While i was down visiting eli this weekend we discovered that there was a coin show happening in Toronto so thought we'd take the trip over to check it out. We were late on Sunday and many vendors were

Today while i was visiting with Eli, we took part in a pasta making class. We went to a local Italian pasta restaurant and learned the traditional techniques of making pasta from scratch. It was alot of

Well kinda! It's still far from arriving back home,but looks like down here in Belleville its well underway. I'm amazed to see such big swollen buds on this large tree at @ejr place. Im sure if i look

I'm slowly improving my braiding ability. I find it the best way to keep my daughters hair from getting too mess and tangled. This time we got adventurous and i started with a reverse braid. Or i think

It looks like someone has been paying close attention to there grandmothers yoga routine. Tonight she pulled out the matts and decided to teach me an impromptu lesson. She's definitely much more flexible

Trying to get one nice photo with 3 kids certainly presents some challenges. Here's the photo graphic evidence. In the end i think we finally succeeded, or at least had one that was good enough.

I got this fancy candy making kit from the kids for my birthday and were they ever excited to try it out. The recipes we tried were simple enough and we made some simple jelly candies. I found them kinda

Honestly i have no idea what this says? It's been bothering me all day... The first part looks like black, but I'm not sure what the second part is, and i can't think of any 'black' food I might need.

So for the last 9 years ive been hosting a party here at my house for the family. It started as my dad's surprise 50th birthday party. Then it turned into a hockey party, but this year it evolved into

We'll today was my birthday. It was fun, but mostly just any other day. Put in a full day at work. The family was over and we had some cake. Of course there was a couple presents as well. As if family....

Looks like spring is coming to my part of Canada with a vengeance. At least for the next 24hrs. We have so much snow and once the rain starts coming things get so messy. And I'm not the only one worried,

I had a very long and very great meeting tonight regarding the exciting new tree business I'll be taking over. We had a great chance to work through some of the intricacies and details of the ordering

As i likely mentioned along the way, i am totally more if a collector than a stacker, when it comes to my silver. One of my favorite things is to collect year sets of different coins and these pandas are

The older fella I've been buying my fruit trees off of for years is finally ready to retire and has decided to hand the business over to me. We'll work on a profit sharing and transition plan over the

I've been focusing some time on cleaning the house and purging. There's far to much junk and clutter. I also hope finally rent the little apartment we made in the basement. Its got its own little private

I had to tackle shoveling off my deck today. The warmer weather is starting and the melt from the deck just sits next to the house and works it was down the foundation. I've had alot of issues with water

My moms boyfriend is at it again. Hes mastered his bears, and made one pretty sweet eagle. And now it's onto wolves. Its just got the finishing touches really, but so far this has all only been done with

I think its time to just go through my house and clean and get rid of stuff. Tonight i started with a thorn in my side. The Tupperware drawer. I always hated searching the side for lids and never having

This first one is a fun little poker token from beaver bullion. He added a little bit of enamel for some pop. I really like his hand made blanks and dies, it gives it a very vintage look. The second pour

I had a friend visiting town this weekend, so thought we would check out a new path in the city. It was a great little trail winding throughout the trees. About 1km in length. Was a great way to spend