Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner?

Mom doesn’t come over to dinner often since she lives a few thousand kilometers away like on the other side of the country. So my mind is a buzz to get ready for her arrival.  You know how when you host a dinner party or event in your home it becomes a great motivator...

A Way Of Life

Even if we want to avoid the rhetoric it’s hard not to. Every magazine, show, topic is screaming at us to slim down, gear up and get better! Good advice in theory but I don’t like the “practice” part. I suggest we relax, open our cupboards and...

Good Day

Today was a good day, an efficient day. A day of organization, structure and health. After working most of the day it was time for my oh so satisfying hot yoga class. More cleansing, work and reward and to top it off was a meal that I have been craving to make. After...

Transition

Transition! There is no escaping yet, especially on the 1st day of school. Even though my “little ones” are well on their way and I do not have the profound experience of 1st day of school “itis” I can still feel the effects. Whether it is the...

Yes I Can!

There is a first time for anything and this “first” was tackling a gorgeous crate of peaches and attempt to can them. Something I have never before tried but I figured with the resident experts around me and the advent of google I had a fair chance of...

Pie in the Sky

I found this image recently after another blissful sunny summer day. After a day of friends, water and unlimited sunshine the tribe headed out to have a bite to eat at a very special remote establishment. The surroundings were idyllic, rolling green pastures, sweet...