While summertime is all about relaxing here, as the days get longer and September approaches, we also start preparing for back-to-school. New shoes for the kids, updated fall and winter wear for everyone, and scheduling in haircuts, and dentist appointments. […]
Summer should be over, but on the west coast we still have endless days ahead of us while the teachers union and BC gov try and hash out an agreement. We should be filling these …
The evenings are getting cooler over here and we are starting to wake up to dew on the grass each morning, which means the weather will soon turn and our flip flops will be traded …
I remember when online shopping began. Our family in the UK swore by it and would source out amazing deals and opportunities daily, while I trudged myself off to the brick and mortar shops to …
There is a taste of fall in the air today, summer finally losing it's intense heat. Dew on the spider webs framing our front porch and the odd leaf, fluttering down from the cherry tree. It's …
We are 6 weeks into summer (or longer for us in BC) and so far it has been amazing. The weather out west has been hot and dry and each of our days has been …
Summertime mornings are filled with lazy wakings, and long breakfasts as the sunlight streams in and the day awaits. My kids live for our pancake breakfast, and when we have more time in the summer, we …
Summer has been here with us in BC for a long time already. The kids were out of school mid June do to job action, and we aren't sure if they will head back in …
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I'm not the kinda gal to invest a bundle of coin into a girls weekend away, but when one is tossed into my lap, I have to take advantage. The days before blogher14 in San Jose …
Its hot out, and we are making the most of it. Trips to the lake, hikes in the forest and cold dinners that keep me out of the kitchen. But eventually it all gets too much, …
I have a thing for wine, it started early for me. I spent a month in Brazil and the family I was with were wine aficionados. Coming from a family that MADE WINE AT HOME, …
Every day I make teeny, tiny decisions. Choices that lead me down one path or another and, moment by moment, create my life. I FORCE myself to make choices by analyzing options, following my instinct and …
It is coming up on 15 years since I met my hubby this fall. He was a travelling from England, looking to go around the world and enjoying his first stop in Vancouver. And then he …
I am that girl that walks outside on a cloudy day and gets tan lines. I have olive skin that changes colour like a mood ring from the corner store. I go deeper and deeper …
