It Always Happens When You Are Hurting

"Hello November 2012, what do you have in store within your 30 days for us?"

 The 31 days in October went so fast, how am I ever going to manage with one less day in this month?  It most certainly will be a challenge for me, this I am certain of, being the "challenged" person I am ...hahaha.

My dear hubby, Rob, was so disappointed when he read my post from Yesterday with the exclamation of "Where are the Turkeys?"  ..... no worries dear husband, those you thought  to be Wild Turkeys, were actually really Goblins disguised as such ...

"Would you not think this yourself? especially with it being Halloween and all.  Gobble, gobble, gobble .... or should that be goblin, goblin, goblin?"

 I had myself some pretty exciting news  last night, precisely at 8:40 via email, which I first shared with Family members and friends, then "Cindy's Recipe Exchange" then my Facebook friends ... well I was pretty "Over the Moon" and still am, as I have won myself $350.00 worth of Knorr products !!!

How could this be you might ask?  Remember way back on the 22nd of October when I entered the "What's for Dinner" Knorr contest on Mardi's, eat.live.travel.write.com ?  if not, you can go HERE to read all about it.

The entry that won me this amazing "Gift Basket of Knorr products" was this one ....

"Savoury Cheese and Leek Scones ... I do LOVE me those Cheesy Leek Scones, and don't forget the Savoury part !"

Recipe please?  *CLICK* HERE .  

Thank you for hosting this Contest Mardi, and thank you Knorr Canada for sponsoring same !!!

Okay I really could hardly believe this myself, but this was not the ONLY thing I had won myself this week ... I also received a phone call that I had won a FREE BodyTalk evaluation after I had put in my name at the Harvest Craft and Vendor Event I had attended with my friend, Toni with an "i" which you can read all about HERE .

BodyTalk is all new "talk" to me, so I will be sure to find out all I can about it when I go on the 10th of this November, and report back here.  There is a website in the meantime for those people who would be interested in checking it out for themselves.  Just *click* HERE.

By the way, I did go out this afternoon to buy me a Lotto Max ticket which so happens to be sitting at $5 Million I believe?  if I don't buy I will never win now will I?  SHOW ME THE MONEY !!!

"It always happens when you are hurting" .... 2 am I am certain I was finally having a good nights sleep when Missy Mercedes started barking, barking and barking, then Lexus started up, then Buddy began whining, then Bandit put his head up to mine to try and get me up.

Finally just before 3:00, I hadn't known the time until I had first called my "Crabby Cabby" to see where he was at with hopes he was close to home to see what the problem with the girls had been.  No such luck he was just finishing up with his last call, still 40 minutes away from home.  Up I got myself, heading down stairs with Bandit way ahead of me.  One at a time I took out, Missy Mercedes, Lexus, then Buddy.  Everyone had themselves an equally long "pee".

I returned back to bed laying there until my "Crabby Cabbie" arrived home.  I had such a rotten sinus/migraine headache I never did get back to sleep properly.  Up I was again after 7 am to go back down to take the "pack" all out.  Jeez I was "ticked", as Missy Mercedes decided she wasn't going to listen to me this morning, taking off towards the road with her nose to the ground.  Just as she crossed through our cedar rail fence, she finally decided to turn about and come back.  Nevertheless, I was not too pleased with her.

It gets better ... once the girls and Bandit had been looked after it came to be Buddy's turn.  Oh man, I went to get him out to find he had made himself a mess in his crate ... what was one more thing to do feeling the way I was !

As I said, "it always happens when you are hurting", and boy did I ever get my three out of the way first thing today!  Really though to be honest, I was also thinking today, I LOVE each and every one of them regardless.  They are very much part of my life, all four of our "Checkerboard Aussies".

I got my Slow Cooker rocking with a new recipe today.

"Easy Peasy as 1-2-3 ... this is all it took."

"A few hours later, our Dinner was all ready for us before Rob had to adorn his "Crabby Cabbie" hat and leave for his day."

Recipe please?  *CLICK* FOR PRINTABLE RECIPE HERE.

This afternoon I did a couple of Post Cards through Post Crossing to be sent on their way, one to Russia, and the other to Germany.

"I also wrote out a Note to a couple of friends and family members."

I love writing letters, even long before I had been a teenager.  I wish my neck could take more, but the position of leaning over for any length of time does not do well for me.  This is why I am very content with sending off a Post Card or two, or three, once a month ... short and sweet, but still enjoyable.

