True Story

I spend my weekend with vampires 

What did you get up to? 

Now I know what you are thinking 

Vampires aren't real 

And thank goodness for that 

I don't think I would look good dead 

I look bad enough first thing in the morning 

Imagine how I would look all pale and lacking a soul? 

Anyway, I still spent my weekend with vampires 

They were just courtesy of HBOs True Blood 

Tons of my friends watch this show and Amber was kind enough to lend me the first couple of seasons 

Just don't watch it with your parents around was everyones advice - its really dirty! 

Then the awkward happened 

My mum saw the DVD cases and excitedly told me season 4 was starting soon 

Yeah 

So other then watch the whole first season of the show this is what else we got up to this weekend
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FRIDAY

Friday was beautiful, we celebrated our country's birthday and headed to Rockwood just outside Guelph to get our hike on

We followed it with an epic date night, one of those nights were everything goes wrong but you still have fun because you love each other 

Went a little like this

Waitress was an airhead who had to be asked to bring us everything including our menus
Found hair in my pizza

Went to batting cage finally (have romantic image of BF having his arms around me showing me how to swing) - balls spit out everywhere but in our direction - batting cage fail! 

Cure for everythingwentwrong date? Candle light s'mores and true blood!

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SATURDAY

Hit the gym and then finalized our appliance search
Only took about 12 appliance stores, 4 pissy phone calls, several douches and we finally decided on The Bay to purchase our shiny kitchen items 

To celebrate we BBQ'd, drank, had zumba lessons on the deck and then caught the late show of Bad Teacher 

LRT movie review
Bad Teacher

Donna: funny, Cameron Diaz is great, Justin timberlake not so much, story has holes but we did enjoy it 

Dave: alright 6/10 more of a renter
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SUNDAY

Ignored all efforts to work out in favour of buying groceries, tanning in the back yard and playing baseball - THAT IS IT and it was great!!!

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So over the weekend we kept it mostly healthy, it's definitely the way of life for us now 

One food i'm loving lately is falafel and when I saw this at the grocery store I definitely wanted to give it a try as the ingredients were whole and it was cheaper then making it myself 

We topped it with tzatziki sauce some broccoli slaw and spinach in a multigrain wrap 

Result - yummy but a weird aftertaste - I'll be making this on my own soon for sure! Stay tuned for the recipe

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Okay well I'm off to watch more True Blood, make s'mores and hope Monday never comes - if you are reading this I guess it did tho :oP

Stop and smell the roses

i used to write tales of
an elf that loved peanut
butter and lived in
my closet

There are so many layers to my title as usual! 
Layering isn't just for outfits you know bloggie friends :o)

Layer 1. Literal: My allergies are making me crazy, but i can't help but love all the flowers and even the weeds blooming here in Ontario - might we say spring is finally here?

Layer 2. FYI: I just want to point out that if you are stopping i think that peonies are WAY better option to smell then roses fyi

Layer 3. The meaning of the phrase: No matter how bad of a day you are having you have to remember the good things and appreciate what you have

How did i inhale the plants on Friday?

Well, let me tell you!  Friday was one of those days, you know the kind, the weather is gloomy and it makes everyone uber grumpy, and it wasn't just me, but about 95% of clients had their grumpy hats on as well but i made the executive decision to stop vegan week for 1 meal and get our pizza on - wholewheat with tomatoes, pineapple and cheddar, mmm mmm mmmmmmm

 

A big arsed glass of wine might have accompanied it as well!  Then i had some great cuddle time with the BF and we watched the Social Network (again - she says in a resigned voice)

How did i sniff the blooms Saturday?
I jumped (like a jump that contained leaps AND bounds) at my coworkers suggestion to pick up star bucks and i sucked back this skinny iced caramel macchiato - perfect start to the day

where did you go yumminess?

it was jaclyns birthday!

My outfit that was thrown together in 30 seconds this morning totally rocked my world, nothing makes you have a good day more then a cute outfit you feel confident in

i was rocking the turned

up collar look with a bun

and dangly earrings

white blouse, wide black belt
poufy grey skirt, black tights
and black patent flats

Once work was over i spent WAY too much time shopping for presents for 2 little men i adore - i might have enjoyed a brownie fudge frozen yogurt while i was shopping, it was okay but i really don't like super sweet stuff like that, i prefer fruit frozen yogurt - makes me feel healthier ;o)

After picking up the monkey doodle at my parents i totally raided their pantry, one day when i'm grown up i want a pantry just like this!

Then i took advantage of BF going out to watch to finally get started on this ridiculous pile of laundry that needed organizing, folding and hanging up



i am SO embarrased but this is after it started to look organized

How did i take in the flowers Sunday?

I got to meet my BFF's new son, he is an absolute sweetheart! I had just as much fun sniffing his adorable baby smell as i did playing bowling with her just as adorable 2 year old
Things got crazy on the drive in though, i had a very animated conversation with a couple of geese and i attempted telepathy with a couple of deer trying to cross the 401 highway!

seriously wish this blonde would stop making "why did the chicken cross the road jokes"

You want to know some of the excitement that awaits me Monday?

Lol, at least i have Zumba tonight and The Bachelorette to look forward too!

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So remember when we were talking about layers at the start of the post? You don't? Well just not and pretend for my sake okay? Thanks!!!  I have a recipe for you today inspired by Katies new crockpot recipe for layered mexican lasagna, but since she has crazy patience to wait for the crockpot, i do not - in the end this is what i came up with!

