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I'm Alive...

And well! I'm sorry I didn't write earlier...it wasn't 'cause I was too busy...or because I don't love you...it was because I had no internet! And I sure have missed writing to you! But I'm back! Until I get some more pictures and more organzined this will just be a short post...a teaser.

Not to worry...I will be back.
P.S. I just did spell check on this post an almost ever word is spelled wrong...the spell check is in Italian!

Aha! Tricked you!

No, I am not writing this from Italy! I am writing in my usual spot in Charottetown with the weather network on and Tracy beside my singing "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry. I was supposed to be in Italy at this point but alas Charlottetown is full of surprises and dumped 30 cm of snow on us! My flight was cancelled as was all flights leaving Charlottetown. But as with most things you're patient with in life it worked out fine. I got to spend one more night with Tracy watching movies and eating mac'n cheese and garlic shrimp. The revised plan is that I leave from Charlottetown at 11:55 and get to visit not only the Toronto, Frankfurt, and Florence, but the Halifax and Rome airports too!
So, you'll have to wait another day to get some good pictures...unless I decide to chronicle my airport adventures, hmmm.

The Farmer's Market and my first KISS!!

I have been working at the farmers for the past 7 months and have loved it! It's taken me this long to get pictures of the people I work with though, so here we go.

Firstly, this is Kim who is my boss and who I work with every Saturday. Kim is from Holland and smokes the salmon himself and its probably the best smoked salmon that exists in this world. I feel completely confident in saying you have never tasted such yummy fish. Here is Kim and I at the booth where we spend our Saturdays:

Our neighbor on the right is Steve. Steve is hilarious. He's German and bakes bread. He also makes the most delicious whole wheat chocolate croissants. Yum. Here is Steve and Me (he's usually wearing this tweed suit jacket, it adds to the 'Steve' look):

And last but not least, Garth and Peggy. They were my neighbors on the left. Garth loved to give me parsnips, potatoes, and carrots. We've have had an endless supply of them in the apartment since the winter. They are also a source of endless entertainment on Saturdays, Peggy and Garth are not married but bicker like a married couple, it is hilarious! Here we are:

Now, you should know that if Garth was not in his late 60's and missing teeth I would marry him. He is charming, sweet, and kind...and loves telling dirty jokes. We have fun. I had to say goodbye to him yesterday and it was so sad....he kept saying "I'll miss you, girl." Awwww.

On to the kiss, right? Are you ready?

I had my first kiss on Saturday, not from any hot and young market boy (there are a few of those) but from this guy:

Yup, I printing out the wedding invitations this afternoon!

Cuppie Cakes!

This is gonna be fun...are you ready?

Okay so remember these from a couple weeks ago?

They were awesome, until these came along:

And these:

Extra cute!

We also went a little crazy with the left over melted chocolate:

And then even a little crazier:

Yum!

Ohhhh, you thought I meant the cuppie cakes? They were yummy too!

Signing off for now!

I love you guys!

I had been expecting a package from back home before I left for Italy but I never expected this:

Walking home from the post office I could not stop smiling! As I passed people and they saw my beautifully decorated package they smiled too. I didn't open the package right when I got home, instead I just stared at it.

And then I opened it. There is only one thing better than actually being with your family and that is receiving a package from them. Seeing their writing and touching the things that they just touched days ago.

Thank you! I love you all!

P.S. Didn't someone's Grandmother once say "If you make faces like that one day your face will just stay that way"? I better be careful.

Pitas!!

Yesterday we decided we would have Tuna Melts for supper. But, wait, what were we going to eat them on? We didn't have any bread (I was supposed to make some earlier!!), we didn't have bagels, we didn't have anything suitable to be a tuna melt base. So, we made pitas.
I had seen something about homemade pitas on a different blog and thought they'd be fun and exciting to make. They were!

Here I am patting out my little pita balls.

And rolling.

Watching the pitas puff. I was excited.

Wow, I pull of a really good 'crazy' face....and this was actually one of the 'good' ones.

These are the finished pitas. They turned out pretty good for the first attempt. There is still some tweaking that needs to happen, but was was pretty happy, and the tuna melts were delicious!

Oh, and one last picture. One pita didn't work out so well, so I made a mask out of it. I'm planning on taking it with me to Italy and going to a masked ball in Venice.

Happy Birthday Mama!

Today is my darling mother's 48th birthday.
I'm going to get an earful when she realizes I did a whole post on her! Heehee!
It took me a while to dig up pictures of my mom...she has mastered avoiding the camera...but I managed to find a few.

Here's my Mama. Isn't she gorgeous?

She came from two of my favorite people!