Juggling July

What is it that I am juggling?  It is usually my schedule which is pretty much the same Monday to Friday.  Every day except the weekends, I go out and golf. Lately due to the heat wave we are having, I will take a break in between.  How I am able to do it? I have my umbrella up, I wear really comfy breathable clothes and of course drink a lot of water (electrolyte) so far my favorite is Propel Kiwi Strawberry, zero sugar but really helps me. I don't seem to get cramps, etc.  Of course I use sunscreen.  Fortunately, I am not getting sun burnt or turning red.  My secret is that I do it very slowly at the beginning of the golf season.  Today, I am just sharing some of the baking that I have been juggling as well.  Also I have some very pretty pictures from our area.  I am hoping you will enjoy them.  Even though currently we have a lot of wild fires in our province, we are lucky enough not to be too close to them. 

Divorced Carrot Cake

Meringue ready for Pavlova

A beautiful sunset

White Hydrangea

Nachos with corn salsa, pineapple salsa and cheese

Weird and wonderful banana bread ( no eggs but uses mayonnaise)

Just in case June - Ready to go bag

 After a couple of months being late with my post, I decided to get really organized and have this post ready sometime during mid month. I am hoping that every one is enjoying their first day of summer.  Although it is nice to enjoy the heat of the sun, in our neck of the wood, it might not be as welcomed.  The fire season will be starting soon.  I am sure you know that in some part of Alberta and British Columbia, they have already started.  We are all hoping for more rain during the summer.  I hope your area is safe and that you are taking precautions and not take this issue for granted.  Just in case you don't have a ready to go bag, maybe this month, make sure you have a bag with some of the essentials just in case your area will be on Alert or maybe even evacuated.  On that note, here's a short list of what you need.

• Food (ready to eat) and water
• Phone charger and battery bank
• Small battery-powered or hand-crank radio
• Battery-powered or hand-crank flashlight
• Extra batteries
• Small first-aid kit and personal medications
• Personal toiletries and items, such as an extra pair of glasses or contact lenses
• Copy of your emergency plan
• Copies of important documents, such as insurance papers and identification
• Cash in small bills
• Local map with your family meeting place identified
• Seasonal clothing and an emergency blanket
• Pen and notepad
• Whistle

Enjoy whatever you are doing this summer but stay safe and be prepared. 

2023 Fire in West Kelowna

May was only a few days ago

 Although May was only a few days ago, it is still considered late. My apologies and I hope that you were able to enjoy my last months post.  This month I am going to share more sceneries taken between the last few months.  I thought that I would organize my post a bit more, but I still want to share some photos that other readers are waiting from, like food and crafts. Here are some in my front yard and backyard.

Sunset from our living room window.

View from one of main road during our walk.

While visiting my cousin in Blaine, WA this bunny was waiting.

A pheasant in our backyard.

The deer are our frequent guest that loves to stop by.

One of the amazing sunset right from our living room window.

That is all for this month.  I am going to make sure I am not for my monthly post just in case there are some of you that are checking this blog once in a while. Thank you for stopping by.

A very late April

During our Sunday walk, I took some photos and then I remembered that I have not posted anything for April and May.  But then, no one is probably missing it.  So when I got home, I immediately checked and sure enough I missed two months.  My excuse for the month of April, well our golf course opened and I started to golf everyday for the next two weeks.  After that, I decided to just that I will only golf Monday to Friday and have a rest for two days. I have only a few pictures to share from the golf course.

Two baby owls with very fluffy feathers on hole # 7

Red poppy on hole # 1

When it is a rainy day and I cannot golf, I will do my crafts or do some baking. Here are some of the items I have done so far.

Chicken Pot pie for one of our get togethers.

Banana oatmeal coconut nut muffins

Felt bookmarkers

Rhubarb with white chocolate with cinnamon sugar almond topping.

A new project, fabric passport holders.

That's all for this month. I have to do another one, so I hope you will check it out.

