So, What Have I Been Up To Lately, Anyway? Lots, That's What.

Si, it's bloody early on a Sunday morning and I'm scampering through my picture file trying to organize it, (because then that would mean that I have at least one thing in my life organized) and I suddenly realize that I have a shitload of pictures I haven't had a chance to share with you.

So here goes. Just what has me and The Fam been doing this last while, you ask?



Well, at Christmastime I actually made some birdseed wreaths that I never had the chance to share with you. They were really easy...you just bake bread in a circle, coat it with cheap peanut butter....




...and coat it with birdseed. Add a pretty ribbon and you're good to go.





Courtney had the privilege of bringing "Baby Think it Over" home for the weekend.

Anyone out there not familiar with this rubberized spawn of Satan? Well, it's designed to be just as heavy, loud, and annoying as a real baby. It cried eight times the first night, causing my daughter to want to lock it in the basement or drive over it with the car. She had to change it's diaper in the CD store in the mall, which caused her to mutter under her breath, "I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it." I took this opportunity to remind her that there are condoms under the sink and will remain there until the end of time.

Hubby Bob's been busy too. He went on a weekend exercise with the cadets. While there, he collected all the army rations that the kids didn't want, because like me, he hates to see perfectly good food go to waste. He brought it all home and organized it, right down to the jam packets.

Some of it we'll use while hiking and camping, and the non-veggie things we gathered up to give to people we know who could really use it. Unfortunately, in today's economy the number of people in that category is growing.

We had a trip to Halifax this week, just him and I. We went and had an amazing dinner at an intimate Italian restaurant....

..and took some time to squeeze the pommellos at Pete's Frootique.

And oh yes, believe it or not, I've also been cooking quite a bit, too. The problem is, the family has been requesting repeats of things I made before and already posted about. I guess at least I know that some of my concoctions are winners. Like my sausage patties...

Based on the number of times I've been asked to make these suckers, I'd have to say that this recipe just may be the most successful of them all. The only problem seems to be keeping the family in English Muffins to accompany them. When the muffins run out, sausage hash is on the menu.

Anyway, time to go nosh on some breakfast and start another batch of sausage. ~Sigh~

And how was YOUR week?