Holidays...

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I hope that your holidays have been the most excellent!.. They've come and gone so fast!.. like my paperwhites... and this weekend we'll be ringing in the New Year!.. Do you have any plans?.. We're doing our favourite... low key... chilled out... quiet night in... pulled pork sammiches and movies... LOVE...

How was your Christmas!?.  We got up at about 5am on Chirsmtas morning... well I woke up... and then I woke Chris up... I couldn't get back to sleep... there were presents waiting downstairs!  hehe... 

We've been eating lots... good and bad... Christmas eve we had a little of both... for breakfast... 

...but for supper... prime rib roast...

Christmas Day breakfast... after presents of course... toutons!.. 

...and toast... eggs... bacon... back bacon... and tea!..

...We cooked a 15lb turkey for Christmas... along with the traditional Newfoundland Jiggs dinner... not to toot my own horn or anything... but it was my best one yet... it was to die for... and we almost died because we ate so much!.. can you say turkey coma!?.

...and of course every turkey cooked must become Turkey Soup... 

I love the holidays!.. lots of friends around... lots of food to eat!..

We've been having some beautiful weather as well... when we got home from some boxing day shopping I noticed the sun beaming in the front room... onto the birds nests!..

...of course no camera can come out without a fur baby appearance!..

...I was back to work today... thinking I should have taken these three work days off... oooohhh to be off for just a couple of more days... my head is buzzing with ideas of things I want to make... and refinish... for the Vintage Chicks Sale this coming June!..

I've been thinking about New Years resolutions too... not usually my thing at all... but I've started a list this year!.. more to come!..

xo

Lacey

Christmas Bulbs...

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My Christmas bulbs are well on their way... the paperwhites are in full bloom... I love how they look... but they're stinky... not a great smelling flower...

...they're so pretty...

The three amaryllis bulbs... one is super tall... about to bloom... then there is one that is just starting to grow... then the third one is just getting underway...  I can't wait until these bloom... hopefully before this coming week is over at least one of them opens up!..

This weekend has just been go go go... Friday night we got home a little later than I was hoping from work... we had lots of little things to do because Friday night was our Christmas drinkie and nibblie night!.. everyone was arriving just as we were finishing setting up all of the nibblies so I didn't get a chance to take any photos...

Yesterday Furs and I braved the Chinook Mall... it was beyond intense there... next year I'm finishing my Christmas shopping during the summer!.. today... laundry and finishing the VERY last bit of shopping that I had to do!..

It's time to chill out and watch some Christmas movies with my Furbear... when he gets home from his last bit of Christmas shopping!..

Are you finished with your shopping now!?.  I hope so!..  It's time to rest... chill out from a busy 2011!..

xo

Lacey

Week Off...

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Some exciting things coming in the future... some Vintage Chicks news... while that is in the works I've got the week off to spend with my parents while they visit us!.. 

We've gotten the tree up and Christmas decorating done...

Last year I had all different coloured balls on the mantle... this year I stuck with red and white and silver... a jar of bows and two jars of candy canes thrown into the mix...  

All but one paper white bulb are doing great!.. and they're not getting direct sunlight this year so they're not getting out of hand tall... the Amaryllis... two of the three are doing okay... the biggest doesn't seem to be doing anything... pictures of those to come as they get bigger...

I've got a few containers of balls around the house... front room... kitchen... upstairs bed... and bathrooms...

AND found this awesome tree skirt idea on Pinterest... it was all hot glued together there... I hand sewed this one all down over the past two days... have run out of fabric for the ruffles though... have to dig around upstairs to see if I can find a few mores strips... more information on the tree skirt to come... ruffles... so easy... so many ideas floating around my noggin right now for ruffled items...

How goes your holiday decorating?

xo

Lacey

Getting Ready For Christmas...

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Last night Furs and I made a quick trip to the Spruce Meadows Christmas Market... we started out with a feed of perogies... and sausages... with sour cream and fried onions and bacon... The main reason for the trip to Spruce was for the greenery for my outdoor arrangements... I got enough for two planters!.. and we also picked up a garland... 

I was pooped when we got home so left the greens on the step for the night... 

