Another weekend come and gone

Seems we had a lot less than usual going on this weekend. We spent more time playing with the kids and getting active...the kids have been skating a fair bit lately, Jason had the boys out for road hockey, I've been to the gym a lot more, Jason's been running and swimming.

Friday night I photographed a Guiding event that Hannah wasn't even involved in. I feel like I owe that organization so much. I was a keen Guide all the way through and it was really great for me so I'm happy when there's something I can do to help them out.

Saturday night we were invited to dinner at Nicola & Peter's with Karen & Bob. They live in a beautiful old home and cooked us a wonderful meal. It was a cozy, grown-up evening with wine and conversation sitting by the fire. Thanks guys!

Today I was mostly in the kitchen. I'm 4 weeks into this new schedule now and it's really working. I spend Sunday planning the meals for the whole week, getting the groceries for the week and pre-cooking and baking as much of it as I can. This is maybe something that isn't new to most people, but for years I have been stressed out at 3:00 every afternoon trying to think of what to make for dinner. All my meat is still in the freezer and I'm panicking. I really don't mind cooking, I just hate having to figure out what to make under pressure. So don't ask me why it's taken me this long to come up with a system, but it has, and now I'm loving it! We're all eating a lot better too. I'm trying to get the kids to be more adventurous in their tastes...squash is now a favourite but I haven't sold anyone (including Jason) on Shrimp Pad Thai. Too bad, it's my favourite...thanks for the recipe, Doug!

~d