From one mother to another…
Raising three teenage girls is tough. Add in learning disabilities,
suicide & depression and it’s a miracle I’m not an alcoholic.
Raise your hand if you understand…
Do you have Squares on Your Christmas Baking List?
When you think of Christmas baking - do you envision cookies or does your mouth start watering as you think about all those pans of squares that are made? We had a great Week 1 in the Sweet Swap! Thank you everyone for sharing your recipes on pinterest, here and on my...
Vanilla Almond Biscotti
While I love most cookies, biscotti has to be one of my favourites! I refuse to buy it at the local coffee shop though, I'd rather enjoy them when they are freshly baked, not sitting in a cookie jar for who knows how long. Yes, once again I'm admitting how picky I am!...
Gingerbread Cookies
According to my youngest - you can't have Christmas without Gingerbread Cookies. One of her favorite stories to read is the one where it says "run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me..." remember that one? (now it's stuck in my head). For me, finding that...
Homemade Hot Cocoa
It's snowing and even though I still have a plethora of boxes to unpack I'm in the mood for some hot cocoa and cookies. Every winter season I go through a lot of hot chocolate - my three girls love it, I love it...the only one who doesn't like it is my husband, but...
Super Easy Pumpkin Pie
It's Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada. The weather is cool, the ground is full of colorful leaves and I'm able to wear my favorite scarves again! It's also time for us to enjoy our pumpkins - whether it's in eating pumpkin seeds or eating pumpkin pies! Family is...
What I’m Reading: The Returned.
My TBR pile just decreased - or so I thought. I recently just finished The Returned by Jason Mott. I've got to say, the premise interested me. What would happen if my loved ones, already deceased, came back - with no warning? What if it were a spouse - and I had...
What is going on In Summerland?
Oh Summerland...what is going on with you? There are so many themes going on in this book...from teenage alcohol abuse to neglect parenting to over parenting, to true love and comfortable love ... there's so much that is going on and I am thoroughly enjoying it all!...
Are you Ready To Begin Summerland?
#bookclub Before we begin, I have 2 housekeeping news: 1. Jill Emery - you've won a copy of Summerland! Please let me know what email address I can gift the book to 🙂 Congrats! 2. I'm happy to announce our #bookclub hostess for the month is Natasha Fortune-Price....
September Book Club
I'm excited to get our book club started again and what better book to begin with than Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand! Every Friday throughout September we'll discuss the book, our thoughts, what's happening and there might even be a special treat (I'll announce more...
Indie Life: Do You Need A Newsletter?
Do you have a newsletter? Do you need one? Do you really want one? I know, I know, some of you are groaning at the thought. Let's face it - newsletters, if used incorrectly, are horrible torture devices that clog up our emails and force us to unsubscribe to something...