I was up at 7am this morning... had a nice cuppa tea... paid the bills... then headed outside when the sun came up... it was freezing out... I worked away for a couple of hours and above is the result!.. I even washed down the railings... swept the steps... washed the stoop ceiling because it was really dusty... and gross looking... and pulled grass up from between the walkway blocks... it warmed up later in the morning when the sun made its way around to the front of the house...

The rest of the day was spent working on giving the house a great big cleanup... getting ready for Christmas... and for the parents visit!..  worked away until about 7pm... made it through the entrance area... front room and a good half of the kitchen... tomorrow the rest of the kitchen and living room... then onto upstairs... that should go quick... and if the weather is nice we can get the last of the bushes wrapped up outside... and fingers crossed I can get an indoor holly arrangement put together... I have a bag full of holly in the fridge from Spruce Meadows!.. 

Have you started getting your house ready for Christmas?..

xo

Lacey

See!.. I'm Still Here!.. And I've Been Productive!..

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Hey!.. What have you been up to!?.  This past weekend... ugh... it's Sunday night... why can't today be Saturday still!?. anyway this past weekend Fur's and I finished up... almost... our Christmas shopping for our families!.. Well the stuff we have to send in the mail anyway!.. YESS!.. no need for super expedited get it there tomorrow panic rush shipments this year!.. 

Today... Furs and I and a few coworkers went to the Pacific Place mall up in the NE for Dim Sum... it was YUM!..

Om nom nom...

On our way home we picked up a string of warm white lights for the front eve of the house... the lower eve... 

Chris put up the lights and I wrapped the bushes in burlap... should have done that back in October... ran out of burlap though... will have to finish up two bushes out front... and the gardens in the backyard next weekend...

It's the first year we've had lights on the house!.. we've put them inside in the windows the past couple of years... but thats just not the same as lights outside...  Next weekend I'll get greenery at the Spruce Meadows Christmas Market to do the two planters out front...

Check out the perfect string of lights!.. Oooo... Ahhhh!..

I mentioned it in a few previous posts... my September and October were out of hand busy... I worked and slept... wasn't capable of much else... well most of the houseplants have perished... apparently I didn't water the house plants for two months... the big fern was just a raggy mess... so I tossed it... and the planter was in quite the state...

Galvanized my ass!.. I sanded the rust off... and there were small holes in it!.. I primed it... painted it cream... and was hoping to be done there... BUT it looked terrible still... it had gone to far... THEN I had a thought!.. 

Cover it with sheet music!.. now it's new and refreshed... and the inside lined with plastic to prevent further corrosion!.. I've planted 6 paperwhite bulbs in it!... I didn't have any sand so had to use these rocks... actually... come to think of it... I think I have a ziplock of decorative sand in the entertainment unit... I'll have to run and check after... The rocks just aren't dainty enough for the sweet paperwhites...

...six planted in the trough... then four in these four little buckets that I've dropped into an old looking tool box...

...again the not so nice rocks...

We also picked up three amaryllis... a big read one... a white one... and one that is red and white... planted in various containers whose plants had perished...

I can't wait for them all to bloom...

This last one... I'm wondering if this little container is too small... someone with amaryllis experience let me know!..

Are you getting excited for Christmas!?.  I've begun to listen to Christmas music...  :)

xo

Lacey

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Ya... I'm Lame...

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work... sleep... work... sleep... I've been totally lame... hardly cooking... let alone baking!.. Gardens have gone to pot and winter is setting in... getting gardens cleaned up this coming weekend... and Furs and I are putting up Christmas lights on the house!.. 

what have you been up to for the past month!?

xo

Lacey

ps... I'll be back!..  sooner this time!..

Good Bye October...

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Like September, October is just whizzing by!.. My biggie finished installing the first week of October... then a little more work last week and it was completed!..

Just realized I'm sticking my tongue out in their photo... ha...

Luckily the sun was out for most of the final part hanging... it had gotten rather cold and rainy for the last few days of the installation...

Here are a few iPhone shots of this beauty all done... 

Check out Heavy's blog post on the piece... HERE!..

This past weekend I crashed... again... on Friday... and was asleep by 9:30... I'm still catching up on sleep... took yesterday and today off to chill out... I actually slept in...  

