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Chicks with tools

  I’ve always had a healthy interest in using my hands – in MAKING stuff – be it cooking, fixing a fence, growing a garden and other such pursuits. I took shop in high school and occasionally help...

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I used to laugh at forwards, until it happened to me… or the perils of exercise.

        I hired a personal trainer.  I’ve been fairly active for the last two years, but kind of freely and sporadically, and I really wanted to step up my game, and get off the weight loss plateau...

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School sucks

  Cartoon from toonpool   So it’s been a while since I’ve had anything to share with y’all, and the main reason is that I’ve been swamped up to my eyeballs in schoolwork. Why schoolwork? Because I...

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Contest time!

It’s time to get your drinking face on, and tie your bibs!     Fall is most definitely in the air, as our chilly weather and rain outside can attest, and one of the great things about fall is the...

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We have a winner!

As per the random number generator, the very first commenter is our lucky winner! Congrats decthirty  – please shoot me your details, and you’ll have free entrance at the door.  

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A killer stew

    I’m still mired deep in schoolwork with no end in sight. And I’m kind of grateful that it’s winter, because as everyone knows, the winters in Canada are long, dark and deep and there is far less to...

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Pumpkin has a boyfriend

      I thought I’d throw out a quick update on the orange kitty we rescued last winter. Last we spoke, he was busily settling into the house, and being a lover not a fighter he was mainly placating...

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Pho-nomenal

    A good bowl of pho is a work of art. An addictive, delicious work of art, that I crave sometimes with the intensity of a crack addict needing a fix. Maybe that’s a hyperbole, but it feels very true...

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Back in the saddle again!

  I tried to stay away I really did. But even though this is likely the busiest I’ve ever been in my life, I miss having stuff to say and throw into the ether of the interwebs. How busy is busy? Crazy...

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On kitty litter

  Some time ago I was offered a free box of World’s Best Cat Litter in return for a review on the blog, and I kind of jumped at the chance with unseemly haste.  Anything that promises to make the...

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Dancing with the devil

The quiet steady life as I knew it fell apart in May 2012. My father was painfully waiting for his aorta valve replacement surgery, and he didn’t make it to the surgical ward. He collapsed outside of...

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Traveling via Home Exchanging

  Last year we discovered traveling via home exchanging, which is a brilliant way to travel, especially since the cost of hotels and Airbnb’s have crept closer together than ever. It’s not for...

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How Easy Roam can rip you off

  It’s no secret that Canada is an oligopoly when it comes to cell phone and internet providers, and due to intense lobbying and lack of political will, Canadians pay some of the highest data and...

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