I found Joseph Turnbull, my Great Grandfather, who is buried in Little Lake Cemetery (Peterborough, Ontario), but also located his father, Thomas Turnbull's plot in Kingston. I about fell out of my chair when I learned he is in the same cemetery as First Prime Minister & Father of Confederation Sir John A. MacDonald, but really shouldn't be surprised..... probably the only cemetery there at the time. Thomas I believe and Sir John were drinking buddies or so I hear.
Looked up the Cemetery itself and it is absolutely beautiful:
http://cataraquicemetery.ca/
I love genealogy!!
If you have relatives buried in Ontario, Canada; this site is invaluable:
http://ocfa.islandnet.com/
Have fun!
Monday, 15 August 2011
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Freeze Frame :-)
I thought I had posted a picture of my frizz free curls but I must have just dreamed it.
Yes, I normally smile for pictures, but taking self portraits never was my strong suit :)
Enjoy lol
Yes, I normally smile for pictures, but taking self portraits never was my strong suit :)
Enjoy lol
Jenn (who is sitting here with straight hair after running a flat iron through it this morning) :-)
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
32 Days
According to my little pregger ticker at lilypie, there is 32 days left until my estimated due date. About now our baby is gaining about an ounce per day and brain development is rapidly forming.
That would explain a lot of the action I've been seeing tummy wise LOL
35 weeks 3 days, where has this time gone?
I thought for sure it would crawl by.
Just over 4 weeks to go and hopefully then I'll be holding our baby in my arms.
Thanks for reading...
That would explain a lot of the action I've been seeing tummy wise LOL
35 weeks 3 days, where has this time gone?
I thought for sure it would crawl by.
Just over 4 weeks to go and hopefully then I'll be holding our baby in my arms.
Thanks for reading...
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Pick Me Up Day
I feel like I've been fighting a touch of a head cold, not full blown, but enough to irritate the you know what out of me. Yesterday was the "worst" and now I feel I'm finally on the mend in that department. I think it would have been MUCH worse had I not drank as much orange juice that thanks to the heartburn meds I can finally drink and enjoy.
Yesterday I just rested and slept on the couch and watched tv, and knitted (I'm attempting to make a pair of slippers for hubby who's birthday is on the 22nd) and ate and drank as much as I could.
The plan was to have shepherd's pie for dinner and we had hamburger thawing in the fridge for it. Rob called and deducing from how awful I apparently sounded said take it easy, I'll just make burgers tonight, don't worry about dinner. Am I blessed or WHAT? I love my hubby :)
This morning feeling just tired from the whole ordeal of this bug whatever it was, I took a shower to freshen up, wash my hair and put some smellies (L'air du Temp) on to perk my olfactory system. As I was towelling off, thought I'd treat myself and fix myself up even though I'm not going anywhere today. It had been forever since I did anything to my hair so decided to let it go curly and fix it up that way.
Normally when I do that, it turns into a frizz zone.
I went through my goop collection to see what I had and found this stuff called curls and shine. For once I read the directions and followed them to the letter. I do believe I conquered my unruly hair and the whole ordeal took less than 20 minutes with my blow dryer.
So now I sit here feeling pretty for the first time in a long time lol I think I should do this more often. Take THAT old man winter!
Jenn
Yesterday I just rested and slept on the couch and watched tv, and knitted (I'm attempting to make a pair of slippers for hubby who's birthday is on the 22nd) and ate and drank as much as I could.
The plan was to have shepherd's pie for dinner and we had hamburger thawing in the fridge for it. Rob called and deducing from how awful I apparently sounded said take it easy, I'll just make burgers tonight, don't worry about dinner. Am I blessed or WHAT? I love my hubby :)
This morning feeling just tired from the whole ordeal of this bug whatever it was, I took a shower to freshen up, wash my hair and put some smellies (L'air du Temp) on to perk my olfactory system. As I was towelling off, thought I'd treat myself and fix myself up even though I'm not going anywhere today. It had been forever since I did anything to my hair so decided to let it go curly and fix it up that way.
Normally when I do that, it turns into a frizz zone.
I went through my goop collection to see what I had and found this stuff called curls and shine. For once I read the directions and followed them to the letter. I do believe I conquered my unruly hair and the whole ordeal took less than 20 minutes with my blow dryer.
So now I sit here feeling pretty for the first time in a long time lol I think I should do this more often. Take THAT old man winter!
Jenn
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Crochet WIP for Baby
Finally took a few pictures of the baby afghan I'm working on for our baby.
