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You are here: Home / Archives for cottage life

The 10 Latest Cottage Season Must-Haves

May 25, 2015 by Sonya 1 Comment

For those of you who are fortunate enough to have a summer retreat (where's my invite?), it may be time to consider what needs a refresh to take you through the season of lots of relaxing and entertaining. Cottaging is definitely a favourite Canadian past-time and one that friends and family want to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design/Decor, Furnishing, Green Living, Health & Fitness, Holidays, Life Tagged With: Activity books for kids, Coolers, cottage life, Hamilton Beach Ice Shaver, Kate Thornley-Hall, Keurig K200, kobo aura h20, Koolatron, mastermind, Mosquito Trap, PC Home, SodaStream

Tips For Easy Summer Entertaining & A Must Try Sweet Potato Salad Recipe

July 1, 2014 by Sonya Leave a Comment

Just breathe. I keep telling myself. After a few weeks of entertaining, I'm already exhausted and summer has just begun. So, here I am writing at 3 am as I had a late night Lebanese coffee and suddenly I'm woken up with the thought of this weekend's get-together for hubby's birthday. With 14 people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Life Tagged With: Andrea Bucketts, cottage, cottage life, PC Black Label, President's Choice, recipes, summer, Sweet Potatoes

Colin and Justin chats about their rustic escape to cottage country!

March 19, 2014 by Sonya 1 Comment

You just gotta love these guys! They are sooooo much fun and together they are non-stop entertainment. I've already been inspired by them but now the design duo (and city slickers) are taking their big ideas to the great white north!  Finding their own cottage was an adventure in itself and it was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design/Decor, Entertainment, TV Tagged With: Cabin Pressure, Colin & Justin, cottage, cottage life, decor, tv

Summer Loving: The Recap

August 31, 2013 by Jason 1 Comment

Well it had to end sometime. I know, I know, September can be one of the most beautiful months of the year, with warm days and sleep easy nights, but for all intents and purposes, for our family, the race to the cottage every weekend ends as school begins. They're on a boat! Looking back … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays, Life, Seasons Tagged With: boating, cottage life, cousins, family, meals, summer

Raising Minions

July 31, 2013 by Tracey 7 Comments

While at the cottage last week, out of the blue, Oliver announced, "I'm going to make you breakfast in bed tomorrow morning." I was all, "Ummm...." "Don't worry, I know what to do. How many eggs would you like, do you think?" "Ummm... darling? Do you... are... how are you...?!" And then I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Kids, Parenting Tagged With: breakfast in bed, cottage life, exhaling, growing kids, kids, minions

Thankful, and a little bit sad

October 11, 2010 by erinlittle

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend at the Sausage.  I love Thanksgiving.  We always have lots of people from my Mom's side of the family.  There are also always friends.  This year we were missing some key people, my step-daughters, my cousin Scott and a many others, so there … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: autumn, change, cottage life, disco ball, disco dance party, family, family traditions, holidays, melancholy, new traditions, raising multples, thankful, Thanksgiving, twins

Summertime, and the Living is Easy

August 15, 2010 by erinlittle

I'm a lucky woman.  Every summer, when I was growing up, I spent weeks at my grandparent's cottage; swimming, water-skiing, playing cards & board games, reading Archie & Richie Rich comics, playing dress-up, going to town for Chelsea buns and ice-cream, going to Trudy's general store to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cottage life, family, friends, summer fun, swimming, tubing

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