Big mother of a Squash

What do you get when you take a big onion, 4 potatoes, 3 carrots, 3 celery sticks, two cartons of vegetable broth and one massive butternut squash??? You get 10L of butternut squash soup, that’s what!! I’ve got enough soup for the winter and at less than $15 in cost, it was a freaking bargain!! [...]

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My babies are now 2 and a half and 6 months old. The time is going way too quickly. I’d love to get to the point where I’m sleeping more than a few hours a night and my kids can get their own breakfast. At the same time, I want to freeze time because I [...]

I’ve injured myself a lot over the years. Even as a kid, I spent so much time at the Sports Injury clinic in town that I’m sure they wondered what on earth I was doing to constantly be banging myself up. The worst non-sports injury I’ve ever had would be during my 3rd year of [...]

I find that plateaus hit us all in different ways. Most people think of plateaus as being weight-loss related but I think there are other plateaus out there as well. For instance, I have been known to hit a motivational plateau, cleaning plateau (often before I even start) and food plateau (darn chips…) One thing [...]

Baby O. Just a couple of hours old.

It’s pretty hard to believe that in just a few short weeks, we’ll be done with summer and into the fall. Before you know it, 2012 will be coming to a close. I can’t believe we’re already in August! This year has been full of adventure and highs and lows to go right along with [...]

When in Rome...

I love food. Sometimes I love it a bit too much but there are some things that just make me weak in the knees. I love trying new things and varieties but there are always those old favourites that you just can’t get enough of. Food is as much about the emotions attached to it [...]

Me, July 2010. Starting to smile with my eyes again.

2 years ago, I was exactly where I am today…well sort of. My boys are 2 years apart, almost to the day. The Little Man was born February 21 and Baby O made his appearance February 19. If you want to get technical, they were actually born on the exact same Sunday, 2 years apart. [...]

In just 10 short years, I will be 42, going on 43. It seems crazy to think that I’ve lived as much life as I have already but here I am 32 years young. I’d say I’ve done the most living in the last 4-5 years and have really come into myself. I’ve matured as [...]

Before kids, I was definitely not a morning person. Any day that started before 9 or 10am was too early. I remember when I first started dating my hubby, we’d hang out until 3 or 4 in the morning and that was a normal thing for me. Imagine my surprise when I had the Little [...]

I don’t talk too much about my fitness routine (or lack thereof when I have 2 kids demanding my every minute) on this site. I generally do most of my fit-chat over on my other blog. But since the theme of this site revolves around my life as a mom who needs fitness to stay [...]