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So long, dragon breath!

Sarah — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:41:10 +0000

With the arrival of my Kindle this winter I looked forward to all sorts of books that I could read covertly. Guilty romance novels, Stephen Kings, and so on. True to form, I only browsed these selections (the romance novels are particularly entertaining.) Hesitant to actually purchase anything, I looked instead for classics that were free. As the temperature dropped in Banff, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo seemed cheap and fitting. A mystery novel set in sub zero Sweden? Yeah!

I trudged on and on through the snowy pages. Friends, and a recent radio piece, all chimed in: “You just have to get through the first hundred pages or so!” I tried.

With the main characters together in a lovely little house in chilly Sweden, enjoying wine, a meat and potato (with cream sauce!) dinner and finally cuddling up to keep warm, I decided to call it a night.

Tonight I made a lovely potato-crusted cod, scalloped potato and veggie supper. With a lovely side of Banff ave. Brewing Company IPA. And rung in the New Year with a new book – Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood. For dessert? Dark chocolate from Ikea. Ah, how things come together.

Oooh Book Ideas!

Sarah — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:56:05 +0000

Looking for some good book ideas for over your Christmas holidays? Well, the Canada Reads list was just announced. Fall on Your Knees, one of my favourite books made the list, too.

Grab a chocolatine, a cuppa tea and start your engines!

What’cha readin?

Sarah — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:53:28 +0000

In a continuous effort to be a cheapskate this year I’ve been trying to take out more books from the library instead of buying as I normally do. It’s hard when places like Indigo have giant “Buy 4 paperbacks, get the 5th one free” type deals. Yikes am I ever a sucker for those. But luckily our Indigo is tucked away inside a mall. Almost out of site.

I figured it was time to get reading up on the ‘ol baby business as the blank look I give most people when they ask me questions is bound to lose it’s amusement soon. This week was the four month mark, which seemed like a good time to get some healthy food and snack ideas. The first three months were spent focused on peanut butter toast and apples – not that bad, I guess, but certainly lacking.

Better Food for Pregnancy? oh mama so many good recipes. Tasty recipes like vanilla custard, lemony biscotti, cinnamon baked pears. I like my healthy foods to be camouflaged – am I the only one? And who knew wheat germ is full of folic acid? Not me. I bought a huge bag dirt cheap to throw into cereals. Bonzai!

A-hoy!

Sarah — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:44:32 +0000

Ah, summer in the Rockies. As some of you know, I’ve been a bit of a zombie the past two months. I’ve missed out on quite a bit of hiking and canoeing and softball, unfortunately. I thought it might be a perfect time to finally read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies… but alas my brain’s been too mushy to focus even on that.

Oh well. Will save it for another day.

In more exciting news, today is the three month mark for the new baby some of you, again, may also know about. He’s on the way! Chris and I also found out that we are going to be able to move into a new apartment (just downstairs from where we are now. with the same view. phew!) on September 1st. It’s a two bedroom apartment – which means no baby in our bedroom. wooooooo! I can’t wait. Our housing manager is also going to give us her baby swing and a box of baby clothes. Things are coming up Milhouse.

I also just got back from a whirlwind 10 day car trip to Vancouver Island. With over 200 pictures taken I’ve got me some work to do. For now, please enjoy these!

xo Sarah