December has been BUSY

Dear Fellow Readers.

I know I know I know, it's been forever since Ive blogged and it feels like a lifetime since Ive even sat down to attempt to write. But I have good cause and a well deserved pardon. I have been engulfed with the holiday spirit. 'The best way to spread holiday cheer is singing loud for all to hear' ..well I haven't exactly been singing for the last month..let alone anytime. But I have been busy! I've accomplished a large handful of things over the month of December. I've baked and decorated over one hundred sugar cookies, decorated my entire daycare for the holiday season; with snowmen, reindeer and snowflakes, knit each one of my daycare kids a thick wool ear warmer for christmas (20!), wrapped all christmas presents individually with brown packaging paper, ribbon and twine (one of my favourite things to do at christmas, cheapest, and in my humble opinion, looks the nicest!), wrote christmas cards for EVERYONE - each included with their own holiday picture of mackenzie and I. AND I survived the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse. 

PHEWF. That is what I call a busy busy December.

Decorations in the Daycare 

Making sure that all the kiddies are well prepared for Winter Fun!

Craft Time

Present Game!

Ear Warmers all packed and ready to go

For our christmas party, I brought in some extra items to create a holiday photo booth for the kids, they had a blast! It was so great! 

Wrapping galore & Cards Cards Cards!

Bowling with SLJ Dodgeball Team 

Dodgeball Christmas tourny!!! SLJ! SLJ! SLJ!

 Decorating the tree

BAKING COOKIES!!!!!

LOVE THESE 2 SOSOSO MUCH!!

THE END PRODUCT. yum.

and you better bet your bottom dollar that Wilbur was locked outside the entire time this took place haha!

MAckenzie &&I at the Singing christmas Tree

During my last week of classes (16-21st) I had 2 days cancelled because of the snow, so my happy loving dad came and picked me up and we went for errands and coffee!.. Then he bought me some face wash. 

At the moment I have the extreme privilege of hanging out with my friend Matt Groening, this is a screen shot of one of the many times Mackenzie and I had skyped with him in Calgary! 

Enjoying some wine and pie?

This is one of my FABULOUS presents I got for Christmas from Derek, MAckenzies brother. 

SO AWESOME.

Although.. The onesie Derek had originally bought for me was a size to small, because Im so darn tall, so I went to a few Winners by my house and neither even had the pyjamas, then I called the Winners in Surrey, where the original was purchased, and the gentleman that answered the phone informed me that they did not do store checks over the phone. EXCUSE ME?! UGH. I was so mad. 

But then Mackenzie and I drove there and they had this lovely number. <3

Until next time fellow readers, enjoy your new years and stay safe!

(Other Exciting news to come: New Years! we have been invited back to our dear friends in Langley, this event will be semi-formal  and so much fun! I am very excited about this. I bought a new dress. &&and you kNOW I will be sporting my fur jacket (steal of a deal from value village) - with pictures to follow!)

Tarts Tarts Tarts!!

Today I attempted lemon tarts. But not just any tarts, gluten/wheat free tarts! ..they were for my teacher.

I couldn't believe how long these tarts took me! I started at 430 and finished at about 1015. With about an hour and a half intermission to go out for sushi! I started off with making the pastry portion of the recipe and I quickly came to the conclusion that I was doing something wrong no only because the dough seemed extremely dry, but because the measurements were in grams and I had no idea how to convert it! But I quickly googled it and then made some assumptions and eyeballed a few cups of coconut flour and we were on our way! I then had to place the dough in the fridge to cool for TWO HOURS. Then I started to whisk the filling; for 10 minutes. It wa a daunting task believe me. I then wrapped that and put it in the fridge to cool as well.

Sushi Break.

When I returned I pulled out the dough, rolled it out carefully, which also involved squishing the dough together so it would not fall apart while rolling it out. I then used a jar to cut out small circles of dough and fit them into the small tiny muffin tins. The recipe them called for me to put the dough tin into the freezer for 15minutes then I cooked them until they were a beautiful golden brown and filled it with my lemon filling! And garnished it off with some lemon rind. NOMNOMNOM.

http://www.healtheries.co.nz/healthy-and-gluten-free-recipes/gluten-and-wheat-free-recipes/baking-and-desserts/gluten-free-mini-lemon-curd-tarts

Ill be back soon!

