Snow... it keeps happening

This morning I join you from the comfort of my warm and cozy house. I have for your viewing pleasure added a peak at what lays outside in my back yard. What you can' see my back yard? wait I'll move into the bathroom and take the picture from there, and get around that big pile of white. And it's still snowing. The picture of the abandon chair, is from about 8am,it's higher since. I had to recharge the camera batteries.



In other news. I got a call today, I'm going in March 11th to get my Hernia redone. Everyone say it with me "third time's a charm". I'm still working out details for kiddies, babysitters, and husband time off work so he can care for me. This will be our Vacation. How exciting is that, I'll definitely be doing the "lay around and do nothing" vacationing.

OK I'm resorting to a Meme, :)Canadian Foods

I found this over at ....http://michellesamom.blogspot.com/ , so I"m going to follow along

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Post a comment here linking to your results

Maple Syrup & Poutine's 100 Canadian Foods to Consume

1. Arctic Char
2. Ketchup flavoured chips
3. Wild Rice Pilaf
4. Caribou Steak
5. Gourmet Poutine
6. Screech
7. Beaver Tails
8. Maple Baked Beans
9. Bison Burger
10. Bumbleberry pie
11. Nanaimo bar
12. Butter Tarts (I used to work for a bakery, and ate too many of these weekly)
13. Cedar Planked B.C. Salmon
14. Wild Blueberries (we had these in the field behind our house)
15. Pure Local Cranberry Juice (I've had pure Cranberry juice, but I can't say if it was local or not)
16. Chocolate from Ganong or Purdy’s (I live in Ganong world)
17. A cup of warm cider from your local orchard (every fall... one of my favourite treats)
18. Caesar
19. 4 of the following types of apples (Cortland, Empire, Golden Delicious, McIntosh, Spartan, Greensleeves, Liberty, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Honeycrisp, Golden Russet, Idared, Gala)
20. Freshly foraged mushrooms
21. Dinner cooked by Michael Smith, Susur Lee or Rob Feenie
22. Fondue Chinoise
23. Dish created from a Canadian Living Magazine recipe (my Aunt gave me a subscription for a wedding gift, great idea!)
24. Peameal Bacon Sandwich from St. Lawrence Market in Toronto (we used to buy it from the grocerystore in ON)
25. Lobster bought directly from a boat in a Maritime harbour (yep, I'm from CB)
26. Handmade perogies from your local church or market (My husband's Polish Aunt makes them the best!)
27. Alberta Beef at an Alberta Steakhouse ( I was 9!)
28. Leamington Tomatoes
29. Roasted Pheasant
30. Wild Game hunted by someone you know
31. Ice Wine (YES! did a whole marketing report for College on this stuff and that means we needed research materials...) :)
32. Habitant Pea Soup – entire can
33. Any Canadian Artisinal Cheese
34. Bannock (my mom's)
35. Tourtiere (didn't like it)
36. Flapper Pie
37. Jellied Moose Nose
38. Saskatoon Berries
39. Fish and Brewis
40. Screech Pie
41. Fiddleheads(found in the back yard, didnt' like them..)
42. Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich
43. Flipper Pie
44. Montreal Bagels with Smoked Salmon
45. Toutins
46. Jam Busters
47. Bakeapple Pie
48. Bridge Mixture (sold this in Primary (that's K for the rest of Canada) for a fundraiser and was instantly addicted)
49. Canadian Style Pizza (bacon, pepperoni. Mushrooms)
50. Shreddies
51. A cone from Cow’s Ice Cream
52. Lumberjack or Logger’s Breakfast
53. Jigg’s Dinner
54. Rappie Pie
55. Pemmican
56. Lake Erie Sturgeon Caviar
57. Belon Oysters
58. Brome Lake Duck
59. Beer from a stubby bottle.
60. A beer from Unibroue or Phillips Brewery.
61. Salt Spring Island Lamb
62. Fry’s Cocoa (do not eat this dry...oops, I was 5!)
63. A bag of Old Dutch Potato Chips (they re not as good at Humpty Dumpty and even though there seems to be some kind of "togetherness" I still prefer the HD,)
64. Every Flavour of Laura Secord Suckers
65. Chicken Dinner from St Hubert’s or Swiss Chalet
66. Hickory Sticks
67. An entire box of Kraft Dinner
68. Candy Apples (NOT caramel apples)
69. Corn from a roadside stand
70. A meal at Eigensenn Farm (where?)
71. Okanogan Peaches
72. Berkshire Pork
73. PEI Potatoes
74. Something cooked in Canola oil
75. Figgy Duff
76. Blueberry Grunt
77. High Tea at the Empress Hotel
78. Fresh maple syrup hardened on the snow
79. Oreilles de Christ(is that ears of christ?)
80. Nova Scotia Beer Warmer
81. A cheese plate containing Bleu Bénédictin, Friulano, St. Maure and Oka.
82. Black or red currant jam
83. Maple glazed Doughnut from Tim Horton’s with a Large “Double Double”(this is only recent, I never order coffee out and now coffee and I no longer speak)
84. A glass of Mission Hill’s “Oculus”
85. Alberta Pure Vodka
86. Chokecherries
87. Canada Day Cake
88. Boulettes
89. Canadian Iced Tea
90. Mead
91. Fricot
92. Grandperes
93. Local honey
94. Creton on toast
95. Glen Breton Rare
96. A whole box of Smarties, where the empty box is then used as a kazoo(before I was all holy breasted mother, I used to ask relatives to bring smarties to us in the USA, )
97. Grilled cheese made with Canadian Cheddar
98. A meal from Harvey’s
99. Lake Erie Perch (not big fish fan)
100. Red Rose Tea
If you are unsure of what the item is, look it up! Please pass the list on to your friends and fellow bloggers - whether they are Canadian or not.

Winter... 3wks 6days

Lastnight we had another storm, you know SNOWWWWWWWWWWWW, and well this is the update that I'm sure has you all Glued to your computer monitors.




I also have of your viewing pleasure a picture of one of these chairs without snow, all warm and cozy in my dinning room, waiting for spring.



I took this one this morning before the boys went to school note boy in corner, and also note that the counter is the same size as the chair. I have a very difficult time believing that spring will arrive on it's designated time. You would think given that I've been a Canadian for thirty... (grumble along) years, that I'd realize that spring is a figment of my imagination. My years in NH where my neighbours pulled out their kid book on April 27th, 2001 have spoiled me. I will confess I'm a wuss now. Yep A wuss! I have no tolerance for a long 5-6months of winter. I want my sun, not too much, cause I assure you I can complain about sitting here sweltering in 35-40C weather as well. Yes I'm sure the word wuss went through your mind, again. I did though, go walking out in this weather lastnight. When the snow as still falling, I was out there Treking to the store to buy a local Paper. It was cold, then I came home and pushed aside some of the snow to the front door. I think you all must be as tired of snow as I am of writing about it, but really what else is there to talk about? it's Winter!