Playing Othello

Borrowed the game Othello from my ExH over the holidays as well. Andy and I spent many hours playing this game of strategy. I thought the girls were at the right age to give it a try. Sarah didn't do too bad but Hannah really caught on.

She never beat me though! LOL

Headbandz

The girls got the game HEADBANDZ for a gift this year and brought it down to our house when they came. You wear this plastic band around your head and place a card in the slot. You have to guess what is on the card by asking the others questions. You are timed and its really quite alot of fun. Lots of giggling!

Sarah with her Headbandz card in place and trying to guess what she is! (She was a green bean!)

Hannah with her Headbandz card in place and we are laughing so hard as her grandfather could live on bacon alone! She guessed that one pretty quick!

Me! Note its a chocolate bar on my card!LOL

Family Game Night!

While my sister and her family were with us over the holidays, we played alot of different games. My family loves that sort of thing!

Here we are playing "Bananagrams"..... which is like a mix of Scrabble and Crosswords. Mom totally kicked our butt at this game! LOL

Bigger Fallout! LOL

We laughed SO HARD!!!! This is ME falling backwards into the snow and well......you can see I make a much larger POOF! LOL

Silly Snow pics

Hannah took this snap of me while we were out walking on the woods road behind my house. The snow is over my knees!

Then I snapped this picture of Hannah falling backwards into the fluffy snow.

This is what happens when you fall into a deep pile of snow! You get buried in it! LOL

Craftisan Graphics

YEAH!!!!!!

My friend Kim of Craftisan Graphics is blessing me with a new look to my Twitter page!

I'm sooo excited as she is wicked talented when it comes to this sort of thing.

She is going to be matching my page to the new look here on my primitive blog.

If you are thinking of having some work done on your website.....Kim is the gal to contact!

Tell her Cedara sent ya over to take a peek! heehee

Tracy(Cedara) of Thru the Attic Door

Do you Twitter??

Have you heard of Twitter???
Did you sign up for it?

A friend contacted me and told me she was going to be staying in touch with friends thru Twitter. I signed up and have been having so much fun. Its a really fun way to let folks know whats been happening in your life.
The catch is you have a limit of how much you can say..... that to me is also the fun part! LOL

Come follow me on Twitter

Tracy(Cedara) of Thru the Attic Door

Pepsi

I will admit this....drinking Pepsi is my downfall!

Coffee doesn't cross my lips...only use that to dunk dollies in....but I drink way too much Pepsi.

I'm noticing it and am going to really do my best to cut way back. Work my way to only one can a day.

Then the best goal..... to cut it out of my life altogether!

Wish me luck! I get cranky and might need to be told to shhhhh LOL

Tracy Dunn(Cedara) of Thru the Attic Door

2009 Bring a New Look to Blog

Not sure why it happens but every January, I always feel like switching things around in my life. Which can make for some crazy moments as my room is quite small and not really able to move things around too much. This time I opted to switch around some graphics!

The blog now has a new look and I'm loving it!
Am going to be switching my website around a bit in the next while as well.

Tracy Dunn of Thru the Attic Door

Snow Storm hits Nova Scotia

Thought I'd share a snap of the snow that fell. This is back on our woods road behind the house. Snow was very fluffy and DEEP! LOL

Happy New Year 2009!

I welcomed in 2009 with a big snowstorm in Nova Scotia. My sister and her family have been with us visiting for a few days. So instead of going out somewhere and having to deal with the storm...stayed home.

It was wonderful! We played a number of different board games and ate munchies thru the evening.

Happy 2009 everyone.....may this year be filled with much happiness and lots of giggles for you all

Tracy(Cedara)of Thru the Attic Door

Beady eyes looking at me......

My nieces own this little guy....his name is Zeik!

His cage was right behind where the computers are set up so it always felt like someone was watching me!

I turned around and....doesn't it look like Zeik was waving at me????

Creative Space

My youngest niece loves to be creative! She is always drawin, coloring and creating something. I love seeing something come to life before her eyes!

Gaming....

She got a DS for her birthday and alot of gaming was played this week. I already owned one and she thought it was great fun to chat back and forth etc. Her sister has asked for one for Christmas but till then...... I'm leaving mine with her so they can continue playing with them together.

Ginger Beef

When I was living in Calgary, I was introduced to the taste of Ginger Beef and it has been my fave thing to order when having Chinese food. It can be quite hard to find it made well or else I am really fussy on how I like it! LOL

http://www.fansrestaurant.com

This place in Dartmouth has AWESOME ginger beef as well as an insane amount of other tasty morsels! Eric has treated me twice this week to supper there. OH MY!

