early in the morning

This is a sunrise. I’m not sure if you are aware of this, but sunrises happen really early in the morning. For this reason I don’t see a lot of sunrises. I prefer to sleep through them. This was on the ferry from Victoria to Vancouver before Christmas. John and I were heading over to the Big Smoke [...]

caring bear stare

My family is visiting us to help with the painting right now. And this dog? This dog right here is an absolute hit with them. She may be rather crap on leash. She may slobber all over your face every damn time you bend down to tie your shoe. She may kind of smell regardless of [...]

pregnant chick: 29 weeks (fitness edition)

Yours truly, pretending to be sporty at 29 weeks pregnant. My work out regime right now basically consists of walking the dogs. I walk them 1-2 hours a day with a couple long hikes on the weekend. Over Christmas I went to the gym a couple times and pumped it up (pump it, PUMP IT, [...]

bambino prep: painting

You know that nesting thing I was talking about earlier? Yeah. In. Full. Swing. I have cleaned out 1/2 of the cupboards in the kitchen, sold a box of books to a local bookstore, gave away a box of old-to-me-I’m-so-glad-it’s-useful-to-you crap stuff, and sold the futon that used to live in the spare room (soon to be the [...]

pregnant chick: 28 weeks (bring, do, take & an ode to accepting help)

The 28 weeks pregnant photo! I am now 7 months pregnant. Kayloo is usually pretty flexible when it comes to posing. Mickey takes a bit more coaxing. Fancies himself a dog model or some such thing. Guess what! I recently learned that I have been pretty much completely useless when it comes to visiting someone [...]

chow: vegan potato leek soup

My brother sent me a recipe for potato leek soup, here it is (a veganized version… meaning this is a vegan dish (I added some herbs and spice too cuz mamma likes it HAWT)). My non-vegan husband ate and loved it, so trust me, it’s good, even if you’re a carnivore). Tasty and super easy [...]

christmas letter: 2011

I started writing this letter in my journal in the wee hours of Christmas morning… Christmas Morning, 2011 Dear Bambino, As I write this you and I are sitting by the Christmas tree at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. It is pitch black outside. I am writing by the twinkly multi-coloured lights of the Christmas tree… Santa [...]

pregnant chick: 27 weeks (christmas edition)

I’m a little behind on the belly photos- so here I am at 27 weeks pregnant! And Christmas-y! Since my dogs weren’t around I figured I needed some sidekicks for these photos- enter Nutcracker Guy and Reindeer Dudes. And some gold tinsel thrown in for good measure. In the top right photo my belly is [...]