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 […]
Archives for 2009
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.
Dummy Jimmy Too Tall has a friend!
September 30, 2009 by 4 Comments
Two friends, actually. I wanted to write a nice, thoughtful post today but here is what is on my mind: 1) It’s my dad’s 60th birthday this weekend. I have to run out today and get a gift but he is a man and he is 60. He just doesn’t need anything. I guess it […]
September 29, 2009 by 1 Comment
Two postings in one day? I’m excited – I have something up at Yummy Mummy – check it out!
Fall Follies
September 28, 2009 by 3 Comments
So our September summer now appears to be emphatically over, so it’s time for me to put away those t-shirts and bring out my vast array of black, grey, and charcoal sweaters. Yes, I did make a distinction between grey and charcoal. I’m not a huge fan of fall, perhaps because it begins and ends […]
Canadian Hero
September 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Mark ran in his very first Terry Fox run yesterday. It was such a gorgeous sunny day and it was so inspiring to see the kids bringing in Toonies for Terry, running their hearts out, proudly collecting their hand stamps for each lap completed. Privately I looked at the size of the field and wondered […]
