5th Anniversary
August 7th is a special day in my calendar and has been for the last 5 years. On this day 5 years ago I was hallucinating in the ICU after spending 6 ...
08-08-2020 21:24
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Who doesn’t love a resolution that involves new shoes&
The beginning of the year can be filled with pressure for some people as they resolve to change and change can be hard. In past years I have had some ...
01-01-2020 22:14
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Twelve days of Christmas – Day Eleven
Today I dug our a few supplies to make wine cork trees. I sat on the living room floor and it was like I was magnetic. One kid came in and asked to ma...
23-12-2019 22:22
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Twelve days of Christmas – Day Twelve
Yippee, I made it through the twelve days of Christmas crafting. Today on day 12 I’m modelling my tall hibernating socks. Knit from a uneek sock kit...
23-12-2019 22:22
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Twelve days of Christmas – Day Ten
I was crafting with the kids today. We made gingerbread houses. We usually make one together but I decided this year to get them each one. I was super...
23-12-2019 22:22
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Twelve days of Christmas – Day Nine
Who is gifting wine this Christmas. Send me a message I will send you my address. Let’s be friends. These “wine sleeves” used to be part of my h...
21-12-2019 22:15
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Twelve days of Christmas – Day Eight
Eight years ago my youngest son was 4 months old I decided that I would learn to knit while on maternity leave because of these tiny trees. I didn’t...
20-12-2019 22:19
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Twelve days of Christmas – Day Seven
I started running in January 2019. I’ve been at it for almost a year and have completed 2-5K races, 2-10K races and 1-1/2 marathon. I’ve run 570 k...
19-12-2019 22:13
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Twelve days of Christmas – Day Six
For the last few years we have done one family ceramic Christmas craft. Each year gets a little less chaotic as the kids get a little more independent...
18-12-2019 22:16
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Twelve days of Christmas – Day Five
I saw this idea when I was shopping last Christmas. I took a picture with every intention of making them last year. Here we are a year later and I can...
17-12-2019 22:21
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Twelve days of Christmas – Day Four
I make my kids at least one ornament each year with the goal of creating a tree full of decorations by the time they have their own trees. This year I...
16-12-2019 22:16
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Twelve days of Christmas – Day Three
I’m taking a tiny break from knitting projects to show you an outside Christmas decor idea. These currently line my front porch stairs. I assembled ...
15-12-2019 22:19
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Twelve days of Christmas – Day Two
I participate in a yarn sharing event called Fibre Share. I have done it a few times this year. The theme this round is Christmas ornaments so in addi...
14-12-2019 22:22
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Twelve Days of Christmas – Day One
It’s that holly jolly time of year again and you better believe I’ve been crafting up a storm again this year. I’ve been at this blog for many y...
13-12-2019 22:17
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4th Crainiversary
August 7th was the fourth anniversary of my brain surgery to remove a meningioma tumour. To honour the occasion I try and do something that I couldnâ€...
11-08-2019 22:15
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Running for Research
On March 18th 2015, I was diagnosed with a brain tumour and it was life changing. I believe that no one should hear the words ?you have a brain tumour...
10-05-2019 22:18
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On the Third day of Christmas
On the Third day of Christmas my true love made for me…. Teacher Toques When I go out Christmas shopping I always see things that I love too. Often ...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Eighth day of Christmas
On the Eighth day of Christmas my true love made for me… Fingerless Gloves We got hit with a nasty storm today. I walked to a restaurant for lunch t...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Sixth day of Christmas
On the Sixth day of Christmas my true loves made with me… Glowing Trees As you can see sometimes I rope the whole family into my crafting adventures...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Eleventh day of Christmas
On the Eleventh day of Christmas my true love made for me… Baked Brie This is a very easy appetizer. It only requires three ingredients, Brie, a pac...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Fourth day of Christmas
On the Fourth day of Christmas my true love made for me… Quilted Fabric Ornaments Many, many years ago my Nana used to make these quilted fabric orn...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Ninth day of Christmas
On the Ninth day of Christmas my true love made for me…. Needle Felted Ornaments I decided to try a new craft. I haven’t ever needle felted and sa...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Second day of Christmas
On the Second day of Christmas my true love made for me…. Star Ornaments I took the day off of work today to spend the day in my oldest son’s clas...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Seventh day of Christmas
On the Seventh day of Christmas my true love made for me… Paper Stars When I moved across the country 11 years ago, we were broke. We had just moved...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Fifth day of Christmas
On the Fifth day of Christmas my true love made for me… Cousin Hats This project started with a trip to Michaels’s with my six year old shadow. He...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Tenth day of Christmas
On the Tenth day of Christmas my true love made me…. Christmas Popcorn Today was the first day of Christmas vacation for our family. We spent it wat...
26-02-2019 22:21
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