Category: family
Nothing says “Christmas” like a bleak board game where everyone gets turned into a zombie! My brother in-common-law refuses to play this game with my sister because it’s bleak and nearly impossible to win, so Nancy made me and her friend Daniel play it this evening. They look far too happy for people who are […]
Christmas Baking 2013 was a success! We baked a grand total of 9 things: Chinese almond cookies Jan Hangel cookies flaxseed crackers gingerbread marshmallow puff tartlets – which I renamed Hufflepuffs mocha nut butterballs shortbread Turtle bars white chocolate & macadamia nut cookies Here’s Madeline, baking Turtle bars: Some chopped macadamia nuts: Thomas and Grandma […]
Hands down, my favourite Christmas tradition is baking with my family. As far back as I can remember, we’d get together to bake Christmas goodies that we’d give out to family and friends and have around the house for when people came to visit. When I was young, my Aunt Wendy would come over to […]
Toronto just got a new aquarium and my Aunt Lynn took us all there for my niece’s birthday ((Earlier in the day, my mom asked my 2.5 year old nephew what kind of fish he thought we would see at the aquarium. His answer: sushi.)). I have to say – it was pretty cool. We […]
So my brother-in-common-law is setting up a pretty cool little site that I thought would be worth sharing with y’all- it’s what he describes as “extreme couponing for the Internet”. Basically, he finds combinations of deals using different promo sites that you can add up to get really big savings. Right now, he has three […]
Apparently I am all about Christmas trees right now, because not only did I decorate my tree at home and buy an awesome set of new ornaments, but tonight I got to help decorate the tree at my sister’s place! Like mine, my sister’s family’s tree is full of ornaments collected over the years – […]
Written earlier today, on a plane where they don’t have the Internets. On a plane, heading to see the fam in Toronto for the Christmas holidays. I’m strangely antsy – we’ve only been flying for an hour so far, but I’ve alternated between deciding I should nap, then that I should read and then flipping […]
Happy birthday to the best niece an aunt could ever ask for! Love you, kiddo!
Happy birthday to the best mother around! I hope your day is filled with much joy and many Irish coffees! I love you!
This past week, my mom, my niece, my grandpa, and my aunt attended a “Celebration of Life” ceremony held by the Trillium Gift of Life Network ((The Trillium Gift of Life Network is the agency that coordinates organ and tissues donations in Ontario.)) in honour of those who have been organ and tissue donors. As you […]