Just call me Suzie

Over the weekend I managed to do a little bit of baking. Saturday evening I used up some older bread and made a yummy bread pudding. I took some pictures of the pudding ready to go in the oven...just need to download them. Unfortunately, I will not be able to show you any pictures of the finished yummy goodness...i forgot, and then it got gobbled up!

Then on Sunday I was reading my friend Sandy's blog and she mentioned that she had made cornbread and that made me want to bake some too...so I did!! I found a great recipe on allrecipes and it turned out great. Perfectly moist and just the right amount of sweetness...mmmm.

One last little treat I made...i froze some bananas on popsicle sticks and then put a lovely coating of chocolate on and popped them back in the freezer...yay! Haven't tried them yet, but I think they'll be yummy...and i'm hoping Annika will enjoy them as a little treat to help with her teething. I also had leftover chocolate so i dipped a few strawberries that I had in the fridge in the chocolate....yum! All sorts of treats in the fridge and freezer for us to enjoy in the coming days.

Anyone out there doing any baking?? I'm also trying to figure out my next project. I've got some ideas...going to be fun!
Penny

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Random Goodies

Time for some random pictures...

These are from the first weekend in January when we got a HUGE dump of snow...it was crazy!

Now that's a tall pile of snow!

Then, just a few short weeks later, we had nice enough weather that we were able to splish splash in puddles. Annika loved splashing around in her new rubber boots! 

We've discovered that Annika loves cleaning...unfortunately I doubt this will be the case when she's old enough to make cleaning part of her chores! :) She loves wiping things down with her cloth and when she discovered the broom she has a great time "sweeping" the floors for Mommy.

Sweeping the floor

Cleaning is fun!!

Hope you've all had a great weekend. I got sick on Friday and just felt really tired and flu-like, and I've had a yucky sore throat. Today I have more energy, thankfully, but I'm still not 100%. Throat is still sore...I'm going to take it easy today. I'm off to make a batch of playdough for the little one. We've just been playing barbies (I got my old barbie collection down for Annika to check out). Oh the memories...I used to spend a lot of time playing barbies with my friends. Such fun!

Have a great week all.

Penny

TA DA!!

I'm proud to present the first dress I've ever sewn. It's not perfect, by any means. But I'm just ignoring the flaws, since it's my first piece, and I'm choosing to focus on the fact that it's DONE!! And I did it myself!! Woo hoo!

Ok, enough already. Here it is!

The Front

The Back

Love the polka dot trim!!

Annika modelling her dress - should fit her this summer!
Ignore the jammies underneath!

Sooo...what do you think?? I'm pretty excited about sewing. I am really looking forward to my next project! I've been searching for cool sewing blogs and I found a crafty blog that I'm very interested in...you should check out Creating from the Heart to see what Melissa has going on, and check out a great chance to win a cool prize!

Have a good weekend everyone...I'm heading to costco to pick up a few things. I've got lots to do this weekend, but I've got a good headstart so far. Bathrooms are cleaned, laundry's started, bread pudding is next on the list after shopping. 

Penny

Sew Happy!

I'm "sew" happy! I've completed my first sewing project of the year! :) I finished Annika's little summer dress this evening, and I'm pretty happy with the results. I will post pictures of it tomorrow...lighting isn't great tonight, and frankly i'm too sleepy to get up and get the camera! I really enjoyed working with my new sewing machine, and i'm looking forward to making the next project. Ooooh, right....not until I've finished mending all those jeans! Lol.

Hope you are all having a great week...i'm done going to work for this week...yay! Hope I can get lots of cleaning done tomorrow.

Penny

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Marine Fun

We spent some time this weekend enjoying the Sea Life Caverns experience at west edmonton mall. It was a great time! Not only was it free (scott got free passes for our family at christmas from his work), it was quite entertaining and something that neither Scott not I had done before. We started out at the marine life show underneath the sea lions. We saw penguins, huge turtles, sharks, and even got to touch some sting rays!

After we finished up in the aquarium area, we headed up to watch the sea lion show. It was a great little show full of entertainment...those sea lions are pretty smart! And they're huge! I think Annika really enjoyed her afternoon. I know we did!

Hope your work week started off well. I think my next post may contain pictures of my almost finished sewing project!

Penny

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Family

It's a lovely thing, a long weekend, isn't it? That one extra day is the perfect opportunity to stuff one additional day of fun, naps, family snuggles, and yummy meals together with your loved ones. And it's particularly fitting this weekend...family day weekend!

We will be doing some family activities this weekend...tomorrow we're taking Annika to the sea life caverns and the sea lion show. We're also meeting Scott's family in the morning for breakfast. It will be a nice day. A day full of good memories that I'm sure I will tuck away in corners of my heart; happy memories that will help dull the grief of another family day without my mom.

