A quiet retreat at Niagara Falls

Note that the majority of these photos are taken on my bran-spankin’ new iPhone!!!
On December 29th we drove down to Niagara Falls for a couple of days of R&R (click here for photo album). We stopped off in Jordan to one of our favourite little shops Beauty Safari to pick up JTs favourite cologne. Then [...]

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The day before Christmas Eve and…

despite a minor set-back of catching a head cold, I am almost back on my feet. Having missed the last two days of work for the year (and feeling horrible for it), I spent the last two days holed up in bed, with our iTouch, the remote control and gallons of home-made chicken stock (thanks [...]

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Baking Christmas Cookies with my Annie Bananie

Saturday I took my 6 year old niece for the day. We had a full day planned of skating, playing, baking and reading and we did it all but the skating (Mom forgot to check to see if skates fit her!)
We played in the castle at High Park, we lunched in the park, we did [...]

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Christmas Tree

We bought the tree last Wednesday at Ikea ($20!) and had tasty meatballs for dinner. We decorated on Thursday. We’re ready for the season’s celebrations!

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Great New Product

A friend started a company that make spice blends called Sexy Gourmet Food Company. The blends are DELICIOUS and a fantastic quick way to add lots of flavour to any old standby recipe AND best of all, they are NOT bad for you. Most contain 6% or less of your daily salt intake, in about [...]

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Halloweeny

Halloween was a bit of a bust this year; we could barely give away our pack of 70 candies. Near the end we were just pouring them into the bags. The weather wasn’t great either (wind warnings and chilly) and to top it all off, we actually had a black out for about an hour [...]

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Port Credit Blues and Jazz Festival 2009

JT and I rode our bikes (20km each way mostly along bike paths along the Lakeshore) over to the Port Credit Blues and Jazz Festival yesterday afternoon. WOW. By far, the best free outdoor event EVER. I cannot say enough about it. There was a band about every 100 feet or so, they alternated so [...]

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Change of plans for our vacation

Our vacation to visit our good friends in Chicago was canceled due to illness. We were saddened not to be able to see our pals Paul and T. JT and I tried to book a last minute thing somewhere within driving distance for a night or two, but being the long weekend, and last minute, [...]

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The Birthday Dinner

The birthday month culminated at Forte Bistro and Lounge downtown in the financial sector. It is a lovely restaurant right across from the Canadian Opera Company. Parking is complimentary which is amazing in the Big Smoke, this could cost anywhere from $10-25 depending on what’s going on that night! The restaurant was beautiful, it reminded [...]

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The Pre Birthday Dinner

The festivities have been non-stop since my actual birthday last Wednesday. A friend from work took me for lunch on on Tuesday (day before my birthday), then my boss took me out on my actaul birthday and JT made a delicious Hawaiian pizza for dinner on Thursday night and Friday and Saturdays we went out [...]

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