I made My own cheese!!

The other day I made my own cheese.
It was so yummy and easy..
I used this recipie and It was a sucess. All it took was some milk ,vinegar and time. Just like cream cheese, and you can flavor it with herbs too!!

yum!!!!

I love this song

I love this song, and just wanted to share it with everyone!!

I have found a new love

Well no not really, but I have found a new favorite store. Lush they sell all kinds of beauty products that are:
A) All natural ingredients using Minimal Preservatives.
B) Made by Hand
c) All the ingredients are bought fair trade or from co-ops and are organic

Oh and they don't test on animals, Plus they smell so good mmmmmm.

I don't use a lot of beauty products, I don't wear make-up and follow a minimal routine in the morning as in I like my sleep. I do feel that we should choose carefully about the products we do put on our skin though (our skin is our largest organ) because it is exposed to enough bad things in the environment.

So I have found a new love, so far I have bought shampoo, shaving cream, deodorant, a bubble bath bar, face wash and a face mask. I also have lots of samples because they give me samples every time I go. A store that still gives samples AMAZING!!
The only thing I don't love is the deodorant (I think it is to strong, next time I will try the cream,)


So any way if there is a Lush near you, you should totally check it out!!!
BYES!

I'm done with winter

I am done with winter. I want it to be spring.... now.
I have looked through all of my gardening books , made my seed list, and now I just want it to be spring.

Not to mention that I am sick of wearing a coat and I am sick of -20 C weather.

I think I need a kick in the butt.....

Because it has been so long since I have written anything.....

I just have been really busy.....but doing what I just don't know.

I went to a bridal show last weekend, it was just a small one because I don't deal well with crowds, especially crazy engaged woman, and they are, apparently a whole different breed. Normally calm, cool and collected woman turn in to monsters and that is not even talking about their mothers. So needless to say I didn't go to the bridal fantasy show. I decided to go to the welcome wagon bridal show because a) It was free and b) it was just down the street from my house.
The exciting this is I ............
WON!!!
That’s right I won one of the door prizes. I didn't enter many of the draws because most of the services I wouldn't have used any way so I thought I would leave them for others that wanted them. SO anyway from ETHOS bridal I won..... A tiara!!! A $125.00 tiara. Now I wasn't even going to wear one but..I am now!!
I also told everyone I was going to wear it around the house and they needed to call me princess but that is another story ;)

I would post a pic of it but I am at work on my lunch break (which now has two mins left :( )
so I should go !!
Bye for now

Happy Thursday!!!

Well I just noticed that it has been over a week and I haven't blogged anything.
I guess I've been really busy.
So I just wanted to drop a line to say

HAPPY THURSDAY!!!

Cold, Snow, Turning 26 and other randomness:

This past week was my birthday- I turned 26, now I know that 26 is young in the big scheme of things but I realized that my life right now is totally different then what I thought it would be when I was 15, a good different but different still. Which makes me think of the saying “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.”

Speaking of my birthday I got a Wii, Wahoooo!!!!! Now I need to jump on the wii bandwagon and get a wii fit, but everywhere appears to be sold outL. Oh well I will get it sometime. For now I can just play Mario!!!

In other news I found THE DRESS, that’s right, THE Dress.
Being as we need to hike in for 20 minutes to arrive at the wedding location I’m not too sure if its practical but it is THE dress so I’ll work something out. Now I need to go to a tailor and get measured….back to that wii fit…….

We are also going to our wilderness survival course this weekend, I am very excited about. Hopefully I will learn lots and lots of things. The things covered are “survival physiology, survival psychology, clothing, fire lighting, shelter building, emergency signals, survival equipment, critical survival items, and preparation” I will need to bring lots of paper so I can take notes!! Here’s the link to the course .

Tonight is girls night with some of my work friends, we are ordering pizza and playing board games! It should be fun.
I should put an end to my blabbering so,
bye for now

Simple Womans Daybook

http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/2009/01/simple-womans-daybookjanuary-12th.html

FOR TODAY January 12/2009......

