Random Questions by Dad.

1. What time did you go to bed last night and were you alone?
 
I went to bed about 12:30. I fell asleep in the living room after Mom went to bed, and after finishing a couple of late turns on the word game on my I-pod and after doing a crossword puzzle on there too. I'm almost always the last one to hit the sack here.

2. If you could be given ANY gift what would it be? 

Oh I don't know, maybe the gift of knowing that all you kids were financially stable and building beautiful homes, and just really settled for life.

3. What was the last film that really moved/disturbed/thrilled you and why? 

Actually Mom and I don't go to a lot of movies, but I have gone to some with John and Dave, that we walked out of. One was a terrible movie called The Gangs Of New York or something like that. Dave thought it might be real good. He doesn't make good movie choices.

4. What is your favourite TV show of all time ie you've seen them all, can watch it over and over again and quote lines from it? 

Two come to mind, although there are probably several I could Name. I really liked and never missed MASH and All in the Family. I guess I've always been a Star Trek fan too.

5. Whats your favourite way to wake up and whats the first thing you do?

Alive, then roll out of bed and head to the Kitchen for some breakfast.

6. What would you call yourself if you could choose your own name? 

You don't like Pete or Dad. I don't think I've heard to many names I don't like.

7. If you had to do a bushtucker challenge (you have to eat insects/grubs etc) what would be the worst thing you had to eat? 

This is a crazy question, but I have eaten snails or escargots.

8. Whats the worst/most embarassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? 


Vacation in the Sun by the Tijuana Brass. It's actually on cassette tape if anyone remembers them, and yes I still have it. I should play it again one of these days.

11. What characteristics do you dislike in yourself? 

I'm not a game playing type of guy, and sometimes think my grandkids might like me better if I was.  

12. Your favourite item of clothing and why? 

Anything that fits and looks half way decent on me. Jeans especially.

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be and who would it be with? 

Mom and I would love to go to England and France.

14. If you could have any animal/creature, What would be your ultimate pet be? 

I kinda like the fish in our pond.


15. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? 

I always wanted to be a scientist, but I outgrew that when I realized how much advanced Chemistry you had to take in University.
16. Whats the next planned event you're looking to in your life? 

We're going to Port Moody for Clayton's baptism. Can't hardly wait Clay.
17. What were you doing before you started this? 

We just finished moving all the big furniture items over to the Good Sams in Magrath for Grandma and Grandpa Wilde who are moving in there on Tuesday.


18. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldnt of ? 

Chocolates at Grandma and Grandpa's.


19. If you were an ice cream flavour what would you be? 

Theres only one kind Pralines and Cream. Or maybe a Skor Blizzard.
20. Who was the last person you spoke to that you didnt want to talk to? 

I love talking to everyone. Ask some of my family who have thought it embarrassing that I would talk to whomever was next to me.

21. What was your favourite toy as a child? 

I loved my bike, and used to go all over on it in England.

22. When was the last time you cried laughing and why? 

I don't remember the last time I cried laughing. Guess I'm not much fun.

23. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? 

Not much, maybe an empty box or two.

24. What did you dream about last night? 

I can never remember my dreams, but I know I dream.

25. What are you really afraid of?


Getting older.

BREAD

Moms newest acquisition bought with airmiles. Mom baked the first loaf in it last night, and we had fresh bread for a treat about 10:30PM. The bread tasted fantastic, but the loaf wasn't pretty as the top was flat and kinda caved in, but the bread itself was very light and airy and delicious. Mom just has to figure out what went wrong. The manual has all sorts of recommendations for that particular outcome, including old yeast, too hot or too cold water etc.
Anyways, she wanted to have soup and fresh bread for super tonight, so she put all the ingredients in and set the controls for delayed start so the bread would be ready about 5:30 or 6:00 PM for supper. Well, something was set wrong and I guess we're having scrambled eggs and toast for supper, as the machine never turned on. It's going now, so there will be fresh bread at about 9:00 PM.
You're welcome to come try it out if you happen to be in the area. There's the cake also you know.

                                                                             

Well, it's been a while since my last blog, but nothing to earth shattering has happened around here lately.

About the picture though, thats the supper that yours truly made last night for Mom and I and for Grandma and Grandpa Wilde. Mom took it over to their house, it's the part that's missing in the pan. Anyways it's Emily's Southwestern Chicken Skillet that she had on her blog a while ago. It was very tasty, and is highly recommended. Unfortunately we didn't have any sour cream, and Mom and I both agreed that sour cream probably would have made it even better. Make sure you follow Em's advice and add the whole jar of salsa though. It might have been to dry with only a cup as called for in the recipe. Now for the cake, it's lemon cake with lemon butter cream icing. It was Steve's birthday, and I had a little time on my hands yesterday afternoon, so I decided Grandma and Grandpa Wilde would enjoy some dessert too, so I ventured into the cake making realm too. Not to say that Mom and I don't appreciate a good dessert once in a while. The cake tastes great also, especially with ice cream. We've got lots of the cake left, so if you're in the area drop in and have a treat. The Chicken dish however is pretty well all gone.

I don't have a clue as to what is going on with the blog today, so I'll just have to live with it centering all the printing. Of course one never knows what the final product will look like until you hit the Publish Post button.

