Busy, busy, busy week!

For a quite some time I was looking for a new car. I wanted something small and economical. The options were endless:

 a smart car (unknown men on the picture)

 Smaudi A3 AWD

Smorvette

 Smamborghini

 Smerrari

 Smorsche

and finally - the Smustang!

Before I decided to buy one I drove a few. None of the above were available in the Yukon so I limited my options to Toyota Corolla, Mazda 2 and Chrysler 200. I liked Corolla a lot and I really liked the 200,  couldn't decided between these two. Corolla has an excellent consumer report ratings as the most reliable vehicle but 200 is an awesome looking car... Well, couple days ago again I took the little Toyota for a ride - this time wasn't just a test drive but actually I drove the way I would drive my own car. And I decided that Corolla it is! Yesterday I took a day off work, grabbed Freddy with me and we went to a dealership, did the paperwork, got sold on a few extras and went to insure the vehicle and get new plates. In the mean time we celebrate our new purchase in Japanese style - lunch at Tokyo Sushi, our local Japanese restaurant. By 5 PM I was driving on Alaska Highway in my new babe. Here she is:

She came with a lovely panda (well, to tell you the truth - I asked for it):

Next week we are going back to the dealership and the car will have a little makeover (added bodyside mouldings, rear bridge spoiler and a rear bumper protector)

By the end of the day Freddy and I were exhausted, just flopped on the couch and watch three shows in the row, the CSI New York, Nikita and Fringe. 

HALLOWEEN MUST BE NEAR!

I noticed lately that a lot of ravens are gathering around...

So, in the mood of the season I worked on the Halloween Rules

 

WHAT I'VE LEARNED THIS WEEK?

The glue on the postal stamps doesn't hold very well to the fabric! I sent  mail art  to my stitching buddy and the poor thing, after being stuck somewhere for almost six weeks, came back to me with a note of not sufficient postage. I am so embarrassed, now I know to use super glue!

LONG WEEKEND 

This weekend is a Thanksgiving in Canada. Tomorrow I'm having a few guests for a turkey dinner. It looks like I'll be busy cooking!

 

New start update and ... a giveaway!!!

As promised earlier, here is progress on my new start (I started this project just today!!!)

I knew I will enjoy stitching this project but I had no idea I will love it so much! I think this one will be done in no time ( who knows how many projects I will finish before Freddy comes back!)

Even though I didn't celebrate today with a turkey dinner (I think I would eat that turkey until Christmas!) I will have a celebration with a giveaway! I want to thank all my followers and here is what a lucky, sweet  friend will get (click on the picture for a bigger view):

• 32 ct Mercedes lugana (13 x 18)
• Shiver Me Timbers chart from Sue Hillis Design
• Stork scissors, and
• stitched by me thank you card

Now, the rules:

1. Leave a comment on this post clearly indicating that you would like to be entered in a draw. Please make sure to include an email address if your blog doesn't link to one (I have to be able to contact you if you are a winner)
2. You must be a follower of my blog 
3. If you post about this giveaway on your blog with a link to mine you will get an extra entry! 

I will draw the lucky name on Sunday, October 31 at noon PST. (PST does not stands for provincial sales tax but Pacific Standard Time!!!)

Good luck and so long my friends,

Happy Thanksgiving Canada!!!

Did you know that the history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Pacific Ocean? Frobisher's Thanksgiving was not for harvest but homecoming. He had safely returned from a search for the Northwest Passage, avoiding the later fate of Henry Hudson and Sir John Franklin. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony in Newfoundland to give thanks for surviving the long journey. The feast was one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations by Europeans in North America. Frobisher was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him — Frobisher Bay.

Today, I'm spending my Thanksgiving all alone. Freddy is in Ontario and he will stay there to the end of the month. So... can you guess what I will do today? Of course! I will stitch!!! It looks like it will be a nice, crispy, sunny day in the Yukon - I will take Topaz for a long walk. And since I'm on the topic of stitching... I have a finish! I decided to finish my chickens as a wall hanging. I'm not a 100% satisfied with my finishing quality but it is my first ever attempt to make a hanging.

I came across a very cute design that I had to have it! I just finish stitching it and I think it will make a very nice bell pull, what do you think?

That's not all! I also finished a little blue square for my swap:

This square is a fragment of Nancy Rossi design - Bless this house.

It is a lovely design and since I enjoyed stitching part of it I decided to do a whole thing. Later on (today!) I will share with you my progress on this new WIP.

Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadians!!!

So long my friends,