Tasty Wednesday

Hi again!

We are back to Neg30C windchill!  I took the kids to school today for toast and man is the wind biting!  I'm glad to be back inside.

So, yesterday I had so many errands to run that I didn't have time to post my meals.  Here they are for the week.

• Mon- Pan-fried haddock, rice, spinach, chickpeas & President's Choice Thai Red Curry sauce for the adults
• Tues- BBQ Baked Chicken Thighs, Potatoes, Broccoli
• Wed-  (HH gone) Pasta Haystacks
• Thurs- Beans
• Fri- Leftovers
• Sat- Pizza
• Sun- HH Soup

Last year's meals.

• Mon- Spaghetti Pie
• Tues- BBQ Tofu, Fries, Spinach Berry Smoothies
• Wed- Salmon & Fried Chicken
• Thurs- Chickpeas & Pasta
• Fri- Pizza
• Sat- Leftovers
• Sun- Lentils with Onion and Garlic, Rice

Stay warm! :-)

Marvelous Monday

Hi!

We made it through the weekend!  Today we are expecting freezing rain and then rain!  Aaahh, the weather!  The one good thing about frigid cold temps is that when it "warms" up to Neg 10C, it feels warm and such a relief! 

 I went out on Saturday to get some pics and even though I was wearing my normal gloves (see one in the photo below!) my hands were freezing!

 Here's another picture of the roof.

 HH went out to remove some snow.  That wall on the right is 7 feet tall and that's the top of it!

HH also went out and used the snow thrower remove the snow from the back breezeway door.  Now we can go the back yard directly instead of walking around from the front.

Here are HH and DS hanging out in the snow!

 DS up on the breezeway roof.  Eventually both kids used that as a launching spot for sledding!

Yesterday the kids went out and made a snow cake with some food colouring. 

With the snow day Friday, I got a little project done. I lined the back of the wardrobe pantry with striped wallpaper I picked up at the Salvation Army a while back. I just taped it up.

Then, I decided to line the shelves. 

And here it is all finished.

Here's how it looked before.

We watched Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi this weekend!  I was kinda surprised how much the kids enjoyed it.  And me, too. I'd seen them before, but can't imagine I saw the first one when I was only 6 in 1977.  I must've seen it later?  Anyway, I didn't remember the whole story so it was fun to see again.  And it was really good quality for such an old movie, it didn't feel "old".  I think they maybe did some work when it was digitized or something.  DS especially liked it and thought "Return of the Jedi" was "awesome!".  

The kids had their Sunday School Christmas performance at church yesterday. It had been cancelled from Dec 22.  Both kids did a great job.  This year was DD's first year to have a speaking part.  Before, she had always been too shy!

Have a great week! :-)

Blizzard Friday

Hi!

We are having  another snow day yet again!  It's actually a blizzard!

Although the view from the window isn't as snowy as it can be, it's still blowing around a lot.  The good thing is that the temps are warming up to Neg 13C (windchill Neg 24C) (9F/windchill Neg11F).

Schools are closed for the day and HH's work is also closed.  We'll be hanging around inside, using our good dishes (a new tradition I started this winter to use the "good dishes" on storm days!) and we may venture outside later!

Have a good weekend! :-)

Happy New Year! (Tasty Thursday)

Hi!

Christmas Break is over (with a slight delay as school was delayed an hour because of extreme cold- Negative 26C with windchill of Neg 37 (Neg 15F/Neg35)!!) BRRR!!  So, I've got a (almost) full day to myself!

We had a nice vacation. Here is Christmas morning at the in-laws.

Checking out the loot!

I've never seen this before, but our Christmas tree started to grow!  See the light green shoots at the end of the branches?  I kinda felt bad for the tree since it thought it was spring, but really we were just gonna throw it out to die. :-(

Building snow forts for a snowball fight.  DD was referree and declared DS the winner after he knocked down my wall.  But he built his wall double thick and mine was only a single brick thick so it really wasn't all that fair! ;-)

Here yet again is the snow bank in the back.  It's hard to imagine the scale of it, but you can see DS and our cat.  It is huge!!

I'm looking forward to getting back on schedule.  I'm going to go ahead and post this week's meals for posterity.

