Top Ten Tuesday: Canadian Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving this past weekend and that means we spent time with some great friends, family and ate some delicious food so here it is, top ten Thanksgiving foods.

1. Turkey, obviously! Never had a deep fried one but would love to try it.

2. Sweet Potato Casserole. Different from yams so I learned 2 years ago and pure yumminess especially when mixed with butter and brown sugar and topped with marshmallows... (okay so every photo I found appears to be made with yams...hmmm) googled the difference

3. Yams...yes they're good too especially when baked in orange juice, mmm.

4. Potatoes and gravy. Yes they must go together, they are one entity.

5. Cranberries. I could eat my weight in these, seriously.

6. Carrots and other vegetables. Really these are eaten to even out the turkey, gravy and cranberry sauce and to soak up some of the not so good for you stuff.

7. Stuffing/Dressing. I detest the stuff but I understand it really isn't turkey dinner without it.

8. Pumpkin Pie. Again I'm not a fan but it is very thanksgiving-ish dessert.

9. Ice Cream cake. Okay not traditional but we had it and it was scrumptious.

10. Rolls. Mmm so buttery and good.

We took a lovely walk with the dogs on Thanksgiving Sunday and enjoyed the crisp air, blue skies and crunchy leaves. I LOVE autumn!

 For more Top Ten fun go visit Amanda.

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Meal Plan

I LOVE autumn, love it! It means warm soups, drinks, and just a general coziness that I love. I'll be baking some pumpkin yumminess and we'll be enjoying Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday most likely. Other than that, here's what we'll be eating for the week.

Monday: Burgers as requested by my husband so we can use some yummy spicy peppers given to us from a friend's greenhouse.

Tuesday: Copycat Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi soup but with pasta

Wednesday: Stir Fry

Thursday: Cheesy Chicken and Rice casserole

Friday: Burritos

Saturday: Leftovers

Sunday: Thanksgiving dinner?

For more menu plans head over to Laura's site

Linky Love: cupcakes, autumn and bunting

Hello Naomi: I love all things cupcake and I also love her name, just look at these babies.

Echoes of Laughter: I love autumn and she has some great decorations oh annnnnd she's a fellow maritimer living out west.

The Artful Abode: I love bunting, love it.

Top Ten Tuesday: Things I Did This Summer

1.  Visited with far away family and friends. Oh how nice it was to be able to spend some quality time this summer catching up and introducing Isabel to everyone from back east.

2. Saw places I've really been missing.

3. Camped across the country and then some with my best friend, our daughter and our dogs in our tiny trailer.

yes half our roof top carrier is missing but that is a whole nother post.

4. Drank yummy Java Moose drinks. Hello Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Mocha.

5. Shopped in stores that don't exist where I live.

6. Combined #1 and #3 for a family camping trip.

7. Watched my baby girl learn to sit, wave, crawl and pull to standing.

8. Ate entirely too much good food...

9.  Missed my own house but not the smoke from wild fires

10. Flew by myself with the babe for the first time...across the country 

Fr more top ten fun visit Amanda

Totally slacked on the blog for the summer but hoping to get back in the swing of things.

I'll also probably have some more spare time on my hands since the babe is napping regularly and we cancelled our satellite tv!?

Now in some areas that would mean that we still have a channel or 2, we do! We have 1 channel but it's all celebrity gossip all the time. Not my style. I've lived without tv before and I actually like how it made me feel.

 I'm figuring it might save us in electricity from running the tv (for background noise when I'm not even watching it)... Not to mention I'll get outside more and spend more time just enjoying quality family time.

Linky Love: May 1st edition

Mother's Day Gift Ideas and Giveaway from The Diaper Diaries: I love love this jewellery in particular, what an awesome gift idea...for mother's day...perhaps a first mother's day...?

Family Ring: another awesome mother's day gift from etsy.


Eco-Friendly Tutorials neat ideas, need to make the scrappy zipper pouch.

Chicken Pomodoro Recipe from Cooking During Stolen Moments: Made this on Thursday, so good and a nice option for a spaghetti type dish.