One of the perks of moving to a new place is that people immediately want to come visit. But, oh no, don’t bother tidying up; after all, “you just moved in!” This is basically the one time you can get away with a general state of unkemptness and no one will pass judgment. It’s like [...]
Around here, we are big time breakfast-for-dinner people. Like, once-a-week breakfast-for-dinner people. For us, breakfast is our har-dee-har answer to “what’s for dinner?”, a cure all for rainy days, rotten days and “I need a reward” days. The usual suspect? Pancakes. Growing up, pancakes were an every Sunday morning occurrence. We made them from scratch [...]
A few years ago, Canadians in select provinces received a lovely gift from their governments: Family Day. An annual holiday on the third Monday in February, which basically equates to a day off to stay cozy and enjoy family time. It’s almost like an extra Sunday in the middle of the month. For me, the [...]