BTW…

My homeschooled kid (#3) has a new website blog : http://taylersadventures.wordpress.com/ to keep us all bloggy-with-it until I return to my own site

Adieu

A day I knew all along must come, is here. I bid the bloggy world GOODBYE! I’m pleased with myself to be writing my 198th post! And, although I still have 30 or 40 “post ideas” written in my little journal, the time has come to put my energy into other things. Like sleep . [...]

Lovin’ Vancouver! Our favorite places : the Secret Garden

It’s a restaurant, it’s a shop, it’s a destination, it’s an event – the Secret Garden! Every year for the past 5 or so years, I have taken the girls to the Secret Garden for “start of summer” lunch. Well, ok, I’ll admit we go a lot more often than that… But we love it! [...]

tuesdays for tea 09.06.02

Another tuesday, another chat over tea! I had THE MOST incredible experience last night – I just have to share. It was amazing! It was… SLEEP! I fell asleep on the couch around 8:30pm and woke up just before 6am, and I DIDN’T WAKE UP IN BETWEEN!! I woke up feeling like I had actually [...]

Ahhhh, BBQ season!

May has been a gorgeous month for Vancouver, and we’ve been taking FULL advantage of it! We have to – it usually goes back to crap and cold for June and even the first half of July… Ahhhh, Vancouver. We’ve been hard at work on the backyard and getting everything pretty and ready. This weekend [...]

tuesdays for tea 09.05.26

We’re drinking a Cream Earl Grey today – ahhhh. With just a touch of added vanilla – ahhhhh. But I have been trying to drink more lattes lately, so I can have the used coffee grounds for my garden! Things are GROWING! Yesterday someone came and measured our old window down in “the hot house” [...]