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| My Favourite shop is Restoration Hardware and one day my dream of owning a house full of their furniture will come true!! In the mean time I've found these fab stocking fillers for my husband and cute hand cashmere hand warmers...that I could not resist! |
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| Christmas treats! While on Mat leave I've been loving having the time to make & bake all while nibbling on some licorice all sorts & jelly beans!! recently I have made Rocky Road & White Christmas although the recipe I have is not as good as my Aunty Robby makes....it will do while being away from home. I'm not sure if its the Copha I'm missing you can't seem to get it in Canada so I'm using Crisco/shortening or the fruit mix? |
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| My Christmas pressie I have picked out & bought which will be from my husband (: |
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| My Favourite Fruit at the moment : Pomegranate Origin: The pomegranate is native from Iran to the Himalayas in northern India and was cultivated and naturalized over the whole Mediterranean region since ancient times. It is widely cultivated throughout India and the drier parts of southeast Asia, Malaya, the East Indies and tropical Africa. The tree was introduced into California by Spanish settlers in 1769. |
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| Well I finally did my Christmas Shopping, since its just the two of us here its not that hard but in my state at the moment spending an afternoon shopping is a hindrance not a joy as it once was. I did however find a fabulous shirt for my husband! This is his favourite Beatles song and I was so excited with this little find! I love love love this shirt & I'm sure he will too,only problem is its a Medium & it was the last one! Worse case scenario I will gain a new shirt!! (: |
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| My husband came home today with a real! Fir Christmas tree it was so exciting! Our first Christmas in Canada, our first Christmas as a married couple and possibly at 37 weeks our first Christmas as parents (well not yet) due date is January 8th so time will tell....(: |
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| I'm loving being on Mat Leave and being able to plan my day with baking,sewing, painting & preparing for the new event of being a new mummy plus finding new & exciting blogs. Along with the cold weather we are having lately & considering how slow at waddling I am these days, I much prefer to stay in doors! This is my attempt at baking bread without a bread machine I followed this recipe http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-Bread-without-a-bread-machine/ but did not have the correct flour I used all purpose flour and they didn't seem to rise as much as they should but they tasted delicious and my next attempt will be with Bread Flour. |
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| Lush Red Berry's from my local florist adds a festive feel to our new apartment. but still yet to get our Christmas tree up! & time is running out! |
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| As I am now 36 weeks my enthusiasm for updating my blog & Taking photos has slowly been coming to a halt! hopefully soon once our Christmas surprise arrives & this bad winter weather leaves us for a year I will update more on a regular basis Until then Merry Christmas & A safe and happy new year xx |
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| these gorgeous decorations are from a local crafts shop. |
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| These fab pics were made using Corel from a simple picture of a fir pine tree. |
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| Thanksgiving weekend ~ we had a fantastic weekend in the Distillery district in Corktown in Toronto I just love the warm hue's in this old dodge great colour's for Autumn.... |
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| Blooming cabbage flowers I don't have the botanical name for these but think they are just gorgeous. |
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| My dream is to one day own a Vespa! Although at 7 months pregnant...I don't think its wise at the moment. |
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| I had been meaning to head into my local tea shop for a while now & finally got there on Saturday & found a very refreshing tea : Jessie's tea - Lavender & Coconut so warming! & caffeine free www.davidstea.com |
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| A delicious Pumpkin Pie...loving pumpkins at the moment & they are everywhere here at the moment for Thanksgiving. |
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| My new purchase Sew Serendipity by Kay Whitt.....I found this book in my local Chapters & really looking forward to starting some new projects. |
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| These photos were taken inside the Soma Chocolate shop in the Distillery District...I highly recommend trying the Mayan Hot Chocolate : Mayan Hot Chocolate dry mix: spiced with Ginger, Madagascar Vanilla, Orange Peel, Chilli and blend of spices www.somachocolate.com |