Mish-mash March

Today was the beginning of Daylight Saving Time - Spring Forward and I hope that everyone remembered to change their clock or clocks ( we had to changed at least 10).  It would have been 11 but my hubby broke one while changing the battery.  That particular clock has been with us since 2017 and it was inexpensive, so I was not particularly sad. Now I can buy a new one.  For this month, I called it mish mash because I will be posting some pictures of my latest creation (sewing, embroidery, baking) as well as some photos from our dining out.  It has been a very mild mid February and mid March, so I am very hopeful that our golf course will open early. This is also the month to start preparing for your taxes, just a little hint in case you have not started.  Anyway, I have a lot of photos to share so I hope that your spring has sprung.

Mini shrimp tacos (using scoops, chili lime shrimp with lettuce and sauce.

A very easy puff pastry treat using nutella and almonds.

Cherimoya or sweet sop which I really enjoyed.

A night out with friends at a greek restaurant. (my hubby's dinner)

My shrimp dinner - so yummy.

Lunch at the Station BBQ - Moutine (poutine with smoked brisket)

Ham and cheese roll with a coconut latte in Salmon Arm (Sweet Leaf Cafe)

A new baby boy gift package 3Bs (burp pads, bibs, binkie holders)

Fig and Chocolate Scones (first time trying and it was yummy)

Friendly February

What is different about this month is that there are 29 days instead of 28. Does that mean it is a lucky year? Is it lucky because it is the year of the dragon?  This month there are 3 very friendly days (Chinese New Year, Valentines Day and Family day - only in Canada).  I guess you are wondering why the title is Friendly February.  Well to start we have had a few get together with friends. We celebrated Chinese New year, had a couples get together for Valentines and most recently we had a Mexican night with a couple since it was a long weekend (Family Day). In addition to this, I had a chance to reconnect with some long time friend and relative.  Reminiscing about all the good time and sad times was a bit nostalgic.  I had a chance to chat on the phone to a friend aka distant relative through marriage, but basically and x cousin in law. Anyway, it was weird that we could just chat about the past and it seems like old times. I think the last time I spoke to him was sometime in the mid 80's. In addition to this one, I also had a chance to chat with my childhood friend before he his travel back to the home country to visit relatives and friends while he still can enjoy it.  But enough of these words so I'll share some of the latest creation (sewing) and new recipes (baking) I have done for the couple of months.

Puff wheat squares

Fabric Passport Holders

Felt Bookmarkers

Home made cards I completed at an event.

A family set of passport holders.

Ube (purple yam) coconut brownies.

Valentine's Tiramisu

Juggle January

Welcome 2024, the year of the dragon and I am calling it the year of the juggle. You probably wondering why I am labelling it with the word JUGGLE.  Well, it was one of those mornings when I decided to do a post and what is a word that begins with J. The first word that came to mind was juggle.  So whether it is appropriate or not, to me it feels like this will be the year of juggling.  What am I juggling with or juggling for?  First I will start with my volunteering.  Before the end of last year I decided to resign from one of the agency that I was involved.  Reason - the person who is in-charge was not nice and instead of confronting her and leave with a sour note, I just decided to keep it to myself and just resign. I juggled with that for a few months and then one day, it was time to quit. As my hubby would say, "if you are not enjoying the volunteer work, then it is not meant to be. It's volunteer work so one should not continue if it only causes stress". And he was right.  Now that I have finished juggling with the volunteering, I will tackle the juggling of the several projects that I have started.  My lists starts from sewing, crocheting, embroidering, painting, card making and finally blogging. I actually don't have any problem prioritizing these hobbies. Enough words, here are some photos I am sharing to begin this year. Thanks for stopping by and hopefully you will come back again.

Water color painting on my tablet

Second painting

Donut day (Friday) at Ratio 

First day snow arrived in our city.

Almond Joy Cookies (4 ingredients only)

A very beautiful sunset on a very cold night.