Monthly Archives Jul 2011
En Route & Arrived
July 28, 2011
After two days of travel (first an eleven hour drive to Maine and overnight stay with friends, then a day of three flights with inevitable delays) we have arrived in Montana. For these first couple days in "Big Sky Country" we're staying with Ryan Jordan and his wife Stephanie. Later ...
Dad's Birthday Party ~ Feels Like Family
July 26, 2011
I totally did not plan to blog my Dad's birthday but when I saw the photos and the story they told I just couldn't help myself. When my parents first moved to Nova Scotia four summers ago they knew no one. Having lived their whole adult lives (and in my ...
Weekend Linky
July 23, 2011
It's Saturday morning and we are busy preparing for my Dad's birthday party tonight. Food, lots of it. Friends, lots of those also. And blessedly, this year, family too. In the midst of the normal pressure points of three generations living together under one roof - kids with their mess ...
Feeling Vibrant and "In Between"
July 20, 2011
Life is downright busy this summer. I haven't tried to be subtle about it or use the euphemistic phrase "the days are full". We all know that's code-speak for "life is busy" anyway. This empty glass is not symbolic of anything (like feeling empty). I just like the sand stuck ...
Natural Makeup For my Girls
July 18, 2011
Brienne is our girlie girl. I never was much of a girlie girl. My mom even wrote about that in one of our family memoirs. (PS. I love this family memoir my mom wrote and I'm so glad she took the time to write parts of my childhood story.) But ...
Pass the Bacon
July 17, 2011
We actually don't call ourselves vegan, though we choose to eat mostly eat plants on a regular basis. And we're pretty "strict" about processed foods, refined foods, sweetners, etc... in our daily life. Just ask my mom, who no doubt does some inner eye rolling (lovingly of course) at our ...
Getting WellGrounded
July 14, 2011
The internet is a pretty amazing place. One of my favorite parts of being active in the online world is the immense personal growth I have experienced as a result of my web interactions. Blog posts, lengthier articles (I don't read too many of those), videos, podcasts. A wealth of ...
The Boy Has a Blog ~ Introducing Pictograph
July 12, 2011
It was a busy weekend. Yet again. (pst... slow weekend do come visit some time). Sunday we went hiking and visited Damien's cousin's family. Saturday was decidedly not outdoors, but a day spent on our computers busy launching a little family project. Or rather, Damien spent a lot of time ...
Stop Waiting For the Stars to Align
July 7, 2011
Before we moved I had this interesting notion, a fantasy really, that after we moved life would slow down just a bit. You know where this is going already don't you? (I hear you laughing in the back row). To be sure, life has slowed down in one respect. No ...
Making a Trip Out West
July 5, 2011
Trip Reports (added after this post originally published): En Route & Arrived A Road Report - Montana, Wyoming, Utah OR & Hospitality ~ Out West Big Sky ~ Big Dreams ~~~ Now that the plane tickets are finally purchased I can make an exciting announcement. Damien and I are going ...
Canada Day on The Prairie Skipper
July 4, 2011
I grew up on the Prairies and so did my parents. Now that we find ourselves in the east my Dad is fulfilling a long time dream of his - to own a boat. It was actually during my visit last fall that Dad bought his boat from a retired ...
Red & White (With a Bit of Blue)
July 3, 2011
I'm not a terribly patriot person in the "rah, rah, I'm Canadian" sense. I had no choice where I was born and I consider my citizenship to be a huge blessing in my life, certainly nothing I deserve or can even be proud of necessarily. I didn't accomplish anything by ...
Savoring Summer ~ Berries
July 1, 2011
I know for a lot of my internet buddies strawberry season is already just a sweet memory or fast coming to a close. For us, it's just beginning. But because of spring rains and grey skies I expect this berry season will be an especially short one. Today is opening ...