I can't help but think about where I was two years ago. Sitting in a room at the cross cancer institute...watching my mom slowly slip away from us. I remember that feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach, knowing the inevitability of what was coming...and wanting to rewind time to when mom was healthy, happy, and full of life. When we had no idea what was heading our way. Cancer. Just hearing the word is enough to send chills down my spine. And so many families have been affected by cancer - nowadays it's hard to find anyone who hasn't been touched by it in some way or another.

Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of my mom's death. So many people miss her. She was a special lady; good friend to many, wonderful wife, daughter, sister...and to me, the most wonderful mother. I was blessed with an incredible woman for a mother...and I will always miss her.

This year we will again be participating in the Relay For Life in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. I will be posting more info about this in the coming days so that you can all follow along and see how we're doing!

I hope you all enjoy your family days with your loved ones!! I have been working on my sewing...and annika's little dress is coming along. I'll post pictures soon!
Penny

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The Anniversary I missed

Not to worry. I didn't miss our wedding anniversary...I've got another half a year or so to make sure I remember. I forgot my one year anniversary of blogging! I may not have made it to a high level blogger status, considering that I rarely managed to post on a daily basis; however, I guess I have to start somewhere, right?!

I have to say that I have truly enjoyed the blogging experience. It's a great way to get things off my chest, share some of my creative pursuits, and do some writing (something I'd like to do more of). The added bonus for me is having a record to reflect on in the coming years.

Thank you for reading my blog and sharing the last year with me. Hope you will continue in my blogging journey with me.

Penny

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The File Folders

Just wanted to show the little pink and black holders I used. They turned out pretty cute!

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Love Day

For Valentines day this year, I decided that it was time to do a little role reversal. Instead of having Scott plan a romantic night out on the town for us, I decided to do little planning of my own for the special love of my life. I wanted to do something that he would really appreciate...so I decided to forego flowers and chocolates and instead opted to turn the celebration into a real "blast"!

On saturday evening I took him out to a movie while Aunty Heather watched the munchkin. We saw The Green Hornet...it was ok. Not the best movie we've ever seen, but good for a laugh. We enjoyed a lovely bucket full of margarine drenched popcorn (mmmmmm). Aren't those movie calories delicious?!

Then on Sunday afternoon, Nana and Grandpa came over to spend the afternoon with little A while I whisked Scott off for a little afternoon adventure. He was pretty excited when he discovered we were going to the Wild West Shooting range! Scott's family had a yearly shooting competition where they try to hit the marks...so this was right up his alley. I shot with him because I knew he really wanted me to join him. So we shot a Beretta and some other big rifle thing. I think I did ok...although Scott thinks I missed the mark a few times. Ah well...i did it for him.

We followed up our manly excursion with a nice meal out and some shopping.

Now for today. Well, I thought I had everything covered until I was driving annika to the dayhome and realized I forgot to dress her in pink or red...oops. She wears pink our red all the time, but of course today had to be the day that I forgot. Then when we got there and I got her coat off one of the little girls came over and gave her a valentine with a chocolate. Errr. Uh oh. And then the other little girl came over to delivery a valentine for annika. Double uh oh. Oh no!!! I ruined valentines!! I didn't even think about annika needing to exchange valentines. She's only one and a half for crying out loud!!! Sigh. So I got to work and I did what any self respecting mommy would do...i doing a hot pink file folder and cut out three little hearts and made some valentines. Then I zipped over and bought individually wrapped little cupcakes for the little tykes. I whipped over and dropped them off and I feel much better! Wish I had taken a pic, because they actually turned ot really sweet! Could hardly tell I used office supplies! Lol! :)

Hope you all had a love filled day!
Penny

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Little Baby's Not So Little

Well, Annika spotted her old car seat in the basement while we were playing today and she wanted "on". So I put her in her seat as best I could and tried to put the straps on...no go. My little munchkin has grown! We had her 18 month immunizations and her doctor checkup in the last couple weeks, and it's official: we have ourselves a healthy toddler. The pediatrician said she will likely be one of the biggest girls in her class...she's quite tall! I have some wonderful video clips I want to share of our little singer...but can't upload it from my phone so have to figure out how to upload it another way!

I had a few doctor's appointments myself this last week. I found a little lump in my arm (i actually thought it was a bruise initially because it was write painful) but realized that there was no bruising - only a lump that hurt. Iwaited the weekend, then went to the medicenter to check it out. After an ultrasound check up the doc said I've got some type of a cyst in there, and thankfully, it seems to be benign...so that's good! I've decided not to have it removed just yet. I want to give it a bit to see if it goes away on its own, then decide later if it doesn't.

Anyway, that's a little snippet of our life. Hope you all have a wonderful day tomorrow. And enjoy Valentine's Day! I'm taking the advice of another blogger I follow and i'm taking my hubby out for a "man's day"! I'll try to spoil him a bit...he deserves it. He's been putting lots of hours in at the office these days. Hope he enjoys what I've got planned!

Penny

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