I've realized my idea of perfection in terms of Saturday mornings.  Wake up early while everyone is still sleeping, have a quick bowl...

Happy New Year! I would have to read the archives to remember most of 2011.  If I'm correct, it was a lot of smooth sailing - not mu...

Today we went " home " to see Sinterklaas . The littlest and I rather enjoyed ourselves.  I had no idea about this Dutch tra...

This one has been off the needles for over a month now.  I was slow to sew on the buttons and mailing it off to Quebec .  This is the day s...

I found my paradise in the form of a pioneer village .   We learned about printing presses, really tiny fonts, making ink from soot, card...

Mmm ... coffee and muffins.   Sunday mornings, I love you.  Everyone is still in bed.  It's peacefully quiet.  It just started pouring r...

The littlest and I took a little drive out to the country, and we spent an hour and a half in a sunny field of blueberries as wide and far a...

Baking bread in less than five minutes is perhaps the sweetest thing next to having the littlest beg for more bread and butter.  The giant ...

I told you I was casting on asap !  Every night I knit what seems like a thousand rows, and I have about half a hat so far.  It's going ...

Look at that cinnamon roll.  Just look at it. See anything new?  After spending weeks researching entry-level digital slr cameras, we splu...

The salt dough ornaments have all been painted.   I will need to search out twine for hanging them as the holes are too tiny for even the s...

Yesterday afternoon while Mr. J hung up the xmas lights in the front yard, the littlest and I tried our hand at salt dough ornaments. It wa...

Two of my little family are down with something or other and have been delegated to their respective beds under lots of blankets. I am goi...

Ah, Saturday mornings, how I love you. You are quiet, cozy and long if timed just right. I woke up at 7:30 to Mr. J walking in th...

If I had hundreds of millions of dollars to lose (like many of Bernie Madoff's friends), I would be so lucky. I wonder what that's l...