It's Halloween!

Walk the plank you fake pirate! Captain Sparrow tells the Ken

Pirate!

Check out the Dolton Blog for some spooky and not so scarey Halloween Scenes!

Sale at KB Toys

No pix, but I just found out that on their internet site KB Toys is selling silkstones for really cheap. Suite Retreat and Highland fling for $17.99 each. For that price, you could buy extras! Now, Suite Retreat is not a favorite of mine, but I love my Highland fling girl. ; ) I might get an extra myself!

Today I received some more sweaters that I won on ebay. AS you can see I have 3 happy Doltonites who will be snuggly warm this winter.
Today was a decent day, although cool. Just right for me
I shopped at WM and bought another ton of wool! Expect lots more colourful chairs to appear!

Not a lot on the toy shelves, except that Hannah Montana and few other no name dolls. Did you know that Hannah Montana is Billy Ray Cyrus' daughter? She changed her name.
Stopped at a TRU but not much there and prices are still high in that store. WM is cutting prices here to match with U.S. prices because of our high dollar. I think prices will come down even more as Xmas approaches. Only 2 months to go LOL
Bought some xmas stuff in our Dollarama. I am slowly gathering new items for this year's display. Still not finished my Halloween scene yet but most everyone is dressed. I will have two scenes this year.
Tomorrow we are leaving for Ottawa so you can expect me to be off line for a few days. I may be online at my sister-in-laws house to set her up on this blog. So I might post if there is anything interesting to say.

And if I have time later, will post on the Dolton blog here on google.
Have a good weekend everybody.

Indian Summer Day

As mentioned on the yahoo blog, I was able to go out and cut the lawn for the first time this summer. My foot is healing nicely and I can even play for a couple of hours at a time in Dolton. Walking any distance is still troublesome though, as I tend to have a heavy step and always walk at a quick pace. I learned that trying to keep up with others as I have such short legs LOL

Last night I watched "Grease" with John Travolta and ONJ. I have always wanted to set up a drive-in scene at Dolton Beach and this year, I thought would be the year that I could do it. Of course my plantar facitis and the extreme heat that we had all summer kept me from my plans. Even my friend Debbie was excited to come over and help set up the scene. Maybe I can create it up in Lofton which is partially torn apart at one end right now as Jack had to go up and thread the cable from our satellite dish through the roof instead of over the roof as it was originally done. No wonder we lost our connection as the wiring was worn right through from 8 years of weather exposure. Anyway now that area is all 'open' again, I will lay down some more plywood and expand Lofton even more! Soon I will have all the roof/attic taken over LOL Of course going up to there to clear out the area for Jack meant climbing the ladder which I was able to do now that my foot is much better so I can go up and down without worrying about it anymore. And the weather is cooler now so I can breathe up there. Of course my time is limited, once the real cold weather arrives I won't be able to go up there as it is not heated and can't or shouldn't be. There is insulation on the 'floor' of the attic but not in the rafter's, that is so they can breathe and why also it is very arid up there as it should be so the roof doesn't rot.

Well I've yammered enough. Hope you are all enjoying your weekend and remember take the time to smell the roses! *wink*

Here's Sandy and Sam modelling my latest ponchos. Sandy is peeved cos she wanted Sam's poncho! I think Sandy's is a bit too short for her. It will most likely go to a big skipper.

I went up to Mattel today but the shelves were empty! Literally! They were getting ready for the big sale starting on Tuesday. You know where I'm gonna be next week LOL

Today was an interesting day, dark gloomy, rainy, then gorgeous sunshine and very mild temps. Yep I'm back to wearing shorts and t-shirts! But storms blew in and out of the area all day long. The winds were so stiff, a lot of my dahlia plants just snapped! It sure was a strange day! Still I'll take it! I can't believe the warm weather we are having this late in October! I bet it snows next weekend tho' As we are going to Ottawa *ugh*
Hope you all have a good weekend everyone!

Congrats to Mel and Tom on their home ownership!

Latest Poncho and other news

Here's my latest poncho with the fringe. Ironically I had the varigated eyelash wool to match with this varigated wool. LOL This one is going in your package Yvonne. If you want a hat to go with this, just let me know.

I'm off to the farmer's market today for fresh eggs. I usually buy a flat which consists of 2.5 dozen. You can really taste the difference between these and store bought eggs. They are fresh to begin with and also this particular farmer uses free range organic hens. I might buy one of his chickens too. Although I'm kinda sick of poultry right now so soon after thanksgiving. We are still eating the soup that Jack made!

It's sunny today and not as cool as yesterday. Boy the winds were wild yesterday. This must be the year of the wind cos if you recall every time I talk about the weather here, I mention the strong winds. It's why we got so few storms (and rain) throughout the summer. I just hope it doesn't mean that we will get bitterly cold winds this winter! Now that I can't take!

Hope you are all relaxing and enjoying your Sunday. Catch you later.

BTW I have put another entry on my Health Blog

Chair fits 16" Dolls

Occassionally I make taller chairs (from kernel corn cans). They are usually made for the poser dolls who have longer legs and some of the AF guys. But today, (for some unknown reason) I tried a 16" gal on it and voila it fits!

Today is bitterly cold as I can feel the wind coming in the small opening of the windows. Yes I still have open windows and if you read my health blog yesterday, you would know why!! LOL Anyway I think fall is actually here. If the temps keep dropping it will soon be winter! Bring it on! LOL

Better get back to crocheting cos I think it's gonna be a cold night!