Crunching numbers... and it looks like despite the business hurdles I have encountered in the past few weeks, the financial plan is still afloat without having to make drastic adjustments (ouf!). So I keep moving forward with a strong focus on the next school year, and soon I will be posting to hire two new teachers for Le Petit Atelier, and possibly one piano teacher for The Little Workshop. It will be a very busy fall and winter, and if all goes well I will be teaching in Mexico again in the spring of 2012. Next trip will be solo and yes... shorter. Very much looking forward to it : )
We came back almost two weeks ago, and I am still organizing our home - pulling out boxes of household items and business material. I also realised that the printer I gave to a friend in Mexico had a cable that belongs to my good printer here... so I will have to replace it - one of the many little errands on my endless 'to do' list. The first week back was good, but now that the routine is kicking in again I must say that I find it difficult to adjust. I'm not too sure what it is... maybe I'm not completely back yet, or maybe I discovered the hard core hippy in me, or maybe I'm asking too many questions!
The boys seem to be well adjusted to the Toronto life, although Leo caught a bad cold and was sick for the past few days. Dylan is doing good, as if he never left, and he seems to be doing well with his school work. Dylan grew quite a bit, he is taller than me now! Leo is getting weekly tutoring sessions at home, just as we did before our departure. His tutor is a G3 teacher at his school, and this is an ideal situation to provide Leo with the adequate extra help he needs. Leo knows that he has to work hard, and he is not so motivated unfortunately. As far as school is concerned, it will be a difficult road until June. At some levels Leo has matured very nicely, but school is still not his thing.
And with the homecoming, comes the home cooking. It's good to be in my own kitchen! Back to planning and making school lunches and home dinners - but with a new energy. Still on with the honey series, here is one very nice discovery - perfect for pot-lucks or brunch. Enjoy!
HONEY GINGER CAKE
1/2 cup melted butteR
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
4 tsp grated lemon peel (I used orange peel, very nice too!)
4tsp grated fresh ginger
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Blend sugar and honey into butter, add yogurt, eggs, lemon peel and ginger - Mix well
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Fold liquid ingredients into dry mixture.
Pour into greased 9" pan (a 'tube pan' - as for angel cakes - might actually be best since the centre of my cake was uncooked), bake 30-35 minutes
Cool and remove from pan - Dribble with Honey (optional) and serve.
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