When I was taking the picture even though I had all the curtains open, all the lights on and the dimmer lights at their brightest point, the camera flash kept going off so it looks like pink is the dominant colour. There is equal amounts of pink blue and green. I have no idea what the gender of this baby is, one day I am thinking girl, the next day baby boys come to mind. A few people though seem to have their "money" on a baby boy. We'll see, they have a 50/50 chance of being right! LOL
Jenn
When I was taking the picture even though I had all the curtains open, all the lights on and the dimmer lights at their brightest point, the camera flash kept going off so it looks like pink is the dominant colour. There is equal amounts of pink blue and green. I have no idea what the gender of this baby is, one day I am thinking girl, the next day baby boys come to mind. A few people though seem to have their "money" on a baby boy. We'll see, they have a 50/50 chance of being right! LOL
Jenn
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Busy today :)
Had a lazy day yesterday...... I think part of it was hubby going back to work after a 10 day break over the Christmas & New Year's Holidays..... It was nice having him home, we got a bit accomplished.
We got the baby's room all cleared out of boxes from when we moved in December of 2009.... I now have to go through these boxes and decide what can be donated, put in a special place (childhood memorabilia) or stored in the shed. Right now all the boxes are in the 3 season room. Also need to index the contents of each numbered box.
As you can tell from my previous entry here we now have a crib for the baby. I "discovered" kijiji.ca and have been looking at baby things on there seeing what can be bought second hand rather than new. I was constantly wiping the drool off my keyboard.... saw so many beautiful items :) We found the crib and learned that it was being sold by a family not far from where we live. They had 3 cribs (I think their daughters were twins and had what looked like a slightly older boy) and for $300 we bought the 3 in 1 crib (crib, then turns into a daybed and then into a queen) and the mattress. They tossed in a few leftover sheets they had (nothing matching) and we brought it home. While putting it together, something looked a little awry.... I said to hubby this can't be right. We had no instructions to work with (the plastic envelope labelled "instructions" on the mattress frame contained nothing) but fortunately we were able to see the furniture maker of this particular crib and googled that. We found nothing but found a retailer that carried that particular model. We phoned hoping they could shed some light on the instructions. The gentleman on the phone was so helpful we bought a matching change table off him, and will be picking it up this Saturday. I can't say enough good things about "Diapers N' More" from Waterloo, Ontario - shameless plug: http://www.diapersnmore.ca/
We learned that we actually had two headboards that the two cribs must have gotten mixed up. So we phoned the sellers up to inform them of this before the second crib sold. We did the part swap the next day and hubby was able to put it together with no issue. Looks really nice as you can see in the photos :)
Next on my watch list for baby items was a playpen that doubled as a bassinet like my sister in law has. It also collapses and can be put into a carry bag for travelling, which would be ideal for us as our family is a little spread out. I found one for sale on the same site posted just that morning, only this time quite further away (about 1½ to 2 hour drive away) but still asked about it's availability. The girl said it was and based on the pictures we said we would buy it, but could we pick it up Saturday? She wasn't sure about that as she had been burned by a no-show, so we phoned my MIL to see if she would be willing to pick it up for us as she lived closer than we did. She wasn't home, left a message with my FIL. Later the lady selling the playpen called back and said she would hold it for us until Saturday. I sent an email confirming our purchase of it, the price agreed upon, and she responded back with her street address. It is gorgeous:
You can probably tell why I was trying to make arrangements to get it! The ad has since been removed from kijiji.ca
These playpens aren't cheap in the stores and this one second hand had everything I was looking for. It also comes with a Winnie the Pooh mobile that isn't shown in the pictures.
Hubby and I have been following the IIHF World Junior Hockey tournament. Down to one game left and Canada is playing Russia Wednesday night for the gold medal match. They played USA last night and won 4-1. I have lots of American friends, but I wouldn't be a true proud hoser if I didn't say that we avenged our gold medal loss to the USA last year in last night's game :) GO CANADA GO!!
Well, second cup of tea beckons and then I must get on with my day and make up for yesterday's laze :)
Jenn :D
We got the baby's room all cleared out of boxes from when we moved in December of 2009.... I now have to go through these boxes and decide what can be donated, put in a special place (childhood memorabilia) or stored in the shed. Right now all the boxes are in the 3 season room. Also need to index the contents of each numbered box.
