Spring

Spring is now I believe, the champion at Hide 'n Seek!
First day of Spring and it snowed.
Mother Nature has a wicked sense of humour.
We didn't let a little snow stop us from celebrating.
We brought the garden indoors.
Sponge Bob having a soak before he becomes a Chia Pet:

The seeds germinating in a cup:

Almost looks like it is under a microscope!

While Little Man was working on Sponge Bob, I was planting a distraction plant; Catgrass:


We will also try and grow Rosemary this year:

That is Reno's head. He is very curious about all this dirt indoors.

Fast Forward a couple of days and lo and behold:


I have not only been gardening, but knitting as well!
Since my yarn has arrived, I have started on Little Man's Hooded Sweater.


Just for kicks, this video was on Facebook page in the category, Trending.
I adore Christopher Walken. When I think of all the movies that in my top 100 list, Walken is usually a part of the film.
I hope you get a kick out of it as well.
Happy Spring!

March Break

March Break is almost at an end.
There were a lot of changes and challenges for the little man, but also a lot of fun to be had. I wanted to make sure that even though things might not be going as smoothly as they should in some aspects of his life, there is always some fun, some adventure and some goodness in other areas.
A while back, few months I believe, Little Man said he would like to learn how to cook.
I said ok. You find something that you would like to try and we will attempt to make it happen.
A few weeks go by and there was some epic flu and just other life things that happened but we managed to create something pretty awesome in that kitchen.
He found a recipe for a roast on Ricardo's website. Fair warning. It is in french. So it turned out to be a lesson for both of us.
Before with all the spices rubbed into the meat.

After,

Not opening the oven door for two hours was torture for us!

I cannot find the recipe for the carrots, but they were filled with awesome!

The carrots were sliced thing, placed in chicken broth and brought to a boil.
Then they were left to simmer until most of the juice were sucked into the carrots.
Then we melted some butter and honey over the carrots.
When they were coated, we took them out of the sauce pan and sprinkled chives over them.
They tasted great!

Last but not least, every great meal needs some sort of kick ass dessert.
Cheesecake!
Not just any cheesecake, Peanut Butter Cheesecake!
We found the recipe in an early 90s Taste of Home magazine.


We also had some adventures outside of the house.
We experienced the Biodome and the Planetarium of Montreal.

It was amazing that we could see all these different ecosystems under one roof! Then a 3 minute jaunt and we can explore space!

The Tropical Rain Forest:


They have some strange creatures in that Rain Forest

Laurentian Maple Forest


The Gulf of St. Lawerence and Labrador Coast



And the Sub-Atlantic Islands


Then we ventured into Outer Space,

In incredibly comfy bean bag chairs.


Such a great day!!!

We also decided to explore a bit of Montreal and search for comic books.
We forgot to bring the camera, but here is a few of our efforts we can share:

and to top it all off,
the first installment of my Super Villain Sock club arrived!!

The Joker!
It was an excellent March Break.

Task Complete

It has been a little while since I completed a sweater.
I am thrilled with the results.
Men's V Neck Sweater!

Hubs is starting to try it on,


It fits!

Don't let the face fool you. Hubs assures me he loves it. I shouldn't have told him I'm going to post it online.
You will have to excuse the poor lighting. Taking pictures is not my strong suit.

Now little man seems to have taken an interest in my knitting. He as actually requested a sweater. He has not done this before. I have a few thoughts: He is finally comfortable enough around me; He has never really noticed what all that string on my desk amounts to before.
Either way, I'm happy.

I'm off to cross stitch and watch the latest episode of Pretty Little Liars.

Breakdown

My Breakdown socks are complete and shipped to who I hope will be a very happy wearer.
Is that a word?


I made some excellent progress on Hubs' sweater:


My new transportable project are a pair of socks from the Op-Art Sock book by Stephanie Van Der Linden, Fibonacci.


This is what I have been listening to as I do all this knitting,

Egg Things

So......
I created something pretty cool in my kitchen the other day.
For once, I actually photographed all of the steps I took instead of just before and after shots.
I have been reading on various blogs and Facebook about breakfast snacks.
I thought to myself, well hell! I can do that!
I had some extra dough left over from an apple pie I made,


So I rolled that out,

I cheated. This is stuff I purchased from the grocery store.

Then I cut out circles with a cup and fitted them into a muffin tray.


The goodness that fills up those little cups are the following:
Eggs!


Bacon because everything tastes better with bacon!


Cheese!

The bag labelled that taco cheese. I say it goes with everything.

Big ass mushrooms!


Oh! Found celery!

Might as well add that in there as well.

So, first I scramble up my eggs,
add in my super secret ingredient,

Not so secret anymore.
I mix in some cream and the cheese in my egg mixture, and while I am doing that, I have heated up my fry pan.
I have chopped up my bacon and put that into the pan.
Then I chop up my celery and mushrooms. When the bacon is cooked, I toss in the veggies.

Looks pretty eh?

When that is all fried up, I add it to the egg mixture,


Then I attempt to carefully spoon that mixture into my pastry cups. Note the key word, attempt.


Then they get popped into the oven until they look done.

I was surprised at how they puffed up. That must be the baking soda.

At this point, I must say that muffin tin is the best thing ever. It is a Westin brand I purchased ages ago at a Walmart. No matter how messy it gets, I can always get the goodies out of the tin with hardly any trouble. Which is great. I am a very messy kitchen person.

The end result:


Not bad eh?