate ballot boxes, figure out how to decorate the food tables, shop for prizes and the jellybean contest, phone anyone I can think of to help out with Jesse's carnival area (his classmates now have a basketball tournament that day), make sure I have enough tables, get the keys to the school and church. . .

Whew! Makes me tired just thinking about it!

It is a real blessing though, to be able to contribute to an event that has been held for so many years and brings back so many fond memories in our community.

Young men and women who's children now attend the school reminisce about their favorite memories, like throwing water balloons at the principal, beating the Kindergarten teacher in a skip off, (actually, I don't think anyone ever beat her!) or how exciting it was to sit with Sinterklaas and Swarte Piet and get candy canes.

I've been doing some grumbling today (mostly to myself) about how all this work is affecting my Christmas plans.

I think it's time to focus on the joy I'll see in the children's eyes on Friday instead, don't you?

I'll post when I can this week and I'll have lots of pictures from the bazaar to share with you next week.

Enjoy the first week of Advent!

Stay Tuned. . .

Tune in later today for a stroll through the Wellington Garden Centre.

But first. . .

A school bus ride,

A walk with Jada,

And a little Christmas breakfast. . . (http://rose-gardendiary.blogspot.com/2008/01/its-official.html)

Quiet Sundays

A sneak peek

It's Saturday afternoon and I have done everything but bake and decorate!

It's been an enjoyable day none the less.

Little Women (the 1994 version) was on late last night and I didn't get to bed until one in the morning.

I slept in until 8:45, had a leisurely breakfast, did a little tidying, went out for lunch with Morgan, did a little shopping together and then brought Jesse to the Credit Union to do some banking.

The Credit Union is a great place to go as it is right beside one of my favorite garden centers.

Every time I visit I'm inspired and I rarely leave without at least a little something. (Today was no exception)

I'm going to give you a quick sneak peak today and then feature them on Monday's post.

As a matter of fact, you will be seeing images from Wellington Garden Centre all through the Christmas season.

You wouldn't believe how many pictures I took and those were just the tip of the iceberg!

I hope to take you on a tour again in the spring.

Enjoy your sneak peak!

"Tis the Season

Well maybe not quite. I try to wait until the beginning of December before I get too Christmasy.( I'm hearing snorts of disbelief from my family over that one!)

I've been good this year though.


I've only had my Christmas music on a few times and I try to do that when no one is home.


It's almost time though.


I'm going to start with these.


The outdoor decorations are going up in the next two days and, unless something unexpected comes up, I'll be baking up a storm on Saturday!

There will be Christmas music.

Even if it's not quite December. . .

Remember This?

This is what the bathroom in my basement looked like for well over a year.

And now, after several months more. . .

It looks like this!

(The shower is behind the fully tiled wall)

The funny thing about this bathroom?

After all the time and energy I spent on the upstairs bathroom. . . Which, although it doesn't look it, is very white and bright. (Chandra tells me it has something to do with how a camera reads the gray scale?)

Everybody likes the downstairs one better!

Wordless Wednesday