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Serena Ryder a Canadian musician ....I am enjoying her songs....

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This is one song I liked but there are many. Serena is from Ontario. She also cover various artists and sings with a varietyof talent. She won best new artisit award in 2008. That is how far behind I am.....Oh well! Hee Hee!! Life right!!! Better late than never! Much like many things in life. ..... I feel "weak in the knees" as Dave and I are on the Dukan diet.....ha ha fourth day and well one more sleep until next phase.....It has been interesting and successful. We needed a kick start to lose those Christmas pounds. It is pretty outside with the snow. Took Cooper for a walk and boy is the air crisp. It was fun and even better with my Ipod music and tracking fitness component. Ah off to a good start with the New Year resolutions. Hope to get up to the moutain soon and so some snow shoeing.

Dog Days Are Over song gets me dancing.....

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWOyfLBYtuU I think this song is great, lots of emotion and beat.  The Dog Days Are Over .... I  first heard this song by an amazing group from the tv show Sing Off (which has had some amazing singers) Pentatonix. Well this group Pentatonix is truly  unique and well I got goose bumps listening to their performance of this song with no instuments. Florence and the Machine originally did the song. I also love the Florence and the Machines version and video so I wanted to share them both. I only recently listened to Florence and the machine and I am excited to listen to more of their work. Some new music to add to the  ipod.... Lyrics Happiness, hit her like a train on a track Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back She hid around corners and she hid under beds She killed it with kisses and from it she fled With every bubble she sank with a drink And washed it away down the kitchen sink The dog days are over The...

Happy New Year Homemade Pizza!

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 Dave and I made the pizza dough which  takes about 2 hours in total. However we made two batches so one was put in the freezer.Then Dave added his favourite toppings: mushrooms, green pepper, bacon, pepperoni, tomatoe sauce and of course mozzarella cheese.  Cooper wanted some too!  Yummy! Looks better than some restaurants and well it was very delicious!!!!! Happy New Year! A good way to start the new year with yummy food.

These are a few of my favourite things -about Christmas

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These are a few of my favourite things about Christmas! I love the Christmas Cactus Blooming with the vivid colour. I have this Cactus from my Nana Jean.She was a good gardener and knitter extraordinaire. I love the Ameryllis blooming. Each year it is exciting to plant the bulb and see it grow wonderign will it bloom by Christmas. This year I planted the one from last year and it grew but did not bloom so I bought another one and now it is blooming . Even though it wasn't ready for Christmas it is still a tradition from the family I like to continue. Seeing the beauty of this flower reminds me of family especially my mom and nana and all the christmases we shared together. I love making Christmas Cookies.It is so much fun. This year Pearl taught us how to make traditional shortbread. We had a wonderful day with Christmas music on and our christmas aprons too. Odelia and I made the Nanaimo bars a tradition from my mom, ginger cookiers and sugar cookies we decorated with D...