I'm a pack rat and there is no better example than the pictures I have on my phone. I thought since its Friday and we’ve all had a long week, why not have some fun? Here is an assortment of random pix I have on my smart phone. I promise this won’t be as painful as someone telling you their dream … [Read more...]
Turkey Time!
I managed to evade cooking a turkey for the first 30 years of my life, but this year, this Thanksgiving, there was nowhere to run...nowhere to hide. It was my turn to broil the bird.If you'll know anything about me, it's that I have vegetarian tendencies. Basically, the only meat I will eat is … [Read more...]
Simple Things
Oliver is home for a PED day today. (Again.) As he's bigger than the Small One, we've been just sharing the house space all morning, doing things separately, until he needs food. He had a granola bar the moment he woke up, and he asked for eggs and bacon for breakfast, which I indulged him in, since … [Read more...]
FotoFriday: Food Drive
Similar to Sara's weekend (although not nearly as fun or jam packed) we will be helping crush hunger. Our local food bank is low and one local boy decided that if each family from the participating teams in the hockey tournament that we host this year (and every Thanksgiving weekend) brought non … [Read more...]
Should You Brine That Turkey?
I'm really looking forward to hosting my family this Thanksgiving weekend. No really. I honestly love the whole turkey thing - the gravy, the sweet potato casserole, apple crisp, and pumpkin pie. Yummy! Nothing like the smell of turkey roasting in the oven! ...And then we get to do it all over again … [Read more...]
Thankful
This past weekend the weather was beyond perfect. I was thankful for that forecast but I was so afraid that we would be stuck inside an arena. Our town hosts a Thanksgiving weekend tournament every year. Which is great not having to travel, but not so great when you have 6 … [Read more...]
Paying Thanks Forward.
Our Family & Friends blog series is hosted by Generation Seven wines. At Generation Seven we celebrate family, friends and the connections we create while sharing delicious food and wine. This blog series will tell these stories while celebrating the Bosc family's commitment to sustainability … [Read more...]
No Idea
I was at my mom's place for dinner Wednesday night and the following conversation took place:Me (trying on my Mum's ring) : "Mum. Make sure I inherit your divorce ring. I really like it!"Mum (laughing): "Okay."Cam: "What's a divorce ring?"Me: "When Nana and Granda got … [Read more...]
Thankful, and a little bit sad
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...]
525,600 minutes
Five Hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes. Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred moments so dear. How do you measure a year?In daylights, in sunset, in midnights, in cups of coffee; in inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife? How do you measure a year in the life? How about … [Read more...]