Saturday we went to the Tattoo Convention to see Alicia from home... she works at Trouble Bound in St. John's... 

...and we got tattoos!..

...as tiny as my tattoo is I was afraid to watch!.. hehe... it went really quickly... Chris and I both got anchors... and he got his nickname in script on his forearm... it's turned out awesome!..

...Sunday brought some sleeping in... combined with lunch and some shopping with coworkers... bought a few shirts and some skinny grey cords... check out the bunny shirt...

AND my anchor tattoo!..  a little bit of east coast connection... and Chris and I are each other's anchors... :)

<3

Sunday Furs and I went out for suppa...  I gave wine another try... it was okay... if you have any wine suggestions for a terribly un-informed wine drinker let me know!..

Last night work peeps and I went out to celebrate the finishing of the big install... to CRAFT... I've never been a fan of beer... at least I wasn't... they have 120 beers on tap... Wish I had gotten a few iPhone shots of the place... its pretty awesome... and they know what to bring you... they mixed a couple for me... were great... and their food was excellent...

Oh hi anchor!.. 

...curled my hair... hmmm... sorta makes me want to get a perm... ya perm... but not like 80s poodle perm... some texture... getting bored of straight hair... and its growing out so it's currently awkward... won't all go up in a pony... I look like a catfish because piece of hair from the sides just aren't long enough and they stick out...

...and curly is just so much more fun!..

What have you been up to so far this fine October?..

xo

The Rest Of My September...

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So... I dropped off the map there for awhile...  work has been INSANE!.. had two installations start on the same day two weeks ago... so was getting ready for and maintaining  those... one is now finished (check it out here)... and the other... my biggie should finish up this Friday!..

Coworker sent me flowers!.. came on a rough (meltdown) day... couple days before my two installs began... 

I've done a little bit of fall shopping... found a couple of sweaters... and a sweet pair of boots... 

A couple meals out... not much cooking has been going on... too tired... lazy?..

Muku!.. Cheshu rice!.. Mmm...

Oh yeah... before my two biggie installs kicked off this guy finally got installed in the Town of Edson!.. Eddie!.. sitting on a gfrc log... holding onto a bronze spruce cone...

The weather has been really nice... the mornings freezing... but the days have been getting nice and warm...

Two Friday's ago I celebrated the installation one of my installs that was completed (the one at the link above)... with some beverages with the neighbours...

...hopefully this coming Friday comes with more celebratory beverages for my biggie install!..  It's happening in downtown Calgary... so I've gotten to go work on it a little bit...

...three week long install... I'm so anxious for the piece to be completed now!..

On my way to check out the installation on this past Saturday we went with neibs A&B to the Italian Superstore on Edmonton Trail... OMFG... awesome pizza... yum!..

Then after we went to Chintz & Co. we checked out Jelly Modern Donuts... Their donuts look really pretty... the space is a bit too large for what they've got in there for seating...

...they have large and small donuts in each flavour...

...in a pile of flavours...

...om nom nom...

...donuts... the new cupcake?.. have you been to Jelly?.. what do you think!?.

...I had a small coconut one... t'was tasty!..

...decor was sweet... just the space way too large... 

Sunday... with FIVE layers of clothing on I headed to my biggie install site to lend a hand... it was FREEZING... hardhat hair is the worst!.. oh... and I drove the whole way from our house to downtown... working on getting my license... I know... totally lame that I don't have it... but I'm working on it...

This is how the install looked first thing Sunday morning...

...this picture... ya... I took it while 40ft up in a scissor lift... ugh!.. so high up!.. eek!..

...today on the way home... we picked up this roaster... wicked sale... it can hold a 24lb turkey... got about a 12lb'r for Turkey Day... Can't wait for turkey dins... turkey soup... hot turkey sammiches... What do you make with your left over turkey!?. c'mon hit me with your recipes!..

This evening while sitting on the couch... I left work at a reasonable time today... I received this picture from my biggie install site... half of the steel flappers are up!.. My install team is working so hard!.. It's looking so beautiful!.. I'm so proud!.. I started meetings for this project last November... lots of worry... and dreams about steel... and a ton of learning... and now it's almost done!.. 

What have you been up to lately!?.

xo

Lacey