A Photo Recap

I was checking out my post from yesterday and realized that somehow, the part about yesterday’s breakfast was missing!! I don’t know what happened there, but I’m sure you guys were pretty confused about how I went from eating cottage cheese at night to baking a cake the next day!! Sometimes I am a dork, plain and simple! I must have deleted a paragraph somehow. Here’s what I ate….. a mix of Quaker oats, water, cinnamon, French vanilla International Delight coffee creamer and pumpkin seeds.


I still wasn’t hungry by 1pm (this is still yeaterday), but my parents eat VERY early….at 4:30…so I knew I had to get something in my system or I’d go there starving. I nuked a ¼ cup of egg whites and put it between a 100 cal English muffing with some whipped cottage cheese and hot sauce. I also ate 2 clementine’s for good measure!


Mom put on a grand feast, as usual! Course #1 was a small piece of lasagna, salad and a bun…


Course# 2 was veggies, roasted sweet potatoes and ham…


Dessert was a piece of my oh so rich flourless chocolate cake and a biscotti that Mom made.


The plate is a disaster because I almost forgot to take a picture and had already dug in! Whoops!

There was also a tray of sweets out that I picked on but didn’t take any photos. I think I had 2 more biscotti, a raspberry square and some chocolate/peanut yum that my sis made.

We were home by 8pm and I just crashed on the couch with my kitty! At that point, it felt like midnight I was so tired! I was light’s out a bit before 11pm and woke up refreshed at 7:30am this morning. I got up and went straight to the kitchen to make a pot of oats!

-1/2 cup chocolate peppermint Vitasoy
-1/2 cup water
-1/2 cup flax seed porridge
-sprinkle of granola


This was just what my belly needed!! After I ate, I made a big cup of green tea and proceeded to get some blog reading done. I have really enjoyed reading about everybody’s Christmas traditions over the past few weeks! Very entertaining and I found some neat new ideas, too! One thing I really enjoyed this morning while blog reading was Meghann and Angela’s photo recaps of their adventure’s in 2008. I thought I’d be a copy cat and do the same thing. While searching for picture’s on the computer, I realized that before I started to blog in August, I really didn’t take many pictures! I think that will change this year!! I did scrounge a few up so I hope you enjoy them!

In January, we went to see the Monster trucks in Toronto for DS's 6th birthday. What a BLAST!!


Our annual weekend get-a-way to the Nottawasaga Inn & Resort in April. This is always a fun filled family weekend!


In May, DD turned 9....Hannah Montana style!! My hubby and I also celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary in May! Man, time sure does fly!


In June, a very excited DS graduated from senior kindergarten. He was psyched to move on to grade 1!

In July, we participated in our first fund raiser as a family, walking a 5K for Jessica's Footprint...


Hubby and I at Canada's Wonderland in August. DD took this picture of us!

In November, DS and his hockey team played the intermission of the Canada Russia Hockey Challenge...a first "on ice with a crowd" experience for him and us! That's him with his stick on the puck....


In December, we welcomed a new furry friend into our home...Pepper!

And there we have a basic recap of 2008.

We took down the Christmas tree today. I’ve always found that to be such a sad chore. It really marks the end of the holidays and reminds me that real life is waiting for me just around the corner. *SIGH*

I made a quick stir fry for lunch using some tofu, leftover veggies and a tbsp of pomegranate chutney.


Easy and delicious! I also had a few clementine’s. I get so addicted to those little guys every year! After eating, I decided I’d better get out of my PJ’s and get some things done. First up was a trip to Costco where I found these….


Medjool dates! I’ve found them in the bulk section at the health food store, but never in a tub like this! I ate one as soon as we were back in the van and when we arrived home, I cut a slit in one and filled it with a tsp of almond butter.


Heaven! I can certainly see why some people eat this as a dessert.

I’ve been reading “The Cell” by Stephen King (one of my favorite authors) and realized today that it’s due back at the library tomorrow! Thankfully, I only had a few chapters left so I spent some time finishing it up. For those of you who are into Stephen King, it was a good one!

Snapper was on the menu for dinner tonight. I found some really nice, fresh fillets at Costco so I “snapped” them up! Oh, how I kill myself! HEHE!! :) I served it up with some sweet potato chunks that I steamed in the microwave.


My sweet end was a piece of chocolate cake…


I'm off to play with my Wii! Not sure what game yet...I'll decide when I get down there. I'll leave you with a picture's of pepper's first experience smelling fish. Needless to say, he went a little wild! Kittens are SO cute!


Bye for now!!