the most important meal of the day

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mike and i rarely have a chance to sit and have breakfast together. one or both of us are usually in a rush out the door. we either grab a granola bar or stand at the kitchen counter scarfing down our cereal before running out the door. not good, right?! i know...

today for the first time in a very long time we had an opportunity to cook breakfast together and sit and chat...chat about what? lost of course. heehee...

we decided to make some biscuits for breakfast.

ingredients (makes about 6 biscuits):

- 2 cups all-purpose flour

- 1 teaspoon sugar

- 1 tablespoon baking powder

- 1 teaspoon salt

- 8 tablespoon butter, cubed

- 1 cup whipping cream

preheat the oven to 375.

since we don't have a kitchen aid mixer with a paddle attachment, i put all the dry ingredients into my bread maker until it looks like corn meal.

after the dry ingredients are mixed together slowly pour in the cream until it is combined with the dry ingredients.


after the dough is ready, roll it out on a floured surface and cut out circles (i used a mug). i like to cut out two thin circles and stack them so that the biscuits come apart in the middle after they are cooked.



put the biscuits on a buttered baking sheet and bake for about 20 minutes until they are golden brown.



breakfast is served!

the end of lost

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i'm totally going to out myself as a big nerd but oh well..

as many of you know i am a HUGE lost fan.nerd.geek. i started watching it 6 years ago with my little lights staff in dc. it was a way for us to unwind and relax after a long day with our crazy LL kids. after 6 years of lots of questions and mind boggling twists in the story, lost finally wrapped up this weekend. i know there are many mixed reviews on the finale but in my opinion i thought the writers did an excellent job and ended the show with what ultimately mattered most to the fans - the characters, not the questions.

in order to celebrate the end of lost, mike and i hosted a little party for a few of our friends. it was really tough trying to round up lost fans in vancouver. there isn't much of a following here. anyhoo, enjoy some of the pictures of our festivities.

good bye lost, i will miss you.



mr cluck's chicken.



the swan station sign for our door.



the names of our guest on the "cave wall"



daniel faraday and crazy claire



richard & the number 15 bunny



the beverages

thanks to the brauns, the shim clan, and namster for celebrating with us!

vancouver sun run

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on sunday minna, jen and i ran the vancouver sun run. we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day.


the vancouver sun run is the largest community race in north america. this year there were over 50,000 participants. insane right?

the three of us have been running almost every weekend together. it's been a lot of fun exploring different parts of the lower mainland. we are proud to say that we finished at our personal best of 1 hours and 4 minutes. go team!

(miss piglet aren't you proud that i remembered to bend my arm for the photo :))

baby hair clips holder

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i had a baby shower to go to this weekend and i thought i would open up my craft box and try to make something for the mommy to be. my best bud mrs. chou suggested i make a baby hair clip holder. being a mother of a baby girl, she said it would be a cute and practical gift so i thought i would give it a shot.




first i spray painted this base. i was hoping to find the wooden base in white but had no luck. i spray painted it on a windy day and it ended up looking a bit bumpy and uneven. oh well...

next after the paint dried, i cut this circle out of some pretty pink paper and decoupaged it to the base.


while the glue dried i painted the letter k i bought. the baby's name is kayla. i think that is such a beautiful name.

after everything dried i glued the pieces together with wood glue.

tada! i got a bit lazy taking the step by step photos. after i glued the base and the letter "k" together i glued some brown and pink ribbon to the base for the hair clips to hang from. i then tied a bow on the top and sewed a buttom in the middle. the mom-to-be told me the nursery colors are brown and pink so i tried to keep with the theme.

here is a close up.

all the hair clips are from SweetBittyBows: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetBittyBows. denise the seller was such a doll and agreed to ship all the clips to canada for me. all you moms of lil girls check out her shop. she has THE cutest clips.