June 2016 – Page 3 – Just An East Coast Girl

Building a deck and quality time in the backyard

A beautiful Saturday and what are we doing? My sweet husband is helping our son build a deck around the pool we put up last Sunday. He loves that we are home and can help the kids with projects and this year we don’t have a lot of projects of our own. We have some, but they can wait.

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And me…I am just enjoying this nice day in our backyard. I could have gone to help with the deck, BUT some times it’s nice to have a Saturday just to do a couple chores and then relax in the nice space that we are creating in our backyard. After all, what is the purpose if you don’t enjoy it, right? Besides, I still have this nasty cold. 😦

Delicious FOOD… East Coast Style

The last two Summer seasons I did a blog post about the best fish & chips places in Nova Scotia ( at least the local ones that we went to).This summer I thought I would switch it up to include all kinds of local food…East Coast food!

From fish cakes to food trucks to fish & chips to maybe even baked bean and salad suppers haha, we’ll see about that one. So starting now until the end of Summer when we are out and about and have chance to stop at interesting places, I’ll be sure to order something fun, East Coast style, and at the end of August, I’ll show you some of my favourites!

Here’s one to start:

Fishcakes & Salad at the Kiwi Cafe In Chester…delicious! ( and no matter what you order it come with a piece of kiwi)

Why not have your own fun? Order something different you haven’t tried…something very East Coast Style!

Enjoy the weekend!

Dragonfruit

Enjoying one of my favourite fruits today

AND thinking about my friends enjoying a long weekend in celebration of Dragonboat Festival!

I’m so happy we can get these simple pleasures in our grocery stores here in Nova Scotia! Unfortunately no zongzi 😥

1/3 of the way there… Congrats James! 🎓

Our youngest son, James, loves to learn new things, he loves challenges and he is ambitious! He already has a Bachelor of Theology, but decided he wanted something more! So…

last year he went back to school!

Here’s his thought… He wanted to live at home and do two years of Business at NSCC, and then two years at a University in the province. The first stage is complete today! James graduates from NSCC Lunenburg with Diploma with Honours in Business Administration-Accounting.

Here are a few pictures from NSCC Convocation today

Next stage…James is accepted at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, starting in July, for a Bachelor of Commerce program.

And if all goes as planned in a couple years he will graduate with the Commerce degree from SMU… and THEN it will be Stage 3… two more years after that… to his goal of being a Chartered Professional Accountant!! In the meantime, he is learning a lot working for the Municipality of Queens in the Finance Department. Congratulations James!! We are very proud of you!

And it’s out for Fish Tacos tonight after work to celebrate at one of our favourite spots , The Old Fish Factory ( the other place James works lol)

Summer Colds Suck

Ugh!! No energy, achy, stuffed up and sore throat… I have David’s cold!

Just vegin’ today

I could be convinced to get a CAN AM

David shakes his head and laughs at me!

Yesterday when we were at Andrew & Kristina’s house they said I should take their CAN AM for a drive. I laughed because I don’t drive a standard ( but is not a standard) and also because that’s their expensive little toy and they want to let me drive it? haha… They said it’s easy, take it!

So…

I did!!!! And I loved it! And it goes REALLY fast! lol

So whenever David decides that he needs a change from his Honda Fury…maybe then it will be time to get a CAN AM. I could be convinced, But then I guess I could always ask Andrew if I can drive his 😛

Goode Times!

It’s a rainy Monday. Nice for downtime and so wonderful since we haven’t had to water our new grass or plants. Everything is looking so beautiful and lush and green because of the rain. Have a great week!

Pool Party

Who would have thought 15 years later we would be doing the very same thing? It may be a different place and different people but the procedure is still the same. 15 years ago it was our pool in Pleasantville for our kids. ( I dug these oldies out to see what we did. The kids were so little) Andrew was there every step of the way…

I think Andrew enjoyed it so much that he decided to do the same at his and Kristina’s home. It’s NOT Pleasantville BUT it’s Pleasant River. 😀

Today is “Putting Up A Pool” Party! And you’re invited. lol

Pool is up!!! Now to get it filtered and clean and the deck built. And…they’ll be swimming in no time!!!

I know you guys will have so much fun with your pool Andrew & Kristina especially when you get off night shifts this summer and can go for a refreshing dip 😛

A Garden Celebration

June and July is wedding season!

Beautiful & romantic and sweet and… that’s how I would describe my sweet niece’s wedding. Ben & Erika married this afternoon in a beautiful garden theme ceremony surrounded by family and friends. ❤

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So happy we could be there for your special day! Congrats Erika & Ben

Final Episode! What will my mornings be like?

Wow! This came as a shocker! Earlier this week I posted about Canada AM being “Live” in Lunenburg for Jeff Hucheson’s last remote broadcast before his retirement. Well, yesterday it was announced that today, June 3, is Canada AM’s LAST broadcast!! The show has been cancelled after 43 seasons! Wow!!! What a shock!

When I think back about Canada AM, I think of Norm Perry. Do you remember this face?

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Jeff Hucheson will start his retirement as planned and Marci Ien and Beverly Thomson will stay will Bell Media.

I am sure gonna miss this regular part of my morning! It has been a part of East Coast and Canadian culture.

A mid week escape

Just what I needed! A mid week adventure with a friend! Yesterday, we went to Chester and browsed some shops, had lunch at a great little cafe, and then a sweet treat in Mahone Bay on the way home. Lots of stories and laughs…so much fun ALWAYS!