Happy LONG Weekend Y'all

To everybody except for Alex and I!! We both work all weekend.
But I hope that y'all have a great long weekend!! (especially those of my family who are going camping)
As well as everybody going to the football game on Saturday!! (especially whoever will be sitting in OUR seats!!)

SO HAPPY SASKATCHEWAN DAY folks!!!

PS. don't expect a legit post from me this weekend.. I should hope that nobody will be around to enjoy it!! But I will be back next week with something more exciting than y'all can handle I'm sure!! HA HA

I just ask one favor from everybody who is NOT working this weekend.. Pretty PLEASE go out and enjoy some summer for me! Okay? And let me know how it is..

Thanks, AmyD

Breakfast For Dinner??

You Betcha!

This may look like a bowl of nasty. It's not. It is however a bowl of delicious banana pancake batter!

Banana Pancakes

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon white sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg, beaten

1 cup milk

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

2 ripe bananas, mashed

Directions:

1. Combine flour, white sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vegetable oil and bananas.
2. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture; batter will be slightly lumpy.
3. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Cook until pancakes are golden brown on both sides; serve hot.

However..
I am not really one for following rules. (I also made half the recipe.) But I made a few changes. I used brown sugar instead of white, I only put in a little splash of milk (because I had 2 frozen ripe bananas that were very gooey so I didn't figure I needed the extra liquid.) I also didn't put in the vegetable oil (but only because I completely forgot) Then I added some oatmeal (to soak up some liquid)... Oh yeah and a half a cap of vanilla.

They turned out pretty darn good if you ask me.

We had some extra ripe peaches in the fridge, and frozen strawberries in the freezer. My favorite thing to have on my pancakes is homemade fruit sauce.
All you have to do is take your favorite kinds of fruits, dice them up.
I threw them in a small sauce pan added maybe a tbsp of brown sugar, a tiny bit of vanilla, the juice from half an orange and a splash of lime juice. Bring to a boil, lower the temp to min.
Scoop over your pancakes and ENJOY!!





Here is the final product. With some orange slices, scrambled eggs and hash browns. It was delicious and VERY filling!!

Turns out it was a success!!

Happy Eating y'all!!

LOL. That is ALL that needs to be said!

OKAY.

So here we are sitting on the 'couch' and Alex finds a link to this video on his twitter posted by @mblairregina

Let me tell you right now that you PROBABLY shouldn't press play if you have children in the room.

(it is tagged as 'mature subject matter' on YouTube consider yourself warned)

BUT PLEASE don't let that stop you from watching this video.

I CRIED because I was laughing SO hard!! (mind you I watched it about 10 times in a row)

Without further ado!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvgYAwDORo4&feature=youtu.be

Click HERE to watch the video!

What's For Dinner??

it was Lime Chicken Tacos at our house!!

Let me just say YUM!!

Alex and I went to go visit his Mum a while back and every time we go back to see her she always has some kind of fun magazine for me to look through. This time she had a magazine FULL of recipes!

This made me happy!!

I went through said magazine and tore my little heart out.(Now that I look back at the situation I likely should have just taken the entire book!! haha)

Here is one of the recipes that I stole and it has since become one of our favorites. Not only because it is delicious but it is also wicked easy and fast!!

Lime Chicken Tacos

yield: 12 Tacos.

1-1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast

3 tbsp lime juice

1 tbsp chili powder

1 cup frozen corn

1 cup chunky salsa

1. Place chicken in a 3-qt. slow cooker. Combine lime juice and chili powder; pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until chicken in tender.

2. Remove chicken; cool slightly. Shred meat with two forks and return to slow cooker; heat through. Stir in corn and salsa.

3. Cover and cook on low for 30 minutes or until heated through. Serve in tortillas with sour cream, cheese and lettuce if desired

BEFORE:

lime juice and chili powder paste.

I have never cooked this in the slowcooker. (I think mainly because I never think about whats for dinner before I leave for work in the morning!! I am not that organized of a wife yet!! I am still new at this whole wife thing!! Give me some time!)

SO.. I always just cook the chicken breasts in the pan with a little bit of olive oil then shred it after it is all the way cooked. (wait 5minutes to let the juices set in. That is my Food Network lesson for the day!!)

Then I add the corn and the paste and the salsa...

stir...

AFTER:

Today we had our 'tacos' in a pita bread...

You can't really see, BUT there IS lettuce in the bottom of the pita, sour cream and cheese.

It was delightful! and Fast!

Y'all should cook this and let me know how you liked it!!

