We all need to know when to quit. When to throw in the towel and give up. It is a good thing to know before you hit your meltdown point. It is a powerful thing to stop it before it […]
I have to be honest here, I have never baked a cheesecake. It was never my "go-to" dessert, and so I never quite figured out the best way to make one, and make it delicious. But …
The first purchase we made when we moved to the island was a bread maker. We wanted to try our hand at making bread at home, and since the shops weren't as easy to get …
I talk to a lot of bloggers. Lots and lots. Intimately and with great detail. We have conversations that dive into their goals, their dreams and their fears. And with all the bloggers, most of them …
We have a lot of things that need engagement and entertainment in our lives and we really don't need to welcome anything else into our world right now. With dogs, chickens, children and two busy working …
I spent the weekend with a gaggle of amazing women ( and one or two amazing men) at Whistler celebrating my 3rd participation in the everyWOMAN event. A weekend full of fitness, laughter and self …
We don't live in an "average" home, and we don't have the "average" amount of dirt around our house. In fact, our lives are pretty extreme, and so is our grime! With 30 Chickens, and 10 …
When we moved into the new house we had talked about getting exchange students again. And this weekend we welcome two Japanese Exchange students into our crazy world. They were with us for 4 …
I have always carried on me a healthy head of straight brown hair. Virgin hair, never dyed and hardly blow dryed (except for special occasions). My "product" consists of a 5 year old can of …
Over the weekend we were anticipating the arrival of a few new baby chicks. We had 6 hens down broody (2 who broke their brood when we moved them into the new up-cycled broody coop) …
I have always been a "tall girl" I hit 5'10 in high school, towering above the boys who were still deep in puberty. Tall, and (when I was a teen) skinny. Even now, with a …
As the days get warmer, and the bikini comes out from the drawer more often, I start turning to crisp salads for meals and snacks. My old standby is a green salad, with a dash of …
Yesterday I had to go "off island" ( you can say that in a spooky, trembling voice like I did) It was a mission, we had our list and I knew what I needed to …
Summer is only about 6 weeks away, and that automatically instills a deep sense of panic in my "work from home" mom blood. HOW will I manage the 3 kids at home, WHAT will we …
As mentioned last week, there is definitely spring in the air since we have had 6 hens go down broody in the last two weeks. Our chicken set up is that everyone shares a main coop, …
