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Ugh – Fast food for dinner

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I was so tired tonight that I didn’t cook dinner. Actually I fell asleep for two hours and didn’t wake up until my husband came home from work!

By that time it was 8 pm and a little late to start cooking. So we had McDonalds for dinner. We don’t have that often. It’s rare. But I always feel guilty after eating such a high calorie meal! Where’s some Medifast coupons when you need them!

Oh and the salt! Did you know that Canadian fast food apparently has even more salt in it than American fast food? Why? I don’t know … but it’s sickeningly salty.

Do you ever feel guilty after eating a fast food meal?





What a beautiful weekend (and our injured dog)

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It’s beautiful here in Toronto this weekend … it’s like a very late Indian Summer. The sun is just about to set, but it’s still 17 C (63 F) out- and that’s pretty warm for November!

If only it would stay this warm instead of getting cold again soon! Oh well .. at least it’s still supposed to be warm tomorrow before it slowly begins to cool off again. We’ll make the most of it I guess.

Actually, since it was so nice out today my husband decided to take our dog to the beach for a run and swim. Unfortunately, after being out swimming in the Lake for two hours or so, she limped back to shore. All of her feet were bleeding! It turns out she somehow scraped all of her toenails off to the nub! My poor baby.

We’ve taken her to Cherry Beach here in Toronto to swim in Lake Ontario several times – in the same area – and nothing like this has ever happened before. Maybe there’s more rocks under the water right now? Very strange.

So after cleaning up her feet she’s just resting beside me on the couch. My husband and I are just staying in the living room watching TV so that she doesn’t get up and start trying to follow us around. I figure if her feet have a rest maybe they’ll feel a little better. I hope!

My husband has control of the remote so I’m not having much fun! He’s flipping between sports news, music docs and uh infomercials for things like a dip machine – which BTW I think he’s interested in getting! LOL Why do guys always change channels like every five minutes?

If our dog, Midnight, hadn’t hurt herself so badly I’m sure we would have spent the last couple of hours outside doing the last of our garden work. I still have some mighty tall sunflowers to chop down!

Did you have nice weather this weekend?

I’m freezing!

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It’s cold here in Toronto today. Winter’s a comin’! Brrrr!

Geez, if I’m already hating the cold this much in early November I wonder how I’m going to get through January and February? Maybe I should buy myself a few lottery tickets and use my winnings (ha ha) to take one of those lovely warm orlando vacations ?

Hey, I can dream, can’t I?

I’ve been freezing for the last hour or so, just waiting for our furnace to come on. It finally did as I started writing this post. I guess I could have turned up the thermostat – but I didn’t want to do that. Instead I just piled on warmer clothes. Although I suspect once the furnace is done heating up the house I’ll be able to take my sweater off.

At least in the winter when it’s really cold out the heat comes on regularly. That’s one thing I hate about Autumn and late spring. The house cools more gradually so it’s a long wait at time for the furnace to come on. Oh well .. at least those months are better for our budget.

Is it cool in your area today too? What are you doing to stay warm?

I hate seeing my garden die down in the Fall

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I used to love Autumn, but now that I garden there’s some sadness whenever fall arrives.

I hate to see my garden die down for the winter. I know it’s part of a cycle, but I sometimes wish that I lived in a climate where my plants could bloom year round.

Hmm maybe this year I’ll be as successful as last with my indoor plants. Last year, between my garden plants blooming from late March until early December and my indoor plants (Orchids, indoor tropical hibiscus, Amaryllis etc) blooming from late December to April I had blooms all the time. It was lovely.

This is a picture of the Cosmo’s blooming outside my house in my planted boulevard. They’re starting to die down, but a few of the flowers are still stubbornly blooming.

White cosmo bloom 6

I like how the petals of this rose, Yves Piaget, go wild as the flower begins to die down. Isn’t this a pretty rose? I love it’s color.

Yves Piaget Rose bloom 3

What’s blooming in your garden right now as we head for winter?

Getting ready for a whirlwind weekend

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Oh oh, my brother in law is coming to Toronto for a visit. He’s a great guy, but his visits really tire me out and uh, well, they don’t bring out the best in my husband as he and my husband turn into teenagers again. In other words they drink and party and live to regret it the next day. LOL

Luckily his visit will only be for about three days, so that’s not too bad.

I do have to remind him to smoke his cigars outside though. I actually don’t mind the smell of cigars, but not in the house as the smell lingers for days! I think he smokes Rocky Patel cigars but I’m not sure. He also brings American cigarettes when he comes to visit and I don’t like the smell of those in the house either. They have a much stronger smell than Canadian cigarettes.

Anyway … I guess we’ll have to get the house ready for his visit next weekend. His youngest son has a hockey tournament here, so i guess they’ll be out watching hockey most of the time.

Do you ever have house guests that turn your whole house upside down when they visit?

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