Project #2 is UNDERWAY

Okay so I know that I said I was going to post pictures yesterday...(remember how I said that I felt like I was being a dirty slacker?!! ha ha Looks like I wasn't kidding!!)

Here I go..

So Here is the TOP layer of my stash.. (there is an entire tub underneath that)

I found a pattern for a zig zag afgan so Off I went...

This is what I have so far... So wish me luck!!

Mobile Post #2!!
Well I feel like I have been a dirty slacker lately on this little bloggy of mine!
So here I am making a 'mobile post' with my handy little blackberry!!
(Days like today kind of make me wonder what the heck we did with
Our lives before we had smart phones!! And would we survive without them?
I know I would be lost!! SAD but true!!)
SO anyway! Back to the point of this mobile post!!

I thought I would let y'all know that I have figured out what
Project #2 would be!!
Since WAY back when Grandma Brown taught me to crochet I was SUPPOSED
To make a blanket out of granny squares. I have decided to dive into something
That I have NEVER tried before!! YIKES!! Kind of scary!!
Well I'm not making a granny square blanket(that will maybe be project #3)
I am however making a 'Zig Zag' blanket!! I have never done a zig zag pattern
Before. And let me tell you it was kind of intimidating at first!!
But Alas! I have figured it out and I have about 3-4" made already!!
I have a HUGE bin of yarn that I need to use up in the next 10ish months
(I DON'T want to move it.. AGAIN!! Ha ha) On that note I feel like there will be
A lot of projects on the way!! SO.. When I return home I will add some pictures of what
I've got done so far!! :)
STAY TUNED!! Check back later today for photos...


(I promise also that I will edit this post and make it look like a human posted it!! Ha ha)

LOST

They weren't kidding when they named this show!!

I know that this show is long since over. However, Alex and I have been watching the series from start to finish. We just finished season 4 tonight.

It is one of those shows that you feel like you HAVE to watch an entire season at once, just to know what the heck is going on. Let me explain the rules of watching LOST for any of those who haven't seen an episode.

1. You must watch this series from the first episode. Or you won't have a clue what is happening.

2. You must NOT fall asleep during an episode. Or you won't have a clue what is happening.

3. It is suggested that you keep a pen and paper next to you to take notes. So that you might have a clue what is happening.

At the end of each episode that you watch there are close to 34 questions running through your brain about what the heck just happened. What would solve your confusion you might ask? One would think that watching the next episode would answer at least half of the questions??

NOPE

When you push start on the next episode you have 46 new questions!! By the time the episode is over only 12 of your original questions get answered. SO you started with 34 questions 13 were answered and you have 46 new ones!!

Now you have 67 questions!!

But ALAS... You must watch all the seasons so that maybe just MAYBE your qestions get answered!!

So here's to hoping that I am not so bloody confused during the next 2 seasons!!

Ha Ha Ha

Can anyone guess what rules I broke while watching this series??

To anybody brave enough to dive into this series. I wish you good luck!! It is best to nap BEFORE you enter into a LOST marathon!! Otherwise you will be SCREWED!!

Have a great rest of your day folks!!

xoxo Amy D

 

Project #1 is DONE!!!

I have completed Project #1 HOORAY!!!

I'm not going to lie it has been probably a couple years since I have started a project and completed it within a week or two!! Hooray!

Now what do I do with it? Hmmm Does anybody want a new scarf?

I kind of enjoy it!

Onto project #2... What should it be??

Any suggestions?

Leave any suggestions in the comments.

A Girl Can Dream Can't She??

Lately our new favorite thing is dressing up all fancy, pretending we have money and going to look at Show Homes!

DREAMING about one day living in a house so gorgeous and perfectly decorated!!

Really I would be happy in just about ANY house right now!

(we have been living in a basement suite for almost a full year while Alex is in school. It is not an ugly or tiny basement suite. It is just a dark basement with no natural light <<insert sad face here>> and no bathtub <<insert ultra sad face here>>)

But it is our home for now! And I love it! Because I live here with my most amazing husband (whom I love more than anything in the world)

But I also love dreaming!!! Our favorite houses so far are in Chestermere, Alberta.



Here are two that I dream about daily!!

This is the front of the first house. NORMALLY I don't like 2 storey homes. That many stairs really don't appeal to me at all. Usually in a 2 storey home the only thing that I like about them are the bonus rooms.. However the master bedroom, bathroom, closet combo in this home would make up for all the stairs that I would have to climb!! This is a 3218 sq ft home with 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 3 car garage.

