First, I have an update on the gazebo. Roger has been making great progress....considering all the bad weather and the fact that he does work full-time. He has the sides up and scaffolding in place to start on the roof. He is considering taking a couple of days off next week to complete the roof and get the shingles on.
Here's how it looks now.......
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Now, on to the Summer "Bucket List".......................
My
Summer 2012 “Bucket List”
·
Have a
few games of Scrabble
·
Sleep
in a tent
·
Sit
down with mom and get the last bits of information I need to finish her memoirs,
that I’ve started
·
Do the
Tely 10 (a 10-mile road race in St. John’s -- I’ve already registered!!)
·
Have several
fires in our backyard and do “spider wieners” and S’mores
·
Watch
the sun rise & set
·
Lie on
the ground and watch the clouds
·
Take
an early morning (and a late evening) walk on Signal Hill
·
Paint
Mom’s toenails, roller-set her hair, and sit out in her lawn chairs with her
and drink her homemade slush
·
Go on
a date (with my husband of almost 30 years)
·
Spend
at least one full day at the beach, complete with red wine, French bread and a
variety of fruit and cheese
·
Play
Frisbee
·
Eat Ice
Cream at Moo Moos, in St. John’s
· Make a
cake mix, cut it into squares and roll it in (almost set) Jell-O, then roll the
jelly soaked squares in coconut (just like Mom used to do for us when we were
kids—yummy!!)
·
Walk
the old rail bed (from the trestle in Gambo to the Middle Brook Park)
·
Pick
blueberries, partridgeberries & bake-apples (Yes…me, pick berries!!)
· Eat
fries in downtown St. John’s (tried it last summer, but before I ate one golden
brown, crispy fry from my vinegar soaked brown paper bag, I came upon a
homeless guy sitting in a doorway, gave him my fries and 5 bucks and ran to
catch up with my sister, nieces, daughter and mom
·
Take a
nap in my new gazebo
·
Go on
random midnight walk-with Lovey, of course!
·
Visit
some place new
·
Spend
an entire Saturday morning at the St. John’s Farmer’s Market
·
Do the
“lighthouse picnic” at Ferryland
·
Go
“zip-lining” on the west coast of NL
·
Go for
a walk in the summer rain
·
Make a
cream soda float
·
Donate
blood
·
Wear a
dress
(I've highlighted the item that I have completed. Yep, this morning, I was in the mood to bake, so I ticked # 14 off my list!!)
To make these squares, simply make a cake, following package directions. Cool, after baking, then cut into desired shapes.
Prepare your work area, with cake pieces, jelly (as you can see, jelly is a thick-lumpy consistency)and a big bowl of coconut.
Place cake pieces in jelly and cover completely....
then roll in coconut.....
then set
on a platter to cool.
When completed, place squares in
refrigerator to allow jelly to
set completely.
This is am awesome summertime recipe.
You can use different flavors of cake and jelly.
Today, I used a simple
white cake mix and raspberry jelly.
This was a big treat for us, as kids.
I'll have to get my mom to drop up after lunch and we'll
have tea and cake squares!!!
Yummy
;o)
Let me know if you try these, you won't be disappointed.
