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September flew by but I'm doing everything I can to enjoy this season. I'm eating all things pumpkin, baking, burning fall scented candles, and snuggling on the couch with kitties.

Sunset down at Pier 4 in Hamilton.
A Pumpkin Spice cupcake to start the day!
I'm so happy I found these chocolates. They were delicious and now they're gone from stores. I can't find them again!
Another little pumpkin for my collection.
I forgot I bought these last year during a sale. The vanilla pumpkin marshmallow candle is easily one of my favourite scents.
New fabric for upcoming shows.
Some easy and delicious cookies.
Getting fancy for a wedding.
How cute is this tiny personal-sized wine bottle?!
September was a great month. Now to see what October holds!

xo Jen
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5 Fandom Friday: Fictional Characters that Define Me

If you're on Twitter or Instagram you've probably seen a popular hashtag floating around to define yourself in three fictional characters. I, of course, jumped on this and gave myself a couple of days to mull over what characters I'm most like. And then after seeing Jordandene turn her character picks into a #5FandomFriday post, I thought, what a fun idea!

 My initial 3 picks:

1. Mikey from Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
In this series Mikey loves all cute things, especially cats, gets super excited for food, pronounces words wrong, and has a tendency to trip or crash into something when he's supposed to be quiet like a ninja. Sounds like me, right?

 2. Hermione Granger from Harry Potter
Oh how do I relate with Hermione's need to study, be right, and not get into trouble. That was me growing up, and maybe me now too.

3. Leslie Knope from Parks and Recreation
Leslie's positive attitude, strong work ethics, loyalty to friends, and love of waffles are pretty much bang on for me.


4. Jess Day from New Girl
Whether Jess is wearing one of her cute dresses, knitting on the couch, baking desserts (and not trusting those who don't like desserts), or being super socially awkward, I feel like I'm seeing me in her character.


5. Bubbles from Powerpuff Girls
I identify with Bubbles when it comes to her positivity, love of all things cute, and her sensitive personality.

What fictional characters would you pick?
xo Jen

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My Life In Photos

Since upgrading to a new phone (the LG G4) I've been taking more photos than normal since I now have a phone with a better camera than my previous Galaxy S4. So please forgive my photo spamming this Summer.

With that being said, here are my photos from the last few weeks...

I squeezed in a last minute trip to Canada's Wonderland with a friend last week. It was so much fun, though I forgot how nauseous rollercoasters can make me. It was still a great day though and it ended with an amazing funnel cake and a drive home filled with singing in the car.


We've already been to the beach a couple times this month and it's been beautiful. One night we just went in the water up to our knees but last weekend we went right in and the water was surprisingly warm. 


So this picture happened because I didn't realize my camera was in 'selfie' mode. I thought I was taking photos of the lake. I was super confused on our drive home looking through photos. It was too sunny to see the screen when I was taking the photos so I had no idea I was getting pictures of myself.


We hit up Silver Bullet for burgers and fries after our beach day and it was delicious. It's easily one of my favourite places to grab food in the Summer.



Logan looking especially cute.


Seymore being a dork 'hiding' in his tent.


After rewatching the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie I had to find green nail polish like Megan Fox's in that movie. I found the perfect shade and I'm obsessed!


Trades I'm reading right now. I picked up the Black Widow book at Graphic-Con earlier in the month.


S'moreos have made their way to Canada! Though, I've only spotted them in one store (Shoppers Drug Mart), which is odd since it's a drugstore. But I won't complain. I got s'moreos for the Summer.


Speaking of s'mores, Mighty Canadian Doughnuts had s'mores as their flavour of the month and it was so good! The doughnut was cut in half, marshmallow spread was put in between, then Hershey chocolate is melted on top with a marshmallow in the middle. Yum!


How was June for you? I'm pretty excited for upcoming plans for the rest of the Summer. It's turning out to be a pretty great couple of months.

xo Jen
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cookies

When I came across some adorable turtle sprinkles at The Bulk Barn recently I knew I had to make some sort of themed recipe for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The new movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, came out today so I thought it was the perfect time to whip something up. 

As per Adam's request I made sugar cookies and topped them with homemade 'mutagen' and turtle sprinkles.



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Mutagen Cookies:
Sugar cookies
Icing sugar
Clear piping gel
Green food colouring
Turtle sprinkles

Directions:
1. Start with your favourite sugar cookie - whether homemade or store bought.


2. Mix up your 'mutagen'. I used 1 tablespoon of icing sugar, 3 teaspoons of clear piping gel, and about 5 drops of green food colouring. The piping gel is what gives it that shiny finish.