Here is the office right off the front door. ( I think what makes me like this specific 2 storey more than most is that there is more than just a tiny kitchen and tiny dinning room on the main floor. But then again I guess that is what 3218 sq ft will get you!) and the glorious laundry room/mud room right off the garage

And the wonderful kitchen that you could host ALL your family for every holiday, birthday, Sunday dinner. This would be the perfect kitchen to cook in. I want it! Just off the kitchen there is a small living room and a bathroom that tops off the mail level.

The Bonus Room

And the BEST part of this house... The Master Suite!!!

The actual bedroom itself wasn't anything special until you walk in and to the right and you see ALL the way into the bathroom, and down to the GIANT closet!

The enormous bathroom!! There is more than enough space in here to host a dance party if you really wanted to!! Don't ask me why you would... But you could!!

A nice double sink. That means there would be no whiskers in MY sink if Alex ever decided to shave!

I would take out this shelf and put in a linen closet.

A HUGE shower! Double headed steam shower. I could lay down flat on the floor!

Ahhh The GLORIOUS bathtub! I am pretty sure that if I had this bathroom I would attach a TV on the wall above the tub and I would never have to leave!!

Walk in to the left of the closet.

And this is to the right.

This is looking out towards the bathroom!!

So basically I would LOVE to live in this house! I would make a few cosmetic changes. Other then that. I could absolutely make myself happy and grow a little family in there!

 

This next house is a 'simple' bungalow

aka: MY DREAM HOME!!

With an office right off the front door. (the best place for an office in my opinion.)

There was a spare bedroom and full bathroom at the front as well.

off to the left was the kitchen. I love, love, LOVE this kitchen! I think that everything about it is perfect! There is almost more cupboard space than anyone could ever use! (I hope I never have that much stuff in my kitchen that I would fill ALL of the cabinets!! We need to leave a few empty for hide and seek when the kids get older! ;) ) right off the kitchen was the ultimate storage room! It is a food storage area, butlers pantry, laundry room and mud room all in one. It was directly off of the garage which made it even better. (so when you bring in your groceries you can just dump everything right when you walk in!! That thought makes me happy! NEVER having to carry bags upon bags of groceries up or down several flights of stairs!! I am sure that makes Alex happy too!!)

A killer food storage/laundry room/closet/butlers pantry directly off the garage.

The Perfect Kitchen!!

There are cabinets everywhere, a HUGE island. I think maybe the only thing I would change about this kitchen would be the cabinet color. (I am not too crazy about all the dark wood.)

A dinning room right off the kitchen. Perfect for entertaining. (HA not that we do much entertaining. Perhaps with a house like this we would though?)
This would be the best kitchen for all the holiday dinners! It is so open and spacious! It makes me happy just thinking about it! The only bad thing about this place is that the deck out back was not nearly big enough! That could very easily be changed though.

Now the master bedroom/bathroom/closet in this house was not REALLY anything to write home about. Although it is nicer than any bedroom I have ever called home! By that logic, I love it!

The bathroom is open to the bedroom. I like that. It feels much more open and spacious. The tub is amazing! Again there is a double vanity! (Hooray for no whiskers in the sink!) The closet is just an average walk in closet. There IS a sperate toilet room though. I like that idea! Especially if you are waking up in the middle of the night for pee breaks! There will hopefully be no waking up of the husband! I suppose the only bad thing about a bathroom open to the bedroom would be if somebody needed to wake up early to get ready for work it would be rather difficult. But then again there are 2 other full bathrooms in this house.

The basement in this showhome was finished, and GORGEOUS!!!!
And by gorgeous I mean HOLY CRAP that bar is worth 20grand!! HA HA I told Alex if we ever had a house with a 20 thousand dollar bar in the basement we would either have to start drinking alot more, or we would have to find alot more friends!!
However, no matter how much I LOVE this bar I fear that if we were to build this house I would take out the bar and put in something more useful.. Im not sure what. maybe a hot tub? or a pool table? or a really big crafty room? Who knows.. But I fear (and my liver thanks me) That we would get no use out of such a bar! Although it really would be fun to have! Oh, who are we kidding! I would want to keep it just so I could have it! There is all kinds of room in the other side of the basement for boring things like craft rooms!

Here is the nice stair case down to the basement. (I see that being a very scary staircase once kids enter into the picture!)
All in all I think that this house a slightly more modest house at a mere 1743 sq ft. would be the perfect house for me! Okay, the perfect house for US! I could see Alex and I living in either one of the 2 houses for years and years to come!!!

These are the homes I dream about. When it all comes down to it though my true dream home is the one I live in with my husband!! Wherever life takes us I will be happy there! As long as I get to be with Alex!

