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So you’re going to think I’m a special kind of ignorant after this. Ready? Let’s do this. Does the United States have boxing day? Is it like what we have here in Canada? I realize that I live oh, maybe 20 minutes from the American border and I should know this. But I don’t. Well, […]

I love my front door. OK, it’s not really the front door, it’s more of a side door. It leads from the mudroom into the kitchen. But it’s the door we use most, anyway. I painted it red to cover up the weird green that was underneath. I’ve enjoyed it, but thought I would never […]

Oh, I had big plans for my Valentine’s decorating this year, just like pretty much every holiday. Especially now, that I’ve been off work for four whole days, I thought for sure I would have all kinds of wonderful hand-made decorations and a giant feast planned as well. Note to self: It takes just a […]

I think I’ve started a new tradition here. I used a little bit of cedar last year in our old house and I loved it, but back then we only had a few little saplings in our little townhouse back yard. This year I started out using my old dollar store greenery garlands, but then…. […]

Kennedy has been trying to implement a “Family Night” for the three of us every Friday night. We try to do a nice dinner, and then some kind of activity afterwards together. Sometimes it’s a movie, sometimes a board game. You know, things like that. The problem is, we’re not very good at the whole […]

I had my wisdom teeth out on Monday. It has not been a pretty week for me. So while I’m here on the couch feeling like death warmed over, I might as well post some of these pictures I took several weeks ago, right? To the front hall!! (I’ve also been on painkillers for several […]

Every new month that passes in our new house, I just gain a new appreciation for. I was so in love with September this year, when I’ve never really found it to be anything remarkable in years past. October was so exciting with all the harvesting of crops going on around us. Now I’m really […]