Beautiful Calling

We arrived home from the Congo safely. The time difference is wreaking havoc on our systems; Chloe especially since she woke up from her 3 hour afternoon nap the other day went to go potty and went back to sleep on the bathroom floor. Poor baby. This week we’re sticking close to home, working to [...]

View Full Album Last Monday was Thanksgiving here in Canada. My husband created a lavish feast by himself, while watching Chloe (2) and John (1). What an amazing man! More on that here. Above: Cauliflower Gratin, Stuffing, BBQ Turkey Breast, Bacon & Brussels Sprouts. We also had mashed potatoes, gravy, home made cranberry sauce with [...]

Weekly Focus: Spending time with my DH who has the week off! Breakfasts: Oatmeal Home Made Hashbrowns (yum!) Bacon & Eggs Toast with Peanut Butter Yogurt (Peach or Berry) Cereal (Raisin Bran, Honey Bunches of Oats, Honeycombs) Snacks: Gherkin Pickles Cheese, goldfish crackers, raisins Peaches & Apples Dinners: Monday Menu:  Potato Wedges & Hotdogs, Thanksgiving [...]

Weekly Focus: Using what we have! Last week I mentioned our family was trying a new savings plan. Our grocery budget for the week is $25 during the month of October. This is going to be a bit interesting for us since we haven’t really had a budget before. Well, we’ve had an idea of [...]

Weekly Focus Bread Baking: Last week was a busy baking week for me. I made a simple white bread, focaccia and pita breads (which didn’t turn out so well – boo hoo!) This week I am going to try a sour dough bread along with a whole wheat bread. After being inspired by so many [...]

As promised: Set for a Sizzling Summer: Super Summer Salad Dressing Recipe Breakfasts: Cereals: Honey Comb or Corn Pops (they were on sale!) Toast Eggs & Scott’s Home Made Smoked Pork Loin Home Made Yogurt Snacks: Raspberries Watermelon Strawberries Gherkin Pickles (Chloe loves these!) Hard Boiled Eggs Lunches: Grilled cheese sandwiches (we didn’t eat them [...]

Breakfasts: Cereals: Fruity Cheerios or Honeycomb Toast Eggs & Ham Home Made Yogurt Snacks: Raspberries Watermelon Apples Gherkin Pickles (Chloe loves these!) Hard Boiled Eggs Lunches: Grilled cheese sandwiches Pork chop stew (one of my culinary ‘”Oopies” that turned out OK in the end) Pasta Stuffed Twice-baked Potatoes (M & M…cleaning out the freezer! These [...]

  Breakfasts: Waffles with real maple syrup (it’s in season!!) Toast Home Made Yogurt (recipe coming later this week!) Honeycomb Cereal Snacks: Popsicles Cheese, Goldfish Crackers Raisins Brianna’s Fabulous Oatmeal Cookies Lunches: Fish & Potatoes (still trying to finish up the fish from the freezer!) Hotdogs Leftovers Kraft Dinner Days of the Week Plan: Monday [...]

This week I did it backwards. Friday came and with that, grocery shopping. I hadn’t really looked to see what we needed and I hadn’t planned a menu. We went anyway. This weekend Chloe had to have her cereal with chocolate milk because we were out of white milk. Thankfully, the meals came together with [...]

Breakfasts: This week we have leftover waffles from Sunday. Pop them in the toaster – yum! We also have toast and cereal. Snacks: Since the bunny came to visit, we have a few extra little sweet treats this week! We have apples, oranges and bananas as well as strawberries (Chloe loves berries!) And of course [...]