If you’ve been reading this blog for a year or longer, you may know that I’m head over heels for Homemade Pumpkin Butter. Not only is it one of the most popular recipes on the blog, but it’s also a personal favourite. I eagerly make several batches every fall and winter (umm, and apparently during [...]

It’s a dreary, rainy Thursday morning, so I can safely assume that you’re probably thinking about the weekend, including the food you want to make. Am I right or am I right? Enter pancakes. Pancakes are quite possibly one of the easiest things to prepare on a weekend. Any food that can be prepared successfully [...]

       Not many people know that I’m a former stats geek. During my 2nd year of my undergrad program, I was absolutely terrified to take my first stats course. I thought I was going to fail, thus shattering my dreams of going to grad school. As it turned out, I ended up falling in love [...]

Our weekday mornings usually go a little something like this. We awake to alarm clock #1. It’s Sketchie and he’s impatient. He’s been awake prowling the house since who knows when. I look at the clock and it’s 5:43am. Meeeeeeeoooooowwwwwwww! Meowwwww. Feed meeeee-ow. Wake up. Meow. Meow. Meow. Meowwwwwww. ‘Sketchie!!!’ Meow…. Somehow I manage to [...]

There are 4 words I never thought I would hear in the same sentence: ‘Thirty Thousand’ and ‘Deck quote’ We had a decking company do a quote on our deck because we wanted a professional’s opinion on whether we should replace the 25 year old deck beams. We were also just curious what kind of [...]