Keepin' it real
This is Me in Grade Nine ~ Being a Keeper of Family Memories
August 2, 2010
The first part of this post's title is a nod to that Bare Naked Ladies song by the same name. My parents have moved a couple times in the last three years. Over the course of those transitions most of the remaining few tokens of my childhood have come into ...
Gone Swimmin'
July 19, 2010
I've noticed a trend in the blogs I read both in the posts themselves and confessions buried in comments. Burn out, over-work, stress, busy living. Here's my confession: I am coming off from a month of that myself. Unfortunately, I feel in good company (like I mentioned above). The intensity ...
Back from Vacation Blues
June 29, 2010
Sunday night we arrived home from an eight day camping vacation in the Gaspésie region of Quebec, Canada. This is the same area we visited after this past Christmas. Monday was spent as post trips days go: a bit of laundry, a run to the produce stand, some time in ...
Friday's Flowers ~ Beauty in Busy
June 4, 2010
I thought I was doing good. I was doing good. Then spring and summer collided and my careful scheduling of our days to give us time to explore, create, learn, play and manage our home went flying out the window. Oh, I don't do good with transitions. To put things ...
A day in the woods to process life
May 24, 2010
I have had much on my mind these days. The change of season from spring to summer and all that entails for family life, figuring out how to manage our small gardens in just a couple hours a week, the growing of my children (Celine turned eleven this weekend, e-leven!), ...
I can see clearly now
May 5, 2010
One of the greatest gifts of this past weekend was the time to step away from everyday life and evaluate my current activities and pre-occupations. A got a break in the daily, endless task of cooking for my family (boy did I ever enjoy that break). I felt renewed spiritually ...
Trial & Error
March 29, 2010
Trial News from the homemade toothpaste front. The recipe I'm using right now, a modification of this recipe shared by Rachel at her blog, Clean is great for cleaning our teeth. My teeth feel awesome and it doesn't even taste too bad. But... (you knew a but was coming) I ...
