My weekend plans got kiboshed, and so yesterday I decided that since we were staying home, I may as well get a little bit of gardening done. It’s too early to really plant anything, I thought to myself, So I’ll just get a couple of really hardy plants. I walked into the garden centre and […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things – Spring Edition!
May 13, 2013 by 12 Comments
It was such a long, cold winter, wasn’t it? Snow on the ground from October solidly through April, but I tell you this: May has been absolutely stunning in YYC. I keep expecting snow in the forecast every day, or at least hard frosts, and yet it’s been warm and beautiful. It feels like spring, […]
A date to Home Depot
April 26, 2013 by 5 Comments
Breaking News: the ground has thawed in YYC! Yes, only a tiny drift of snow remains in only the shadiest part of my yard, and all other gardens are showing signs of life. Little green shoots! Tiny baby plants! Buds on the trees, with the regrettable exception of the once-beautiful-now-apparently-dead, fifty year old hawthorn tree. I’ve […]
It’s not easy being green.
April 23, 2013 by 14 Comments
I was digging through my bottom dresser drawer on the weekend and found a little bag containing a number of cards, including a Blockbuster Video membership card. How long has that been there? There was also a Northwest Airlines World Perks card I had from my working-girl-business-travel era, which was some time ago. Clearly I need to […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things; Fall Edition
October 22, 2012 by 8 Comments
I am very cross right now for a variety of reasons, amongst them a) my dog is sick with kennel cough, which he got FROM his kennel cough vaccination, and now I am faced with a new life as someone who does not want to vaccinate her dog, b) I have had to check the […]
Slow Boat to Nowhere
May 16, 2012 by 9 Comments
The kitchen renovation was slated to begin at 11:00 this morning. Yesterday, I frantically cleaned out all the bottom cupboards and removed things from the countertops, pausing only to wonder when I bought Gorilla Munch, as its best before date was over a year ago. All items are now in big Rubbermaid containers and/or on […]
The longest day of the year
June 21, 2011 by 9 Comments
Happy Summer Solstice! Here, that means that the sun rises at 5:20 am and sets at almost 10:00 pm, and, amazingly, the sun has come out today! It’s going to be 22 degrees Celcius, which may not sound like much for you people in milder climes, but to us hardened Calgarians, it might as well […]
