...'29 Buick

look who showed up to be photographed at one of our weddings we shot this weekend! a gorgeous '29 Buick...it was amazingly beautiful...

"...how do ya like them apples?"

so many apples so little time!!! i'm trying to decide what to do with all these apples ( besides candy apples!!!) my dad brought me, in fact, he just brought me another batch of green apples. Should I make pie filling? frozen or jarred? help! i'm doing a bit of internet research...please leave me your suggestions!!! BTW, I luv my photos...don't you???

...halloween apples!!!

Look what I just need to re-create!!! over at Williams & Sonoma !!! delectable or what??? I say re-create because I would NEVER pay $22.50 for ONE!!! (i had to read the price twice!!!)

...Skor Cake

Skor Cake

1 chocolate cake mix
1 12-16 oz bottle of caramel (the squeezable kind that you top ice cream sundaes with).
1 14 0z can of sweetened condensed milk
1 Bag of Skor bits
one container of cool whip

Make the cake mix as directed. Once it is done baking, pull it out of the oven and poke slits all over the top of the cake using the bottom of a knife handle, do not poke all the way to the bottom of the cake. Pour the caramel and the condensed milk all over the top and over the slits. Then spread the Cool Whip over the top and put the cake into the fridge to cool. Let cool for about an hour before serving! ENJOY!

...to the parents who read this blog...

Today I had a mini epiphany...i made a vege based meal to ladle over rice....i wasn't sure if the boys would respond quite happily toward it BUT i discovered as we came home from 3 hours of church, they were famished! there weren't any snacks readily available, so when it came to Lupper, as we refer to as lunch & supper at 1:00pm....they gobbled it up!!! so, my tip for you is serve your veges when they are Starving!!! it worked for me...

...Bath & Body Works

YES! it was good for me!!! I sprayed every new scent around our home last night, trying a new scent in every room!!! I even smell good thanks to my new lotions. I wondered if I would feel weird going in there ( for those who don't know, I was offered the General Store Manager position at B&BW@ WEM ...long story) or feel jealous...but I didn't! thank goodness! I thoroughly enjoyed the store, found it small for the demand there is for it & missing product lines but overall a beautiful store. There are many stores to be built in western Canada in the next 2 years...so they are coming to your city soon!!! Above is my collage of new products I treated myself to!!! It was good for me....it was pure pleasure...yes, i'm talking about lotion & sprays!!!

...is change good?

{...feeling sad} I just read through my Canadian House & Home Issue for October, specifically the Editor's Page, which I always start with. The issue was beautiful, articulate & chockful of gorgeous photographs, that's what I can count on...at least for the last 20 years that I've followed Cobi Ladner as Editor in Chief of this fabulous magazine. There are many times when I've walked up & down the aisles of Chapters in search of a similar magazine but I can not find one among all the American & European grandious magazines that compares to Canadian House & Home. It's been a staple, in my home for many, many years, introducing it to friends and my younger sister as she started to read Home magazines as she out grew her fad & fashion mags....Did I mention I'm a magaholic? I know the ones that fulfill my requirements and H&H is one of them. It's taught me lots & hope that it doesn't lose it's charm!

{going off on a tangent now} I'm feeling sad because the same happened to me & the Great One known as Martha. She completely lost her appeal...at least for me. Once her show changed to live & chaotic & full of celebrities who look like fish out of water...the charm was gone. I rarely watch her show now. I loved how calculated her show was, how she didn't stutter, how well produced & photographed it was, how the music soothed my senses & how each every homemaking skill was taught with such finesse....change was not good, in my opinion.

{...back to H&H} I have watched the newly appointed EIC for H&H and she has not impressed me thus far in her career. I hope that it doesn't translate into the H&H Magazine....I guess we'll see in the coming issues if change is good!!!

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10 June 2008, TORONTO
Cobi Ladner talks about leaving Canadian House & Home

Cobi Ladner will end her tenure as Canadian House & Home editor on June 24.
When Cobi Ladner was first hired at Canadian House & Home in 1990, she was the sole decorating editor on a staff of five. Today, the magazine boasts one of the largest editorial staffs in the country (25 in editorial, 12 in design), a readership of 2.5 million and a paid circulation that has more than doubled in size since owner/publisher Lynda Reeves took the magazine over in 1986.

“We’ve grown and grown and it’s sort of on its way now,” says Ladner, who debuted as editor-in-chief with the Feb/March 1993 issue, “and it doesn’t need its mother as much.” Ladner, 46, has decided to leave the editorial nest of H&H on June 24. She plans on taking the summer to recharge, spending plenty of time with her two young children and caring for her recently widowed mother. After that, “the possibilities are wide open.”

While Ladner says her decision to leave was amiable (she will consult for the magazine until the end of year and says, “I want this place to do really well without me”), she admits that some on the H&H team were shaken by the news. “One of the design editors said it felt like her parents were splitting up,” she says. “Everybody wants to understand why.”

Both personal and professional reasons were at play, Ladner says. She lost her father, Eric Ladner, to an aneurysm in February. “He was a great mentor to me,” Ladner says. “He gave me many great words of wisdom, one of them being, ‘Don’t follow your dreams, live them.’” She hasn’t quite decided what that next dream will be, at least when it comes to her work, though she does expect a return to the area of lifestyle and home décor. “I just want the chance to do something else in my lifetime.”

As for her proudest accomplishments, Ladner is particularly proud of the team she’s managed to build at H&H. “We have always put editorial first and I’m glad for that,” she says. “I feel like we’re often a training ground for many of the other magazines around town.” She’s also felt rewarded by the connection she’s been able to make with readers through the magazine. “We never win any National Magazine Awards, and yet…a day doesn’t go by when a Canadian doesn’t say to me, ‘Canadian House & Home’ is my favourite magazine.”

Delicious Desserts....which one??? or all???

I have a dinner party coming up and looked up one of my fave blogs: Tastefully Entertaining & guess what they had for me to look at? this beautiful inspiration board of desserts with links to the recipes!...what a spread!!! I have some work cut out for me! I'm going to choose one of these new recipes to try out, which one do you think I'll make? hmmmm....don't they look delicious?
- Mint Chocolate Cheesecake
- Little Lemon Meringue Pies
- Blueberry Cream Cheese Tart
- Sunset Shortcake
- Hazelnut Cookies
- Chocolate Truffles

"All Hallows Eve"

I want to make this, I saw it last year and kept the link, it looks so awesome, so not "store-bought". Tonite I also came accross some small tags that would make cute backgrounds for a mini-garland for my front entrance as well as a large one for my mantle. I'm excited for Halloween this year....well, excited-once again!!!

I’ve been tagged!

I’ve been tagged! This is a first for me ;-)
Thanks Jamie!

My 3 Joys:
•My husband & my 3 boys
•My extended family
•My 24" iMac-hahaha!!!

My 3 Fears:
•Being outside in the dark at night alone
•Losing someone's Wedding Photography!!!
•Critical illness

My 3 Current Obsessions:
•KitKat Chunky
•Brad Pitt
•Stampin Up

My 3 Surprising Facts:
•i never return movies on time!
•i can't make a good pie crust!
•i love Pacman!

I Tag: Karla, Lindy

Spooky Sweets

I thot these Spooky Sweets were pretty cute. I REALLY love Halloween! I think I will give these a try!!! I think it would make a cute teacher treat or a treat to drop off to friends...mmmm...i likey!!! sOrRy... but you'll probably be seeing lotsa Halloween inspired tricks & treats!!!muahahaaa!!!