A lot has happened in the last two months since I posted last. Life took over and unfortunately I was feeling fairly uninspired to come on here and tell you fun stories.
I finally got a job that has me out of the house and working. It was a major adjustment due to working shift work which includes 12 hour shifts switching from day shifts to night shifts. I was terrified of the change but I was able to embrace it and make it work as best as possible. Unfortunately right now, work has slowed down and I have been temporarily laid off (for about 10 days). With the days getting nicer as summer approaches it is actually quite difficult to think about going back to work. Unfortunately the bills don’t stop so back to work I will go!
Shortly after I started work I became an Aunt. It was a whirlwind of a day and we are all overjoyed to have this new little bundle of joy in our lives. Her birth meant we were able to have everyone together for Easter which doesn’t get to happen as often as we’d all like with all of us spread around the country. My brother and his wife have adjusted splendidly to having their beautiful baby girl at home. I love that I am only ten minutes away so I get to hang out with the new family whenever I want as well as being able to babysit when needed.
The Victoria Day long weekend has just recently passed and CB and I managed to get away for a three-day camping weekend that was much-needed. I have never camped this early in the year but we were lucky enough to have three days of temperatures over 25 degrees. We canoed into the camp-site, set-up our stuff and waited patiently for the rest of the crew to show up. In total there were eight of us camping which made for an entertaining weekend.
CB’s plan for the weekend included fishing, fishing, fishing and more fishing! He got a fair amount of fishing in but unfortunately there just weren’t a lot of big fish biting. He did manage to catch two clams while we were trolling (which ended up being the most memorable catch of the weekend)…Perhaps his lure was going a little too deep….dragging the bottom of the lake!
I think we all managed to come home looking like we had a case of the chicken pox from the swarms of mosquitoes that were waiting in the wings ready to pounce whenever a fresh piece of skin became available.
The camping weekend also gave CB an opportunity to have fun with his GoPro camera. Check out the Time Lapse photos and video below to enjoy a taste of our weekend!
CB requested I make a new favourite cookie recipe to take camping. We received more than a few good reviews on these cookies. And we may have used these to make S’Mores (talk about decadence! WOW!).
The Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies are the perfect chewy cookie. I have made these in a single batch as well as a double batch and both worked out perfectly. I found that the cookies don’t cook down very flat so when I made these the second time I pressed them down a little bit on the cookie sheet before baking mainly just for aesthetic purposes.
I am off to make a Thai dinner feast. It feels great to be back here writing away to you and I will try to keep the information flowing. Please feel free to let me know what you have been up to the past little while and what you are looking forward to most this summer.
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