cultivating a sustainable life
Sorry for the long delay in posting. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! We decided to take my grandfather to Stanley park since the weather was so gorgeous today. It’s a pretty typical thing to do with visitors from out of town, but …
Today was a lovely day of baking, music, and a fun new Christmas story on the Vinyl Cafe (Dave decided to raise a turkey in the garage as a surprise for Morley). I made a few last things for tomorrow’s breakfast (everyone’s coming here to …
I received this from someone today and had to share it as the flip side to my post from the other day.Chilled Vancouver commuters faced their second day of winter hell today, as an additional ¼ centimetre of the peculiar white stuff fell, bringing the …
Buying fancy drinks to accompany holiday festivities can put a real dent in your wallet, but there are many that you can make yourself for a fraction of the cost, and they make wonderful gifts as well!The added bonus to making your own liqueurs is …
We’re sitting here tonight waiting for yet another major storm to hit the coast. According to the local news, we normally see about 2 major storms in an entire winter, but so far this year we’ve had 9, and it’s not even the new year …
The pace of the pre-holiday busyness (visiting friends, gathering food for the feast) slowed down momentarily this morning and I took the chance to make some more goodies. First on the agenda was one of Rachel Ray’s Five Minute Fudge Wreaths. I’m not really a …
I don’t have time for a long post tonight, so I thought I’d share this photo of the cats snuggling up on the top bunk in the kids’ room. They were sleeping with their heads together until I came in to snap this picture. I …
I got a great collection of (mostly) wooden cigar boxes off of Freecycle the other day, and I thought I’d pick your brains for some brilliant ideas of what I can do with them.Bee promptly turned one into a bejewelled keepsake box as a gift …
The Green Mommy put one of these “word clouds” on her blog this week, and I thought it looked like a fun. Here’s what they came up with for me: Click here to make one of your own.
December is a big birthday month around here (my brother, father-in-law, and husband all have their birthdays within a 10 day period). Now that the celebrations are more or less over (aside from a small get together on Saturday night), and the kids’ various activities …