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The nice Post Person just delivered the newest addition to my bento/lunch jar collection. Super Kawaii! The large container is stainless steel and holds 240mls, the two small containers both hold 160 mls. My Mum thinks I’m a bit daft to be collecting an item that won’t be seeing service for another 6 months.

I should really just stick to making bags and other such sundry items on my sewing machine. Last weekend I went out fabric shopping with Joyce. My plan was to get some material to use with the Betsy Ross patterns I have. This afternoon I sat down to sew up the skirt…It sucks in ways [...]

It’s slightly sucking to be me right now. I haven’t been to a Dentist in 12 years and I have what my old dentist referred to as “weak teeth” (polite way to say that my teeth suck) and after two pregnancies I now need A LOT of work done on my mouth. Le Sigh, , [...]

I have just returned from registering Abi for Junior Kindergarten! I cannot tell you how many types of weird it feels to suddenly realize that this little person who (in my mind) just a short time ago was brand new and so very tiny is going to be starting her school career in what till [...]

By now most people who live in Toronto  are well aware of the huge fire that gutted the better part of the south side of Queen St. West between Portland and Bathurst st. I cannot quite express how much this saddens me, my early twenties were spent in that area. I had friends who lived [...]

It’s amazing how a little Manic Panic can perk up an otherwise bleak landscape. Of course a little Gin and something appropriately bubbly helps too!

My brain is going to mush. Saturday night The Spinnazz (as Chris likes to refer to us since he is convinced we are a nefarious gang) were over and I’m fairly certain I phased out during more than one conversation. This happened when I was on Mat leave with Abi as well, I guess the [...]

Those Danish shawls are just the tip of the iceberg! The goal is to not only knit a shawl from my own hand spun but to have dyed the yarn using plant dyes in a solar oven. I have tracked down plans to build your own solar oven and a Canadian retailer of plant dyes. [...]

Yesterday afternoon Liam rolled over for the first time, he went from his belly to his back. This morning he rolled from his back to his belly and back again… Crawling is not too far off now…

Oven roasted sweet potato chips. These things are tasty and dead easy to make! Wash and peel sweet potato, cut into either rounds or “fingers” (think chip shape) toss with olive oil and some saly and pepper roat in 400 degree oven, tossing every so often till cooked. This is my standard veggie roasting recipe, [...]