Country road

It's been a long time since I've set foot in a Country Road store, one of my facebook friends just mentioned having a shopping spree there recently so I couldn't resist checking out the website.
Even though Country Road is in Oz, I'm sure I can find or put together some of these outfits on myself with local buys and about 30 less pounds!!!!

Hello everyone, did you miss me?
I've been feeling pretty sorry for myself lately due to back problems, but I'm back in the ball game now. I have another man in my life..........my chiropractor, we get together three times a week for a quick chat and a little bit of back realignment. All very innocent I assure you!!!!!
The kids are back in school soon, that includes Miss Marley, full time 5 days a week, so much to do in so little time.
I wanted to share a website with you all today.
I received my subscription in the mail yesterday for my Good Taste magazine and couldn't wait to peruse the glossy pages full of delicious recipes, what a great issue this one was.

My grocery list is a mile long now with all the ingredients I need, and as soon as my pal Stacy returns the latest issue, (we share the guilty pleasure of drooling over anything foodie) I'm planning on a cooking frenzy.

The  problem I have encountered is the fact that Good Taste is an Australian mag and they feature seasonal recipes, now as you all now, Canada is a long way from Australia and we are in opposite seasons. So, seeing as I like to make use of seasonal produce ( in my part of the world), I thought I'd see if they have a recipe database on their website......AND THEY DO.

So go take a peek. The recipes are simple and easy to follow.

The only problems that may be encountered are the occasional ingredient that may be harder to find here and the measurements may need to be converted. But seeing as you are all Internet savvy, I'm sure you can google your way out of that problem!!

I'm going to tackle the ricotta and spinach gnocchi with roasted tomato sauce featured on this months cover.

I'll let you know how it turned out!!!

How To Be Alone

Saw this on facebook....Love it!!

Granola pics

On the way to Gramma's house I decided to pull over by a canola field ( or Granola, as Marley calls it) for an impromptu photo shoot.
Here's what I got......I love the colors, these are totally unedited.

       

Big sky country.

Usually a trip to Gramma Le's house goes a little something like this.

• wake up, get in car.
• gas up in Vernon.
• Drive for 3 1/2  hours to Golden, pee, gas up again, eat at Subway, get back in the car.
• Drive for 3 1/2 hours to Calgary, pee, gas up again, eat at Wendy's, get back in the car.
• Drive for 3 1/2 hours to Jenner, say hi to Gramma and Popsie, pee, unload car and collapse on couch.

But, for a change, we did it a little something like this.........

• Leave home in the afternoon.
• Drive at a more leisurely pace, then join some fantastic friends and camp for the night.

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  Spend the morning nursing a wee sore head whilst the kids learn to drive farm equipment.

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  Jump in the car at noon and head to Calgary to hang out with more great company.

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  Spend the night in the city, shopping, visiting and generally catching up.
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  Get up, eat yummy breakfast, watch a movie, pack up the car and drive 3 hours to the ranch, stopping along the way for an impromptu photo shoot with the kids.

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  Get to Gramma's, say hi, cook yummy dinner, feed a baby calf, watch the sunset and go to bed.

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  Much better.

Fun summer tunes

I'm totally crushing on Ingrid Michaelson.

You and I by ingrid michaelson

take a peek

Summer.......

No, I have not fallen off the face of the earth, just vacationing and getting ready for another road trip.

It's been a hard summer, I don't know how we do it, all the sunbathing, boating, swimming, ice cream eating, bbqing and blender drinking.

I might need a holiday from my holiday soon.

Lucky for me I still have laundry, dishes and packing to bring me back to reality.

I hope you are all having a great summer.

I will update you on my Alberta adventures when I get back.