Did you have a nice long weekend? Despite our original plans falling through, we managed to have a lovely one. We spent a night at my parents’ cabin – the “cabin” that is three times the size of my house and has twice as many bathrooms, which is my idea of camping – and played […]
Naked Shuffleboard
May 17, 2013 by
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