It was -28 again this morning, I really don't know what's going on with the weather. We got probably more than 20 centimeters of snow again over the weekend and yesterday, winter just keeps on giving and giving. A lot of people we know from around here are heading south these days for a week or so in the sun. We had a week in Kalispel, where it was at least a little warmer. Would be nice to go a little further south one year I guess. But then we'd miss all this great weather.

We're luckier than some though. The Quapps who live kitty corner to Lorenzo and Barbara Davies had their house burn down last night. Fortunately they weren't home, so no one was hurt. It was still burning this morning,  and almost totally gone. They added on a year or so ago, and that part is the only part still standing, although I imagine it's a right off too. Hope they had good house insurance. Thats really tragic though, especially during this cold weather.

New Year, not much change.

She had wild and curly hair all week.

How cute.

Couldn't keep track of where these kids were.

We were all i-pod or i-phone crazy.

What can I say.

The grandkids all have beautiful smiles.

Closer inspection needed before approval granted.

I love food on my face.

It's been a while since I wrote anything on the old blog. I guess that nothing much has happened since Christmas, and I haven't been able to think of much to write about. Haven't taken to many blog worthy pictures either. I'll add a few random pictures of the Grandkids from Christmas. And maybe one or two others. Do you know how many times I had to down load those pictures before it worked?  Don't know what I'm doing wrong.
One of the cutest and most interesting evenings of the Christmas week was Christmas day. We were sat in the living room listening to the kids as they were Skypeing their cousins in Port Moody. They were yelling into the computer, showing all their gifts and just having what seemed like fabulous fun. Can't wait till next year!!!!!!!

Nothing New.

I was just checking all the family blogs, and realized that I haven't blogged for over a month. Actually nothing much happens around here. We took a couple of photos of Grandma Scott on Saturday to send to her brother Joseph and his wife Betty via my cousin Maureen their daughter who I talked to on the phone the other day for the first time in at least 44 years. It's been a real year for family reunions.

These are my cousins from my Dads side, who live in York, that we contacted a few months ago.
From the left, Janet, Jackie, Lesley and Keith. It's been really great to get back in touch with them.

Pictures of the cute doll dress cake that Tiffany made for Hopes birthday a few weeks ago, that we had to eat fast as they had to head back to her place.
We're almost ready for Christmas. How about you?

Curtains

Well, to round out the pictures of the living room, to the left, this is a view of the curtains from the living room entrance, with the curtains open. The outer edge of the curtains are about seven or eight inches from the corner of the walls. We think the colors blend really nicely, and the open look is very good.

 To the right is a view from the other side of the room. Still very nice, the fireplace has to be on a slightly different angle than before, but it still works.

 Now to the left, this is the view once again from the room entrance with the curtains closed. This is a rather different look as we have never had solid closed curtains before, and it's taking some getting used to. From floor to ceiling is quite a swath of curtain, and Bev wonders if it looks like the room is getting smaller. Full length curtains like this are in vogue right now, but do you think it over powers the room. We like the curtains mind you. Just are wondering if they should just go to the top of the window instead. Of course that would be old and passe.

 To the right is the view (curtains closed) from the other side of the room. The picture quality is not good, but the look I think is nice. The curtains , the new paint on the walls and the new furniture all blend to give the room a welcoming and warm appeal. (I should write for home magazines).

Finally, to the left, a picture from further back looking in. I think that from here everything seems to blend much better and to be in just the right scale. The curtains don't overpower the rest of the room. Actually after a few days with the curtains up, the feeling is a lot nicer and more inviting, and we're getting used to and are really starting to like the new look. It's growing on us.







We fed the Missionaries tonight and we had a fun time with them. They made us think about Steve and how he would look and act doing the same kinds of things in Ontario. In fact one of the missionaries is from Ontario, just north of Steve's mission home, and from the same Stake as the Temple out there.
well let us know your thoughts and decorating tips. Bye for now.

New Rooms

 Well, blog time again. I haven't figured out yet how to move these pictures to exactly where I want them, or in the order they should be in.
The picture to the left, if this publishes right is the newly painted kitchen. We quite like the look. We are now trying to decide what to put above the cupboards. We are going to lose the bird houses for something more modern. Any ideas? You'll note the pear and the pumpkin, but Mom can't decide if she likes the look.

I threw in the picture to the right with the open cookbook, because it was funny. Mom decided we should have waffles and bacon for supper, and when she started to mix the batter, she couldn't remember all the amounts and etc. Twenty years of making it for all you guys and especially Steve, and we haven't had it hardly since Steve left. They were good though!!!

Above is the corner with the new paint. (picture with no curtains). The before corner has the blue curtains and should be to the right. Same chair of course. Do you think it looks better? We do.
Notice that we also have sanded down and restained and finished all the woodwork around the window and on the half walls.

To the left (I hope) is the couch and the old pink wall. Look how pink it is  next to the couch and new wall below. I guess we didn't quite get the leaves on the wall back in the same place. (Do we live a pretty boring life???). The new paint makes the furniture and picture look a lot better though don't you think?

Wow I snook in a picture of Mom cooking the bacon. She didn't want me to take the picture, but I don't think we take enough pictures of her.










After supper we painted the back entrance (first coat) and put up the new curtains in the living room. No picture of them yet as we are letting the look be soaked up for a while to see how we feel. We got 96 inch curtains, so they go from ceiling to floor. A new look in our house. Actually I think they look great. Picture to follow on next blog.