Macaroon May

So what did we do today?

It was a very beautiful day, the kind of May day with no clouds in the sky. Just an endless blue canvas that stretches out towards the horizons, streaked with sunlight. 18 degrees Celsius, beautiful spring weather by any standard (not just Canadian!). In the afternoon it almost felt like 20+ degrees, it was just that warm.

I love Spring!

I had slept pretty early the night before (just around 1:30 AM), but woke up very late. I finally got up at around 12:00 PM (even though we had plans to meet at around 11:30!). I made myself a pretty great sandwich of: tomato, cheese, a toasted croissant and honey mustard. Mmmm...... By the time I had finished, checked the oven twice, made my bed and fumbled through a few purses, they were here.

Helen and I sat in the back as Mandy had an impromptu driving lesson around my neighborhood. I didn't tell her, but Mandy, you are a pretty good driver, albeit a little jerky at times.

Some funny highlights:
 - Evgeny: Parallel park, right here. Mandy: I REFUSE.
- After a swift turn, we found ourselves approaching Steeles, a rather large street. Evgeny suggested a three-point turn, but the execution took...a little time hehe. Another car had just turned down the road and honked his horn at Mandy. Hehe...

Anyways. After that, we made our way to the Danforth to pick up our painted clay pieces. They actually turned out quite beautifully (even if I forgot mine in Evgeny's car, and Carren's got chipped...sorry...:(...). Here is a picture of the pieces before they went into the kiln and got all shiny and glazy.

After picking them up, we made our way around the Danforth... so relaxing and pretty. There are lots of quirky little stores along the road. We went to a tea store and a funky accessory store called "Alchemy". The last time we went, we found this great little shop called "La di dah" which sold very dainty, unique items like jewelry and such. We also ate some yummy Greek (?) doughnuts dipped in honey. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Yup, we ventured back to our homes in the North and made our way to Mac. Mandy played a bit of football. It was such a pretty day, but it got a little boring waiting for her to finish. Hehe... I am definitely not physically talented in any areas of hand eye coordination, and neither was Helen. I actually really enjoyed talking to her. She's such a sweet and honest girl, so open and I learned a lot about her in the time we just talked alone. I've always thought I was so awkward and it was so hard for me to get to know people but I think slowly it is getting better? But maybe she just made it easy by being easy to talk to haha. (No credit for me! -.-) Anyways, I thought it was a very sweet moment and something to make note of. We went to dinner afterward, and Grace joined us. We wanted to try Russian food, but settled for something familiar... Wings. I've been trying to be healthier... lol... and ordered a BBQ pork sandwich WITH A SALAD... But I don't think it had the effect I had wanted. It was a mediocre dinner, but that was fine.

After we dropped Grace off at home, we went BACK to FV to try to buy Mandy's grandmother a nice mother's day gift. We also bought the ingredients for...MACAROONS!

LOL did you think we made these? Here are ours:

Yeah. Helen was so disappointed, it was so cute. DON'T WORRY, WE WILL TRY AGAIN!!

We baked and watched a bit of Step Up (the first one, with Channing Tatum dancing and acting like a gangster), I got to play a bit of Loco Roco... It was a fun day. Fun in the sun, shiny and golden and free with good friends. Cynthia drove me home afterwards and I got to talk to her alone too, which doesn't happen very often. I don't know. Maybe I am overly sentimental but I find those moments so sweet. NO ONE ENDS UP BEING TOUCHED BUT ME!

:) o