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A while ago I promised a Chocolate Cake Recipe. This isn’t your average Chocolate Cake. You see…it’s a gluten free dessert. Now, now, don’t get all freaked out. Just because a chocolate cake is flour-less, doesn’t make it any less of a cake. In fact, it’s more impressive because if something can taste this good [...]
If you’ve got nothing going on this weekend then head out to Canada Olympic Park and check out the VW Freerideing Tour. Even if you’ve never driven a VW before (I hadn’t), even if you aren’t interested in Volkswagens…it was fun just for racing around the track. Like, big fun. Like, go-carts for adults kind [...]
I know, it’s been a while since I’ve posted about wine. It’s not for the lack of drinking…but more the lack of quality blogging time. So this one will be a quickie! Last week my mom and my sister were over for a visit and we decided to share a bottle. I realized I’m not [...]
Have you heard of these new social shopping coupon sites? Have you ever used one? I haven’t….yet. But I’ve signed up for a few of them and I have to say, the concept is pretty fantastic. YummyMummySaver.Com is the newest one. It’s social shopping specifically for Alberta deals and will host a variety of fun [...]
A long time ago, I began writing a flash ficiton series on emotion. I wrote this piece on Empathy back in 2009, and now in 2011 I find there are some things happening in my family that are beyond my control. It’s not my place to say anything more than this so I won’t. But [...]
My dear little H has turned FOUR. I don’t know how this is possible. It’s cliche to say they grow up so fast but boy is it ever true! We had a super nice little party for her with a couple kids and some family. I’m clinging to the ‘simple’ parties as long as we [...]
It’s all coming together fairly well and I have to say, I’m pretty pleased with having an adult space that’s (mostly) toy free! There are still a few things that need doing and a few things to shop for but for the most part, everything in the space was what we already owned. There is [...]
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it much here but the Hubs is in university right now. He’s almost done – we’re in the home stretch. But this means that between his full time job and school we sometimes don’t see him very much. When he does get a day off Little H demands his [...]
I’m trying to not go insane. I’m trying to reclaim some space and not have to move in order to do it. We have a decent amount of square footage in this home BUT it’s kind of awkwardly laid out. 900 sq feet on the main floor consists of the Living Room / Dining Room [...]
