Canada Day Long Weekend
It’s Canada Day!! This year we are celebrating Canada’s 145th birthday. I love living here. I love raising my children here. When I told my son it was Canada’s birthday, he told me…
Summertime Shopping for backyard fun
The kids are almost out of school (or, possibly, in your case they already are) which means we’ll be spending the next couple of months keeping them busy. Every summer I assess our…
Downton Abbey – searching for the look
So, are you missing Downton Abbey like I am? Seriously. Missing it. Matthew and Mary and their love and the stress and why is Thomas such a jerk and poor Mr. Bates and…
Sunday Nights and Monday Mornings
Well, it’s not quite this bad for me but pretty darn close. Anyone else? See you tomorrow morning, with a lot of coffee…;)
Recipe Success (x2!): Strawberry and Rhubarb for our enjoyment
This time of year I am loving the local strawberries that are available. One of my favourite combinations are strawberries with rhubarb so I took to the kitchen the past couple of weeks…
Ten Things Our Kids Do That Make Parents Say “WHY??”
Sometimes our kids do silly things. Sometimes they do things that are nothing but nonsense. And sometimes they do things that make every parent wonder ‘why is this happening?!!’. (Before I wrote a…
Kitchen Renovations: New Appliances and the right oven (help!)
So the closer we get to having the kitchen gutted, the more I’m realizing there’s still a lot to be done. Our intention is to sell our current appliances and get new ones…
Around Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada – with the kids!
On Friday, it was a PD Day in our school board and my husband took the day off so we could all hang out together. We decided it would be a great time…
A Meal Full of Vegetables that the kids LOVE and Ask for
So when my son says ‘mom, can we have that supper where we get to pick different things from bowls by ourselves’ and I say ‘you mean the salad buffet?’ and he says ‘ya,…
A Video that makes me feel good: Common Thread – Sewing with Purpose
I have the opportunity to sit on a community advisory board for The Co-operators and last night we learned more about cooperatives (it is, after all, the International Year of the Cooperatives). At…
