I thought it might be time to share some of my secrets with you – just a few, and only the good ones! Here are a few things you may not know about me. (And, if you do know most […]
It doesn't really seem to matter how long you have been blogging, or what you are blogging about. Campaigns are a strange beast that seem to come for entirely unrelated reasons! Here are 6 tips to …
We thought it would be funny. Apparently it wasn't. Being April Fools day we thought we would "fool" the kids and tell them dad got a job working up in the Northwest Territories. The clincher being that …
// // I grew up with my mom always and every night making salad with our dinner. Big salads. We had the assorted bottles of Kraft Dressings in the fridge, just like every family. Salad was to …
When I bump into people in "real life" they say that their favorite post of mine was on how we are "actually" doing this (this post) Like how we afford it. It's either everyone's favorite because you …
It is lambing season here on the island, and that means the fields are filled with the fuzzy jumpers and every time I see the Saltspring Lamb signs I get a little twinge in my …
We were back in "the city" this weekend. A quick turnaround trip so my eldest could attend her friends birthday party and then to drop the girls with my parents for a little holiday. Quick, like …
We moved here to start fresh. We wanted something simple, something real and without the distractions of our old life. We wanted space. Chickens. Time. Earth Hour has been running for5 years. This year, it's sixth year …
Last year, the week before I started this blog, I went to a conference in whistler. It was what started all of "this" The move. The leaping. The courage. The dreaming. That one weekend away let me see …
Yesterday I moped and whined about feeling flu-ish. Then I shared my fave ugly food recipe. And don't worry, I actually have lots of these. I just can't make pretty food, or pretty crafts . …
My hubby and I keep getting deja vu driving around Saltspring. It seems so familiar to us. The winding roads, the roadside gardens. Sheep. It's the most english place we have seen, other than england, of course. And …
Okay. I have used this term again and again, and once the "reason" comes it all makes sense. But now, today, this week - I really just want "the reason" or the "happening" to change. We have …
From dawns cracking until he closes his eyes at night, our little boy fills every single moment, nay second, of the day, with words. It's great? At 3 and a little bit his vocabulary is extensive, he …
