She's on the plane....

For the giveaway, Krista had a choice of two of the little guys ....and she wanted a "smooth" one as I call them.  The others are "fluffy" in my books.

And, so.... little Fleur as she was known to me... has gone to live in the Yukon Territories of Canada.... hope she loves it there as much as Krista does.  Check out her blog sometime to see the amazing scenery Krista photographs.
Krista may change her name,  I don't know;  but the little gal said she was open to any nice name ..... and looking forward to new adventures too.... she's got a bit of spunk that little one.  At first she was a tiny bit apprehensive about leaving her CC buddies (curio cabinet bears)...but, after a while....she decided it might be fun to go out on her own...to have a big adventure.  She decided she could always send a postcard to her friends.
So.... she climbed into her travelling pouch.... felt her nice purple-y and pink sheets and declared them comfy..... and before I knew it...she was sound asleep and I decided she was ready to go.

that crazy bunny says it's time....

.....time to get on with making the draw for the winner of the little giveaway.... before he has to dash away or he'll be late for another very important date....

remember the interesting and wonderfully coloured "thing" at the bottom of the last post? .... Well, it was indeed a pot with the imprint of macaroni on the bottom.  It wasn't as if I had burned it on either..... it happens ever time I cook some pasta now.  I did burn spuds in that pot big time ....once.. and then, tried to scour it and clean it and even used vinegar on the bottom to soak things off.  I wonder if the vinegar caused some reaction even back then?  Who knows... but, whenever I do cook some pasta now...this is what I see after washing the pot as well as I can.  Hmmm... I don't know... perhaps I should toss the pot, but it is one of my good ones with a lovely copper core in the bottom, and it heats so readily and holds heat easily...that I hate to toss it.

Scratty Eddy made the draw for me... from several of the correct answers...tossed into his favourite cup.  I suspect he really likes that little cup because it is all his favourite colours....

Congratulations Krista!  You knew exactly what it was...hahha..... been there done that eh?  yeh, yeh....I know.... you weren't actually admitting to it...but, I think maybe............ you know....it happened .... once?

Anyway....  let's talk about what you won.  Or...maybe who.....



The thing about my little bears and creatures, is....they love to travel.  I even have a tiny hippo as far away as Malaysia.   Either of these little guys say they would love to come to live in the Yukon with you and Jimmy and Oreo... although, I would hide it from either of those two, as lots of cats and dogs just love to play with these little creatures... probably because they are made from wool...... sooooo....... let me know if you want a fuzzy one or a smooth one....

Thanks everybody for playing along..... and on another front.......

Mr. BV's office golf tournament yesterday... and our foursome did well enough to tie for first...but, in a count back of holes...we lost out by one stroke!  AAACCCKKK .... that close!  What a coup that would have been .... the guy who won was pretty confident that his team would win by a good margin because the other guy who usually wins was not there.... I don't think anybody thought we would be giving them a reeeellly good run for the money.  And... we had some lousy chip shots ...which if we had been just that bit more "on" our game....man....we could have won by several strokes!  hahah...that would have been something.... maybe next year.......

Gwendolyn, girl of many hats....

Gwendolyn took all the suggestions to heart.... well, she must have, mustn't she?  She's managed to find other hats, and, therefore...other duties.  It's not only golfing notes she holds now..... look at this...today she is holding a recipe...Energy Bars if you please.  And, ....the other day it was just hats......who knows how she found them.  The bears must have helped.  They are always up to no good it seems.

so...I got right on it...and made the bars.

YUM!!  Very tasty!  But.... they are still not the perfect recipe I am searching for... ooorr.. 'for which I am searching' if you must see it correctly.  I am looking for a truly tasty bar, but one which stays totally intact upon being sliced.  This one still crumbles a bit at the edges.... and still seems a bit softer than I want.  If you have a great recipe.... please let me know.....

I will post this one on my food blog eventually...and place a link to it so you can try it as well.

AND.....now...for a fun thing.

What is this?  Send along your guess in the comments....and if there is more than one who gets it correct...I will have one of the boys make a random drawing from a pot of names.... for a little prize.  Let me see..... perhaps I will give it til Friday so that a few more of my now long lost "regulars" might have a chance to drop by ......

Poor Gwendolyn..

she's been relegated.  To propping up notes.  Notes about golfing.  Golf lessons... golf swings....golf course holes and how to manage things...... I think she is doing a great job.

She is not impressed.