January reading list.

January was a reading month for me, I was shocked at how many books I devoured. Granted a majority of them are from the Pretty Little Liar's series, they are easy reads and only 300ish pages long...if I focus I can (and have) read one in a day! So here are the books I have read this month. :)

1. Pretty Little Liars- Flawless; I honestly love this series, I am however, finding it hard to read the books and watch the show (AMAZING) at the same time...I keep getting confused. Does anyone else think that Toby infiltrated A to protect Spencer? Or am I just a hopeless romantic hoping for the best....hmmm

I couldn't read fast enough towards the end of this one...so suspenseful! 

This last book was my book club's pick. I was not expecting to like this books as much as I did. I also could see where each of the women were coming from...such a sad book but it does have a nice conclusion. 

Have you guys read anything this month? Any book recommendations for me? 

Hope your January was Blessed

<3 Kass

New years resolutions?!

Hello!

So I think everyone starts thinking about resolutions this time of year, some people hate them, some make them and most break them. I decided that this year I want to make attainable "goals", mostly focused on improving my quality of life. Here they are!

1. Read more, last year I read 26 books, this year I want to read 30...not hard considering 12 of those will come from my book club :). I am also on my second book of the year already...so making good progress!

2. Stay away from negativity...this one is hard..sometimes most of the negativity comes from people that we love, at least it does in my life, and people that we can't easily just "love from a distance". I don't know how I am going to manage this one...perhaps the trick is to try not to be broken by the negativity....by putting less weight in those people's opinion and words. I am the first to say that I don't care what people think..and generally I don't, unless you count a select few that can (and have) broken me...I need to ponder this one more. But in the words of my homeboy big willie style...



Not that I have had any huge struggles... more like I have made life choices that people don't appreciate, and while I love those people and cherish them, their negativity isn't allowed to affect me anymore, and if it changes the relationship that I have with those people...that is their choice, not mine..sigh..

3. More quality time with Mike, this one is hard, our work schedules don't jive very well and the only full day we have together is Sunday, however I do think we need to turn the T.V off more and read books together (Babe I have our next one picked out), or play games, take the girls for a walk or WHATEVER, as long as we aren't watching T.V every night, some nights is okay, not every one.

4. Continue with my fitness mojo; Currently I am working out, in some form daily, I either go to bootcamp, ride on my new recumbent bike, or treadmill while watching full house (Have Mercy!!). I am to the point where if I don't workout daily....wait, that only happens when I am sick...point is I, Kassandra Ila Kathleen Fournier (my name is to long Mike...) LOVE working out..I crave it, I need it and it makes me feel amazing. SO this year I want to continue that, but I want to pay less attention to the scale, and realize that the BMI can kiss my muscular shapely booty. I mean really...does it take into consideration my muscles?! NO IT DOESN'T...and I have lots of those, you should see the definition in my arms when I lift...or my legs when I, do anything really, its bloody fantastic. So I guess I want to love myself more, and embrace my strength...I honestly love weight lifting so I want to do more of that and feel confident in the changes in my body regardless of what the scale says.

5. Spend more time with my Cherished friends and family..this one is self explanatory . I need to see more people whom I love, more often.

So those are mine...do you have any? Any advise for the ones I have?

Be Blessed
<3 Kass

Happy new year!

Sorry I haven't posted in a thousand years! We moved, painted and then it was Christmas! I am hoping to be able to blog more in the next year! I will start by catching you guy up on the house!
Here are some pictures of the painting progress!

The photo of the pictures is just showing you prints that I made on Microsoft publisher! Super easy and I love them! Mike and I are trying to find songs that we like so we can make some for the rest of the year, idea's?!

Beautiful! This baby is still up :) 

Don't judge the clutter...we were renovating.

Way better yes?!

Hope everything is amazing

<3 Kass

Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!!!

I haven't had a decent cookie since I started eating gluten free...except my ginger bread ones from last Christmas! Either way, I could buy chocolate chip cookies but they were always dry and never chewy...then I saw a post on Pinterest that changed my life...well my cookie eating life anyway...I will give you the recipe..and bold the revelation, cause it is EPIC.

