Hey there lovely readers. Did I every tell you about the time I put myself into the ER with a ridiculous self-inflicted injury? Here is how the story goes, as I wrote it out last month. . . A couple of days ago my eye started hurting. Each morning I wake it is redder and sorer […]
Do you ever go back in your Pinterest archives and check out all your old pins . . . . and then laugh at the board ‘2011 You’ made of ‘DIYs That I Will TOTALLY Do!’. Maybe you actually did them (you get your craft on sista!). Or maybe now the board is just called ‘Cool Stuff Other Chicks […]
We moved to this small town almost four years ago. It was winter and we had to buy quickly but our choices were different versions of the same 80s style house. I wanted to pass on this place, til my realtor sent me a picture of the backyard in the summer. So we signed the […]
In my childhood family home there is a door frame striated with dates and names of friends and family. Telling tales of height competitions and a history of tots outgrowing their parents. If my parents ever move we may put the structural integrity of this door way at risk because we WILL be cutting this […]
A while back I asked Andreaif I could host her picture in my post on no shampoo. I saw she had a really cool store for custom signs and posters. I told her I was gonna be all over that like a toddler on a choking hazard, so she offered a free printable giveaway for […]
You asked for it, you got it!In follow up to the Great Canadian Mobile Home Renovation (<- check out this link for full before and afters), I’ve put together this post on some budget friendly reno tips. Our BEFORE Our AFTER This is reno going back about seven years now. We were reno-rookies testing the limits […]
I am constantly looking for ways to keep my toddler busy indoors. So after much pinning and pining I finally made the big trip to the hardware store and made this toddler busy board for my son. It is located at the top of the stairs right beside our kitchen so I can see him. If […]
Eight years ago I was a girl madly in love with a boyfriend who lived hours away. As I finished my Environmental Health degree I looked desperately for a job near his town so we could be together. The outlook wasn’t good. We feared that we were destined for a few more years of […]
I routinely dye my clothes – well not dye them, tint them. There is a difference. Dyeing will change the colour, tinting will deepen the current colour. I haven’t found clothing dye readily available in Canada so I’ve stuck with tinting. I tint clothes that are faded (maybe once a year I dye my blacks, […]
The Final Product You know how the first pancake sticks to the pan or burns or takes forever to cook and you get a mucky mess? Unless you are a seasoned pro at pan temperatures and flipping (which I expect to be in the next 5-10 years) you are usually left with a barely edible […]