December 15, 2013
In seventeen years of marriage Damien and I have lived in eleven homes. Out of all the places we've lived in our married life, this home has been the most charming.
November 15, 2013
It snowed this week. Last year's first significant dump of snow in our woods happened in December, seems we're about three weeks ahead of snow schedule this year.
August 28, 2013
If you want to go places as a family and have cool experiences, but don't have a Disneyland or truck and trailer budget to do that, there are other options. Camping is the option that has worked best for us.
August 27, 2013
We met up with my parents this weekend to enjoy the end of summer with a wee camping trip.
January 17, 2013
We had a dream to ski with our kids but we weren't sure how how our resources of time, money, and location could be stretched and finagled to make this a reality.
December 20, 2012
For us winter is all about snow. When you live in Canada you either move to the coastal regions where the climate is more mild (there's a very good reason that 95.5% of Canada's populace lives on the west coast FYI - this is a huge exaggeration), you stay put ...
December 2, 2012
It's been snowing on and off for the last week. I woke up today, my birthday morning, to more snow in the sky and on the ground. We do love snow around these parts. It was a welcome birthday present. The ski hill where we live opens in two weeks. ...