Ready Made Pasta

I received this booklet in the mail, it is a coupon and some recipes for a new ready made pasta product.  The product costs $2.27 in the grocery store so with the $2 coupon I will try this offer.  It came with recipe suggestions as well.  Although it seems easy enough to make one's own pasta. It may be suitable for busy people who need to save time on meal preparation,or maybe for people who don't cook. Mind you, there is still work to do to make a pasta salad out of it.  What do you think?

And Happy Father's Day to the dads out there!

Yummy Cake

Daughter L made this beautiful diabetic friendly cake to celebrate both my birthday and Father's Day this year. My birthday is always pretty close to Father's Day. Here is the recipe, she might have made a few changes here and there. She said the icing was made with cool whip and cream cheese along with a few spoons of coconut milk, yum.

Sunday Sketches - Concept Sport Yacht

Welcome to Sunday Sketches! This piece is a concept sport yacht I saw in a magazine. It's done on heavy paper (8 1/2" x 11") using my permanent colouring markers. I had done an initial version on a 3 inch memo sheet last week.

And Happy Father's Day!

Sunday Sketches - Sunset over the Barn

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

For Sunday Sketches I did a piece in my art journal (8 1/2" x 11") in watercolour pencil, watercolour crayon and waterproof black artist pen. It evolved into a stained glass effect, called 'Sunset over the Barn'.

Sunday Sketches - Rose

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there!

I did a simple rose for Sunday Sketches today. It's on a green post-it note in watercolour pencil (2"w x 3"h).

Sunday Sketches - Peeking Through

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there!

I did this one based on a photo I took in the neighbourhood.  It's called 'Peeking Through'.  It's an art greeting card (4 1.4"h x 5 1/2"w) done in watercolour pencils.

Linking to Alexandra's Sunday Sketches.

I had a rough day today

The photo above is funny if you are familiar with Dora the Explorer, the children's show!

Father's Day went well yesterday. Well, M discovered that his car battery had died the night before. So we tried to jump start it in the morning to no avail. We called CAA (Canadian Automobile Association) and they sent a battery expert over within 20 minutes. He restarted the car but determined that it was on its last legs (it was 5 years old anyway). We decided to let him install a brand new battery.

L and K decided to get their dad an oreo ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. They also got him a new shirt. Later that evening we went out to dinner with M's mom. L noticed that RyanDan, members of an old boy band group B4-4 were just leaving the restaurant and was able to get a nice photo taken with them. She says she might have fainted if she was still 11 years old!