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Daily pic: 30 Aug 14

G helping me make coconut milk pudding. A little later, when S was making veggie dip from scratch, I realized how good it is that my girls know how to find and make a recipe if they want something to eat. No need to go and buy a ready-made product from the store.

Daily pic: 29 Aug 14

I took M and G and their friend to a pre-season university football game (Rams) on Friday night. Normally, Neil takes them, but he couldn't go until half time (I went home when he arrived :)). The girls like it because they can roam around, sit wherever they want, and watch the cheerleaders during regular season games. We like it because there's almost no cost, unlike Rider games. (Neil enjoys the football, too.)

Daily pic: 28 Aug 14

Saved by the sky! (I took exactly one picture today: the sky when leaving M's orthodontist appointment at noon - the beginning of 2-3 years of monthly appointments. S will start after Christmas.)

Daily pic: 27 Aug 14

My work BlackBerry was replaced with an iPhone 5S today. First picture on it!

Daily pic: Weeks 33 & 34

These two weeks... lots of work, cooking, and getting ready for school. I had little time for daily photos, but still managed to do it! Overall, this is not my favourite bunch of photos as I know I can do better, but they captured life at this time (at least some of it) and that's my main goal.

Daily pic: 26 Aug 14

My desk at work with everything I need close at hand. My Evoluent vertical mouse directly in front of my arm (and not over to the right) keeps tendonitis away. To do this, I have to use a mini keyboard which I don't love, but accept.

Daily pic: 25 Aug 14

We might get this yard weeded before the end of summer!

I was looking at my photos from several years ago and thought I haven't been taking enough pictures of my girls lately. I took a lot more back then!

Daily pic: 24 Aug 14

Sundays have become cooking days at our house. We cooked seven things from scratch today - four for the upcoming week and three for supper. This is a stew I love, before adding the stock (Bison & Sweet Potato Stew - without beef heart and with a couple large carrots added). The smell is divine!

Daily pic: 23 Aug 14

I'm embarrassed to say these flowers - my favourite - were completely obscured until I spent two hours pulling weeds today. Their leaves are littered with weed seeds. So glad to see these! I thought we had lost all of our echinacea over the winter. There are several more volunteers, too. I think they'll bloom next year.

Daily pic: 22 Aug 14

The flag of my province, Saskatchewan. Representing something I did today.

Daily pic: 21 Aug 14

Evening view from my office building where I spent almost 13 hours today. And it was the tenth day in a row I had been to my office. (The streak ended at 11.)

Daily pic: 20 Aug 14

The younger girls brought crab apples home from a friend's grandma's place.

Daily pic: 19 Aug 14

A pretty volunteer poppy in our yard, with lots of Virginia Creeper behind it.

Daily pic: 18 Aug 14

My kids sure delivered on today's CY365 prompt (starts with C): constantly crafting and Crayola chalk. :) They coloured salt with chalk and then layered it in jars to hold pencils, paint brushes, etc. Thanks YouTube. (They're constantly making messes, too!)

Daily pic: 17 Aug 14

Not a great picture, but it speaks to the week ahead. Both Neil and I have extremely full schedules this week, so I've prepared my favourite tuna salad which will be the base of my packed lunch for the next four days. I made two other favourites, as well: roasted root vegetables and butternut squash pudding (the recipe says "porridge" but I eat it as a snack or dessert). That's a lot of cooking on top of the other work I did today! Totally worthwhile, though.

Daily pic: 16 Aug 14

Dash has become extremely determined to go with us whenever we leave the house. He slips out the door lightning fast! If it's just a short trip and I know someone can stay in the vehicle with him, I'll let him come along.

Daily pic: 15 Aug 14

My 3 coworkers and I enjoyed a fun team-building event this afternoon. We had a one-hour tennis lesson and then played for 40 minutes. We could have played longer, but it was quite hot and humid at the time (humidex of 37C or 99F). 

Daily pic: 14 Aug 14

The girls and I went shopping three evenings in a row for school supplies, backpacks, and shoes. Glad we finished tonight! Here are a few of S's supplies; some old and some new.

Another big finish today: Submitted my job evaluation questionnaire! #6monthsofhell

Daily pic: 13 Aug 14

The girls were super excited to receive these bags their grandma made for them! They went shopping to pick out fabric a couple weeks ago (cupcakes for G, stripes for S, and foxes for M).

Daily pic: Weeks 31 & 32

Did I say something about having more free time (in my last recap)? Ha ha. This block of time included my summer holidays - which was great timimg, but they weren't very restful or productive in terms of house projects. Fun things were still happening, though... Pollyanna, backyard trampoline camping, and swimming lessons, to name a few.