No time to blog, must be CHRISTMASSSSEYYY

12/12/12

Alongside of today being such a monumental time in the past one thousand years, I became famished a little after 1pm today. So. To quench my thirst and fill my belly I stopped at the nearest 7-11. I bought three delicious chicken Monterey Jack cheese taquitos and a can of Pepsi. My total came to $7.11, fab-U-louuuuus! What a coinkydink! I was quite amused. Later days blogggeriienos!

Ecuador on the Horizon.

So I have been offered this amazing opportunity to be apart of a missions trip to Ecuador. I am really really excited about this and I really hope it works out. For this to work though I need to figure out a few things, If I can take time off of school, what it would entail and how I would make up the modules I will be missing, If going away for a certain amount of time will void my government loan or not, and if I will be able to raise the money needed for the trip ($1800). Please pray that I would surpass these obstacles and join our missions team in Ecuador. I am so very excited about this. My heart and stomach jumped spots in my body and did flip flops and kurrplops. Im so excited. 

Extatic even. 

MOtastic.

If you haven't heard, seen, or been introduced to someone with a moustache, you have missed the fact that November has quickly moved in to MOVEMBER. Read/em 'n'weep boys. Movember just isn't for them male folk anymore, it is for men young and old, children, women, and even their hairy legs in desperation to raise money. The pictures as follows indicate all the many ways someone may decide to promote Movember amongst their work place school, friends, or daycare! 

You may be thinking, 'but wait, i don't have anything to show that i am supporting Movember! How will everyone know they can donate to me? and what the furry stache on my upper lip is for?!" Well i am here to tell you about the Sons of Movember. They are fan-fricken-tastic. movember.com, be there or be square, its your number one stop shop to all the latest news, blogs and apparel on Movember. they even have this awesome Movember package they send you, FOR FREE, to show your support for the cause! Packed with great goodies to share, post and pin on to anything and everything.

Included are the following:

• Movember Pins
• Movember Stickers -Bumper/Computer/Binder/LampPost
• Movember Jelly Bracelets 'Mousache is King' - so great!
• Posters indicating what we raise funds for and who it goes to!
• Silk Sash - Man of Movember
• 2 X Mens razor, mens shaving cream & mens deodorant
• Silk Sash - Miss Movember (usually given to the man with the 'weakest' moustache)
• 1 women's razor, women's shaving cream &women's deodorant
• Moustache cookie Cutter
• TShirt with a males face on it - clean shaven - draw your own Moustache
• Movember donation box (for your work or school)
• They even have a Movember Gala you can attend and dress up in accords to what you think represents Movember the best! Weeeooo (This, unfortunately I could not participate in this year, but will definitely keep it in mind for next!)

on top of all of this there is the website, Movember.com, which is loaded with fun ideas on how to make your party great and memorable! Wether you are looking to have a kick-off or wrap-up party. 

Some ideas that I have and haven't-had-the-chance-to-do-yet: 

• Moustache Sillouettes for those who cannot grow a moustache or are of the female type

• At your kick off party you could have an area where all the men shave everything off to start off with the right foot in Movember.
• At your wrap up party you could have a 'shave-off' in closing to Movember! 
• A poster paper with a man with a moustache drawn and coloured on the front with only the face cut out - makes for some fun photo-opps

• Moustache cookie decorating station -Icing/Sprinkles

• Have four poster boards with small moustaches indicating where to write names - with four different categories as the headers (Growth, Hairiest, Sketchiest, Color) ->This will help to determine the 'Man of Movember' 

• Brought Moustache cookies to my daycare and shared what Movember was and how we can help, Decorated cookies, set up a donation box and made crafts with moustaches on popsicle sticks. 

• Had kids at daycare help me cut out and colour extra decor for the Movember party
• 'Name That Mo' - a board with 15 different moustache styles drawn out and numbered - the attendees of the party need to guess and try to fill out the correct names

• 'Famous Mo's' - A mug covered with 15 different famous moustaches, charlie chaplin etc, and just as above, the attendees need to guess each correctly

• Buy some brown fabric and cut out some moustaches to put around the house, on some chairs or on the front door to have a more 'mo-tastic' experience!
• Posters 'Mo Mistas & Mo Sistas'
• Oh. and we 'Ying&Yanged' a pizza!

Last year was my first time hosting a Movember party - and I had such a blast!! I couldn't wait to do it again this year, now that I have done it again this year, my eyes are widened to more ways to fundraise and more ways to decorate for the fabulous event! 

*And ladies, there 'aint no shame in lettin' your leg hair grow to support those MO's*

Feel free to steal any of the following for your own Movember Party's!!

Hope you Enjoyed this Mo-Log. Hahaha.