As you can tell from my previous entry here we now have a crib for the baby. I "discovered" kijiji.ca and have been looking at baby things on there seeing what can be bought second hand rather than new. I was constantly wiping the drool off my keyboard.... saw so many beautiful items :) We found the crib and learned that it was being sold by a family not far from where we live. They had 3 cribs (I think their daughters were twins and had what looked like a slightly older boy) and for $300 we bought the 3 in 1 crib (crib, then turns into a daybed and then into a queen) and the mattress. They tossed in a few leftover sheets they had (nothing matching) and we brought it home. While putting it together, something looked a little awry.... I said to hubby this can't be right. We had no instructions to work with (the plastic envelope labelled "instructions" on the mattress frame contained nothing) but fortunately we were able to see the furniture maker of this particular crib and googled that. We found nothing but found a retailer that carried that particular model. We phoned hoping they could shed some light on the instructions. The gentleman on the phone was so helpful we bought a matching change table off him, and will be picking it up this Saturday. I can't say enough good things about "Diapers N' More" from Waterloo, Ontario - shameless plug: http://www.diapersnmore.ca/
We learned that we actually had two headboards that the two cribs must have gotten mixed up. So we phoned the sellers up to inform them of this before the second crib sold. We did the part swap the next day and hubby was able to put it together with no issue. Looks really nice as you can see in the photos :)
Next on my watch list for baby items was a playpen that doubled as a bassinet like my sister in law has. It also collapses and can be put into a carry bag for travelling, which would be ideal for us as our family is a little spread out. I found one for sale on the same site posted just that morning, only this time quite further away (about 1½ to 2 hour drive away) but still asked about it's availability. The girl said it was and based on the pictures we said we would buy it, but could we pick it up Saturday? She wasn't sure about that as she had been burned by a no-show, so we phoned my MIL to see if she would be willing to pick it up for us as she lived closer than we did. She wasn't home, left a message with my FIL. Later the lady selling the playpen called back and said she would hold it for us until Saturday. I sent an email confirming our purchase of it, the price agreed upon, and she responded back with her street address. It is gorgeous:
You can probably tell why I was trying to make arrangements to get it! The ad has since been removed from kijiji.ca
These playpens aren't cheap in the stores and this one second hand had everything I was looking for. It also comes with a Winnie the Pooh mobile that isn't shown in the pictures.
Hubby and I have been following the IIHF World Junior Hockey tournament. Down to one game left and Canada is playing Russia Wednesday night for the gold medal match. They played USA last night and won 4-1. I have lots of American friends, but I wouldn't be a true proud hoser if I didn't say that we avenged our gold medal loss to the USA last year in last night's game :) GO CANADA GO!!
Jenn :D
Monday, 3 January 2011
English Muffins (The Recipe)
Well, I'm happy with how they turned out! Here is the recipe. The rings they speak of are 3.5" around x .86" tall - note it is point 86"
http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-English-Muffin-Rings-Set/dp/B0001VQIHW
OK now the recipe:
2 tablespoon 105ºF - 115ºF water
1 package (or 2¼ teaspoon if you buy bulk yeast like I do) active dry yeast
1 cup water
½ cup scalded milk
2 teaspoon white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
4 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoon butter, softened
Dissolve 2 tablespoons water and yeast for 3 minutes. Combine water, milk, sugar, salt & yeast together, gradually beat in 2 cups flour. Cover with cloth. Let rise in warm area, 85ºF (30ºC), about 1½ hours or until dough collapses back into the bowl. Beat in butter. Knead in remaining flour. Press dough to a thickness of ½" and cut out with muffin rings. Let stand on lightly greased baking sheet until dough has doubled in size. Transfer muffins onto a fairly hot, well buttered griddle. Remove muffin rings. Cook until light brown. Turn once. Cool on rack. Serve with butter and marmalade.
Enjoy!
http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-English-Muffin-Rings-Set/dp/B0001VQIHW
OK now the recipe:
2 tablespoon 105ºF - 115ºF water
1 package (or 2¼ teaspoon if you buy bulk yeast like I do) active dry yeast
1 cup water
½ cup scalded milk
2 teaspoon white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
4 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoon butter, softened
Dissolve 2 tablespoons water and yeast for 3 minutes. Combine water, milk, sugar, salt & yeast together, gradually beat in 2 cups flour. Cover with cloth. Let rise in warm area, 85ºF (30ºC), about 1½ hours or until dough collapses back into the bowl. Beat in butter. Knead in remaining flour. Press dough to a thickness of ½" and cut out with muffin rings. Let stand on lightly greased baking sheet until dough has doubled in size. Transfer muffins onto a fairly hot, well buttered griddle. Remove muffin rings. Cook until light brown. Turn once. Cool on rack. Serve with butter and marmalade.
Enjoy!
Sunday, 2 January 2011
Baby's Crib :)
After a bit of a mix up with parts, we finally have our crib set up for the baby :) I'm very pleased with it!
I'll probably put some bedding on it later just to see how it looks. We'll be picking up the change table this coming Saturday.
Jenn :D
I'll probably put some bedding on it later just to see how it looks. We'll be picking up the change table this coming Saturday.
Jenn :D
English Muffins
Did a website for a client and it was a nice unexpected Christmas gift of some extra money. So I "splurged" and bought a set of 4 English Muffin rings that are also good for doing pancakes, eggs, crumpets, etc. The box had a recipe for English Muffins that looks easy enough. My family and I love English Muffins but they are getting pretty pricey in the stores and you can't seem to find the "cheap family size" package anymore :(
So I'm trying the recipe out this morning and must admit... it is deceptively easy..... hopefully they will turn out :) If they do, I will post the recipe.
Next, to find a recipe for crumpets....
Hope everyone had a great New Year's! I sure did :D
Jenn
So I'm trying the recipe out this morning and must admit... it is deceptively easy..... hopefully they will turn out :) If they do, I will post the recipe.
Next, to find a recipe for crumpets....
Hope everyone had a great New Year's! I sure did :D
Jenn
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