Teething Biscuits

My nephew bought his new daughter (9 months old) these teething biscuits. They look just like cheesies, and are whole grain. What's not to love?

My Swedish Meatballs

I decided to make some Swedish meatballs the other day, just wanted to try something different, other than having it at Ikea. They tasted pretty good, really just a cream sauce over meatballs. It is very quick to make.

Paint Party Friday - Jenn's Cardinal

For Paint Party Friday I painted one of Jenn's delightful cardinal photos. It is done on good quality textured grey cardstock (6" x 6") using Winsor Newton acrylics, outlined with a PITT marker.

Words for Wednesday on Thursday

This month Mumblings has been hosting Words for Wednesday.  Her word for this Wednesday was 'television'.

I thought you would enjoy my true television story here, I usually just post it within the comments on the WFW hosting blog:

Many years ago I was going to a Parent’s Luncheon and fundraiser for my kids’ elementary school. One of the moms offered to car pool to the event. It was one of those events where you get all dressed up and go to a banquet hall. The hall was beautifully decorated for the party. There was a silent auction, I had a look through the items. I decided to buy a $20 ticket to the raffle that was being held for a 40 inch flat screen television. It was a pricey raffle ticket I thought, but what the heck it was for a good cause.

We went to sit at our assigned tables. As we ate, we chatted and enjoyed our formal meal. The principal made a nice speech, among others. Finally, it was time to draw the raffle prize. Unbelievably, it was my number! It was beyond exciting. I had won the television! It is not often that I win anything and this was a fabulous prize!

The mom who had driven me helped me load the television into her car, I had not even thought of how I was getting it home, still euphoric. She then helped me transfer the television into my own car when we got back to the school. I still have so much appreciation for her efficient kindness and thoughtfulness.

Needless to say, it was a happy moment arriving home that evening with brand new, state of the art equipment! For months I had fun telling my family and friends the story of my free television.

Pencil Puzzle

I very much enjoyed doing this spatial reasoning puzzle and thought some of you might too.  Let me know in the comments if you want the answer and I will leave a comment on your blog.

The mailbox keys

daffodils sprouting last week

I went to the super mailbox to collect our mail on the first day of spring. The ice around the community mailbox had melted somewhat. There is always garbage around it, shame on some of the neighbours. Anyway, I decided to pick up some of the scattered papers and discovered some rusted keys at the back of the area. They looked like identical mailbox keys so I put them in the mail slot. The mailman can best decide what to do with them.

We wanted the ice to melt away but then the weeds and lawn chores will start, sigh!

Vegetarian Sausage

Recently, I tried the new Beyond Meat sausage and egger breakfast burger at A and W restaurants. It costs a dollar more than a regular sausage and egger. It did have a sausage taste and was very filling. You have a choice of whole grain or white bun which is good. The whole grain bun was fresh and delicious.

I heard the vegetarian hot dogs at Ikea are quite good, made with chick peas. So that is on my list to try at some point.