I have been wanting to try this recipe since I made my coconut rum sugar cookies recipe last year. I waited patiently until this holiday so I could share them at an Easter dinner we are going to this weekend. Actually, it wasn’t so much so that I could share them. It was mostly because [...]
It’s that time of year again. We open the windows to let fresh air in, go room to room cleaning from top to bottom, and wash what feels like everything in the house. The time for spring cleaning is here. Some look forward to it, and some face it with a sense of dread. This [...]
I have been feeling bad for our cat lately. Our winter is long to us, but I imagine it feels like a lifetime to our little cat who longs for days laying in our garden. We’ve been lucky in Edmonton this year with above average temperatures and even some days sitting nicely on the plus [...]
This weekend I turned two Pink Shirt Day shirts into dresses for my daughters in celebration of Pink Shirt Day. For more information on this amazing initiative that London Drugs is involved in, you can read my post on Pink Shirt Day. To start, I loosely followed this tutorial on turning a t-shirt into a [...]
Valentine’s is already on Friday. How did that happen? With our two young daughters, most Valentine’s Day celebrations are done at home. Usually with a fancy dinner, followed by a family movie, then the kids go to sleep and the adults get to hang out some more. When I think back to last year, I’m [...]
I’ve been thinking about cinnamon heart candies for awhile now. Valentine’s Day is under one month away and I’m seeing those little candies everywhere. I used to love these as a kid, then I went through an anti-cinnamon heart candy phase, and now we’re kind of friends again. If it was a Facebook status, I’d [...]
Have you been thinking about getting away to a tropical location only to find yourself wondering if it is the best idea because your children are still young? Our daughters are four and a half years, and 20 months old and we just arrived back from a wonderful week away in beautiful Varadero, Cuba. Our [...]
This is the first year in the history of forever that I have started the year off thinking about plans, goals, and resolutions and not feeling defeated before I start. The other day I fell down a rabbit hole of great quotes on Pinterest (sorry in advance if you follow me on Pinterest and saw [...]
The excitement is at an all time high around or house and we still have two more sleeps to go. We are enjoying all of our traditions and creating new ones. All of those little moments that become such an important part of our holidays. Last night, I sorted our stocking stuffers. I realized that [...]
This year I decided to take our family’s classic Peanut Butter & Butterscotch bars recipe a little further. It was a small change, and everyone has their own version of this bar recipe, so I thought I’d add my new recipe here because I can’t go back to the way they were before. I can’t [...]
The most expensive holiday of the year is just a few days away. The food, gifts, decorations, cards and all of the little extras can really add up. Here are some tips to help you enjoy the season Santa-style on a Humbug budget. Host a cookie swap Holiday baking can be time consuming and costly [...]