I've been meaning to write a post for a while now… where did January go?!
I hope you all had a wonderful start to the new year - new goals, and endless possibilities!
Every year I put together a bucket list, usually updating it with each season as it comes. My goals for the year include the following…
Be more adventurous in the kitchen. Instead of trying a new recipe for a similar item each week - which I'll admit was more challenging than I had anticipated. I have a list of 12 new, more challenging, recipes and techniques to try this year. These include Beef Wellington, Mozzarella, and Panna Cotta. I'd also like to bake bread more often, and make better use of my ice cream attachment. I will also soon be adding a pasta machine to my kitchen arsenal - yay!
And our #sixpacksnackattack weekly challenge has definitely helped keep us inspired to try new recipes and techniques too, so I'm thankful for that.
Read more books. I'm hoping to read 12 this year (I only read 6 last year… not including cookbooks - which I will sit and read cover to cover, like a novel). So far I've read Paper Towns, am currently reading A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain, and I have Kitchens of the Great Midwest on deck.
Paper Towns was pretty good, it had some solid adolescent insight. Then we watched the movie, and so much was skipped over that it wasn't even the same story - thats what I get for reading the book first, even though I know better than that! I should probably also stop reading YA books, but I'm kind of a sucker for them.
A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain is a darker book (which I guess I read a lot of last year), but it's also kind of magical and draws you into this small town. It's based in BC around the Highway of Tears. I'm about halfway through, and enjoying it more and more.
Finish my "Auntie" Square Blanket. I put this project on hold about a year ago, and I really want to complete it this year. I have about half of the granny squares I'll need to make the blanket. I can whip those up pretty quick, but I think I'll have a hard time figuring out how to arrange the squares when I'm ready to assemble it. Since I'm using up the scraps from the blankets I made the girls, I have a random amount of each colour. But I'm sure it will work out fine, and become something I treasure.
Take more long weekends. I've already warned my boss, and he is 100% supportive. With the exchange rate the way it's been its not likely we'll ve venturing south of the boarder. But. we are hoping to do a Tofino trip in the next few months, an Okanagan trip, and a camping trip north of Whistler this summer.
Really this is the 2016 bucket list...
Other things...
- We started watching Friday Night Lights - binge watching the first season in a weekend! It is filling the OTH sized hole in my heart. It's a bit more real than OTH, less drama for drama's sake. Corey is also super into it - the football aspect helped with that.
- I've been listening to the album "If You Leave" by Daughter pretty much on repeat, especially this song. Isabella is dancing a contemporary solo to it, and it brings tears to my eyes every time I watch her. So much beauty and grace - I am a very proud auntie.
- Just found out Joy is working on a new book - Brunch! Due out next Spring!
- Also, getting more and more excited for the Gilmore Girls revival! This interview with Lauren Graham assures me it will be everything we are hoping for.
- And we can not forget about Fuller House! Seriously, way to go Netflix! We will definitely be getting our nostalgia fix this year. Now can they please make a series about Zack Morris and Kelly Kapowski living happily ever after?
- Planning some projects around the house. Starting with a new headboard, like this one. We'll see what else we can come up with. Maybe a coffee table too, like this one.
February is looking pretty quiet, that is after this long weekend comes and goes.
We spent last weekend in Port Alberni, helping my sister and the girls move back into their old house. And I got to watch the girls' festival dress rehearsal, so I got to see 11 of their 16 dances! Which is madness! They all did so well, and are growing into such amazing dancers - SYTYCD watch out!
Corey left this morning for a few days in Toronto for work, meeting with Whirlpool. He also got to go to Las Vegas at the beginning of January with Samsung. So, needless to say he's been pretty lucky so far in his role at Best Buy.
And then when Corey gets back on Friday, Aaron & Michelle are coming for the weekend. We were originally planning a Portland getaway, but the exchange rate squashed all hope of that happening. So instead we are going to head over to Gibsons for the Sunshine Coast Beer Festival, and stay Saturday-Sunday. It should be fun, we haven't really had a chance to explore the Sunshine Coast.
Other plans for February include lots of cooking & baking, decluttering the apartment, and few long drives. I see most of my free time being spent at home this month, which I couldn't be happier about.
Thinking of you always.
Sending love,
Xo, A
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