Back from Edmonton. It was a good if not short trip. I had an employee meeting Friday morning and spent the rest of my day at the hotel working. A short supper followed by a bit of conversation with an old pal and then off to bed for me--I'm such a party animal. Saturday my big stop was at Ikea of course. Frames for more of the art work that I seem to forever be collecting.

Then a short stop to pick up lunch and then on the highway back to Grande Prairie. Tonight I am attempting to put together the two shelves I bought at the Brick last weekend. I am just over half way finished of putting the first one together and am taking a well needed break. I think the second one will need to wait until tomorrow as my patience will surely be gone by the time I am finished the first one.

My two furry companions survived their two days of freedom and unbeknownst to them at the moment they will have another 5 days and 4 nights of freedom this week as I make my way North to La Crete and High Level. That is if Hudson survives the weekend. She is hyper tonight and testing the little remaining patience I have left from the shelf building. Right now she is up on her kitty condo playing with the curtains. AURGH.

Poor little bugger...its my fault she's hyper---no exercise while I was away...but she really knows how to push buttons. LOL

My shelf is the one on the left...times two. Pics once I finally get them together.

I was out yesterday trying to pick up a shelving unit (x2) for my living room and while I came home empty handed (until Tuesday) at one of my stops I bought--the carrot. It is a stuffed toy with feathers at the top and apparently is full of some of the best cat nip on the go. The cats have been fighting over it since I introduced them to it. They were very entertaining last night and were having some great fights--ears back, tails puffed up, backs arched. Quite amusing.  Tundra seems to be winning most of the time. She lays on the carrot and then Hudson can't reach it and no one can see it--fatty cat.

It is snowing again today. We had snow earlier in the week and you can feel the nip in the air on the way to work now every day. I'm looking forward to winter. I want to get my craft room set up and spend time in there working on more scrap-booking while my two lazy kitties sleep on the bed beside me.

Off to Edmonton again this coming weekend. I need to be there Friday am for work and it is good timing because I wanted to go down on Friday anyway for a night or two. My Christmas shopping is almost finished believe it or not and I think I could get it finished this weekend if I was super smart and even into the mail before November starts.

These were from earlier in the week. It melted but I think we will soon have snow that stays.

Tuesday evening and I am parked on the rug in front of the tv avoiding kitchen duties and responsibilities. I cooked a nice sized turkey on Sunday and have made a large batch of my yummy butter chicken and am almost finished making a HUGE batch of soup.

The dishes are sitting in hot water waiting for me and the cats have calmed down some...spoke to soon. Tundra just took a crazy run and jump across the living room.

Work is fantastic. I am still as much in love with the company, my boss and co-workers as I was on the first day. And I hired some help for myself on Friday. She is great and is going to learn fast.

GP continues to be my friend and I am having a great time slowly exploring the city. Last Saturday I went downtown to enjoy the sunshine. It was one of those fantastic crisp fall days when you can get away with a great sweater and a pair of sunglasses. I stopped into the farmers market, visited a locally owned tea store and found this great store that smelled of pickled beets and fresh garlic. They have jars of locally made pickles, jams, jellies, carrots, etc. I will be back for sure. Downtown is nice and only a few blocks so it doesn't take a lot of time to cover it but you can easily spend an afternoon wandering from store to store. I happened upon a festival(?) of sorts. There was a band, artists painting on the street, activities for passersby and art to buy. I didn't buy any.

The apartment is coming along nicely. I have hung a total of 4 objects so far. So many more to go but I can't figure out where I want them. All in good time.

I think another trip to Edmonton is coming up at the end of the month. Maybe just one night this time...but I'll see. I think the trip will be good for the soul.

Later this month I'm heading up to Northern Alberta for some visits. By then I should have found the cord for the camera so I can take some more photos. I filled up the only card I have been able to find a few weeks ago and can't download the photos to take more. LOL. Ah well...c'est la vie.

Guess I have procrastinated enough...off to finish the soup.

I owe emails and blog posts to a few of you. All coming some day soon. Things in GP are going great I've just been busy. Good busy. Hope everyone is well.