Hot Treat.

Life is so different now. We don't have to drive in to town each day and right now, with the deep freeze surrounding us, we are staying home even more. The other day, I innocently mentioned I was missed going out and especially grabbing a Timmie's hot chocolate ~ my favorite is their very yummy white hot chocolate. And then look what showed up in my face a short time later! I wasn't asking for a treat, just ruminating that it had been a while since we had driven in to town. Feeling extra loved by my guy when he treats me!

The weather is starting to turn. It's still cold but definitely an improvement since the weekend. We're now in the low teens vs. the low 40's. It is such a relief to not have to worry as much about our little cottage in the snow filled forest. Frozen pipes is not something we've had to deal with BUT it takes a lot of work to ensure that doesn't happen. Our furnace issue on the weekend was not related to the cold, just the timing sucked. Ironically, we opened our bank account on Monday morning and the Government of Canada was kind enough to deposit our quarterly Carbon Tax Rebate. Not quite the amount to cover the repair but between that and dh's recent rebate from WestJet for his delay in his last flight, we didn't have to touch our savings for this repair. We have an account for things like this but always hope to not use it. Thankfully, we were lucky this time. 

Rest of the week is not too bad. By next Monday, we'll be back to single digits. Much easier to deal with the Winter driving and shovelling, etc. when the air is not bitter. Hoping this was the one and only deep freeze this season but we'll see what happens as we go. The good thing is I'm getting a few things ticked off my ongoing task list. Two things that were tackled were a thorough purge of our closet, right down to the baseboards. It's so lovely now and someone will be excited when they visit the charity shop, and find some still lovely clothes hanging on the racks. I also re~organized the guest room closet, the linen closet and the laundry room. The last item is purging the Art Studio again. I did a light purge in the Fall but think it's time for a deeper one. With a new dollhouse to work on, I'm starting to run out of room for all my items. So, a deep clean it is, and another trip to the charity shop. It may even take more than one trip.

If you're still living in the deep freeze,

how are you coping being stuck inside?

~ Chy

The Very Best White Milk Chocolate.

I love that dh every year finds me bars

of the very best white milk chocolate.

This year, it's white milk chocolate

Santa's. I'm saving these for a special

treat in the New Year. I like to make

my treats last and not eat all at once!

~ Chy

Favorite Treat.

This is now officially my new favorite

treat. If we hadn't been snowed in, I

probably would have driven in to town

to the store to buy more packs. Next year!

~ Chy

New Treat.

Have you come across this new chocolate

treat yet? I've had one and immediately it

became my new favorite treat! I'm sure I

will find some of these in my stocking ....

~ Chy

Chocolate House.

Finally eating up our little Christmas house.

Made from white and milk chocolate bars.

Royal icing and a whole lot of Smarties.

This is just before we started to break

it all up to munch. And crunch. Yum!

~ Chy

Feeding Stress.

If I had to watch this today ....

.... then this was on the menu all day.

Stress & chocolate .... a combination

that truly needs no explanation!

~ Chy

My Stocking.

Christmas Morning, after breakfast and

after the Queen's Message, it's stockings.

In addition to some sweet and fun little

packages to open, there was a whole

lot of chocolate to cherish. And a tiny

sweet and juicy Christmas orange.

~ Chy

Flowery Gifts.

It's been a crazy few weeks and we have

more events coming up. One of our final

celebrations is our year end family BBQ.

And this year, I was presented with a

basket of pretty flowers and chocolates.

A surprise but so very much appreciated!

My Favorite.

I have always loved milk chocolate,

especially when it's slightly warm.

Melt in my mouth kind of warm. But last

year, I discovered white chocolate. Now

anytime says they "owe me" I respond very

quickly with "white chocolate is my payback!"

Creating Candy.

It's hard to walk past this store and

not want to buy up all the sweets.

Chocolate, sugar, candy .... mmmm!

I would have a hard time working here.

Every thing is fresh and

made completely by hand.

The steam from the melted chocolate

adds to the frosted window design.

So many choices. It's hard to walk

by and pretend this doesn't exist!

British Kit Kat.

One of our local grocery stores has brought

in a line of Tesco products from Britain.

One of my favorite chocolate bars is a Kit

Kat. And look what we found from Tesco.

A bar called "Snappy Fingers" and it was

almost identical to a Kit Kat but a bit

thinner and a bit less of a milk chocolate

flavor. Still a good treat and one I would

buy in the future. We're quite enjoying

trying out all the Tesco items. Yum ....

Wordless Wednesday.

Deal of the Day.

I love a good deal and today, found this sweet

chocolate bar at the grocery store. Originally it

was a $2 bar but today, on sale for a tiny .40 cents.

Clearing out the last bits of Halloween. Yum!