It’s been an amazingly hectic few weeks (and yes, I will eventually get my vacation blog up-to-date WITH pictures, promise!) with our jam-packed (literally! Mom gifted slaDE with 8 jars of strawberry freshness) vacation back to Ontario, a family wedding and a full-on Stampede with fireworks every night to keep us bright-eyed and awake into…
Why is it that whenever I go on vacation (a time of supposed relaxation and stress-relief), I usually end up needing a vacation afterwards to unwind from a fast-paced hectic schedule far busier than my everyday life! The eve before a trip, for both slaDE~ and myself, is typically an evening of last-minute packing and…
On this first day of summer, may the blessings of the solstice, the time of the longest day, bring love and gratitude into your daily lives. Here’s a prayer that I feel is fitting as we enter into the turning of another season …. This is the time of year when everything is ripening. This…
What a beautiful engaging soul my brother was … 19 years ago today we lost Kenny in a motorcycle accident. He is dearly missed … thought of daily and remembered with the utmost love and respect. He will forever be the incredibly talented, free and pure wild-child, my beloved older brother. Someday I hope to…
Today I was humbled … I’ve always thought that I’ve been well-travelled, until I observed that I have only travelled 15% of the world’s countries. Oh how I yearn to travel more … so many countries to experience and live in, so little time! I do feel eternally grateful, however, for the enormous opportunities that…
If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (I wonder who was paid to figure that out?) A pig’s orgasm lasts 30 minutes. (In my next life, I want to be a pig) The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its…
Ever the environmentalist, I’m always looking for nature-friendly products to use in our home and lifestyle. For example, it’s important to me to both wash our clothes with natural products and air-dry either on an outside clothes line or with a clothes horse. Did you know that “laundry equipment consumes vast amounts of energy and…
Well I must admit, I was feeling a bit adventurous when I ventured out in shorts and a t-shirt, laundry encased in a large green rucksack, sans umbrella. The looming clouds had been darkening the skies for much of the afternoon, and I figured that it might hold off for perhaps another 45 minutes. Boy,…
How random can the music that you live and love for, depict who you are? This is such an interesting experiment … mine’s rather interesting actually. And I must admit, it’s very fitting to who I am! So, here’s how it works: 1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc) 2. Put it…
Yes, another wonderful freecycle discovery has enriched our lives and the air that we breath in our humble abode … I am now the proud Mum to 5 delicate African Violet plants (my Mother’s favourite!). I just hope that I can give them the delicate green-thumbed touch that my Mom was born with and I’ve…