*Sad* that letter writing has become such a thing of the past ... do you still write letters and cards?

"I happened upon this today.  Most days this is so ME, as I see myself and my life..."

"... Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".

Another Challenge It Is !

"Good Morning North."

 "Good Morning South."

What a beautiful scrumptious weather day we had today with temps a high of 18*C !!!  Please stay all Winter long will you .... ha, no chance of that happening on the Bruce Peninsula now is there?  A girl can dream can't she? especially a Pisces girl.

I got at some cleaning done in the kitchen this morning.  All leftover unused canning jars, along with any canning equipment was removed from the kitchen area with all counters receiving a really good wipe down.

"The Black Bean & Corn Salsa I did down last Friday was all labeled, re-boxed up and set on the stairs for Rob to carry on down for me to get put away at a later date."

With the bed made, kitchen cleaned up, and all our Checkerboard Aussies happy (momentarily) I got to do a bit more happy stuff.

"The final touches were put inside the gift box for the Secret Sister Swap, with it wrapped and ready to be transported to the Post Office.  Off I went ...."

"I love the girls at our Wiarton Post Office.  I go in and ask Susan if she would mind if I took a photo of her along with my package.  She came back with a "would you like one of me working"? Life is so much fun with a bit of humour intertwined in with it .... thanks Susan you did a wonderful job, once again, of getting one of my packages properly weighed, measured and stamped.  Off to my Secret Sister it has gone with promises it of arriving within 3 days.  I am so EXCITED !"

I had been up again since 3 am.  Mercedes had started barking since a Coyote or two back in the bush had been howling up a Moon or two back there.  Sleep eluded me again, so up I got to start looking through the News Feed on my Facebook page only to come across a Challenge put forth by Knorr Canada which I found very appealing ... off I went to check that out HERE, where I also had the pleasure of meeting up with Mardi at her Blog, Eat.Live.Travel.Write ~ culinary adventures near and far ~ 

I was up to the Challenge by putting it into action this day ....

"Since I was going to be otherwise occupied what a better day then today to take Homemade Chili from the freezer to slowly thaw for our lunch that was going to go well with the Challenge fare I was making."

"This is how it all began .... "

"Water and Knorr Cream of Leek meet cream.  Flour is met by Baking Powder and Black Pepper."

"Here comes more Dairy goodness with the Kraft "Light" Old Cheddar Cheese mixed in with the dry, with wet following shortly thereafter."

"I don't do "sticky" well, but once I got the flour going ... managed just fine to the point of following the instructions almost to a "t".  You might notice there are 8 wedges cut out and not the stated "12"?  Ha ... it was all good."

"This is exactly how "good" it was .... "

Recipe Shared at Feeding Big and more

It even got better, as we were just about to finish up the last bit of our Dinner there had been an arrival into our driveway ....

"A Harley and a Yamaha Maximum ?  Two of my most favourite Biker Guys, Ralphy and Lyle ... who also got to sample the goods.  I spied on them for a little bit as they enjoyed every morsel of the Knorr "Savory Cheese and Leek Scones" which were still warm and lathered with butter."

This Knorr "Savory Cheese and Leek Scone" recipe will be a keeper in our household and added to my selection of "go to" favourites.  This blog post be entered as completing the Knorr Canada Challenge over at Mardi's Eat.Live.Travel.Write blog later this evening.

"I just happened to find this in my Pantry today.  Stay tuned for maybe yet another Knorr Canada Challenge submission coming your way ... ha!"

"I was able to go out to have a little visit with Ralphy and Lyle myself before they had to make their way further down South of the Checkerboard ... I can always count on them dropping on by at least twice a Year.  A perfect day to be out and about on a Motorcycle it was.  I was envious of them."

"The guys had just a little wait until they had been "waved by" this ditch digger out in front of our place."

I also retrieved our mail before going back into the house.  I was happy to have found some more "Happy Mail" in our mailbox.

"This Post Card is of Sami Children, received by its Sender from Finland, is my favourite to date.  I am truly enjoying being involved with Post Crossing."

Before I forget my manners, I must extend a warm welcome to my newest follower, Vicki E of "Watching What I Eat".  Thanks Vicki for joining me here along with my every day goings on, opinions such as they are, and all that I am.  Truly you are Welcome !  

Here it is 7 pm with darkness upon us even earlier then last week it seems.  I still haven't made us any Supper since we had such a late Dinner this day that had been filling and most satisfying with the new Knorr Recipe we both had loved.  I best be off and running, once again, "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".