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What does summer mean to you? Hot days and warm nights? Green grass and flowering plants? Swimming, biking and having fun? Summer to me means patio season. A time when I can sit back in my Adirondack Chair and watch my kids play outside. A time for barbequing and sipping wine. Over the past few [...]

Can you feel it? Smell it? Almost taste it. Winter is over and spring has made her long-awaited arrival. Everywhere you turn there is evidence of it. Birds chirping just a little bit louder. People smiling and not rushing to get inside. The air rich with the scent of morning dew. I recently read an [...]

My first step into home renovations. Prior to a few months ago, I lived on a sail boat. Not much redecorating one can do, when all your furniture is built into the foundation of your home. So when we bought our first home, I was all excited to put my creative flair all over my [...]

I have a dirty little secret to tell you. I love composting. I love my kitchen which has a pail for garbage, a pail for recycling materials and a pail for my compost. In fact, my compost pail has a special location; it’s not with the other two, it’s stationed in the place of honour [...]

I am a little bit of an older mom. I had my son at 36 and my daughter at 38. While I can tell you all the merits of having children later in life, there have been a few downsides. I am not talking about the “lack of energy” as I have never really found [...]

Hi, my name is Heather and I am a basketcase! The clock is ticking. In a matter of days I leave for a week-long vacation in Cuba. Brand new, 5 star hotel. Sun. Beach. Buffet. And we are going with our best friends who live in Vancouver. They have kids around the same age as [...]