What a great weekend so far… My family was in town to jointly celebrate my dad and my birthday’s (they are a day apart). Which meant I got some time to do some birthday shopping and have some downtime with everyone. I’m not a city girl- I mean I think I’ve adjusted well but my…
Farm Fresh Decor
Spring is in the air but I’ve been bringing it in to the house for a while now. I love the charm that chicken wire, reclaimed wood, homemade paper and rough burlap can do to accessorize a home. I’m not referring to old school country kitsch but the modern “farminista” version with modern elements of…
Skinny Jean Challenge
Cindy Cupack (writer of Sex of the City) put it best when she wrote that, the “Hey Baby” weight was the weight you had to be at to date again or to have random men on the street call out to you… My girlfriend and I have instituted the Skinny Jean Challenge- every woman has…
Luck of the Irish
Every year when it comes to celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day I realize I don’t own a stitch of green, I’m talking not even a t-shirt. It just doesn’t work for my skin tone… anyhow I decided to celebrate I would try something different, like baking a high calorie dessert. So to pay homage to the…
White Line Addiction
As I write this post, everything on me hurts. My back is sore, every muscle in my forearms stiff and my overly abused knee screaming at me, but what a great day… We headed up the MacDonald Creek drainage west of Radium. After a 30 km ride into the backcountry we reached some beautiful terrain…
Food For Thought Friday
Everyday I drive by this school that posts a “Virtue of the Month”, and every time it makes me smile and forces the question of what that virtue means to me. Overall I enjoy the pure positivity it brings out on that corner of the world. For people commitment means many things and is executed…
