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Back on the Island...

I'm back in PEI and back at school. Like always it's a bit of an adjustment to return. I miss my family and all the hustle and bustle of having a whole bunch of people around. Thankfully I have the WBR (world's best roommate) to hang out with. Yesterday I did absolutely nothing except go to the market and get groceries. I lazed around all day...ate delicious food (of course) and played a game of scrabble. A day that didn't cross much of my to-do list but left my feeling satisfied and comfortable tired.

I am having busy days at school as I prepare to head to Vancouver but I will do my best to keep up the posts!

I hope everyone had an easy transition week back into work and school!

Hair Cut

I love getting my hair cut. Before I came to Charlottetown I would get my hair cut every 4 weeks. Not that my hair grows exeptionally fast...I just like getting my hair cut! I had a hair appointment the day before I came back to Charlottetown (yup, I'm back now!) and it was pretty drastic so I thought I'd do some before and after shots. Just for fun!

Before

It was long, eh? Well not any more!!!!

After

Voila! Donna, as always, did an amazing job. I am so happy...have lots of hair is lots of work!

Photos from the last days...Part 1

My time at home is coming to an end. In a couple of days I'll be heading back East. I am spending these last days soaking up as much family as possible. Here are some photos from yesterday and today.

First up, one of the most unexpected and amazing presents I have ever received...footie pajamas! Who knew there were adult footie Pajamas...my darling Cousin Chantrelle did, that's who!

They are wonderful, except if you have to go pee....

Another highlight (though not as exciting as the footie pajamas) was my brothers unloading the dishwasher...let's just say it doesn't happen often!

There was a trip to The Bay...

Zach and I may need to work on our modelling skills.

We found the neatest Asian Market and made a spontaneous stop! It was so cool!It had purple eggs and QUAIL EGGS!!And carts like I used in Italy!And PEKING DUCKS!!We made gnocchi together...

Zach made his first loaf of bread with sourdough starter from Italy!

We are a force to be reckoned with in the kitchen!

I'll keep you posted on the last 2 days!!

Catching up...

I hope you all had a great Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. I seem to have now regained energy and am ready to share with you some of my Christmas!

I will say that this was one of the best Christmases my family has had. It started early Christmas Morning with my Ma, and Zach and Si. We all slowly opened gifts...

Then my dear brother cooked us all a delicious breakfast and I began cooking supper.

Sometime in the afternoon our people began to arrive...

And somehwere in between all that I got changed into this fancy-shmancy outfit...

Dinner went perfectly. This was the first year that I didn't stress out at all...this school thing is really paying off!

I don't have many pictures of the dinner, except this blurry one...

It was a wonderful day. And Boxing Day was just as good. A little shopping, yes, I do go to the mall, and then more time with some of my favorite people.
Here's to many more Christmases as sparkly and happy as this one!

An ice cream maker with sprinkle shutes...

This time one year ago my Ma's friend, now mine, Earl, was very, very sick...and so I told her that if she lived we would buy a soft ice cream maker with sprinkle shutes. Well, she did, thank goodness! So guess what we went and bought today....a soft ice cream maker!!! We were celebrating that Earl was alive! Yup, we braved the stores on Christmas Eve! But it gets even more complicated...the first store we went to, Home Outfitters near Polo Park:

But alas, they didn't have one! It was quite a traumatic thing. But they located one for us in Transcona. Yup, all the way across town...practically across Canada!

But even in the slushy, not-good-for-driving weather we went to Transcona!When we got there we were so happy! Any of you who went out today will know what we are talking about!

And when we saw that ice cream maker sitting on the shelf...

We couldn't contain the excitement!

We made sure it was what we wanted...

Ha! Of course we wanted it! We hadn't travelled across the universe for nothing!

So, we left Home Outfitters...but not before having a mini photo shoot with the new purchase!

As soon was we got back home we started putting it together.

Not without a few head scratches though....

and a few hearty laughs...

But we got it together. And we realized that the ice cream bowl had to be frozen for 12 hours...we froze it for 2 hours. We were determined to eat ice cream today...even if we ended up kinda drinking it.

And in between all this ice cream making...the fries for our chili fries fell out of the oven, yup, fell...I was helpless with laughter!

Thankfully Earl rescued them from the clutches of the oven...and they tasted pretty good!

Our ice cream was drippy since the bowl was not nearly frozen long enough...but the skor bits (that came out of the sprinkle shute) made it delicious.