We got married on January 2, 2010, I loved our wedding, it was the best wedding ever. Ok, I’m pretty sure that is how everyone feels about their own wedding… but for real, ours was the best wedding ever. Since I didn’t have a personal blog during the wedding planning process, I’ve decided I’m going
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About 18 hours late, I present to you a super quick “best of” post for this last week. Once again, no “eats” on the internet jumped out at me this week. I also barely cooked at all this weekend. I lost my cooking mojo. The hubs and I did, however, have a super “fun” tax
I’m sure no one else is afflicted with the Friday afternoon syndrome, but let me tell you Friday afternoons sort of suck. They drag on and on and on. And you just want to be out of there! Last Friday was especially tough, it had been a brutal day and all I really wanted to
One of my very favourite recipes in recent history is adapted from the Arugula Pesto Wheat Berries recipe on 101 Cookbooks. If you like to cook and you haven’t been to Heidi’s website, I suggest you check it out. Heidi started 101 Cookbooks in 2003(!!!) and it has been growing ever since. It is full
Back in September I posted one of very few personal posts on my photography blog, entitled “Daring to Do“. In a moment of inspiration, I had realized that daring to dream is one thing, but daring to do is another all together. Today, I came across a pin on Rhonna Farrer‘s “Inspiring Words” pinterest
I can’t stop thinking about this clock from etsy seller uncommon. It’s even on sale for $30.60 (about 10% off) in their shop right now. Unfortunately, the only place this clock would fit in right now is the bathroom and really, who needs a clock in the bathroom?
I’m quite excited about this “best of” post for two reasons. Well, more reasons than that, but I’m only going to post two of them. First: It’s “take 4” — i.e., this blog has been going for a month — and I’m really excited about how things are shaping up! I spent several hours
My sister in law Debbie is a fabulous cook; her salads are seriously amazing. She is also a wonderful person. Shortly after the hubs and I announced we were getting married, Debbie started on a project, which resulted in what was far and away our most thoughtful wedding present.* *Thoughtful wedding presents can be great…
I learned this morning that my beautiful friend Jasmine Wallace (nee Jasmine Styles) lost her courageous battle with cancer yesterday. All my love goes out to her husband Jeff, her family, and her friends, near and far on this day of sorrow. Jasmine Wallace February 19, 1982 to February 24, 2011
I discovered Gabrielle of Honest Fare’s recipe for Beer Bread in a roundabout way through pinterest. (Yet another reason why I love pinterest). I’ve never made bread before, unless standing around while my best friend’s mom made bread with her bread maker counts… At the best of times, I’m not much of a baker so
We have a teensy tiny little closet in our teensy tiny bedroom. The closet is so teensy tiny, in fact, that the hubs’ clothes live in our front hall closet; furthermore, its folding mirrored closet door is too big and makes it very hard to get into the back of the closet. Plus,
Ready for this week’s round up of stuff I love on the web? This week, a “find” of a “find”. Meghan of mustard and sage posted these sweet succulents from Etsy seller Tortoise Loves Donkey and they are amazing! All week I’ve had my eye on various succulents and these are just perfect. Wouldn’t those
The hubs and I started dating in April of 2004. We got married, almost 6 years later, in January of 2010. It was December of 2010 before we had to pick which family (in Edmonton or Ottawa) to spend Christmas with. Let me explain. Though we were in a long distance relationship in 2004, it
In April 2006, before our round-the-world trip and while we were still living in Vancouver, the bf-cum-hubs and I came across the little soup cookbook at a garage sale. Despite it being a balmy spring day, I was in a soup kind of mood and – after a little bit of haggling – the lovely
On Monday night I arrived home to the hubs, a beautifully set table, our complicated dinner recipe well on the way to completion, and the news that his laptop stayed overnight at the office. It was the best valentine a girl could ask for. Well, other than this one: (You may recognize that lonely bottle