For secure shredding

Wow, here we are at the end of the month!  April fool's seems like it was just yesterday.

Recently, a local bank advertised free secure shredding and e-waste dropoff for a day. They were introducing the opening of their new state of the art branch. I met the branch manager and entered a $1000 draw (why not?). For years, I've been collecting my receipts without having a plan for disposing of them, so this was the perfect opportunity! They assured me the bags would be locked in the their special bins and transported to their secure shredding site. This was a good thing.  How do you dispose of your secure documents?

Sunday Sketches - The Wave

This acrylic ACEO is entitled 'The Wave'. I saw a pretty photo on Pinterest, via tinywhitedaisies and this is my interpretation of it.

Please visit the other talented participants in this fun blog hop hosted by Sophia at Sunday Sketches!

Skor Minis

I picked up this bag of Skor Mini chocolates the other day. I don't think I've had Skor chocolates before. They are quite good, chocolate on the outside, with a butter toffee crunch centre. Six pieces are 220 calories and 20% of your daily fat and it's hard to stop at one or two pieces! Well, I thought I would share the temptation anyway!

At the gym the other day, I momentarily forgot the combination to my locker lock. I hadn't used it for almost a week as I have been walking instead. I mentioned my panic to the lady next to me. She said she uses an old fashioned padlock and key for that same reason. She said that she used to work at a bank, in charge of the vaults. She wasn't allowed to write the combination down for security reasons and had to just remember it. She said it was stressful because if she ever forgot it, they would have to call special people to break into the vaults. Well, I thought that was interesting. Another lady said she simply doesn't lock her locker because she doesn't bring anything valuable.  Do you have a problem with remembering things like this?

I saw the movie 'The Lucky One' last night starring Zac Efron. I enjoyed this 'chick flick' from the author of 'The Notebook'. It also starred Blythe Danner (Gwyneth Paltrow's mom), now I see where Gwyneth gets her looks from!

Well, enjoy your Saturday!

Paint Party Friday - Tornado

For Paint Party Friday, this acrylic ACEO is entitled 'Tornado', what else? I saw a photo in the newspaper of this tornado that touched down in Kansas recently. The photo was credited to 'Orlin Wagner/AP' and I couldn't resist painting its simple lines!

Please visit the other talented participants in this fun blog hop!

Good Times Magazine

So I recently received my first issue (May 2012) of Good Times magazine that I recently subscribed to:

I found a wonderful and simple recipe for a 'Garlic Shrimp Spaghetti' which I couldn't wait to try. They must be related to Canadian Living magazine, because I found the same recipe here. My son K loved it, and thought to add parmesan cheese as he does with all his pasta dishes. It was a good idea.

There is also a good article on hearing loss, the causes,symptoms, treatment and even which type of hearing aid is best.

Sod Delivery

Mother's Day is coming up for us in less than 2 weeks. Do you have any plans, gift ideas perhaps?

It's that time of year, for sod deliveries!  All the lawn companies are coming around, offering aeration services and the like.  I've been trying to get at the weeds as soon as they pop up but I fear it's a losing battle.  The lawn companies have this new iron treatment, but I don't think it works.  Pesticides have been banned for good reason though.  We actually saw someone replacing their whole lawn, but the
weeds will come back eventually I think.

Creative Tuesdays - Mom

I just noticed it's the birthday of the 'zip' inventor...google (in Canada anyway) is celebrating it in a fun way today!

It's time for Creative Tuesdays! This acrylic ACEO is themed 'Mom'. Please visit the other talented participants to see their interpretation!