My last few trips to the grocery store have me wondering about consumer etiquette.

When fall arrives, nothing beats stocking up on fall produce! Especially corn! I find I can really never tire of eating corn with almost every dinner. Whenever we get it at the grocery store though, I always see people pulling back the ears, peeking and then throwing back the cobs which are less desirable. Other people strip the corn right there, leave the ears behind, and simply bag the cobs. I never do this. I give it a look over, if there is nothing yucky on the outside, into the bag it goes. So am I missing something here? I am the only person who is willing to take their chances? Am I being naive that the corn should be decent and its the luck of the draw. Would you open up the milk carton, take a swig then decide to put it into the cart?

Another thing I noticed recently, was also in the produce section. It was people ransacking through the bags of grapes. And I mean not just picking through, checking out the outside and selecting but actually going through the grapes. Yesterday, I watched a woman selecting small bunches of the best grapes and collecting them all into one bag. She walked away with a perfect bag of the biggest and best grapes...leaving the rest of us with mediocre to mushy ones!

So really, are these people going to far? Is this just another view of people's self-centered attitudes? Or are they simply ensuring that they only pay for what they want, and what they do pay for is top quality? What's your opinion of shopping etiquette? Or do you have any other such consumer tales to tell?

Hey check it out...At the csa blog she is giving away three copies of Shear Spirit in honour of International Year of Fibre. Go click & enter!
Apparently this is a must have book for fibre lovers!!

I found this link by accident while surfing the web.....

Greenpeace

Sad, but true!

I've been wanting to try freezer paper stencils for a couple of years now, but haven't been able to get my hands on the paper. Today I found a tutorial on how to make your own freezer paper.

I was so excited I had to stencil a t-shirt for Caleb. He absolutely loves it! I ended up pulling up a Big Wheels commercial on You Tube, and now he wants one!




The paper curled a bit as it got wet with the fabric paint so I'm going to tinker with the method a bit. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out though. I can't wait to make a bunch more!

Greyden celebrated his first birthday, on February 14th Valentine's Day!! He's the best gift I'll ever get!



While not the most mellow little guy, he certainly has energy and a terrific sense of humour! He has the best laugh, especially when his older brother is being a clown. Greyden's laugh is so infectious, right from his belly, pearly white teeth flashing and his head thrown back!

Its so much fun watching him walking, I can't believe (ok I can), he took his first steps at 10 months old. I remember at 4 months he would roll off my lap, and just assume his legs would support him. At those moments I knew he wouldn't be content to hold still much longer!

We are so excited to see what the future holds for him. We know he'll face it with energy, drive, and his engaging manner.

I've posted pics of his birthday party in Pontypool at my Flickr account

I can't believe Greyden is turning ONE in a few weeks!!??

And I'm totally making these for him!!!


Cookie Monster!

So here I sit amidst piles of laundry...clean and dirty. Caleb has finally given up calling everyday boxing day, he actually got dressed in clothes today! Big event! Soon we will be forced to start cooking real meals again...cheese, crackers and Kielbasa just aren't cutting it anymore. (Never mind that we've run out of Kielbasa and cheese!)

We've just been too busy, having fun. We got most of the Christmas stuff done...the cards and letters are almost done, mom's mittens got knitted, Amanda's shawl got wrapped (although she also received a skein of yummy wool from Americo, with a pattern. Hee hee!) And 90% of the baking was finished. Not bad.

I think we'll start the new year with a clean slate from the holidays...we'll finally get that laundry put away (for this week), we'll put away the Christmas gifts (when we are not playing with them) and we'll cook a proper meal. Well, only if it doesn't snow...the tobaggans are calling!

Happy New Year!!

We had a problem at our house tonite...do we watch Anne of Green Gables....or A He-Man Christmas?!

Decisions, decisions, decisions!

I've just come out of my post-Halloween sugar coma!!! So here goes my Halloween parade.....



Greyden the Reptile



The Lion and the Reptile with Gramma.



Before the pumpkin carving...the green one is the one Caleb grew this summer.



Our little collection of ghosts...made from milk and fabric softener bottles. (thanks to a midnight raid on neighborhood recycle bins! )



All lit up!

I hope everyone had a fun and safe night!! Check out my Flickr account at the side for more pics!

So I haven't even posted about going to the Creative Show yet. I coerced mom into going with me for a girl's day, something we haven't done in a really long time.

There was alot of beautiful things...we could have gotten into alot of trouble with our hubby's, so we tried really hard to keep our wallets in our bags!

I ended up coming home with some thread for a good price. I got 50% off on a Olfa cutter How cute is that!! I needed a smaller one for more precision, smaller cutting.

Mom and I both bought a set of handmade jewellery for a super cheap price. The sets were matching necklace, earrings and bracelet. I wore mine to the Schizophrenia Iris Ball in Toronto last week. I know I picked up a few more things, but I just can't thing of them right now!

We checked out the knitting fashion show...Paula Lishman made quite a statement with her gorgeous collection.

I've been on such a finish my UFO's since the Ravelympics, that I actually managed to keep any wool from falling into my bag!! I was actually kind of shocked!

The biggest thing that was the hardest for us not to buy was a serger at the show. We could have brought home a beautiful machine for $300....that was hard to pass on. I guess I'll have to wait for the Spring Festival!!!!!