• Mon- White Beans with Garlic, Krispy Kale, Stirfried Kale, Quinoa
• Tues- New Year's Eve Dinner at In-laws- Duck, Chicken Fingers, Potatoes, Cheesy Cabbage, Corn, Carrots, Fries- Quite the spread!
• Wed- Lunch- Black Eyed Peas with Herbs (for luck) (Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian, pg18), Cabbage Slaw (for money), Cheesy grits & Biscuits with in-laws here.  Dinner-Mac & Cheese and NYE Leftovers
• Thurs- Amy's Burritoes
• Fri- Tortilla Pizza
• Sat- Leftovers Take-out Pizza from Dillons
• Sun- HH Soup- Chicken Potato

Last year this is what we ate.

• Mon- New Year's Eve at In-laws
• Tues-Cabbage, Black Eyed Peas
• Wed-Leftovers (To Charlottetown, Boston Pizza for lunch)
• Thurs- Chicken Nuggets
• Fri- Pizza
• Sat-Tilapia
• Sun-Thai Scallop Soup with Rice

Enjoy the rest of the week! :-)

TGIF & Merry Christmas!

Hi!

The kids had their Christmas Concert yesterday. I took the new camera and all the pics are blurry.  Evidently I didn't hold the camera still enough as it was dark in the room and light on stage. Here's blurry DS in the middle with the Santa Hat.

And blurry DD wearing her pink dress with her recorder.

No new projects this week. :-(  With all the snow days and getting ready for Xmas, I've just been lazy.  And I'm guessing it'll be pretty slow throughout the holidays.

So, I'll say Merry Christmas & Happy New Year now and will write more after the school vacation!

:-)

The Owlies

Another snow day yesterday!  Here's a pic of the big drift behind the house on the breezeway this morning! There was an hour delay for school today, but the sky is now clear and sunny.

Here are some pics yesterday in the storm.  

And remember, it used to look like this!

More snowy pics!  And we're supposed to get more snow and ice on Sunday!

So, last year I started a tradition to make made home-made presents for my family.  Here's what I made for DD.

The Owlies!

I was inspired by this at Martha Stewart.  I started with an old sweater of mine.  Here it is after I cut it up! 

I made the little owls, took a picture, made a label, printed it out and Mod-Podged it on a box I'd painted gold! 

 Here are the Owlies, snuggled in!

Peek-a-boo!!

:-)

Tasty Tuesday

Hi! 

We had a funny snow day yesterday with an hour delay for school and then getting out 3 hours early!  We're supposed to have more snow tomorrow so it may be another snow day!

My car isn't working so HH is doing the shopping today. I've planned 2 weeks worth of meals so I don't want to do anymore big shopping until Dec 30.  With Christmas in there and all the storms, it'll be good to be all stocked up!

Here's the plan for the next 2 weeks.

• Mon- Bean Burritoes (The Ultimate Children's Cookbook) DD helped!
• Tues- Pasta Macaroni; Collard Greens Lentils, Roasted Tomato Sauce, Arugula Salad
• Wed-Trout, Potatoes Salmon, Rice, Corn
• Thurs- Frozen Chicken Breasts (nuggets?) Baked, Collard Greens, Rice & Gravy
• Fri- Leftovers- Macaroni with Cheese Sauce, Peas
• Sat- Pizza Subs- Kids no like
• Sun- Soup by HH  (We're having the inlaws up for brunch after the kids's Church Concert.. We'll have Cheesy Grits and whatever HH makes.) Church cancelled b/c storm.  Snacky Day. Samosas for dinner
• Mon- Pasta, Homemade Tomatoe Sauce, Green Lentils Salmon, Peas/Carrots/Edamame
• Tues- Xmas Eve- Perogies & Cabbage Rolls
• Wed- Christmas- Turkey, etc.
• Thurs-Leftovers Frozen Crunchy Black Bean Patties, Potatoes
• Fri-Tortilla Pizza
• Sat- Hamburger  HH made pork with Curry Tomato Sauce, Linguine
• Sun- Lentil Soup Frozen Corn Chowder (Little Ceasar's in Charlottetown for lunch)

Last year I did the same thing and planned for 2 weeks.

• Mon- Haystacks with frozen Pintos
• Tues- Pan-fried Haddock, Potatoes, Broccoli
• Wed-Pasta & Chickpeas
• Thurs-Frozen Lentil Patties, Buns
• Fri- Salmon, Beets
• Sat-Pizza
• Sun- Leftovers (Kids to Halifax)
• Mon-To Halifax- Christmas Eve Perogies & Cabbage Rolls
• Tues- Christmas- Turkey, etc
• Wed- Home- Frozen Spinach Lasagna
• Thurs-Minestrone Soup
• Fri- Leftovers
• Sat- Pizza
• Sun-Frittata (?)

It's a nice sunny day today, but cold!  Stay warm! :-)