Mothers’ ingenuity

I heard this on the radio tonight and almost died laughing.  Thought all you moms of “grown up” kids would find it funny It was actually on a religious show that I never usually listen to, but this clip was worth listening to and passing on!
It’s just an audio clip, so make sure your [...]

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FCA Gathering Video

Hope you enjoy – there was a lot of screaming and excitement at our gathering, so it’s a good thing the music plays over the video, let me tell you!  But seriously, we had such a great time.  We had families come from Kelowna, Vernon, Westbank and even Langley! Thank you everyone for coming! Our group [...]

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Progress! on our house

This evening my friend L drove over from Westbank to help me cook some dishes for our Ethiopian feast this Saturday. And guess what?  We cooked on my new stove that the plumbers hooked up this morning!  Yahoo! The sink is hooked up too!
There are still a bunch of things to do, but finally I [...]

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Not getting my stuff done…

I really have been adapting pretty well to work part-time… although, I don’t seem to have any more time than I used to.  Mostly, I think that it’s because I am renovating away on the house, and because I haven’t been feeling that well.  But certainly, I can chalk some of it up to procrastination.  [...]

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Toast to self-sufficiency

Back in the fall, once most of the grapes had fallen to the ground or been eaten by the dogs, I decided to harvest the leftovers from the backyard.  I got a couple of cups of white grape juice (see above) and a whole jug of red grape juice.
It was the first time in years [...]

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Making Injera

The other night I decided to try out my sister’s recipe for making injera – the Ethiopian flatbreab eaten with most traditional meals.  I’ve gotten reasonably good at making the stews, but this was the first time I tried injera.  It’s actually a cheater recipe, designed to simulate the spongy texture [...]

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Lazy lazy lazy

These are the lazy bums in my house! (Pun intended.) Am I the only one with any energy?!? Seriously – they were all sleeping, until Hamish woke from the flash!

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Our Wish List

Today I was writing up a “list of stuff to buy/get/borrow” and realized that we still have a lot of stuff to get! 
Because these are our first kids, I don’t know what the protocol is.  If we have a shower, do I give the list of stuff to an organizer?  Do I send it out [...]

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Family Invasion – continued

After New Year’s, my little brother B stopped by with his fiancee, D, fresh off the plane from 3 months in southeast Asia.  We listened to lots of D’s stories – it seems that she had a truly moving, learning and wonderful time.  B was just really glad to have her back!

Their 2 day visit was [...]

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Family Invasion

Over the last week, we’ve been lucky to have 2 family visits – first, my parents cruised through.  We went out to Cedar Creek for a nice drive and a stop at the winery.  My parents tortured me by driving to 7+ stores in search of an area rug – and never finding one.  In [...]

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Decorating for the little ones

The “kids room” is total disaster now – it’s like a clearing house for all our junk that won’t fit into oter rooms – it has a dishwasher and wine fridge, and sink vanity, the computer desk, etc. all stuffed in there.  But soon we’ll be able to unpack it and start decorating!
A while ago [...]

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For all you cat lovers

this is so funny.  turn your speakers up. 

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The wait continues…

Now that we’ve changed our age request for a sibling group over 3 years old, (one child under one and one child under 4,) we are officially OVERDUE. It’s weird – I do feel like I’m bursting the seams – a feeling many of you moms who were pregnant out there understand – except it’s [...]

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