Haha, we had a little bit of fun. Here are our costumes this year…
Is it Supergirl?
NO… IT’S SUPERMOM!! 😂
And the kids went to parties. James…
Laura…
Andrew & Kristina…
Lots of treats…
Wishing you a great night and lots of fun with all your little trick or treater’s!
Abby waiting with Laura to pass out treats
She sat on the step all evening…racing down to the door so excited to see the kids in costume.
150 kids later and just a handful of treats left…it was a good night!
Oh my head! I am having another week of stuffiness and a bit of dizziness. Time to get out my new best friend! Well she should be my best friend BUT we are having issues!
Meet my “looks like a genie in a bottle” Neti pot!
A neti pot is a container designed to rinse debris or mucus from your nasal cavity. You might use a neti pot to treat symptoms of nasal allergies, sinus problems or colds. It’s important to use a saline solution with bottled water that has been distilled or sterilized.
My doctor has me using this device once a day or every other day, especially when my sinuses are acting up. We are thinking that the whole heavy head and dizziness is related. However, whenever I use my Neti, I feel worse. It clears the sinuses great BUT my head feels awful!
I’m just wondering if you have ever used a neti pot? Do you like it? Do you get good results?
Have a great weekend…the last one of October!!!
It’s that time! Time to rake mow the leaves!! The beautiful leaves are just starting to fall and so for the first little while we can just mow and clean them up. I mean David can mow them. In a week or so we’ll do a thorough rake, mow and Fall clean up of the gardens. I’ll help with that. It’s nice to get everything cleaned up before the snow falls. The way temperatures have been in the morning it won’t be too long. Brrr!
I knew David would be chilly when he came in from outside so I made “fresh out of the oven” banana bread. I usually don’t have over ripe bananas to do anything with because all three of us eat bananas like monkeys! But the “littlest monkey” brought home two slightly bruised bananas from his lunch box and instead of throwing them out, I made something we all love!
Yes, all of us! Someone is feeling better and is a little beggar!!
Have a great day!
A lot of people don’t care for social media. It definitely has its pros and cons. One of the good things is that you can look back…a year ago, 2 years ago, 5 years ago… I love this feature. It’s also one of the reasons I blog. Blogging is like a journal, a diary, pictures are worth so much when you can look back and remember special times and events that might otherwise be forgotten in your current daily activities and responsibilities.
This week there are lots of pictures and posts coming up from a year ago… posts that make me wish I was right back there!
Last year at this time I was in China! Walking on the great wall, eating delicious authentic Chinese food, spending quality time with my sister in law and my niece, walking familiar paths, visiting Chinese friends… ahhh….
I am so thankful for such wonderful memories!
It’s soon time to make more!!! I think I’ll cook up some jiaozi for lunch…
Saturday was a rainy day!
BUT Today is a gorgeous sunny ( but breezy) day after all the rain yesterday. A lot of leaves came down with the wind and the cover blew off our propane firebowl. Guess I know what we will be doing this week. It’s getting to be time for leaf raking!
I’m tired! I was up off and on last night with my Abby girl. All day yesterday she wasn’t herself. Didn’t want to eat anything. Last night James & I were having some snacks while we watched a movie and he gave her just a couple small pieces of plain potato chips. I don’t know if that set it off… WARNING MAYBE TOO DETAILED FOR SOME READERS!!!
…but she was up and down all night and from about 4am on she was throwing up blood and even bleeding from her rectum. Not fun. I’ve had experience before with blood from both ends with a dog and it didn’t end good. So anytime Abby has blood issues I worry and fret, it takes me right back to our first dog. Later this morning after all that, she went out to poop ( worst poop ever) and threw up again. I bathed her, because she was a complete mess!!! She has been resting ever since and doesn’t want me to go too far…Whatever it was seems to have passed, now we just wait and see. With such a tiny puppy, it seems like every once and awhile I have an issue like this to deal with. Take her food away nothing to eat and drink for a day until she dries up…poor little fur baby.
Today is a “Goode Family” Potluck. We try to have one of these every couple months. It’s hard to get everyone there, there’s just so many of us. David’s parent’s will soon be on their way South to Florida for the Winter so there’s only a few more weeks left to see them.
I didn’t go today because Abby was still not great but I cooked up some goodies for David to take…scalloped potato, brown sugar maple flavoured meatballs, and apple crisp. Yum!!I wish I was going. I love scalloped potato but rarely make it.
Laura was there and having lots of fun playing dress up with one of the littlest members of our family.
Tonight I’m just cozy inside watching another movie. I don’t watch a lot of movies but sometimes it’s just nice to cozy up and relax.
And that’s my Sunday!
I totally forgot about this. I wanted to mention our stop at Johnny K’s on vacation.
What is Johnny K’s you ask?
It is just the most famous place to get Donair’s in Halifax! It’s actually where Halifax’s FIRST donair was created. A donair is a spicy, beef meat, and a sweet savoury sauce, onions , tomato served on Lebanese-style pita. They are so good and the very best with chocolate milk. Actually chocolate milk is a MUST!
