One Whole Year

We had high hopes to sneak away for our anniversary

weekend this year, but after last weekends EXPENSIVE 

break in, we decided it was best to plan a weekend from home.

We planned on waking up early, going for some 

egg bennies at the Deane's house, going to 

check out Reader Rock Gardens {where we got married},

then heading out to Banff with the puppies to do a 

bit of exploring, perhaps get some pizza

 {the best on earth can be found at the Bear St. tavern}

then coming home to have a fire and make

some dinner. When we woke up to super cold weather,

our plans changed. We went back to sleep.

K Country

We were humming a hawing about heading to Banff this

weekend to play and decided to use Calgary as home 

base but still head out for a mini hike. So

we headed out today around 11am. Grabbed some

Timmy's and had a delightful drive. 

We wanted to do the loop around 

forget-me-not pond but when the road was closed

at Elbow falls, we settled for Ing's mine just down the way.

It was sunny and warm and snowy and perfect.

We played with the dogs for a good  hour and a half along

the river. I love when the four of us get out for some

fresh air together. Around 230 we decided it was time to head

back home...

Only to get back to our car and discover this. 

Since I had my phone and didn't want to haul a lot on 

our walk I also left behind my $1000 camera, which of 

course is gone..  Along with all of our photos on it.

On top of that, we now have to buy a new phone for

Rhys outright because his contract is not 

ready for an upgrade. Turns out our idea to stick around town

to save us a bit of cash backfired. Next time I'm going to Banff.

Saturday Escapes

I've had an amazing day with my love.

We went exploring and found a really cool coulee with a 

dead end road. We were able to stop, let

the pups out and we all did a bit of playing around.

It's always in those moments I realize just

how lucky I am to have found my Mister.

Even when we get lost on purpose or accident, we

always have a good laugh. We love getting out of the 

city even if it is only for an hour or two. 

I'm a city lover. I love the lights and the buildings.

Rhys loves the country. The open space and the quiet.

It's funny because I grew up in the middle of nowhere and 

he grew up in the city. 

Even so, as long as we are together, we are both

happy to be wherever we are.

Homemade Goodies

I've been experimenting a lot with homemade goodies.

Ever since the I made my own hummus, and realized

that most of the "condiments" I use are easy to make,

expensive to buy, and taste just as good at home I have

been playing with my fav's at home.

This pecan butter is soooooo good.

I often use either pumpkin seed butter or the

almond/cashew butter blend on my pears

but realized I had these pecans kicking around and hardly

ever use them unless on a salad. 

I threw them whole, in a pan and toasted them up

then tossed them right into my food processor, added

some cinnamon and voila!

It only took about 5 minutes to make and 

is so so so good on a pear.

Blog Slacker

The truth of it, is that there really hasn't been much

going on. I've been working LOTS of shifts for the

past month but luckily it is the countdown to the

payoff. Most of this was trades for other people which

means I'm OFF for 12 whole days in a row!!!!

Woo-Hoo! But it's also made for a pretty boring 

blog month. 

I have been busy trying new recipes- some successes, 

mostly a lot of big fat fails. Nothing turned out

"non-edible" but not keepers for my cookbook.

The snow has meant that it's given me the

perfect excuse to stay inside wrapped up in 

blankies cuddling with my besties {Eddie and Millie}

and drinking lots and lots of yummy coffee.

I'm sure my jeans aren't going to like all this sitting 

around business but man does my heart like it. 

I'm finally feeling back to myself slowly but surely.

I have a job interview on Thursday for a permanent at 

FMC again. Not too sure how I feel about it yet-

I keep wondering if I really should give it another 6 months 

to see if SHC comes together but the management style just

doesn't agree with me so I'm leaning towards trying to

stay at FMC... Decisions decisions. 

In the meantime- it's not often you get interviews so I try

to get as many as I can under my belt. Even bad interviews

are great experience.