Toronto Road Trip

So, after putting in a 3 hour shift at work Wednesday morning, I got myself out of there as soon as possible. I had a slight setback when we had to fish for the key that I dropped under the deck, but fortunately dad got it out without too much difficulty. By 3:00, we were on our way to the Thomas's house, where we met up with Kara. An hour after crossing the Bridge of Confederation, we picked up Anne-Charlotte, in Aulack. It seemed like no time before we arrived at our overnight crashing pad, the Cormiers. We were too pumped to go to bed early, so only at 11:30 we decided to call it a day.

4:00 AM- Woke up from my 4 and a half hour cat-nap, rip-roaring ready to go! At 5:00 we picked up Uncle Rico (Reuben), and the mini-van with the Fisher Price picnic table strapped to the roof was on its way. We had an awesomely entertaining group that kept us all laughing the whole route up to Toronto. Our rears were getting pretty tender by the time we finally rolled the caravan into the spectacular Ussher household at 7:30PM Thursday evening. The 7 of us were warmly welcomed by Rachel Ussher, who was in the midst of cutting her front lawn, with the push mower. We made ourselves right at home down in their basement, lugging in all of our belongings.

It was a nice sunny, warm day Friday, which was a relief from all the rain we've had in the Maritimes lately. The first thing I did was go for a jog with Kara around the neighbourhood and such. We were back and in the van ready to go by 10:00, but Troy and Paul were slightly late. The plan was to go to catch the subway downtown, and chill there for the ultimate Toronto experience. At 2:30 we all met back together, had some lunch, then went outside to wait for our chauffeur. Our pick-up was most hurried, as Paul pulled the mini van up to the curb and we all swiftly jumped in. We struggled through the traffic, and made it back to the house in good time for a scrumptious supper. That night there was the first session of the conference with Marcus Cain speaking.

The goods.

Picking out snack food at the Superstore.

Yawn.

Gettin 'er all on tape!

The mounted Fisher Price picnic table.

Kara, Anne-Charlotte and myself.

The Ussher residence.

ROAD TRIP BUDDIES!

Beautiful morning.

The food court at the mall.

Sitting in for supper.

Yummy food!

Good book?

Mother's Day Weekend

It was a busy, but satisfactory weekend. On Saturday night we had the pleasure of having a bunch in for a BBQ, complete with hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, pork chops, rostile, salads and a few other tasty dishes. Sunday morning, I presented mom with a well-deserved breakfast in bed! Thanks for being such a great mom! For lunch we went down to Darlington, and had a wonderful Mother's day feast! Chris made some of his famously delicious bbq ribs, which went well! On the way home that night, we stopped in at the Richmond Dairy Bar, so mom could get her free sundae! Good thing I got my jog in that day! :)

Until we get a car, this is what we'll have to do.

Is it safe to be driving with him?

OK, definitely NOT safe!

Barbequing!

Happy birthday Joel!! :) David got Joel right in the face, substituting chocolate sauce for butter.

A light breakfast in bed for mom.

Mother's Day Lunch at Chris and Rachel's. These were delicious corn muffins!

Rostile!

Isn't that just sweet? Way to go Chris!

Face-lift

After undergoing some extensive face-lifts here on my blog, I feel like a whole new person. Well, not really, but it does feel fresh and rejuvenating. On the topic of face-lifts, I am getting kind of impatient to start cleaning out the attic. Now our attic isn't like a place you put your old letters from Grandma- its completely full of junk. It could be the scene of an explosion in a movie. It'll be pretty awesome when (if) we ever get it done! :)

Entrace to the attic.

Lovely staircase.

Where the explosion took place.

As you can see, there's lots of work to do!

Rostile!

After dreaming of making rostile for the past 5 weeks, tonight everything finally came into place to make it. We invited some neighbors (relatives, whatever, we're all related here in Enmore) and started up the old barbie. After the big thing of dough rose the first time, I cut it in half and froze half of it. The other half I used for the rostile. My whole body was trembling as I set out, spreading out the dough, sprinkling it with flour, etc, just like Mark had showed me. I didn't wan to mess this up. After it was all cut and layed on the tray, it stayed out to rise for a bit. When the rest of the food was cooked on the barbeque, It was time for me to prove myself. With still-trembling hands, I picked up the first soft, floury piece, and gingerly placed it on the grill, careful not to burn my hand. One by one, I layed each piece down, Mark would be so proud. Fifteen minutes later, we're ready to eat, and the rostile was a hit. We experimented and used the rostile as hamburger and hotdog buns, which was really good! I was getting pretty full when the meal was done, but not too full for some turtle ice cream cake Melissa made! AND the pecan pie Grammy Raynor made. I got out and had a good long jog after that.

Rostile rising the second time.

Getting ready to go on the bbq.

The finished product!

I LOVE BARBECUES! :)