Today’s topic is a rather sobering one for me.  Earlier this year a friend of mine went through the horror of having a house fire.  Between fire, smoke, and water damage, they lost almost everything.  Thankfully she was able to get herself and her family out in time and possessions were the only things lost….

I cannot believe that summer is over, but it’s hard to ignore the fact with it being Labour Day weekend.  Even the weather today is a little on the cool side, as though it to wants to remind me that it’s time to get back to routine riddled days and crazy schedules.  Sad as I…

  When we lived in norther BC, summer time was almost always accompanied by a number of power outages.  Over time I learned that being prepared for power outages was so much better than finding myself wishing I had taken time to make sure we had x, y, and z.  Below is a list of…

 **This Give Away is now over.  If you’re the winner, please check your email** The end of summer is upon us, and even those of us who have put off thinking about back to school, have to admit it’s time to stop stalling and start hitting the stores.   When I was a kid, back to…