Spring Festivities
The last week has been full of festivities around our house, celebrating the coming of spring, and a visit from my wandering husband. (He’s been loccuming in Saskatchewan for five weeks, so it was a...
View ArticleLemonade Stand: Learning the value of money
Today the girls set up a lemonade stand at the end of the block, to make some extra dough. It’s certainly a great experience to learn about hard work and business. For a few years, our girls have had...
View ArticleMy dream in reality: Pounce & Hound Fine Pet Goods Open
Today day for me. For the last four years, Jason and I have been working on opening our own veterinary clinic and pet store. Today, we open our doors to Pounce & Hound Fine Pet Goods for the first...
View ArticleThe Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other,...
View ArticleOctober Family Photo Album
It’s been a whirlwind month, as October usually is… But we find ourselves having more time for family and friends. Thank goodness, because I’ve felt like a social recluse for the last few months....
View ArticleLessons learned from Backyard Chickens
It’s been two years since we drove up the Mabel Lake road to a small hobby farm to pick up our two fledgling Plymouth Rocks, Keelee and Hailey. I’ve learned a lot in those two years, including some...
View ArticleFinally all together!
Today was the first day that Jason and I and the girls were all together for over a month. We have missed each other so much… And even though it was necessary to be apart, it feels so much better to be...
View ArticleBiking around the hood in the rain
It’s so nice to have full on spring and biking weather once again. The girls and I took the long way home a couple of times this week, braving the intermittent storms in our shiny raincoats and bike...
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