KFC Aroma

KFC is 4 blocks away from where I work. I was on my way to the bank yesterday and I could smell the aroma of the chicken. My hubby loves eating KFC. I cannot remember the last time I ate their chicken...I think it might have been Mother's Day last year. I find their chicken too fatty. I had friends that worked there in my teen years and the grease back there was unbeliveable. I doubt they have changed much in the past 15-20 years. The smell was getting to me..it was making me hungry, but I didn't give in. I am really trying to eat healthier (except my chocolate addiction). But, for Sean's birthday in May, I will treat him to some KFC. My kids like it too and I will probably eat a piece. I remember my parents treating us to Kentucky Fried Chicken when we were younger. My sister and I loved it. I would save the bucket from the chicken (still the same cardboard bucket today) and use it for a trash can in my bedroom. How gross is that...I obviously didn't have any idea back then about food safe!! Crazy eh??

Reno's, road trips and relaxing

Remember I thought that the kitchen reno's would be done this past Tues?? Well, they aren't, but that's OK. My kitchen countertop is in place now. It looks great, but Sean said it was a big job...about a weeks worth. We still need to put up the tile on the wall above the kitchen sink and paint the walls on the sink side of the kitchen. It's starting to come along nice. We will be busy with inventory at Sean's work this weekend and then we are going to Kamloops for my eye appointment next week and then off to Maple Ridge to visit my sister and her family for Easter. We are driving down with my parents. My dad is going to Nanaimo to pick up my grandma's car. She gave it to him, it's a 2002 Nissan Sentra with all the bells and whistles. My parents never had a cd player in their old car or even air conditioning. It will be a good car for them. Their 1990 Tempo is getting old, but it has been very well looked after. I am looking forward to visiting my friends and family. I am looking forward to some nice weather too. My nephews are already playing baseball in Maple Ridge. Our baseball season starts in May in Williams Lake.

When the kitchen is done, Im going to post some before and after pictures on my blog. Then you can let me know what you think. I am loving my living room...and my cafe mocha candle my daughter bought me for my birthday. It's so nice to have a cozy place to relax!

A jones for a Jones

Here is a picture that was emailed to me from Kendal. This is a picture of Robyn & Kendal's son Jeremy. It was cute so I decided to share it!!! When Robyn graduated, I put her Grad picture on a t-shirt with a jones soda label.

The living room

Well, last night we finished painting the living room. It looks great. I love the colors; Swiss Cream on the walls and Coffee Conisure for the trim. My curtains are a dark chocolate brown which matches up nicely with the trim. We are looking for new end tables and a new coffee table. We have one in mnd, it's a round table and the color of the wood is espresso. We are waiting to see what we can find in Kamloops or Vancouver, as we will be in those places in a couple of weeks, before we decide. I still need to finish sewing curtains for the bay windows. Well actually my mom is doing the sewing and I'm just helping or supervising the operation. I am so thankful to have a mom who is good at sewing and doesn't mind helping me out. I am not sure when we will get the curtains done, but I am hoping soon. The bright sun is out and it is shining in the bay windows and I would be upset if the colors faded on our new furniture. My hubby still has his feature wall to stain. He put up knotty pine on the wall that backs the kitchen. We decided we didn't really need the pass through opening from the kitchen to the livingroom anymore. Now I am missing it.... I didn't realise how much we looked through it to watch TV from the kitchen or even to talk to each other from the 2 different rooms. Oh well, it looks much better not having it there. When you look in the living room, you no longer see the junk on the kitchen counters. It will just take a bit of getting used to that's all. So, we just have the counter top and walls to replace around the sink, stove and fridge areas and we are done in the kitchen. I am really hoping it will happen today. There is so much junk piled up by the front door from the reno's that I will be glad to get it cleaned up this weekend...a big trip to the dump should do wonders.

The sun is shining and it looks like it is going to be a nice day. I hope everyone is geting out and enjoying the nice weather and the fresh air!!!

It's a good day

I went out to lunch with my friend Bonnie. We had Chinese food and it was awesome. I did a bit of shopping. Found a couple of good deals. Bought a bottle of wine and rented a movie. The movie I rented has Sandra Bullock in it. It is called The Lakehouse. My hubby is making dinner tonight. We are having swiss veal, greek salad (my favorite) and baked potatoes. We have orange, pineapple, raspberry sherbet for dessert. We didn't get the reno's done this week, so that's tomorrow's project. It is looking like it might be completed this coming Tuesday if all goes well. Then we are going to give reno's a break for a while,so we can build up the savings account again. I still want to paint the porch, laundry room and spare room. We might just have enough paint left over to do that. But, if I paint, then I'll want to replace the moldings to match the rest of the house...oh yeah we are supposed to be giving the reno's a break. So I guess we will see. We are going to Kamloops in a couple of weeks to see the eye specialist again and then we are going to Maple Ridge to visit my sister and her family and my friend Robin and her girls on Easter weekend. It should be fun. I had a blast last night video chatting with my sister. I think we were on for about an hour. We would email pictures when we were chatting. It was soooo cool. She has an imac like mine, but I think hers has a bigger screen. It is so awesome that she has internet (hooked up yesterday). We'll have to video chat lots. It's just finding the time to do it that will make it difficult. Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Feeling Better

I feel so much better today. I guess I killed my cold. I hope it doesn't come back and bite me in the butt.
Today is supposed to be the first day of spring and we are having a snow storm. When will it ever end? I think this winter has dragged on long enough.
Hubby didn't get my kitchen counter top installed yesterday. Grrr... But that's OK. We will just have to work on it this weekend. He took the kids shopping for my birthday gifts and spent some time playing catch with my son. Baseball season starts in 6 weeks and my son wanted to break in the new glove he got for his birthday. I am glad they were able to get some fresh air yesterday.