Routine is good for the Soul, or so I think. I crave some type of routine, as I think many of us do. Routine also grounds me at times. My mornings usually begin turning on the kettle, stoking up the wood stove, having a coffee while I catch up on social networking via Facebook and catch-up on Blog reading, let Bandit out, going out with Lexus with now checking on four little ones, out with Mercedes and lastly out with Buddy, make the bed, then carry on with the day after all of that has first been accomplished.
I had to run some errands downtown Wiarton today, but I wasn't going anywhere until I cleaned the mess off my vehicle.
"This is what a vehicle looks like after sitting for 4 days after over a foot of snow had fallen. Oh yes underneath all that snow there was still ice to be scraped off."
Errands some days are very time consuming, this day taking up the majority of my morning. The rest of the day I did a bit of this and a bit of that, nothing really much that stands out other then a little mishap I wasn't very happy about.
"Going down the stairs I brushed this photo of my Great Aunt Lizzie and my Paul when he was a month old. Aunt Lizzie was celebrating her 90th Birthday in this photo 30 years ago. At this time Paul had been the youngest and Aunt Lizzie the oldest in our family. Now I need to find an old frame I can take the glass from to replace this one. The sad part about this is I had just thrown two out last week when I was decluttering. Yes good Old Murphy strikes again !"
When I was reading some of my favourite blogs this morning, I had been taken aback at seeing two recipes I had made and shared on a couple of Blog "Linky" parties had been featured. What a surprise to see my photos on another's blog post.
The Hamburg Soup was featured at Ms. enPlace's "See Ya in the Gumbo" , hosted by Michelle.
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Grandma's Cinnamon Cake was featured at Feeding Big and more, hosted by Cynthia.
Thank you ladies for being such lovely hostesses. It really is a pleasure to participate in such a wonderful Foodie network, with all the hard work these ladies have put into them for others like myself.
Speaking of food? for tonight's Dinner I made the Knorr Shepherd's Pie, which I do believe will be a favourite of both Rob and myself. Not only is preparation very easy, the dish is full of flavour and goodness.
"How can anything with so much colour not be good? I even added to the recipe this evening by throwing in a handful of garden fresh peas I had in the freezer. Into the casserole it goes, then to be topped by a can of Creamed Corn and mashed potatoes which I had added a splash of milk to as I mashed them."
"We had just finished eating not too long ago, but looking at these photos my mouth is still watering on how good it was ..... really good."
Recipe please? JUST *CLICK* HERE.
I am also happy to report, even though it has not been "dusted" off, my treadmill was put back into commission today with me being the operator. Wish me luck on continuing daily ... goodness knows I need all the luck I can get on the best of days.
Oh by the way, LOTS More Again? that would be SNOW !!! It is still coming down, so I suspect should I need to go out again tomorrow I will be cleaning off my Van once again, "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".
