Sweet Saturday - Cookie Dough Drizzle Cake

We recently got this cookie dough drizzle ice cream cake from Marble Slab creamery. L requested this for her recent birthday. It is to die for. OMG. Happy Sweet Saturday.

Please visit the others to see what they thought was sweet this week.

Paint Party Friday - Purple Sunset

First of all, look what was waiting for me when I got home yesterday! Lovely gifts from Heather of Rose Hill Designs. I had guessed where she was on vacation recently.
Thanks Heather, you made my day. And that lovely mug will remind me of Sophia too. I will also enjoy the Starbucks gift card and your New Year ACEO is precious.




Now it's time for Paint Party Friday! I did a purple sunset, largely because the next Creative Tuesday challenge is 'Purple' and I got carried away trying a few different ideas. So I decided to use one of them for today's PPF. Hope you like it.

Let's go see what everyone else did today!

Vegetable Planters

I took this photo at a local grocery store. Don't these planters look good? They look like lettuce and spinach.





We received a 2011 Census form in the mail yesterday. The difference is that it's online this year. When I finished it, I realized we must have received the short version which is fine by me! One year we got the long one, in the days when they sent a printed copy. You still have to option to request a printed copy if that is your preference.

7 Random Things

I was recently tagged by Lenoracle and since I haven't done one of these in awhile, I thought I might share 7 random things about me.

1) I'm a type A personality and a worrier. Everything has to be done right away.

2) I'm a food lover, all kinds (within reason). I probably wouldn't try snake soup or insects.

3) I've been to Paris and loved it.

4) I have 3 sisters and 1 brother, all younger than me.

5) I'm an Adam Lambert fan.

6) I have a Math degree.

7) I studied French at the university level, as I liked languages.

And there you have it! I won't tag anyone, but feel free to join in if you would like!

Think Big

I saw this photo in the newspaper the other day and thought it was a really good ad. What do you think? That little acorn will become a big oak tree! How's that for thinking big?




The internet was very slow yesterday, traffic was up due to Osama Bin Laden. A friend told me the lack of any cell phone or internet communication from his Pakistani compound drew suspicion in this day and age. And of course, the jokes started up immediately. Did you see this one?

Back Home

Well L is all moved back home for the summer. She turned 19 recently and had the 2 best celebrations of her life so far. It seems to keep getting better every year, lucky her. One celebration was with her university friends (20 or so of them). She's thrilled to be of legal drinking age. Then she celebrated at a restaurant with a bunch of friends here. Apparently the whole restaurant ended up joining in to sing her a happy birthday.

M, K and I had settled into a more peaceful life while she was away. It's a bit busier now with L back home. Not to mention there are a pile of bags in the basement filled with her stuff from school. At the same time, it's great to have the family back together. I know she also has to adjust to a different lifestyle and she and her school friends miss each other already.

We had a lovely dinner out the family of one of her roommates when we went to bring L home. They are a nice family and we all got along. So now we've met all her future roommates.

In other news, it's election day, and Canada chooses a Prime Minister. Although this has been eclipsed by the news that Osama Bin Laden has been killed.

And I learned, interestingly, from Marlene yesterday that 'There is a very strong Russian Influence in Alaska, especially Sitka. They import Russian art and the lacquered pieces are beyond gorgeous. I was delighted to find these wooden dolls while there. I also purchased a Ukrainian Egg Painting Kit in Juneau.'

Sunday Sketches - Canada Goose

Gosh, it's May already.

Welcome to Sunday Sketches! I drew another picture from my Canadian Wildlife magazine, it's a Canada Goose. They are all over the roads at this time of year, even to the point of stopping traffic.

Well, time to go visit everyone else to see what they did today.