Ice Storm!

So, there’s been an ice storm in the Greater Toronto Area for the past couple of days. My aunt and cousin who live in Ajax, like countless others in the area, have been without heat and power, as heavy ice has brought down trees and powerlines and crushed cars and all sorts of craziness. We’ve […] →Read more

Massage Therapy

Given that I do a fair bit of running and hockey, and I also have a desk job, I’m extremely lucky to have a good health benefits package that allows me to get some much needed massage therapy. When I started working in Surrey, I started going to Starr Family Chiropractic, for both chiropractor (Dr. […] →Read more

Hair Extraordinaire!

And now I’m just on a roll of talking about businesses that I like, so I think that I’ll make that the theme for today. Which brings me to my hair stylist, Jenny Lynn, the owner of Oh Hey Style ((As with the other postings, this comes straight from my heart – it’s not a […] →Read more

Sky Shoes and Repair

And while I’m talking about businesses that I like, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention Sky Shoes & Repair. I’d been looking for a place that does alterations, as my favourite red coat had a broken zipper, and I’d been looking for a place that would re-heel shoes, because I’m pretty hard on […] →Read more

My manicure one month later

Hey, remember that time that I got my nails done all fancy like? That was almost a month ago and my nails are still, to my great surprise, perfect! Of course, near the cuticle you can see that my nails have grown a bit in the past month, but other than that, they are perfectly […] →Read more

Dumb Ways To Die

This song is totally stuck in my head, which may or may not be due to my nephew wanting to view this video over and over and over again: And playing the video game. →Read more

Walking Dead Board Game

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 […] →Read more

Christmas Baking 2013

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 […] →Read more

Unsubscribapalooza

I get a lot of bac’n email, as I’m sure most people do. For the uninitiated, bac’n is sort of like spam, in that it’s email you probably don’t really want to read (or don’t want to read right away), but it’s not exactly spam because it’s stuff that you signed up for. Stuff like […] →Read more

Next Recipe I’m Going to Tackle

One of the suggestions for blog postings was “the next recipe you are going to tackle”. And fortunately for me, this is an easy one because I just so happened to have picked a new recipe to try out tomorrow for Christmas Baking Day: Marshmallow Puff Tartlets. And just to be different, I’m going to […] →Read more