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Day 59, 60 & 61 of 99 - Storm Day?

The kids are hoping for a storm day tomorrow.  Anyone care to take a guess as to whether or not that will happen?  I know there were a lot of people buying storm chips when we went to the SuperStore this evening lol.  A friend posted this pic in the PEI Weather Discussion group the other day and it made me laugh because it's so true.

I taught POUND class last night in Stratford and we had a great turnout despite the high winds.  Tonight I taught at TCAP in Montague and we had a great turnout there as well.  Now I'm looking forward to Friday and the weekend!  We're registered to do the Light Up the Lake Walk/Race in Charlottetown Saturday night at 6pm (weather permitting).  We did this walk last year as a family in honour of Roy's brother Boyde who passed away from pancreatic cancer. :(  It's something I'm hoping we can continue to do every year.

That's the scoop for now.  I'm going to do a bit of knitting or reading before bed.  

 

Day 57 & 58 of 99 - Instant Pot Greek Yogurt

Roy and I have been saying for a while that we wanted to try our hand at making Greek yogurt in the Instant Pot.  It seemed like a lot of steps but Roy decided to tackle it yesterday.  My contribution to the entire process was picking up the whole milk from Sobeys.  I used 3.25% milk because I wanted to have a higher fat yogurt with less sugar.  The recipe we followed came from Pressure Cooker Recipes.

I had Oikos whole milk greek yogurt which we used for the starter.  We did a 12 hour Incubation because I like my yogurt tart.  We then let it strain in the fridge overnight.  It's so thick and creamy and delicious.  I'll never buy store bought yogurt again.  The great thing is it can last 2-4 weeks and the fridge and even longer if you freeze it.  If you own a slow cooker I definitely recommend giving this a try.  Just remember it's a bit of a process unless you have an ambitious husband who likes to cook lol.

Enjoy!

 

Day 55 & 56 of 99 - Life is Precious

In my last post I shared a family story because I felt it was special and wanted to share it with everyone. I was nervous to post it because I know not everyone shares my beliefs and that’s ok. Little did I know that 2 hours after sharing my post, my dear cousin Sherry would pass away in Moncton :( I woke up Friday morning to find out the horrible news. I’m heartbroken for my family and what everyone is going through. Words escape me. I just honestly don’t know what to say.

2018 has been a rough year for so many of us. There has been a lot of loss and heartache but I have to keep the faith that everything is going to be ok. Maybe the poppy on the grave meant nothing and it was all just a coincidence. Maybe now, it means more than I realized it did. I’m keeping the faith. ❤️ 

Rest In Peace Sherry. I love you and will cherish my childhood memories of you. Give Mom and Dad a hug and kiss for me. Until we meet again 😢  

Day 54 of 99 - A Poppy from Heaven

Tonight I’m going to share a personal event that I know not everyone will agree with. I know there are friends and family on my Facebook who aren’t religious so I’m not trying to convince anyone they should believe what I do or anything like that. My husband isn’t religious but still loves and respects my beliefs. I ask for everyone’s kindness and respect.  If you feel like commenting something rude, don’t bother. Thank you in advance!

Last night was a busy evening with both kids having Remembrance Day concerts at their schools. My brother texted me to tell me he went to the graveyard to visit Mom yesterday. He had a dental appointment and the dentist office is right across the street from the Peoples cemetery. If you’re not familiar with this cemetery, it’s quite large with one half being the Protestant burying ground and the other half being Catholic. It’s been open since the late 1800s so yeah...it’s big. Anyhow, when Charlie got to Mom’s grave he found a poppy pin there just laying on the ground. Every year Mom would get Charlie his poppy pin to wear and he told me he felt like Mom was giving him one this year. I absolutely love that this happened and that my brother shared this story with me. Is it a coincidence? Possibly. But I know what I choose to believe ❤️ Out of the entire cemetery and with it being so large I find it amazinf that a poppy would just happen to be there at the time my brother decides to go visit. I love it  😊 

We love you and miss you Mom and Dad. 

 

Day 52 and 53 of 99 - Happy Birthday Roy!

Yesterday my amazing husband Roy turned the big 50!  Despite promising him I wouldn't make a big deal out of it, I made a point of telling everyone at work to tease him. :). He still loves me though lol. “Your day is coming”. Although my day is much further away. Teasing!

The kids had the house all decorated when we got home from work yesterday and we spent the evening enjoying a delicious supper from Stella’s and chocolate fudge cake cake for dessert. After that we were exhausted with full bellies and ready for bed. We plan to celebrate some more this weekend :)

We love you Roy!! Xoxoxo

Day 51 of 99 - Go for the Burn

My replacement Polar heart rate strap arrived on Friday. The one I had for my m400 died and without it I’ve been seriously flying in the dark trying to guess how many calories I’ve been burning. Now that I have it I’ve been focusing on reaching my target calorie burn and the scale is moving down once again. I’m in my happy place, even finding room for Reeses candy in the balance ;)

The Mental Wellness Challenge for today is to declutter my desk or bedroom. Considering I left my desk in a pile of papers I guess I’m going to have to go tackle my room for a few minutes. I’ll set a timer for 10 minutes and see what I can get done :)

Today was a busy first day back to work. We were on our way in when Alex texted to say the town people were by to remove the tree in our front yard to do the repair work to the water line. There’s a nice muddy mess in the front yard and it looks weird not having the tree there anymore. Roy is glad to see it gone. We’ll have to wait for the spring until the town plants seed for the grass. That’s ok though. 

Anybow that’s all for now. I have some tidying to do then bed :)

Goodnight everyone!

Day 50 of 99 - Time Change and Power Outages

The clocks went back an hour last night. Ordinarily that throws me off a little bit but what made it extra fun today is that we had a windstorm last night which knocked our power out at midnight. It didn’t come back on until after lunch today. It was kinda nice to snuggle under the blankets longer, knit and read but by 11 I was getting cold and looking to cook lunch. I don’t know how the Amish do it. Definitely wished we had a wood stove at least lol. 

Today’s Mental Wellness Challenge was to call a friend. I did one better and went for coffee this morning at Tim’s with my good friend Simonne :) ❤️ As always, she gave me some great advice and even treated me to a bagel and coffee 😋 

Here’s a pic of another dish cloth I completed today too. I already started a third one :) 

I hope everyone had a great day. I’m going to try to settle down and get ready for bed. Back to work tomorrow. Taking Friday off to be with the kids. Looking forward to a short week :)