It’s East Coast Canada’s signature dish!! So delicious, you just have to try one.
It’s Friday!! Not a lot happening here. This morning I woke up and was little slow getting at things today. I enjoyed my coffee and caught up on blogs and news and just enjoyed the quiet time. Besides…It’s a rainy day on the South Shore. Rainy days are GREAT for this sort of thing.
Mondays and Fridays are cleaning and laundry days for me. You know “clean before for the weekend” and “clean after the weekend.” It works for me and has been my routine for years. I really enjoy neat and tidy and sleeping in a freshly laundered bed.
Today I got all that done and stayed in my PJ’s, had another coffee, did some research, had a little nap…actually I think I will call this Pajama Friday. It has been nice and relaxed BUT I think I better go shower and get “my pretty” on before David gets home from work.
Tomorrow looks like another rainy day…
I’m hoping it doesn’t put a damper on our neighbour’s daughter’s wedding.
ENJOY your weekend!
We live in such a beautiful place! I can’t believe the amazing Fall we’ve had. It’s so hard to believe it’s October 20th.
Here are a few photos that were posted on the Town Of Bridgewater’s website today. I didn’t take them but I sure appreciate them, and whoever the photographer was that took them, THANK YOU!!
And when you step outside it’s a gorgeous 18 degrees!
BUT…saying that…my mind and my heart has been looking forward to December. I could EVEN play Christmas music today…almost.
That’s just the way I am feeling on this beautiful Fall day in Bridgewater! Only 42 days til December 1st…
Most people who know us know that our family drinks Coke ( ok I don’t, and Andrew’s wife doesn’t) BUT a lot of the “Goode” men prefer Coke over Pepsi. My husband really enjoys his Coke and has been collecting cans from around the world on our travels.
Coke came out with a new product…Coke Life. It’s even in a green can. Somehow that seems wrong since Coke is always red!
Coke Life…’COCA-COLA LIFE’ is the latest addition to the ‘Coca-Cola’ family. Coca-Cola Life is a lower-calorie version of Coca-Cola, using stevia and sugar as sweeteners. It has 27 kilocalories/100 mL, containing 60% of the calories of regular Coca-Cola.
Well my husband who is a COKE drinker has tried it…once, and initially says “It’s NOT coke!” BUT because he bought a case, he’ll keep trying it…(at least until the case is finished) or maybe give most of it to our daughter who “steals” his Coke when she visits.
but I think he will not give his thumbs up for the “green” version…It may be healthier…maybe, BUT it’s just not the same taste! And this man knows his Coca-Cola!
Happy Hump Day!
PS~ And here’s a follow up to this post, an article I cam across. This is why I do not drink Coke and wish my husband didn’t. When something will do what the following article says it will. Should you really be putting it in your body? I don’t think so!
http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/industrial-uses-for-coke.html?t=CHH
It’s time to say goodbye to the world’s oldest panda, Jia Jia.
I love panda’s. They are considered a symbol of China. That’s probably why I like them so much. Naturally, when I was living in China, that was one of the things on my bucket list…to see real live Asian Panda Bears.
I had the privilege of meeting Jia Jia 5 years ago, as well as An An, Ying Ying and Le Le. Jia Jia lived at the Ocean Park theme park in Hong Kong. She was my first first experience with Panda Bears. I’ve loved watching them ever since. Here is a blog post from 2011.
A few photos of Jia Jia from 2011.
Here is what CBC news reported…
The world’s oldest-ever panda in captivity was euthanized Sunday at the Hong Kong theme park where she lived because her health had deteriorated.
Ocean Park said in a statement that a veterinarian euthanized 38-year-old Jia Jia to prevent further suffering and for ethical reasons.
Guinness World Records recognized Jia Jia as the oldest giant panda to live in captivity. The average lifespan for a panda in the wild is 18 to 20 years, while in captivity it’s 30 years, according to Guinness.
Born in the wild, Jia Jia was taken to live at a wildlife reserve’s breeding center in central China’s Sichuan province in 1980, when she was around two years old.
She and another panda, An An, were given to Hong Kong as a gift from Beijing in 1999, on the second anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain to China.
Pandas, a beloved symbol of China, were long considered one of the world’s most endangered animals, although last month a leading international group lowered its classification to “vulnerable.”
Jia Jia, who celebrated her birthday in August, had shown signs of poor health in her old age, including high blood pressure and arthritis, which required regular medication. Over the past two weeks, her condition had worsened significantly, with her weight falling as she stopped eating.
“This is a day we knew would eventually come, but it is nevertheless a sad day for everyone at the park, especially for the park’s keepers who took care of her over the years,” Ocean Park’s chairman, Leo Kung, said in the statement.
Three other pandas still live at Ocean Park — 30-year-old An An, and Ying Ying and Le Le, both 11.
It is so sad. But I am happy I had the chance to see this special Panda in Hong Kong. RIP Jia Jia.
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