“It’s amazing,” a friend said at school pick-up, “You can buy a goat for $100!” She was talking about the World Vision catalogue, where you can purchase livestock and building and school supplies for people in developing countries, as Christmas gifts. Nothing makes me feel more like a very spoiled North American than looking at […]
Archives for October 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
October 13, 2009 by 2 Comments
So after my pity party on Thursday, I really did sulk and drink wine and the next morning the travel advisories were lifted and we decided to make the trip! It was a great trip, the only snag being that Jake left a stegasaurus in the Tim Horton’s at Sicamous, and when we went there […]
Boo
October 9, 2009 by 3 Comments
Tomorrow morning we planned to get up early and drive to the Okanagan for the Thanksgiving weekend. I love the Okanagan. I love its beauty, its climate, and most of all, its food. If I lived there, I would be a very smug locavore. Since we planned this trip, months ago, I have been thinking […]
First Snowfall
October 4, 2009 by 2 Comments
This morning I woke up to sweet peas that looked like this: Snow!Mark was the happiest person in the city. He couldn’t believe his luck. That kid loves the winter. It wasn’t long before he was outside shoveling off the deck, and then eating the snow (check out my poor hostas). Jake was soon persuaded […]
October 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Happy October! Take a walk over to Yummy Mummy – I have an article about food, picky eaters, and my not-so-secret crush on Vince Vaughn.
