Longing For These Days

It is that time of year. Where I long for warm weather.

I want to wear skirts and tanks and sandles.

I hope we have an early spring, as I am going stir crazy in winter.

Family Day Long Weekend

I am loving this long weekend. I have been productive - cleaning, baking, groceries, cooking.
And the rest of the time has been spent watching movies, playing games, and just relaxing.

Above is some of my family, ironically I won't see anyone this weekend...

But they are always on my mind !!

Wonky Weather

The weather this week is kind of wonky in Ontario. It's been extremely cold, and will soon be unseasonably mild - 11 degrees with rain on Friday. Weather like this makes my head hurt, with the pressure systems moving in & out so quickly, and changing so much.

Dear Mother Nature, please make the weather settle down. xo

Nanner Bread

Above is my new Banana Bread recipie result ... it is heavy, and smells heavenly !! I cannot wait for it to cool so I can try it !!

Photo taken with my new iPhone 4 - awesome !!

Slacking again

I have been slacking again. Sorry.
I had surgery last week and have been couch bound ever since.
Tomorrow I re-enter the real world, so I will try to post again.
Thanks for userstanding. xo

Poor Sick Dan

Dan has been sick the past few days. Poor fellow. I am not even at home to take care of him. Hopefully he gets better ... so he can take care of me later this week.

Wandering

Out wandering around with Dan & snowshoes a few weeks ago.

Hockey Mom for the Day

Today I played Hockey Mom for the day. I had a trial run yesterday with Lu, so I more or less knew where to go and what to do. Ty got his tournament trophy today, and was really excited to go home & show Lu. Ty is super cute !!

Vaca ?

Moving into Lu's today until next week sometime !! I will only be 15 minutes from home, but I feel like I am going on a real trip - too funny. Maybe because I packed my suitcase ; )

Snow Day (2) - aka Cake & Birthday photos

Above - preparing to bake the famous cocoa-banana-cake !!

Below - sifted dry ingredients

Above - two beautiful & perfect 9" cakes

Below - stacked & iced ... but not with cocoa-banana-frosting, that was a fail.

Above - Gramma blowing out the comical candles on her cake

Below - Most of the family gathered round after singing happy birthday

Snow Day (1)

I am sorry for the lack of posts these past few days. I have been slacking, for a few reasons.

But I will edit and post more today ... so enjoy these three to start !!

HAPPY SNOW DAY

This Girl

Seriously, who let this girl out of the house ?

Little Red Dots

I am off to give my blood to the lab for testing this morning - which is probably one of my least favourite things to do. Wish me luck.

Quite The Pair

 

Last Saturday we finally got out to snowshoe. It was beyond cold outside, but it was so fun to be out there. We went to a park near by, and explored the path & trails and enjoyed watching the wildlife and checking out the views.

Chili

I made some chili for Dan today, divided it up and froze it. The apartment smells so yummy.

Waiting game

I am playing the waiting game. I am not a good waiter. I don't like this.

I want to know now. Please!

Lets Go Shoeing

Dan & I are hoping to go snow shoeing later today or tomorrow. Last year we didn't make it out once. Or snow shoes are crying for attention. Plus I want to take more winter photos - so it seems like a good combo !!

Little Steps

Today has been a day full of little steps, like all the little scales on this tree trunk.

The first, and probably hardest step, was to get out of bed this morning. With no where to go and not much on the to-do list, it was no easy task.

Roughly six hours after getting out of bed, I have only just showered now ... oh boy.

LuLu !!

Today Luanne made me smile. And laugh. And almost pee my pants.

Thanks for a great visit Lu ! I am so glad my dinner was good ; ) SOCKS

Pack Rat Perks

I am a pack rat. There is no way around it. I am aware of this, and try not to keep everything ... but I often find myself coming across things and wondering why in the world I hung on to it. Luckily, I still find lots of "hidden gems" in the mix ... like this little quote:

You're speaking from your heart. There are no rules.

Grammer doesn't matter ... No rough drafts ...

No Limits ... No Judgements ...

It's love. Just write.

I was so excited to see that quote. I had forgotten all about it, but as soon as I started reading it, my heart smiled and a slew of memories came rushing back. And that is why I truly believe that being a pack rat has it's perks.