Saving Money and being more Green
With Earth Day just around the corner, April is the perfect time of year to review ways to be more green and eco-conscious at home. I’ve made no secret on this blog that…
My Favourite Recipes with Eggs
Tonight I am making simple egg sandwiches for supper. I’ve purchased fresh, bakery bread and the eggs are hard-boiled and ready to go. It’s not an elaborate meal, but when served with some…
At Home: Living Room Shelves
Remember ages ago when we were looking into buying shelves for our living room from Ikea? Then we bought the shelves and felt great because of a sale, then waited to put them…
I am obsessed with Stationery
Why do I keep going into stores and look at stationery? I have boxes of note cards, piles of notebooks with pretty covers and many clips in different colours. And yet, drawn like…
Playing in the Backyard
I’ve written about my tiny, but satisfying backyard before. It was one of the trade offs when deciding to stay in our home. The yard, from early on, wasn’t ideal. The sun comes…
Around Ottawa: Easter at City of Ottawa Museums
Not sure what to do with the kids this long weekend? The City of Ottawa Museums have you covered. Don’t let the lack of green grass scare you away from getting out and…
I don’t own a pair of…
Confession time. I don’t own a pair of rubber boots. I know, it’s seems silly, it’s not as though we don’t get any rain or wet days in Ottawa (although right now I’m…
Because SCIENCE!
We spent the summer a couple of years ago watching as many Magic School Bus episodes on Netflix as we could (there’s more listed there now thank goodness!) The kids, both my…
This Song will Make you Dance
Current song obsession time!! Shut up and Dance by Walk the Moon. This one is being turned up to LOUD when I hear it (and I think I’m going to just buy it…
Wine Friday and Chips! #unwindtogether
If you have been following me on social media you know about Wine Friday posts on Twitter or Instagram. Wine Friday started over a year ago when I noticed that we tended to…