3. Decorate! Spread your mutagen icing onto the cookies and add sprinkles!



I love how these cookies turned out! The piping gel was a great idea to make the icing shiny and I think it really does resemble mutagen ooze. I may have to use this idea to make some blue 'water' for future cookies.


We have to wait to see the new movie until next week because of work but I'm really looking forward to it, especially for Bebop and Rocksteady.

xo Jen
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5 Fandom Friday: Fandom Guilty Pleasures

Today's topic makes me laugh a little because so many of the fandoms I'm into could be looked at as a guilty pleasure (cheesy, over dramatic, made for children) but I've learnt to embrace these interests. I'm finally at the age where I don't really care what other people think. But I know some of the things I'm into make people shake their heads...

So here are my top Fandom Guilty Pleasures:

1. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

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I'm super into a show that my 5 year old niece also loves. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but co-workers do look at me funny when I buy MLP blind bags...

2. Pretty Little Liars

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I'm that person chatting with a friend about our PLL theories and our feelings about certain couples and discoveries made on the show. But the show is super over the top and very unbelievable. But I LOVE it. 

3. Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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No one would question someone's love for TMNT. It's a classic that 80s kids grew up with. But the new show on Nickelodeon? Not everyone watches it. They assume it's stupid because it's not the classic and it's made for kids. Wrong! It's hilarious. I try to convince people of this regularly but it doesn't work most of the time. 

4. Young Adult books

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The YA genre has become super popular and I know a ton of adults who read them. But I've also encountered quite a few people who will snub off my book recommendations or book chatter when they realize I'm talking about a YA title. Not cool! 

5. Geeky T-shirts


My t-shirt collection is mainly shirts with geek designs on them. I either get complimented on them or people look at the shirt funny - whether trying to figure out what's on it or why I'm wearing a shirt like that. When asked to wear a certain colour of shirt for work to celebrate something I have to explain that I don't have plain shirts... only shirts with designs and characters on them. They don't always understand.

I'm not ashamed of these fandom loves but I know not everyone gets them. What would your fandom guilty pleasure be?

xo Jen

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Weekend Adventures

We spent last weekend in Hamilton and it was a great time. We had barbecues, went swimming, paintballing, went shopping at Big B Comics and Cheapies, checked out flea markets, hit up Nations grocery store for lunch and goodies to bring home, and did lots of visiting with family and friends. It was a great way to start July.  



Chocolate mint cupcakes and lime cupcakes Adam requested for his paintball and barbecue party. They were so good! 




New figures I picked up over the weekend. I have almost all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pop! Vinyl figures now.


It was a fantastic weekend, though I'm still dealing with purple and yellow bruises from paintball. I'm excited for our next weekend adventure which is camping at Algonquin park!

xo Jen
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Geek Week

The next week is filled with geek events and it makes me so excited! First, this Saturday is Free Comic Book Day! To participate, you need to find a local store that's listed on the site, head to that store on Saturday and pick up your free comic(s)! There's one local store near us participating in FCBD so we'll be able to head out Saturday for our comics.


You can see all the comic books that will be available for free here. There are a few I'd really like to get my hands on though.




I clearly need the Gronk comic in my life. It's Katie Cook's creation! And of course the TMNT comic interests me greatly. I mean, look at that cover! I'd be interested in picking up the Bob's Burgers comic too since I find the writing on that show hilarious and I'd hope it'd be the same in the comic. 

Then a week today is May the 4th, which is Star Wars Day! We have a Star Wars themed bake-along planned on the IGGPPC site for that day (though, details are not posted yet). I'm also planning on baking a themed treat for that day just for fun. Maybe some Leia buns? 

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Are you joining in any events for these days?
xo Jen
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My Life In Photos

Today is Adam's birthday so we have plans this evening and I spent my morning baking a cake, wrapping gifts, and just doing some daily chores so the rest of the day would be free for birthday celebrations. 

April's been an odd month and a fast month. With Easter, Adam's birthday, Spring showing up, and getting ready for my next convention in June, it's been busy. 

Speaking of birthdays, I picked up a Birthday Cake Frappuccino at Starbucks earlier this month for the Frappuccino's birthday. It was so good and the raspberry whipped cream was amazing!


More TMNT figures were purchased and I love that they're from the LARPing episode!


Our little cactus from last year is still thriving. We want to get a couple more for the window sill.


 I found Peeps cat toys at PetSmart just before Easter! I was so excited to bring these home for the cats. I think I ended up being more excited about these toys than they were though... 


Kitty snuggles while I play video games.


This picture is blurry but I love it. Logan tends to get very interested in my phone or camera when I pull it out. He always makes it tough to photograph him.


Have a good day!
xo Jen

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