I used a package of Judy's Magic Mixes, ultimate chewy cookie mix (except I used real margarine...would have preferred butter but I didn't have any) added chopped up Bernard Callebaut chocolate, about 2 TBSP of Milk (I eye balled it and just made it so the cookie dough felt "Right" (helpful huh!), and then about 1/2 a package of VANILLA INSTANT PUDDING MIX!!!! This gives the cookies a chewy consistency even a few days after they are baked (We have 2 left...so they won't last that long).

The result was amazing, Mike didn't even respond when I asked how they were because he was in heaven! Next time he has requested a little bacon thrown in...hopefully we can find some before the bacon shortage...if we don't that will be tragic.

Anyhoo.. Sorry for the lack of posting. We have been moving, but we are officially Langdon residents! I have even been to my first book club meeting...which was amazing, obviously.

I am working on Halloween decorations..so I will hopefully have fun things to share with y'all soon.

Hope things are lovely!

<3 Kass

Baby crafting!

My friends K+D have welcomed another precious little boy into their lives! As y'all know I LOVE crafting for babies! So when I found out they were expecting I started making this pretty little blanket by Caron Petunia Baby Blanket. Here are some pictures of the finished product

 It's it cute!

 The back had little "loops" from the colour work that I didn't want baby's fingers getting caught in so I sewed this backing on it...matched perfectly and I love it...it was super hard to do.

so sweet!

Also...

Apparently all I needed to do was vent my frustrations to the universe...because the house that we saw that was already sold had that offer fall through...so Mike and I were able to buy it! All the conditions have now been met and we move in September 24th!

I have spent the summer reading....nothing wrong with that.

I go through phases where I don't read, read a bit, and then when I can't stop reading...I just finished a can't stop reading phase. Here is what I have read recently, and a little blurb on each one. 

I liked this more then I thought I would, however I am still not ready to dive into the Lord of the Rings trilogy...maybe in the winter. I am also excited for this movie, mostly because I like little things and I think the Hobbits, elves, dwarfs and other little creatures in the book will be adorable. 

Easy read, liked it. A little rough sometimes (some of the sex scenes), but overall a good read. The social worker in me was more interested in Christian's history than anything else though.

Same as above. 

This one I loved, nothing better then a happy ending. 

Very cute book, once you get used to the fact that it is written from "Jack's" view point...

I loved how the author addressed multiple view points and brought everything together into a cohesive whole. 

WOW, Jaycee is amazing, this book had me spell bound. Such a inspirational story. 

Didn't quite get this one until the end...very differed from Wally Lamb's other books (that I have loved) 

I enjoyed reading about what some of my favorite characters are up to...however it made me want more....Mrs. Jacobs, please write a knit three. 

This was lovely book....I was shocked by the ending but felt like I expected it at the same time....if that makes sense. 

So there you have it, my summer reading list so far. Apparently I am reading "Three cups of tea" next... What are you reading? 

<3 Kass

Post number 1, house hunting.

Apparently I suck at blogging in the summer...meaning I really don't blog that much at all, or haven't. 
I have been busy finishing a project and reading, and camping, and going to a lovely wedding and working and working out. So basically it been a great summer so far. I am planning on posting a few blog posts today to get y'all caught up. 

I guess one of the biggest things that Mike and I have been up to this summer is trying to buy a house. We have our hearts set on Langdon and it has been a disappointing journey to say the least. We found a house that we loved. Made a offer, the owners countered, we accepted that price...BUT before they met with their Realtor to sign the paper work the next morning they changed their minds...said they needed more money...we said that we weren't playing those games and walked away. THEN last Thursday Mike and I went to look at another house, we really liked it, it was well kept...more like immaculate...and we were ready to make an offer, when my Realtor called to ask some questions he was told that there was already and offer on the property...an accepted one. We were so mad and confused, why would they let us see it if they already had an accepted offer..shady hey! So we are again, back to square one, there isn't anything in Langdon that we like right now so its a waiting game. We even tried looking at some Calgary properties online, and they were lovely, but are hearts are in Langdon...so we wait. 

If you guys could send out well wishes and prayers for us to find the right home we would be very grateful...we are both getting discouraged and need all the help we can get. 

Just an update to this one...we are now in the second house that we loved...the one with the offer already, it apparently fell through, so things worked out (and this gave us bargaining power!!!). Thanks for the prayers and well wishes, as always it worked out, and we are officially living in Langdon today! 

<3 Kass