Lots of baking

It is the last few weeks of school, so I am wrapping up my food and nutrition class. We made manicotti yesterday, made bannock today, and will be making cupcakes and butter tart squares tomorrow.

The bannock turned out really well. For those not familiar with bannock it is a flat bread made by aboriginal people. It is pretty popular around here with the First Nations people.

It is really easy to make
2 cups Flour
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp baking powder
2 pinches of salt.
Enough water to create a dough.

Mix together and form into hand size patties. Take a pan with about 1/2 inch of oil in the bottom, heat and cook the bannock until golden brown and then flip. We another class I made bannock tacos ( they called them Indian Tacos) or with jam or just butter. My class did a great job in creating it today and it was quite yummy.

Tomorrow we are making cupcakes for the graduation and butter tart bars as well. I will post pictures of the finished product of the cupcakes as they will be made into mini graduation hat heads.

Getting Fit Update

So I have been doing pretty good about swimming regularly ( although my diet hasn't been the best). Anyway my husband was looking me at work today and said that he could definitely see my slimming down. Yeah.!! So glad. My clothes are fitting better. So I just need to get better with my eating habits and hopefully even more weight will come off.

Our new house guest

DH's best friend moved in with us recently and he brought with him his kitty cat. Her name is Zoe Bear and she is quite the cutie. She and Bacon are getting along pretty well, but they still have their moments of fighting with each other. This is a picture of her on my bed this morning. DH's friend is out of town so Zoe is feeling a little lonely. So the two of them give me lots and lots of cuddles which is nice.

Think about the positve

So once again AF has shown up, however in the second month in a row she has shown up after 32 days. It seems like my cycles are regulating with the metformin which is such a good thing. Down side though is that we are still not PG:(. However during TTC there is a bit of silver lining to not being PG, especially during the summer.

Two reasons to enjoy the "break"
1. Beer/ drinking
2. Hot Tubs

So although I am not yet pregnant, I can still have little moments of fun while AF is visiting.

And I am somewhat glad right now that I am not due to ridiculous high temperatures. It is so hot outside that I pretty much sweat instantaneously. It is gross and really uncomfortable.

My backyard Oasis

When we bought our house, there were many features that we loved. Our back deck was one of them. The roof covers it so it makes it the ideal place to relax on a warm day as it is cooler and often has a breeze running through it.

As well we have a very large yard. Although I do not have my dream garden yet ( but working on it) I currently have a container garden started in a section of our driveway. Here are some pictures.



Here are some of the plants, the ones in the hanging baskets are strawberries



My cat, Bacon, on his leash outside

Our Deck ( empty)



Our ghetto curtains that block out the sun. Hopefully soon we have bamboo blinds instead.

Summertime is Here

Well I am starting to feel pretty good. The swimming seems to be helping. I wore a belt the other day and I usually wore it in the middle hole. I was at the first hole and could have made it tighter :). I am really happy about that.

The other thing I did was go and get my hair done. I have natural highlights, but I like getting foils to have even more. So I made an appointment Thursday afternoon for Saturday. I spent 3hrs and 45 minutes getting them done. ( My hair is long, thick and curly and somewhat dry). I just got blond put in and I think it looks great. DH isn't too thrilled with it though.

So here are the results

Before ( don't mind the random sunlight)





After



The rest of my weekend will be pretty nice as it is a long weekend and it is really hot out. I have missed the heat so much. Tomorrow will be marking :P, but I can do it outside :) and mowing the lawn, but at least I have another day to relax before going back to work.

Bring on the Sunshine

The longer I live where I live, the more I realize that we don't have much of a spring. It is cold and then boom warm. Last week I walked to work in mitts, coat, hat and scarf, this week I walk to work in sandals, skirt and short sleeve blouse. What a difference 7 days can make. I planted some flowers yesterday and got a bit of a sunburn. The grass is growing like crazy and I think I am going to have to mow it soon ( DH gets out of the job due to severe allergies).

It was so nice outside that I convinced DH to help me pull out the patio table. I sat outside at the table and did marking and then after dinner I brought my laptop out and worked on an assignment till it was dark out. The only light I had was the citronella candles I was burning and the laptop screen. I got lots of work done. It is so quiet and peaceful in my back yard. The only sounds I heard were birds singing and the random car or person talking. Very relaxing.

I also let my cat go outside on his leash. He is a indoor cat, but during the summer months we let him come outside when we are out and walk around, eat some grass, and watch the birds. He was outside for about 2 hours yesterday and man was he tired out. He didn't even want to get up this morning to join us for breakfast, but instead wanted to lay on his bed ( He has claimed out guestroom bed as his).