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Fruity Crumble Bars of Amazingness

Okay.  So once upon a time there was this blog called F-Words and let me just tell you…it was a fantastic food blog.  Yeah…remember when I used to post recipes on here?  I’m not sure what happened bake stand but it could have something to do with the bake stand fact that I haven’t been feeling too inspired since the bake stand lately.  But either way, I felt inspired yesterday because I quit the bake stand and made these delicious little bars AND I remembered to take a picture because I’m not preoccupied by the bake stand.

I feel like I need to get something off my chest I hated doing the bake stand, but I just can’t think of what it was.

…and I ain’t talkin’ ’bout no peanut butter cookies.

Oh, now I remember.  I HATED DOING THE BAKE STAND!  I’d do my day with the kids (I have three kids under four – it’s not exactly a walk in the park – unless we go for a walk in the park that day, then I suppose it is exactly a walk in the park, but you get what I’m driving at here), then I spent EVERY NIGHT alternating between baking and BEGGING for sleep.  Then at the end of all that, I got to stand there, at the market, and watch all of my hard work melt in the sweltering heat, sweating like a fiend.  Then the icing on the cake (pun intended) was that I ended up making a cool $30 profit every week.  I know, it sounds spectacular, but it wasn’t.

I actually ended up going to a therapy session because of the stress of it all (combined with the financial horror that is my bank account), where my therapist said, “But you can bake in the day time can’t you?”  And I was frankly, just too stunned to answer.  I finally said, “A greater woman than myself could probably do it, but I’d end up putting a kid in the oven or making some other horrifying mistake.”  I started going into this huge defensive rant, then realized, this woman has no idea what the f*@k goes on in my house so maybe I should I rethink this whole asking her to therapize my BRAIN thing?!?!?!

Anyway…I have another appointment in 2 weeks.

Back to the bars.  Hey, that sounds like a movie or something.

Back to the Bars – The Lora Banks Story.  A chilling tale of a mother gone mad, searching for meaning in life in the bottom of every whiskey sour she can find in this 3 bar town.

Okay for real, back to the bars.

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Lora Banks: EntrepreNERD

Oh, hi there.  I’m sorry…you were looking for, Lora?  She’s gone now…and has been replaced by a savvy business woman!

I kid.  I haven’t completely sold out…but my bake stand did!  Yesterday was my first day at the farmer’s market and it went really, really well.

There’s me.  I took a shower and everything.  I’m a serious business lady now.

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Christa and Jenny go Shopping

Let me preface this post by saying that it is pretty much for family only.  I would not be so arrogant as to think that everyone and their mom wants to hear about every little detail of our lives…and with that said, this one will be interesting to a very specific circle of people.

So, on with the post!

In case you haven’t guessed already, craft time is a regular time around this house.  The other day, for craft time, we decided to make puppets.  The only stipulation was that they have “googly eyes” and “crazy hair.”  Here’s what we came up with.

Come to think of it, the puppets aren’t the only things with googly eyes and crazy hair in that picture.

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Vancouver Peeps: Check This Shop Out!

I will full on admit it.  I’m totally biased.  But I don’t care.  I don’t care if the journalist police hunt me down and throw me in prison for it.  Because it’s worth it.

My friend Andrea opened up a new bakery/coffee shop in Burnaby and it is, without a doubt, the best place you haven’t been.  I’ve had Andrea’s baking before and I will tell you this: I’d go so far as to say it’s “to die for,” except that I HATE that phrase, and really, you wouldn’t want to risk dying because you’d never be able to try any of her delectable deliciousness again.  So instead I’ll say it’s to LIVE for.

Also, handling the cafe end of things is my sister Christa.  Say hi when you go in!  You’ll know it’s her because she’ll probably be the one making a fart sound.

Here’s a picture of the gals so you know what you’re getting into before you go.

Andrea’s is the one cutting the BRAIN CAKE she MADE, and Christa is the one laughing her head off.  (Note: Andrea is not actually a cow girl – although should probably consider becoming one because she wears it so well.)

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Where you been, Lora?

So, since I know you all wait with baited breath for every single post I write (or at least that’s what you let me believe while you’re telling everyone you know that you really only even glance at this blog as a favour to me so that I’ll keep making you cookies) I’m sure you noticed I stopped writing.  Or maybe, you reconnected with your faith in God, because he finally answered your prayer asking for a cessation in my mundane updates.  Either way, I know you’ve probably been wondering why I suddenly lost the urge to tell everyone, every single detail about my life.

Well here’s the reason:

My sister, Christa, or ahem, Anutie Tweesta, came to visit all the way from Vancouver!

It was awesome.  I love her.  That is all.

Car trouble…

Ruby and Emma have been playing a new game where they pretend they are their aunt and uncle, Christa and Shane.  The game usually involves a car and driving to the mall to buy a backpack.

Today they were having trouble getting the game going, Emma was a little distracted and Ruby was getting frustrated so I decided to step in and lend a hand.  Ruby is in the “car” (our living room ottoman with a cape wrapped around her as a “seat-bewt”) and Emma’s holding a toy phone.  This scene unfolded: Continue reading