Outside my window... The LRT station, Lots of cars whizing by and some cold looking construction workers.

I am thinking... That I do not want my lunch to be over, I would much rather spend some time bloging but I should be thankful that I have a good job.

I am thankful for... See Above and the nice weather we enjoyed the past weekend

From the kitchen... I have a chicken marinading and when I get home we will have lemon thyme roasted chicken with roasted root veggies.

I am wearing... Pink scrub pants, and white scrub top with pink and red flower trim, black shoes and a grey and pink sweater

I am creating... Hopefully a cleaner more orginized home!

I am going... to a wilderness survival course this weekend ....( I am super excited)

I am reading... One of my new books , Vintage Jesus.( see older post on indago books)

I am hoping... That this week will be very nice.

I am hearing... Random work sounds, and the traffic from out side the window

Around the house... Clean up, remove some items for goodwill.

One of my favorite things... FOOD!! (can you tell it is lunch time??)

A few plans for the rest of the week: Gym tomorrow ( I think I can, I think I can.....) Wendsday board game with some friends, Week end ..Survival course!!!

Here is picture thought I am sharing...

Simple Womans Day book

http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/
FOR TODAY January 6, 2009 (Better late then never right?)
Outside my window.: The LRT Station , people rushing about to get out of the cold and a construction site.
.I am thinking…: That although I should be very thankful for the window next to my desk, as they are a hot comity in the hospital, it is really very drafty and coldL.
I am thankful for…: Having a safe and happy holidays and having four days off in a row!!!
From the kitchen…: well nothing right now because I am at workJ, and I have not even thought about supper yet!
.I am wearing...: A blue sweater, light grey tee-shirt, blue scrub pants, black shoes and a white head band.
I am creating...: My blog??
I am going...: Hopefully home on time at the end of the day
I am reading...: My new books, they arrived yesterday!!!! (see below)
I am hoping...: That the weather is nice this weekend
I am hearing...: Random hospital noises.
Around the house...: Hopefully buying a book shelf tonight so we will be organizing that later today.
One of my favorite things...: Coffee mmmmmm coffee
A few plans for the rest of the week: Work, Maybe going to Jasper on the weekend for my birthday, or going to eat some where yummy or both!

Happy New Years

Happy New Years!!!

I decided that I am not going to make a New Years resolution this year. Why? Because no one sticks to them. Well, I am sure some people do stick to them. Just not me.

This year I am going to make a list of small obtainable goals that I wish to achieve. Then hopefully I can build on them, baby steps right? So in no particular order is my goal list:

1. Take an educational course on something every month. I already enrolled in January’s course a Wilderness Survival Core Seminar . I am super excited about this, and will tell you how it goes and what I learned.
2. Tidy up for at least 10mins a day. I am always amazed at what can be done in a measly 10 minutes, now why I can’t always manage to find the 10 minutes I will never know.
3. Send cards by mail. Everyone likes getting mail. I often write quick notes to my friends and family back home but they never seem to make it to the mail box. This I need to work on. Especially because I need to remain in contact with some elderly loved ones who don’t have e-mail. I just need to remember to BUY STAMPS.
4. Put the laundry away. I am really good at washing laundry and drying it. I am even not too bad at folding it but I am absolutely horrid at putting it away. I really must work on this. Seriously, I do.
5. Do one random act of kindness a day. As humans and especially as Christians this should come as second nature to us but I want to make a effort to make sure I do this.
6. Buy local more often. I just read the book “The 100 Mile Diet” by Alisa Smith & J.B. McKinnon. . It’s a great book and really made me think about where my food comes from . Here is a link to another interesting article on this "Eating Local: a matter of integrity." I think that trying to buy local really supports the economy and the environment. It’s a win win situation.

I am sure that there are many more small goals I should work towards but this is my jumping off point.

What are your goals for 2009?