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// Where All Our Days Merge Together...

{as heavy-duty as our frozen flavours got this month; no kidding here; my gram's after school friday treat with dinner - the fizzy mixed drink!; our three ingredient 'peach kola slushy'}

 

... and we can never get to bed early enough during the week. Can you relate? August has been super-busy for most getting all the necessaries in place for a smooth(er) year ahead. In some ways, it feels like getting ready for a new year (as in January), throwing out this and restocking that, wishing there was a safe bonfire happily waiting over the railings instead of having to relate to one item at a time, and becoming perplexed as to why it's taking an hour longer to slip into bed. We're blaming it on our crave for some light nighttime entertainment. It's an anxious and maddening world out there, understandably, and I've had many unraveling moments too. We need our calm, refueling things! These too have been the days of August. More of the month that was after the jump. Have a relaxing weekend everybody. ~xx

// Have a Safe Long Weekend.~

{good morning to you too!; they always find a way to get my attention and make me smile}

 

Happy Friday! This month, our official outdoorsy-adventure summer month found us, more in, than out (what else is new). But today, we enter Stage 3!, and hopefully we all will continue to do our part with being responsible and respectful, wearing our masks and social distancing as mandated within our beautiful province, for a successful transition. It's the only way to safely see ourselves through these times, and being able to step outside a bit more. My legs love and need that outdoor stretch. Can you relate? Little moments from our month, all on different days of the week, that gave a soft mental lift. Have a lovely weekend, and please do wear your mask when out and about. ~xx

// Breakfast Brownies (Gluten-Free)

I had a feeling, and then a hunch, and then another feeling that with making these quick and promisingly delicious brownies (and not holding out any longer), my favourite dark chocolate bar would return to our grocery shelves. And as fate would have it with all the stars and even clouds in perfect spring alignment— said chocolate bar was back in stock on my next visit, three days after this delight, and after four plus weeks of a very 'dry shelf spell'. My new favourite go-to in the event of... and because they're really all that, and because I like switching-things-up days when dessert becomes breakfast — even on a Sunday! Using a 2:1 chocolate blend (2 ounces unsweetened chocolate [that's all I had then] and 1 ounce semi-sweet chocolate), reducing the sugar a tad and upping the pure vanilla extract, my happy just-right moist and fudgy chocolate fix ending became a drooling reality...

// Have a Cozy Weekend.

{at-home downtime frequents these days, now including Sausalitos and more Goldfish}

 

Saturday, just after 1 p.m. (we are a weekend sleep-in family), the phone rings - it's my sister Jan, and things go like this:

 

Me: Hello. (in a whisper voice)

Jan: Hey Sue, 'whatcha doing?

Me: Hey, good morning!; playing around with the blog for a few.

Jan: Oh, ok... is that chips? (she did hear a crunch) :)

Me: Ya, my favs. :)

Jan: Hmmm, have you cut the bag as yet Sue?

!Both of us now laughing out loud!

Me: Yeah, hahaha, I did. LOL... ; so what has you home at this hour? You're usually somewhere around 'Magnolia Street'?... :)

// Bacon & Egg McGriddle

Cozying up with our comfort foods. Where our lazy weekend breakfast moments meet mid-week dinner do's and other as-you-like-it joys. An en route favourite (when it existed) was McDonald's Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Blueberry McGriddle Breakfast Sandwich — and crazily enough, every now and again I do ask for it (just in case it's hidden somewhere in their back oven)... the all-in-one warm blueberry muffin sandwich bun filled with crispy bacon!, eggs, and cheese, with a drizzle of sweet maple syrup. With most of us now hanging out at home 24/7, minus our every other week grocery or pharmacy top-ups, as needed, I can't help wondering—