My love, Valentine’s is only one day a year. One day. And yet, it’s one of the most talked-about and anticipated days on the calendar. In the world of holidays, Valentine’s is one of the top. And why wouldn’t it be? I mean chocolate! Flowers! Steak! A million ways to say “I love you” on one day. One day. *** One day in 2009, I put on my makeup frantically in my room, in my student house down the street from campus. House is polite. It was a shack. I tried to play it off like it wasn’t a big…
Lately in Boothopia… Last Wednesday was Canada Day, and we were worried we’d have to stay inside all day due to smoke from forest fires to the north of us. So I decided that if we couldn’t get outside to enjoy the beauty of our country, we could at least eat Canadian! First on the menu was pancakes with real maple syrup for breakfast! And I don’t mean Aunt Jemima or even store-brand “100% maple syrup”. I mean the real thing. You can taste the difference! Thankfully the smoke lightened just enough for us to feel comfortable taking Ziggy down…
It’s been a very busy weekend. In my mad dash to finish the nursery AND start taking cloth diaper pictures for my planned review series, I managed to completely flop on Valentines Dinner. A lovely roast beef with potatoes, brussels sprouts (we like them, ok?) and Yorkshire pudding sadly turned into an overdone crock pot roast with peas and mashed potatoes. And no Yorkshire pudding, because ain’t nobody got time for that apparently. The potatoes were the best part. PLUS, I was going to make Chris a cheesecake for dessert, but I didn’t have a springform pan on Friday, and…
*Note* This post was supposed to be published last night, but my computer decided to not cooperate and I couldn’t upload any pictures until today. Technology! Merry Christmas, Internet! It’s Christmas here in Boothopia (and everywhere), and it’s undoubtedly the last “quiet” Christmas we’ll have for a long time (or ever). We started the day with bacon and eggs, and proceeded to exchange gifts. Chris got me a lovely new bathrobe, it’s so soft and luxurious (plus it’s purple, my favourite colour!). I gifted him the original Monopoly game. Even with it just being Chris and I, I still ended up…