I Feel Pretty!

New haircut and new glasses!

Plus, my husband gave me a whackin' huge gift certificate for Lush and my loot arrived today!! I not only feel pretty, I will smell pretty too!

Vote early...

Absentee ballot mailed.

Keep fingers crossed that spilling water on the envelope doesn't automatically disqualify my vote.

Decide odds of convincing husband to vote Liberal in upcoming Canadian federal election are slim.

Sadly confirm that odds of convincing husband to vote New Democrat Party in upcoming Canadian federal election is nil.

Console ones self that odds of convincing husband to vote Green in upcoming Canadian federal election are good to excellent.

Accept that Conservatives will most likely maintain a minority government.

Realize that a continuing Conservative government is still better than the US alternative.

Shudder while thinking of US alternative.

Remind self that self should really consider applying for Canadian citizenship.

Wish one could indeed vote often.

Of corn, dogs and autumn leaves

Okay, so I haven't actually spent the last 10 days husking corn, then slicing off the cob, then scooping it into small ziploc bags and freezing it.

It only felt that way.

Word to the wise: corn is entirely too easy to pick. Before you know it, you will have 7 large canvas bags full of ears piled up in the back of you itty bitty SUV. And you will be all chuffed with your bad corn-fed self. Until the husking, boiling and slicing begins. Until you remember that you don't have a deep freezer in your basement. Until you would rather die than look at another ear of corn.

Anyway, most of it is frozen. Some more of it was given away. I look forward to enjoying it again someday.

In other news, in the last month Lucy has fallen off the dock and off a sheer bank into the lake opposite our dock slip. Both at night. She managed not to die of shoc and seems no worse for the experience, for which we are grateful. But, let me tell, clambering down that same sheer bank, retrieving an elderly dog and finding a way to get back up that same bank with said dog in one's arms is difficult at any time of day, but is particularly difficult at 5:30 am while suffering the after-effects of too much vodka from the night before.

Three more weekends of boating left. The weather was spectacular this weekend and the trees are just starting to turn to gold, crimson and orange. I hope we are just as lucky for the next few weeks.

I also hope that Lucy manages to stay out of the water.

Mmmmmmm, corn

To add to my fresh-farm produce bounty, Grant and I are leaving shortly to pick massive amounts of corn in order to cook, shave and freeze. We will have nearly fresh corn in deepest winter!! Envy me.

Holy shit

Has it really been a month since my last post? I am sooooo sorry to the 4 or 5 people who probably regularly check this blog. I suck.

Summer has nearly come to an end. School has begun. We are still going up to the boat on weekends until the Canadian Thanksgiving. Then we start watching hockey, attending various municipal functions and whining about the weather. I haven't lost any weight; in fact, I gained some. Now that I am back at school, and once I get back into the exercise routine again, I expect I will regain my girlish figger.

I missed the Democratic convention, and made the mistake of watching the last few days of the Republican. I got very depressed. Honestly, I cannot understand that there are people who really think and believe the crap I heard coming from my television. "Country First"?? WTF???? That sounds like something I might hear if I travelled back in time to 1930s Germany. And, yes, I realize that I just lost the argument, but still...

We have harvested about 4 tomatoes and there are several still on the vine. They were very yummy and I am planning on putting in some real plants next year. The pumpkin vine has one grapefruit-sized pumpkin and a wee one just starting. Farming is fun!

Okay, I better leave some random thoughts for another day, or it might be another month before my next post. See you soon!

No, really. I promise.