Snow on Halloween is what Soup is on a Cold Day....expected

October 31, 2017 by Catherine Thompson in Adulting, Adventures, Baby, Dinner, Food, Homemade, Lake Placid, Organic, Personal, Recipes, Toddler, Soup, Vegetable, Vegan, Vegetarian

Quiet small town living means I truly rely on the posts I see on facebook in my various "mom" groups to know what is taking place in and around the area. While there were a number of Halloween festivities taking place, I knew our little guy was probably not ready for them (even the pumpkin patch ride a couple weeks ago was too dusty and long). We did take him on a late night walk this past weekend, with my plan being the lit up Halloween decorations as the main attraction, but as it turned out, after we pointed out the creepy moon behind the clouds, that was all he pointed to and cared for the rest of the walk. I thought he might get scared of some of the decorations, but he just looked at them, pointed out the witches and pumpkins and that was the end of that. Move it along mom.

337 Days later ...

October 12, 2017 by Catherine Thompson in Adirondack, Adventures, Lake Placid, Personal, Food, Baby, Brooklyn

O hi there.

So it's been a while. I have stayed away both intentionally and unintentionally. I have had days where I wanted to sit and provide an update (even just so I had life documented), or share some yummy recipes, but then of course our little human needed my attention, and he wins, every time.

A Long Overdue First: Overnight Camping

August 24, 2015 by Catherine Thompson in Lake Placid, Adirondack, Adventures, Outdoors, Lake Life

As a kid I dreamed about camping. I mean like the real camping. The kind that was written about in my childhood books that had the main characters out in the woods with campfires and lake games. The chicken that I am, the closest I got was the front yard of my "cabin" (quotations because it was really like a mini house you just called a cabin) in Tupper Lake. Food, a bathroom and anything I forgot to bring in the tent was just a hop and a skip away in Cabin 13. I was a chump.

A "True" Weekend

August 17, 2015 by Catherine Thompson in Adirondack, Adventures, Lake Placid, Outdoors, Lake Life

Weekends free of multiple weddings and special events. This used to be unknown to me.

Immediately after college I started working as Function Manager for special events, and later that Fall I got offered a position as the Wedding Coordinator. As of this year, I have handed over the reigns to my co-worker and so I have enjoyed a Summer that includes weekends where I can relax and not worry about having to step away from whatever fun activity is taking place to go to work.