This is life

My dog is funny…. Now laugh. Hahahaha….

On Sunday I was able to spend some (very needed) time with my 2 of my very best friends (and one’s little ones). We’ve been best friends since high school. We enjoyed being tourists within our own province on Sunday and we took the littles to the balancing rock. It’s a nature trail and you can see so many amazing things but there are also 246, very tiny, steep stairs in which we carried down and up two toddlers… That part was not fun but the view made it so worth it

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So I'm coming close to perfecting my chocolate chip cookies... I've been reading up on the Science of Baking and what happens when you add or take away certain things in a recipe and what the impact is on said baked goods. My goal is to make the BEST chocolate chip cookies of Life! These ones turned out so close to what I want which is a flat and chewy cookie. The flavour is good but could use a little something extra and I'd like it a bit crunchy on the outside. Almost there.

Tonight I asked my husband to delete 2 women from his Facebook. Why? Because I didn’t like they way they spoke on social media, because of how pretty they are, because my husband is too nice to tell someone to bugger off if they flirt with him… I could go on all night about reasons why I wanted them gone. The fact that I asked him makes me sick. I hate the fact that I’m this insecure that every single ding, beep, and jingle of his phone sends me into panic mode because my over thinking kicks in and automatically goes to worse case scenario that he’s got another woman flirting with him. We are such a connected generation. We thrive on likes, comments and retweets like the air we breathe. This terrifies me. What I see terrifies me.

So my husband and I went wandering Halifax, Nova Scotia this past Tuesday. We went to see Video Games Live which was AMAZING-LY EPIC! We left early enough so that we could go shopping or I should say, so I could go shopping. Stocked up on some tea from David's Tea and some handcream from Bath & Body Works we even went to the Freak Lunch box where I stocked up on lots of candy you can't get anymore or is hard to get like Nerd Rope and Laffy Taffy... We walked around Halifax and walked by the public gardens which are absolutely stunning I the Summer and Fall even in the Winter but the park is closed during winter due to ll of the snow and ponds that are covered. It was just as beautiful to walk by it. It was a lot of fun :)

I’m trying to come up with ways to keep my mind occupied as well as build up a collection of quotes that could maybe help me through. But in the mean time I’ll go bake these cookies…

This is how I feel lately, hate is a harsh word though, more like dislike. I know I shouldn’t but I do. I dislike how much I over think. I’m a severe over thinker and it just gives me these crazy ideas and I tend to ruin things unintentionally. I probably should be medicated…

With all of the snow here on the East Coast of Canada, I'm dreaming of Cuban espresso, beers, sand and sun. Take me back... please...

Also I stumbled across this lovely Facebook page which you should all go and like RIGHT NOW! https://m.facebook.com/BringTaylorSwiftBackToAtlanticCanada

So my husband got a portrait done of us for me for Valentine's Day but we're dressed as Wonder Woman and Batman... My husband is awesome! 💜

I work in a book store and the moment I opened the box and seen the cover I knew I had to read it. This is one book that anyone can easily relate to. A heart-wrenching love story about a girl (Violet) who learns to live from a boy (Finch) who intends to die. This book is up there with titles like Eleanor and Park, The Fault In Our Stars, and Before I Die. Prepare for ugly crying because that’s what you will do. Go buy this book and some tissues, while you’re at it add in some of your favourite junk food, chocolate… icecream … You’re going to need it but it’s so worth it.

I received one of the most beautiful roses from my friend Nick the other day. It's a Rainbow Rose... So cool! Definitely brightened my day!

This is my biggest fear…

Add to first mixture. Mix for 2-3 minutes until combined. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll in sugar. Place on parchment paper covered cookie sheet and bake at 350’ for 10-12 minutes or until cookies spread out and crack on top. Remove from cookie sheet onto a cooling rack. Enjoy!

Love story… Tom and I have been dating since my senior year of high school. We first met at a concert for local bands (which many of our mutual friends were part of) where he came over, sat next to me and then all he asked was “am I in your way?” The next night we happen to meet again at a friends Birthday at the bowling lanes, we talked all night but when it was time for me to leave he didn’t ask me for my number, MSN, email, MySpace or anything… Thankfully my friends handed over my info to him and he got the courage to talk to me even more and he eventually asked me out to a movie and then to my Prom. We dated for awhile, fast forward 5 years and then in the spring on a Friday the 13th in 2011 he asked me to marry him … I said yes obviously. We got married September, 2012.

So this is me (incase you were interested) there’s not really much to tell…. My name is Jessica. I am 27 years old. I live in Nova Scotia, Canada with my husband Tom, our 2 cats, Sora who is 6 and Crookie who is 5 and our dog Brody who we think is maybe almost 2 we recently adopted/rescued him from a shelter and they were unsure of his age and could only tell us that he was around 10 months when we got him. We live in a tiny home, 15-20 minutes out of town between a beach and a lake (only a 5 minute walk to both) it’s wonderful. Our town is a super tiny fishing community and that’s the main source of income for people who live here. I work at the Bookstore in town and my husband works at the video game store. I absolutely LOVE my job. I enjoy reading and drinking tea. Those are some of my favourite things. I will read just about anything but I prefer YA, Fiction, Kids 9-12 and SciFi. I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan. I have never travelled in my own country. I’ve only travelled to two places one time each and they are Holguin, Cuba for our honeymoon and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic for a family trip. I would love to travel more. There’s so much I’d love to see, but maybe when I win the lottery or in another life. All in all I’m a pretty boring gal who is content with reading and drinking tea anytime of the day no matter where I am :)