Mexican Fiesta for your Mouth

Ingredients

Whole wheat tortillas
Ground turkey
Tomato sauce
Chopped tomatoes
Organic taco seasoning
Red kidney beans
Light old cheddar
Spinach

Directions

1. Cook turkey with sauce and add seasoning and simmer while you...
2. Cut tortillas to fit your pie pan
3. Layer as you wish!
4. I went with meat sauce, spinach, beans, cheese
5. Repeat!  I went with 4 layers!
6. Cover with tin foil and cook for 40 minutes at 400 degrees
7. Enjoy!!!! 

So let me tell you how i healthified this recipe!

- I used turkey instead of ground beef

- I used light old cheddar
- I used wholewheat tortillas

- I grated using a finer grate so the cheese spread further

- I made sure to use reduced sodium salsa, beans and seasoning


Here is you hint for tomorrows recipe:
Stay tuned :o)


QUESTION: How was your weekend? Did you take the time to stop and smell the roses?

Here are a couple more photos to brighten your monday!


Hey Girl???

Happy Monday Friends


I can put happy and monday in the same sentence because its a long weekend here in Ontario and I don't have to go to work today!


And no the title isn't referring to a random boy band song


I'm directly quoting someone who attended the garage sale on Saturday


Oh yes, someone actually yelled across our driveway "HEY GIRL" how much is this?


But lets rewind and start the weekend at Friday

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Weekend Recap!

My mum was super excited by my post Friday revealing we were going to Milestones for dinner!  


We enjoyed these yummy appetizers upon arrival while we waited for my sister and her husband who had accidentally gone to the wrong Milestones... have i mentioned my sister and i are naturally blonde?

Dinner was AHMAZING, i didn't even photograph as i was too intent on eating it pronto!  My mum and I split the lamb dinner and then chicken curry, oh so good


Donna Confession: I love brown rice and its all we eat at home but i honestly forgot how great white rice tastes, it was a nice treat... a treat that i will fantastize about every time i eat brown rice from now on ;o)


So dinner was fabulous, the service not so much, our waiter did admit that he was new but at one point there were 12 empty glasses sitting at the top of the table and no one had taken them away so my sister was so irritated she moved them to a random shelf, it took 20 minutes every time we asked for a soda refill, 45 minute to get our first drinks after we arrived, no steak knives, and lets just say we were no longer a priority table after having to complain so many times, luckily the great company and the divine food made it easier to still enjoy the meal

Mum & Dad and Katie & Chris

Donna & Dave

Really babe???

Yeah attempt 2 wasn't much better!

After dinner we said our goodbyes only to surprise my mum back at our parents house with Dairy Queen icecream cake - nothing beats this cake!!!

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Saturday we were up bright and early for the garage sale


End results were

1 massive sunburn + 3 crazy buyers + mostly normal people = $500 dollars

Crazy Buyer #1: I want your picture for $5, i only like the frame
Me: Ummm no sorry, its a really nice picture and its worth a lot more

1 hour later

Crazy Buyer #1: I still want your picture for $5
Me: Yeah, so no, i'm still not giving it to you for that price, someone will want the picture AND the frame

4 hours later

Crazy Buyer #1: Hey the picture is still here, i'll give you $5
Me: NO!!!!!!!!!!
Crazy Buyer #1: I'll come back when you close up
Me: If its still here i will put it on Kijiji (online community sale) so please don't bother

3 hours later Crazy Buyer came back looking for car manuals we never had

Welcome to the land of Garage Sales!

Crazy Buyer #2: Hey Girl???
Me: Yes, can i help you with something
Crazy Buyer #2: Girl, how much is this rug
Me: Hold on a sec, i accidentally wore Lululemon and not my maids outfit, i'll be right back!


Crazy Buyer #3: Owwwww your driveway hurts
Me: I see how you might say that since you aren't wearing shoes and we have a lot of gravel driveways out here in the country

A ton of things had gone by this point!

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We are a book loving family - i am referred to as the L family library i buy and read SO many!

My dad made the mirror and i wish we had somewhere in the new house to put the antique french doors!

So sad to see the disco ball go, its just soooo sparkly even though we never had any reason to use it!

We used the garage sale time to try to pick out some paint colours for the kitchen

Closer look of our granite, gorgeous no?

After the garage sale we stopped in at the new house to look around - we have a roof!!!


Then it was time to head to Ryan and Amys for a delicious BBQ and a 4 hour game of Catch Phrase, we are kind of obsessed and I would like to mention Amy and I make a kick ass team, we beat the boys like 6 games to 3 or something hilarious like that

Donna and Amy are green, Dave and Ryan are Blue - kicked ass i tell you!

Have i mentioned how bad i am at playing games? I get uber competitive and after that much Catch Phrase i could hardly talk from yelling about bad behavior coming from the boys - they cheated several times and i let it be known very loudly i wasn't having it!

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Sunday we went to the house with our parents again to get some advice on stucco colours - when i say advice i mean trying to get everyone to agree that my opinion is the right one!

Dave and I went to the movies and saw Bridesmaids


LRT Movie Review
Bridesmaids


Really funny, even with several awkward scenes that were totally cringe worthy!  The actors and actresses were crazy funny and thanks to the movie i'll never go to a brazillian restuarant before going into a bridal store EVER


Rest of the day was spent just enjoying our time together, our schedules only give us 2 days out of 14 together so we like to make the most of it and enjoy lots of cuddles with silly tv movies and Thai take out

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Well thats my weekend recap!


Today is monday and i'm in detox mode so i made a crazy bowl for breakfast


Wanna see?

Then i had some fun with focal points!

Well i'm off for a run and to get my cooking on in the kitchen, have a lovely Monday xox