the great clark-crosby cohabitation experiment of '08

Fun at the SPEC party!

Who couldn't love this face!?! I love my little Tay-bay!

I love these kissy little cheeks!

My hubby, Trevor (The Trev-meister, The Trevinator... Janay, can you remember the rest?)

This is my Josh, sometime before his first birthday (I'm guessing)

some old pics

Here's some pics of Taylor in all his bubble-loving glory. Courtesy of Nancy. (circa mar/08)

And an old one of Joshie. (We are estimating Easter/07 on this pic)

Many thanks to Nancy, who makes sure my children are well-documented.

by popular demand

While enjoying much fun at Cassie and Jon's BBQ this weekend, I was requested to provide the recipe for my ALL TIME FAVOURITE dessert. After briefly considering keeping this to myself (I could always claim it's a secret family recipe, right?), I decided it ought to be shared, in all it's glory, with the world at large. And so I give you...

BANANA-SPLIT DESSERT
makes 9x13 pan

2.5 cups graham crumbs
0.5 cup margerine
- mix and bake @350 until brown, cool thoroughly (or buy a graham crumb crust from safeway - whatever floats yer boat)

2 cups icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla
.75 cup margerine
2 eggs
-mix and ice onto cooled crust.

4-6 bananas (depending on size)
2, 14 oz. cans pineapple (crushed or tidbits)
-slice bananas lengthwise and lay over icing, drain pineapple and sprinkle over bananas (I'm fairly certain you can use any fruit you like at this point - maybe some kiwi and strawberries? hmmm?)

1 large container Cool Whip
chocolate chips (amount at your discretion)
-ice Cool Whip on top of fruit, sprinkle (layer?) with chocolate chips

Now, the original recipe calls for this to be served chilled, but Cassie hit apon a way better presentation! Pop these babies in the freezer and serve them like squares (keeps for quite a while if you don't let them thaw.) And... if you can manage to justify all the butter, sugar, chocolate and Cool Whip, maybe you could call this a serving of fruit and eat some every day? Okay, I know, I'm pushing it.

death by crappy computor

Ugh, this blog is woefully out of date. My apologies to any stalkers (Mom, Joanne) and those I have ever hassled about long absences (Julie, Cassie, Julie, etc.). I am ashamed.

On a lighter note - I love my house! I keep forgetting I have a basement, and a second bathroom, and a furnace/storage room, and laundry room, and a TV room. A couple hours into my day I always catch my self and think, "Why are we not hanging out in our super-cool basement!" I'm telling you, that basement is where it is at. Not to mention the GLORY of the cross-breeze. (You apartment dwellers know what I'm talking about) After 3+ years of living in a suite with only one wall with windows on it - I am in heaven. Not even my allergies are going to quell my excitement.

AND.... the joy of purposeful unemployment. I have read 3 books (the "Twilight" series, 1600 odd pages in 4.5 days), 2 newspapers, unpacked my entire house, had dinner guests, and gone to playgroups in the last week - virtually unheard of activities in my former work-from-home life. NOT TO MENTION, the excrutiatingly pure JOY of leaving the house for groceries and other sundry errands whenever I dang-well feel like it!

Heaven, I'm in heaven.

The only thing that is coming close to dulling this buzz right now is the fact that we have no computor. I'm at Nancy's and frankly, this 2-hands-to-work-a-mouse bit is killing me.
slowly.
painfully.