Eat breakfastFind great books at Another Story Bookshop with my momBuy garam masala, fennel seeds, and chili flakes at The MercantileEat lunchWalk through the entire mall while searching for rubber boots(didn't find any)Succeed in finding a shirt for my mom & getting her to buy it!Drink lots of raspberry tea and eat lots of pineapple(supposed labor inducers)Go grocery shoppingWatch my mom make delicious honey mustard chicken and then eat itComplete two crossword puzzles- Have a baby
Friday, January 28, 2011
D-Day
Our List of Things To Do Today:
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Food Addiction
I recently saw a TV show on which they said "If you think about food for more than an hour a day, you have a food addiction." Yikes! I definitely think about food more than that. John is wondering, however, if I am more of a cooking addict than a food addict.
For example, this morning as we huddled over our cereal bowls, shivering in our cold apartment, I said, "It's kind of cold in here, isn't it? You know what that means!" John replied, "Time to turn on the radiator?" "No, time to start cooking!" [Our apartment heats up pretty well when the oven is turned on.]
Even if I do have an addiction to cooking, there are times when it's important to get working in the kitchen. Like today my mom is coming! Thus, it was vital that I made a Chocolate Sweet Potato Torte at 8:30 a.m. to satisfy all of her chocolate needs, don't you think?
For example, this morning as we huddled over our cereal bowls, shivering in our cold apartment, I said, "It's kind of cold in here, isn't it? You know what that means!" John replied, "Time to turn on the radiator?" "No, time to start cooking!" [Our apartment heats up pretty well when the oven is turned on.]
Even if I do have an addiction to cooking, there are times when it's important to get working in the kitchen. Like today my mom is coming! Thus, it was vital that I made a Chocolate Sweet Potato Torte at 8:30 a.m. to satisfy all of her chocolate needs, don't you think?
Monday, January 24, 2011
"Ticket to Acquire"
Many of you know we are big gamers. Every time we move I am amazed at how many boxes we fill with games. Unfortunately, most of them are in storage as our apartment doesn't allow for our collection but a few made the cut to live with us.
These are two of our favorites. I've played Acquire since I was young and am really happy that my husband loves it too. John was given Ticket to Ride for Christmas.
John doesn't like to just play games, though. He's always trying to make them better OR to create his own game. Making a game that combined building airlines and buying their stock has been an idea of his for a long time. Most of his ideas are possible by combining these two games, causing the game set-up to look like this at the beginning:
We're still working out the details but "Ticket to Acquire" is showing great promise. Below shows what the board looked like at the end of the most recent game.
Anybody want to come over and play?
These are two of our favorites. I've played Acquire since I was young and am really happy that my husband loves it too. John was given Ticket to Ride for Christmas.
John doesn't like to just play games, though. He's always trying to make them better OR to create his own game. Making a game that combined building airlines and buying their stock has been an idea of his for a long time. Most of his ideas are possible by combining these two games, causing the game set-up to look like this at the beginning:
We're still working out the details but "Ticket to Acquire" is showing great promise. Below shows what the board looked like at the end of the most recent game.
Anybody want to come over and play?
Friday, January 21, 2011
Art Gallery of Ontario
John & I have always been dinner & a museum people, rather than dinner & a movie, so our date Wednesday night was spent at John's Italian Caffe & the Art Gallery of Ontario.
The best meal I've ever had in my life was eggplant parmesan in Italy. So when the chef at John's said the special was lasagna made with eggplant parmesan rather than noodles, my dinner choice was simple. Wow, it was good. John had gnocchi with a pesto sauce.
The AGO was a lot of fun. Instead of our usual walking around as individuals unless a new favorite piece of art showed up, we stayed together and chatted through the whole thing.
A new favorite artist did show up! William Kurelek, a 20th century Canadian, paints amazing yet really playful pictures. The painting above has the outside snow adventures painted on the canvas and the man sleeping inside on the frame. Check him out!
The best meal I've ever had in my life was eggplant parmesan in Italy. So when the chef at John's said the special was lasagna made with eggplant parmesan rather than noodles, my dinner choice was simple. Wow, it was good. John had gnocchi with a pesto sauce.
The AGO was a lot of fun. Instead of our usual walking around as individuals unless a new favorite piece of art showed up, we stayed together and chatted through the whole thing.
A new favorite artist did show up! William Kurelek, a 20th century Canadian, paints amazing yet really playful pictures. The painting above has the outside snow adventures painted on the canvas and the man sleeping inside on the frame. Check him out!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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