Blame it on the rain

Well here it is Sunday night and I must confess Dear Reader I don't think I accomplished much of anything this weekend.  I'm going to blame my lack of motivation on the weather.  It has been really hot for days and for the past two it has rained quite heavily on and off.  Other than laundry, I have spent alot of time curled up on the couch with books, magazines, my laptop (Pinterest!) and coffee.  Definitely, the dreary weather is to blame for such laziness. 
I got up today with the intention of getting a few things crossed off my to-do list.  I made an easy breakfast of scrambled eggs and sort of a hash brown pie that I found in the May issue of Bon Appetit magazine.

I was looking forward to sharing the hash brown pie recipe with you today, but it was disappointingly bland.  It has potential though and to that end I am going to tinker with it before I share it with you.  Its not that it was terrible, it was just terribly boring and that Dear Reader is not good enough for me to post here for you. 

When the rain finally stopped late this afternoon, I took to the patio to weed through some of the library books I have out.  At any given time, I usually have at least 20!  I honestly believe that the most valuable piece of plastic in my wallet is my library card. The Toronto Public Library has 100 locations and has the largest circulation in North America and is second only to Hong Kong.  From books and magazines, to dvd's an cd's, the amount of material available to borrow for free is impressive.   A few years ago, our family nearly moved to Fort McMurray, Alberta due to my husband's job.  After checking out the public schools for our boys, the next thing I looked into was the library.  I informed my husband that the only way I was going was if I had a monthly book allowance.  Clearly, I have been spoiled!  Fortunately for me, we didn't end up going....good thing really....it is really cold there!

Back to the grind tomorrow!