Waiting ....

.... for our gates. I can now truly say that the building of our home was the easy part. The "after" stuff has been the challenge! We had to wait for our fridge doors, we're waiting for our builder to return to fix some small but truly needing attention deficiencies and now we are "patiently" waiting for our driveway gates to be finally installed. It was supposed to happen last week and then the snow/raincame. Now it's drying up and today was to be the day. But our gate guy's son fell and ended up in ER with a head injury, so it may not happen at all today. I feel so bad for him but am also frustrated that delay after delay is now filling the space that became empty after the fridge fiasco .... I hope that it will go in this week as we need to start our landscaping and this is holding things up a bit. Once they are in, I know we'll be happy and also feel extra secure with the added measure of locking gates. We may even take a holiday one day now that our country home will be super secure. I'll update soon, I hope, with a picture or two of our gates, with the fleurs de lis on top.

Waiting ....

.... still waiting. We moved in to our

just over 16 months ago. And from

the beginning, I knew what I wanted

this kitchen nook corner to look like.

But between packing and unpacking,

settling in, theater work, hospice work,

centre work, trying to landscape, and

spending time with our family ....

.... this little corner has sat and sat. No

life to it, just a spot for items to be.

This weekend, my beloved dh helped me

finally change this corner from nothing

to something. I'll do the reveal a little later

in the week. For now, you'll have to wait ....

Our New Toy!

We ordered our KitchenAid Mixer off The Shopping Channel and it arrived at our house 8 days later. 

The box was huge!!

Loaded with many goodies + the mixer. 

Even B was excited to open the big box!

His mama helped me get the mixer out. 

A vibrant shade of green apple!

And then the mixing began ....

First we made white cupcakes. 

Then a yummy chocolate cake.

I truly believe when we wait for something we'd really like to have, saving, scrimping, dreaming and drooling, we truly appreciate the item when it is in our possession. I love to bake and still have the very small, handheld mixer that I received as a wedding gift 30 years ago. But now I have a real treasure and am so grateful for a husband who understands my need to save so a large purchase like this, even on sale at "an amazing, unbelievable, extra tools included plus the cookbook" price how happy this makes me. 

So worth the long wait!