Tag: Holidays

Holiday Cheer

Holiday Cheer

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 

Holiday Chocolate Fix

Holiday Chocolate Fix

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 

Cheese Coins

Cheese Coins

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 

Christmas decorating!

Christmas decorating!

We got our tree the other day and our house is now looking very cheery and festive! This is my favorite ornament. She’s just so cute! Bee took this photo of Baxter while we were decorating the tree. Could he look less amused?Click here to 

My light bulb moment (and holiday wishes)

My light bulb moment (and holiday wishes)

As committed as I am to reducing my impact on the environment, I’ve always had a hard time with the whole compact fluorescent light bulb thing. I know that they use a fraction of the power and last 10 times longer than regular bulbs, but 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today was Thanksgiving for those of us here in Canada, and I had grand plans of posting photos of our scrumptious meal (which we actually had yesterday), but unfortunately it didn’t survive long enough for that to happen. Instead, I’ll post some photos of what 

Saltspring Island – Roadside Attractions

Saltspring Island – Roadside Attractions

I thought I’d post just a few more pictures from our trip, if you can bear it. One of my favorite things about Salt Spring and the other islands is the abundance of roadside farmstands. There is such a level of trust here that these 

Saltspring Island – Favorites

Saltspring Island – Favorites

There’s a store on Salt Spring that sells these handpainted rubber boots, and one of these years I’m going to spring for a pair in the hopes that they’ll bring a little cheer to those rainy winter days. Many of the boots have sheep painted 

Saltspring Island – Ruckle Park

Saltspring Island – Ruckle Park

We arrived home today following our final holiday of the summer (*sob*). We spent the first few days of our trip camping on Salt Spring Island, one of our very favorite places in the world. My husband and I started going there together 13 years 

Vacation

Just a quick post to say that I’m going to be away for 5 days or so. We’re off for a couple of days of camping, and then on to my in-laws’ again for their 40th anniversary bash.If you’re looking for more to read, why