Do you have a fave thing to order when getting Chinese food??

Tracy(Cedara) of Thru the Attic Door

Cheese Scones

My sister had these cheese scones at her home and MY GOODNESS, they were sooooo good!

I had one for breakfast almost every morning!

Here is a simple recipe for them to start your mornings off right! YUM!

Savory Cheese Scones

Prep Time:10 min
Total Time:30 min
Makes 12 scones
2 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
3/4 cup butter
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup whipping cream
2 cups grated CRACKER BARREL Cheddar Cheese
COMBINE flour and baking powder in large bowl; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
ADD eggs and cream; mix just until moistened. Stir in cheese.
ROLL out dough to 3/4-inch thickness on lightly floured surface. Cut with floured 2-inch cutter. Place on baking sheet.
BAKE at 425°F for 20 min. or until lightly browned

Tracy(Cedara) of Thru The Attic Door

ahhhhh

Recharging my battery! YUP! I went on a mini "vacation" of sorts. My sister was really sick and I came up to the city to help her out and take my nieces out for Halloween. I've been up in the city all week and Eric is taking me back home today. Its been relaxing and yet crammed full of stuff too.

I love coming up here!

Tracy(Cedara)of

Thru the Attic Door

Writers Block

Yup....its what had taken over my brain. Usually words flow pretty easy for me. One thing led to another and I just stopped writing. I'd sit here at my keyboard and just stare at the screen.

UGH

BUT I'M BACK! LOL

Hi again!

Scrabble Tile Pendant~ closer

heehee

Hey.....the Scrabble pendant is for me...I can make it say whatever I want! ;)

Scrabble Tile Pendants

I know you have been just like me and seeing these Scrabble Tile Pendants showing up all over the web. Some of the folks that are making these are beyond talented and are really creating quite the little pieces of artwork.

I just wanted to play! heehee

We happened to have an extra Scrabble game so I took the tiles from it. I'll use the other stuff from it for something else but thats a whole different blog post.

I went out to the garage and showed Dad my concept and he drilled the holes for me. Power tools are beyond NOT my thing! LOL Spent the evening cutting papers and twisting wires. Glues were used and I was having a BLAST!

Have you made anything like this??
I've already got family and friends asking for pieces!
I'll do a step by step tutorial if enough folks show interest. I didn't have my camera next to me when I was playing with these ones.

Tracy(Cedara)Dunn of Thru the Attic Door

Closer peek at the Red Fabric

I may actually have to go back and get some more of this fabric......its such a perfect rich deep red color. The flowers and seed pod detail looked almost stitched to me. I can't wait to create something with this fabric.

Tracy(Cedara)Dunn of Thru the Attic Door

Fabric Splurge

I'm actually still in shock that it happened. I am not one to impulse buy fabric. Its just too darn expensive up here for that to be happening. I usually wait until I'm out with Eric someplace ...cause he's awesome and will buy it!LOL I'm so naughty.

The other day I was out and saw these.....and before I knew what had happened....I had the bolts in my hand and was walking over to the counter. I heard myself ask for a metre each(about a yard) and also heard the voice in my head scream NOOOoooooo.....but somehow the lady at the counter didn't hear that voice.

I am so in the mood to create some Autumn primitive dolls and these fabrics just jump started some ideas. You all will be the first to see the final result here in my blog! heehee

Off to cut some fabric!

Tracy(Cedara)Dunn of Thru the Attic Door

Back Home from the Blue House

Well it hasn't quite lived up to the thoughts in my head...... having the dolls at the Blue House at the Theme Park. The other ladies have been wonderful and I have enjoyed the experience don't get me wrong. I've just opted to bring a bunch of the gals back home and revamp them for my website.
Folks going to the park were there for one reason.....and buying primitive style dolls....wasn't it! LOL

So....be on the lookout on my website....cause I see a DOLL SALE in the very near future!
YIpppeeee for all of you! ;)

Tracy(Cedara)Dunn of Thru the Attic Door

Sleepy Kitty

Buttons Kitty loves to curl up in the top section of my wooden file folders. She doesn't always fully fit but she seems mighty comfy! heehee

If I happen to place anything on that top one....she comes along and whips it onto the floor with her paw ....the whole time swearing at me and giving me that look that cats can give! LOL

Just thought I'd share a pic!