Here's to hoping though! Better start buying lotto max tickets I think!

Leave me a comment what house you like better and why.

My New Project.

First off. Let me introduce you to the woman who taught me to crochet.

She was old, She was a great cook, She was kind, She was loving, She baked (better than anyone I know might I add!), She was crafty! She could do almost anything at all with her hands! She knitted, crocheted, sewed, cross stitched...

(almost anything that a person could create with a pattern, a fabric or thread. She could do it!)

This woman was Grand ma.

Grandma Brown to be more specific.

I used to watch my Grandma knit and crochet for hours I am sure. I don't think that I could tell you the exact year that Grandma taught me her craft. But I remember the first thing that she ever taught me how to make. I got to go down to her 'stash' of yarn and pick out my very own ball of yarn.

(I couldn't tell you what color that I chose. It was likely purple or pink.)

Well we ventured off into the living room and she gave me a gift that day. The gift of 'craft'.

The very first thing that she taught me to make was a Granny Square.

(I was supposed to make enough to make an afgan. I never did.)

Over the years though I asked her how to make different things, after I would successfully make something new. I would always take it to her and show her and she was always SO proud of me and told me how nice it was and what good of a job I did.

(Now that I think of it. I am not sure if I ever really did do a good job or if the things I made REALLY were nice. But my Grandma said they were and that is ALL that matters!)

Well now we now who taught me how to crochet.

I have been crocheting off and on over the past 20'ish years of my life!

Almost any time I go to a store (wal-mart) that sells yarn I go and I look. Sometimes I buy. Sometimes I don't.

So I have lets say a lot of wool!

Just a couple of weeks ago I was reading Naturally Nena's Blog. She has a guest post series running this summer and I stumbled upon a post by Grits and Giggles about making her own baby food. I went on her blog and got inspired by her craftiness!

So I set off to MY 'stash' of yarn and started creating!!

Here is what I came up with

In the end this will be a scarf with several of the pink flowers. I will be sure to post pictures when I am finished. But until then I am off to finish my project.
Wish me luck folks that this one will actually get finished!!

My Plan is to work through my 'stash' of yarn. Making all kinds of new exciting things!
If y'all have any suggestions or know of any easy to follow patterns or tutorials leave them in the comments bellow. Thanks folks!

Grandma Brown is in heaven now otherwise I would show this to her. So in her place I am showing y'all!!

Happy -Belated- Canada Day

Happy -Belated- Canada Day!

Sorry for the late post folks but I have been at HOME (in Saskatchewan) and away from my computer.
 However I still feel it appropriate to wish all of my fellow Canadians a

Happy Canada Day.

(and the Americans a Happy 4th of July. Just to be nice! lol)

I of course did some asking around to some friends of mine what was it that they loved most about Canada. Let me tell you. I got some interesting answers! 

Ha Ha!

 So from the friends and family of Amy Dormuth,

THIS

 is what we love about Canada:

"No matter how idiotic peple are, they are still more polite than in most of the countries I've been to!"

"I love that our nations colors are the colors of my favorite wines... Red.. and ... white!"

"I love that we are free to make our own chioces and that people are so easy to get along with and are friendly with each other."

"Maple syrup and beavers" (?? lol)

"It is a free Country and we are loved around the World"

"I appreciate what our flag stands for, and means. The freedom that we as Canadians have to live our lives as we choose."

"The lifestyle is relaxed and laid back. There is no rush to get things done."

"I like most things about our climate. We have a strong economy, we have lots of cool people places and things. We have a little something for everyone (except tropical destinations) AND Santa Clause lives here!"

"One year maternity leave, free'ish health care, freedom we have, and it is a relatively safe place to live."

"The beer and hockey."

"The charter of Rights and Freedoms."

AS you can see I have a very interesting bunch of friends and family!! ha ha

I love everything about Canada! I was born here and I will die here.

People can say what they want about Canada. But I will love this country until the day that I die(and longer)

Hey, I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader....
I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dogsled....
and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada,
although I'm certain they're really really nice.

I have a Prime Minister, not a President.
I speak English and French, not American.
And I pronounce it 'about', not 'a boot'.

I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack.
I believe in peace keeping, not policing,
diversity, not assimilation,
and that the Beaver is a truly proud and noble animal.
A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch,
and it is pronounced 'zed' not 'zee', 'zed' !!!!

Canada is the second largest landmass!
The first nation of Hockey!
and the best part of North America

My name is Amy
And I am Proud to be Canadian!!!

Tell me in the comments what YOU love about Canada.

Or the contry that YOU call home!