One of my earliest memories of wrapping gifts was with my dad and sisters. Every Christmas Eve we would arrive at my dad’s house where we were greeted by a large pile of unwrapped presents. Our job was to play the roll of “Santa’s Elves” and help my dad wrap all the presents. This quickly…
work jacket | compact drill | safety glasses | pencils | man card | coffee maker | work gloves | tape measure I’ve said it before, my dad pretty much lives at The Home Depot. If you call him at any given time on a weekend and ask him where he is, you are…
Ever so slowly I am working my way through my new home reveals. I already showed you my new front entryway and even gave you a sneak peek of my office in this post, but I figured it’s time for the full reveal. When it came down to moving my entire townhouse + my home…
1 / I successfully served a turkey dinner to 17 guests! 2 / My festive table setting. 3 / Simple DIY mason jar table decor. 4 / Our Christmas tree… so bright! 5 / My present from “J”… and no, it’s not what you’re thinking. 6 / Photobombed by the nephew. 7 / “J” helped my…
Last night our sump pump stopped working. Scary, I know. Luckily “J” noticed before the basement started to flood. After panicked call to my dad & a quick trip to Canadian Tire, we had it fixed within a mater of hours. But there are two important things I learned while tackling the sump pump crisis……
1. I attended the annual walk for my charity… 2. … it rained the entire time, but we raised $90,000 for Scleroderma. 3. I did some waiting around for my dad’s birthday dinner… 4. We went to Del Dente’s… I had the Chicken Tetrazzini. So good! 5. Sunday morning “J” and I headed to Aberfoyle…
I am not exactly sure when this tradition started, but I know I have been doing it for a very long time. As long as I can remember, every Spring, my dad and step-mom would bundle all three of us up, throw us in the car, and head to Elmira for the yearly Maple Syrup…
It’s taken a few months to finally get my office in working order. It was really important to me to create a space that I actually wanted to be in… after all, I have to spend 8-12 hours a day in it… Most of the furniture is from Ikea… I find it the best solution for small office spaces. You…
1. House stuff. Things are starting to come along… furniture filling the guest room… the glass panel door PD gave me for Christmas for my office… and my new feather duvet set. Still working on getting my office put together… filing, organizing, etc… but I think a trip to IKEA next wednesday will solve a…
