My daughter just had her 10th birthday party and I was unlucky enough that it fell on the day after I had the stomach flu. While I was up and on my feet, I was still in recovery mode, but […]
Over the past years we have made some huge sacrifices to find our happiness. Tossing away our previous careers, moving our family across the ocean to somewhere new, starting everything from scratch. Big risks for …
Social media has been all a cauliflower about the expensive vegetables that have been hitting the store shelves recently. With the crashing Canadian dollar, and the weird weather conditions around our "growing locations" veggies are …
Truth be told the last few years have been hard on my body and my soul. I have coupled a desk job, with running a farm and doing some pretty extreme renovations and land clearing. …
I remember the first time I saw a meal moth larvae, it was in a bag of raisins in our cupboard that I was going to use for baking. We were tight on pennies at …
We moved into our house new house in the late spring. Flowers in the garden, birds in the trees and kids without need of coats. Ahh the west coast. When house hunting we were drawn to …
Perhaps it is the west coast winter damp, or maybe it is just because the kids are spending so much time inside this time of year? Whatever it is I feel like I am surrounded …
When we start making changes in our life, our best method is to make them slowly, a little bit at a time so they become a habit. Over time, we do more and our commitment to …
Looking back my Husband and I often say we wish we had been given better financial skills at a younger age. We both started working young, but it was never a requirement to put part …
They say that the little things add up, and that as they do, they make a greater impact. Those 15 minutes of exercise a day, the 20 minutes you read with your child each night, …
This summer I had a great friend come over and help me "clear" my wardrobe. I had piles of too small, rippped and destroyed, or "omg, do NOT wear that! EVER" clothes that was stuffed …
I have never been one that has spent a lot of time, effort or money on their physical appearance. Hair cuts, once a year. face cream (when I remember) and at home pedicures when I …
I have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. My alarm goes off and then I like to linger in the warmth of my blankets and snuggle into my pillows for just …
Over the summer we sometimes slip into "not so good" habits. We sleep in, and then stay up late. We spend our days lounging beachside, escaping the heat, instead of being active in the fall …
This summer our property has been a local wasp meeting place. There are hundreds, perhaps even thousands of the little buggers. With the dry heat, and limited rain it has been perfect "wasp" conditions, and …
