My need for salad cycles. Sometimes, I'm not very interested and other times, it's like I'm craving it. I know, very weird, who the heck craves salad? But, I find that if we have been eating out a lot, I have a strong

I remember being at a get together at a friend's home when I was younger. The mother had brought out tarts and some other chocolate desserts and we were so excited. My friend squealed with delight "I love these!" as she pointed to

The eating of bananas goes in cycles around here. Sometimes, we run out a day or two after we buy them and other times, they are getting brown and mushy and no one wants to go near them. Not even the little monkeys

It's snowing here. I can't believe it. The orchids on my dining room table are looking saddened too. Thought I'd share them with you, if you are unfortunate enough to be also looking outside at falling snow.A friend brought me this orchid for

We had an abundance of cranberry and grapefruit juices, so I looked around for a drink that might incorporate each. Couldn't exactly find one but this one came close. Though I'm not a big cooler fan, this wasn't too bad. A bit sweet

I took my kids to the Science World today and was wondering why the heck there seemed to be so many kids wearing green.  I finally figured it out.My boy's favorite color is green so I thought we should do something about it.

We got into Banff and I was flat out on my back. I have an old work injury that gets re-hurt every couple of years and it results in me being pretty much bed-ridden. What joy I tell you.Rotating advil and tylenol, to

We've been away, enjoying the beautiful scenery of Banff. Unfortunately, we ended up with really cold weather. We left Edmonton with frigid -32 celsius and it slowly warmed up in the week. slowly.We were mostly indoors, enjoying water slides and an indoor playground

With the blustery weather we've been experiencing, I've been daydreaming of warmer climates and travel. Standing at my dining room window, I see the snow, once again, covering the sidewalks that will need to be painstakingly, cleared away, one shovel scoop at a

This week we celebrated my birthday and I woke up to this!!  Crepes suzette, with nutella inside each crepe. Chocolate and oranges go so well together. You'll find the recipe after the jump.We also went out to dinner to the The Lingnan. I was

He loves his "presso" or "coffee", as he calls it sometimes. Loves helping make it, filling and tamping down the grounds in the metal filter basket. Then, stirring in the milk and sugar in his favorite green espresso cup. He starting asking for

I had to make a quick stop at the grocery store to pick up a few things since we were having guests over later in the day. What seemed like 20 minutes later, after all the bundling up and packing up of wee,