Showing posts with label adventure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adventure. Show all posts

Thursday, February 9, 2012

A Weekend Adventure!

It was only the second week back to school, and my head had been in a C-Clamp for three days straight.
Alright, so maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but those three days were really quite unpleasant and rather unproductive.
What I needed was a serious stress break!
Luckily...
the opportunity presented itself in the form of a:
WEEKEND ADVENTURE!
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So it was up early (for a Saturday) to catch the 9:14 bus, which bounced me and Hannah a few blocks away from our first stop -
~The May Day~
After mulling over many wonderful choices, I decided to go with apricot granola, and Jasmine green tea.  The next-in-line customer applauded my decision, claiming that the granola was 
"the best I have ever eaten in my life!"  
I've got to admit...it was probably the most tastefully fantastic granola I have ever eaten in my life!
Maybe it was just the magic of the adventure, perhaps the atmosphere of the cafe, or the European vibes radiating from the tiny pitcher in which my milk was served.
Whatever it was...it was wonderful!

Laughter, chatter, crunchings and munchings ensued until we were ready for the second part of our adventure...  

You always need a good "thin ice" sign to have an authentic lake-skating experience!
~Ice Skating on a Lake~

Not having skated in a while, we were both quite rusty.  With the help of some split-second-shots however, we looked like regular old figure skating pros!

What I actually looked like most of the time:
What I wish I looked like all the time:

We ended up staying much longer than we had planned, and just had a terrifically jovial time all around!  It was waiting for the bus back that I realized I can't had any inkling of a headache the entire morning!  My aching woes had been cured by the magic of good fun - and it felt fantastic.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

A Glorious Day

BEHOLD THE BIKE TRAIL: gateway to all adventure...
There are just too many intriguing pathways to be discovered here - I don't know what to do with myself!!


Like this! How is there at 52ft waterfall in the middle of the city?!

I got lots of comments today on my "crown".  Personally, I like to use the word "headband", and while I'm flattered they consider me royalty, that wasn't exactly the look I was going for.  

Roll the credits baby...

Shirt...100% sparkly, blue, vintage awesomeness from the Webbs
long-sleeves...st. vincent find
belts...once moms, now mine!
Jeans...swap items taken in to create my very first pair of skinny jeans!
Shoes...another st. vincent wonder
jewels...world and dangly necklaces both gifts
headband...gift from easy huzzah!


It is I - the woodland creature! 

Aunt Joni's Pumpkin Pie for broke College folk: or for the culinarily daring!
Serving Size: as much as you want!
That's right - I can use the "aunt so&so's recipe" card now!  Makes you trust my cooking more doesn't it?


Ingredients:
Can of pumpkin puree
Container of plain or vanilla yogurt
Pumpkin Pie spice (or whatever autumnal spices you like)
Bit a maple syrup
Graham crackers
Spoon and Bowl
A fall flavored appetite!

Directions:
In a normal sized bowl mix approximately 1 part pumpkin puree with 1 part yogurt and mix thoroughly

add a good measure of spice and mix again

At a wee bit of maple syrup - taste to make sure the sweetness is to your liking
(if you used plain yogurt and want a sweeter pie taste, I recommend adding honey or a bit more maple syrup

Now break some gram crackers into fourths and artistically insert them into your bowl of pumpkin pie mixture

Garnish with perhaps more spice or some chocolate shavings if your feeling adventurous!

~ENJOY!~