There’s a reason I don’t read many books. I love to read, but when I’m engrossed in a good book, I am a nightmare to live with. That book becomes my world, and I walk around in a daze when asked to do anything else. At the best of times, my inner world is calling […]
Archives for October 2013
Halloween and the Devil’s Greatest Trick
So I wasn’t going to talk about Halloween here, I reaallllly wasn’t. I want this space to be full of happiness, positivity, yummy food, and moments to remember. Yes, there is great tragedy all around us every day, and those big things that really matter, the scary things that change lives and reset directions, seem […]
Saturday Sweets: Pumpkin Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Is there anything better than a cake just begging for a giant dollop of cream cheese icing? Spread it all over…and I just want to dive in face first. This cake was my first foray into pumpkin this season, and, just when I thought I had enough pumpkin recipes to love, this one came along […]
Broccoli & Ham Crescent Roll Bake
Here’s a fun little phone conversation my husband and I had the other night… Let me set the scene. Carl’s out of town overnight, I’m home cutting 40+ lbs of onions for a school fundraiser. I’m sweaty, smelly, wearing a hairnet, and bawling my eyes out (because of the onions, y’know). Carl: “Hello? How’s it […]
Monday Moments
The fall weather has been amaaazing here, with day after day of the bluest sky as the backdrop for all the colours of changing leaves and the crispness of perfect fall temperatures that make me (yes,intensely indoorsy me) want to be outside all day long. We took advantage of the weather last week for a […]
How to make a Mickey Mouse cake without a special pan
Since my next little one’s birthday is coming up all too quickly (the big 1 year!) I figured I better blog about Kristopher’s birthday cake now or it’ll be too late :) This little man turned 3 a few weeks ago, and chose a Mickey Mouse cake for his special dessert. This little boy is […]
Roasted Red Pepper & Squash Soup
Last night I wrote a midterm I’ve been dreading since the semester began. I’m taking an online course on perception with a professor I had once before for stats who is not known for his, shall we say, normalcy. He is one of those people you stereotype professors as but no professors are actually like […]
Monday Moments
Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! I have so much to be thankful for … so much I am thankful for. Here are just a handful of those things. 1) This happy little face, every day. If I could’ve taken a picture that captured him sleeping through the night last night, I would have. It made me love […]
Saturday Sweets: Chocolate Cranberry Shortbread Bars
I’ve mentioned before how I feel about shortbread. Well, my favourite cookie of all time is getting a serious run for it’s money in these squares. These have all the buttery melt-in-your-mouth goodness of that whipped shortbread, except now we’re also talking chocolate. And they’re bars, which means they are even faster since you don’t […]
Apple Grape Upside-Down Muffins
How often do you use grapes in baking? I can’t say I ever have before now. To be honest, I can’t say it’ll be a regular occurrence around here either, because grapes usually disappear rapidly in their natural form. But this summer I got some wild grapes from my sister-in-law (or at least, backyard grapes, […]
Monday Moments
Aaah, best-laid plans. Last week my talented sister Sarah of Unexpected Moments Photography was kind enough to slot us in on a days’ notice to get some 3-year shots of Kristopher to wrap up his annual photo book. He was fine with the idea of pictures, and loved that he and his little brother even […]
Saturday Sweets: Granola Bars
Do you have a food that you just like best store bought? A packaged-good-weakness you never plan to give up? I have a couple. 1) Oreos. Mind you, I haven’t tried these homemade Oreos yet…I’ll report back. 2) Wheat Thins. Although I think I could challenge that with this recipe, but I know I won’t […]