What's Up Wednesday

What we're eating this week...

Monday - Quesadilla Casserole

Tuesday - Baked Chicken and Rice

Wednesday - Noodles with Peanut Sauce

Thursday - Burges and Fries

Friday and Saturday - Dave and I are out so we will order something for the kids.

What I'm reminiscing about...

 I read an article about Robert Munsch's book "Love You Forever" which I cannot read without crying so we don't read it here, although we own it. That along with some stuff on my Instagram about when you picked up your kids for the last time and didn't know it has me thinking about my sweet boys when they were little.  I can still pick up Q, but not E.

(From 2020)

What I'm loving...

All the Wicked For Good stuff.  I know people have mixed reviews but I love it.  I always find it funny that some people have no idea that this movie is out (or that it is even is a movie), like what is on their internet?

What we've been up to...

Figuring out what to buy for Christmas presents. I like to give gifts but can find it difficult to get "enough" for everyone, you know?  

What I'm working on...

Christmas cards. It appears Canada Post strike has settled for now, so I'll get our cards in the mail and hope for the best. 

What I'm excited about...

I love the year end wrap up stuff that comes along in December. I am always curious what my Spotify Wrapped will look, and then I do my own posts of books I've read, our past year in photos, and some of my favourite things from the year.  You can see 2024's posts here: Favourites and Photos.

What I'm watching/reading...

We just finished The Diplomat and now have a few other shows queued up.  We also like to watch The Office as a family.

I finally got a new library book to read and I'm back on the subway to go to the office so I'll be reading again soon. 

What I'm listening to...

The Wicked For Good soundtrack.  I wasn't familiar with the songs before seeing the movies, but they are catchy.  I even like the two new songs they wrote for the second movie. 

What I'm wearing...

I bought a new pair of pants for work and church. I got them in white for the summer and they are comfy so I got the same ones in black.  I also took advantage of a Black Friday deal to get some new sweatpants. Now I need to find some jeans. 

What I'm doing this weekend...

Two Christmas parties, celebrating the first Sunday of Advent with communion at church, and starting to get the Christmas decorations out. 

What I'm looking forward to next month...

All of the Christmas things! 

What else is new...

We are booking our March Break ski trip.  We decided to go to Meribel France in the Trois Vallees ski region. We have an Airbnb booked, now just need to do flights (Black Friday deals possibly Air Canada?!). I am following the town of Meribel on Instagram and it looks so charming and snowy!

Linking up with Shay.

Weekend Recap

The month of November is winding down.  We had lots of fun this weekend. 

I decided to go for a run after work on Friday.  The sunlight was fading but I got out there for 5K. 

Then we made dinner, we were portioning out the ravioli.  I made a sage butter sauce to go with it. And some garlic bread.

Q killing a bug .

Dave’s Aunt Linda was with us for the evening on her way through Toronto. 

We had the kids play their instruments for her.

On Saturday morning Q and I walked up the street to see what was going on for the holiday market.  

Q made a little craft.

He got a balloon candy cane.

And a hot chocolate.  They had a little train so we hopped on that for a ride.

After Q got home from a birthday party, we decided to go and see Wicked For Good. I enjoyed it but can appreciate that there were some shortcomings. Regardless, I know I will be singing For Good for the next few months.

We watched the rest of The Martian when we got home and then the kids played video games and Dave and I watched The Roses.

On Sunday we did our regular thing - watched the F1 race, went to church and baseball, and got groceries.  Then we had our annual trip to the Marlies hockey game.  We get free tickets from our neighbours on Halloween for a game in November.  We had a few extra this year so we invited some of the kids’ friends.

When we got home Dave wanted to get a picture of some old skis. One of Q’s friend’s dad said they could use them.  They were the right size so that will be good to get rid of them.

 I had made a couple of batches of shortbread to freeze for our party, so I put them away after we got back from the hockey game. 

Then it was early to bed for everyone! 

Friday Favourites

 Happy Friday!! It was a busy week for us. 

My office is finally ready for us to start going in so I went in on Wednesday (although there was still a bit of set up required and some electricians were still setting stuff up).  It is nice to be in a new spot with a new view, and more importantly new lunch spots to check out!

I love going to Freebird Market and they have a little spot downtown in the Path and I stopped there for my inaugural lunch at the new office. 

Piano lessons called for a donut beforehand!

Speaking of donuts, a new Tim Hortons opened up by our house this week.  I know, there are so many Tim’s, not to mention plenty of other coffee places near us, but I was still very excited about it.  

 

 

Hope you have a good weekend!

Linking up with Andrea and Erika.

Christmas Wish List

I posted this on my Instagram yesterday :) 

A few things that I am looking at this year for myself for Christmas.

Want

Ouai Body Wash - I got the cream last year and it came with the body wash. It lasted for several months, so definitely a good buy.  It smells so nice.

Need

New Workout Clothes - like these Athleta Salutation Capri Leggings (size L); I have them in navy blue already and they fit well.  I also need a new sports bra and I like the ones at lululemon so with money or a gift card I can get a new one there. 

Wear

Pajama Pants - I like the brands PJ Salvage and Eberje, but these Waffle Pants (size L) from the Gap are also great.  

Read

I don’t typically buy a lot of novels, but I do like a cookbook. One that has caught my eye this year is Samin Nosrat’s new book Good Things. I love Samin’s energy and even if I never make anything in this book, which sometimes happens even with the best of intentions, I know I would enjoy looking through it.

I also love a gift card to Aritzia or Sephora, I always find something to buy there.  

Weekend Recap

 

  The kids did not have school on Friday.  E went to the food bank to volunteer with a couple of friends.  They were there for a few hours, a great way to spend a day off of school!

I did a workout before dinner, while Dave and the boys played PS5. 

On Saturday, we took Q to a baseball camp with Vladdy!! Yes, that Vladdy (Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays in case you aren't baseball obsessed like we are).  This event came up on my Instagram a few months ago, a three hour baseball clinic with an opportunity to "hang out" with Vladdy.  I wasn't sure if this was a real thing or a scam, but we signed up and I did learn it's a real thing but the "hanging out" was not going to be much, fair enough. You could sign up for upgrades for a one-on-one photo with Vladdy but we didn't do that.

Looking good!

Ready to take the field.  There were about 400 kids there, divided into different groups.  They rotated around doing different baseball drills. 

The man himself!!

Q was eager for everything. 

Q's group getting ready for their photo with Vladdy.  Q said he got to high five him after the photo, so it was all worth it for that moment :)

After we got back, I took E with me for a walk up the street.  We got a Booster Juice and some ingredients for dinner. 

And Q and I made cookies too.  

We had homemade pizzas for dinner and watched Tron.  Then after the kids went to bed Dave put on A House of Dynamite and we thought we would just watch a little bit, but it was very engaging and we had to watch the whole thing. 

On Sunday morning we walked up to have breakfast at a new spot by our house, Yolks. It was nice to be up and out of the house early.

We did a great job in the afternoon of tidying up the house and organizing various thins, including the front closet. I got some of the old shoes out of there and put our hats and mitts in our drawers. 

I made this stew and put it in the oven for it's two hour cooking time, which meant I had lots of time for a workout. I did a 60 minute bike bootcamp.

The stew was smelling good when I came upstairs. 

Q got this little soapstone carving kit for his birthday, so he started working on that.

I worked on our Christmas cards and E did his homework (because why not leave it to Sunday night when you had all weekend?!!).  We capped off our night with a couple of episodes of The Office.