Note: I wrote this the day after Thanksgiving and it has taken me until now to post it. #laterblog? I almost scrapped it, but then thought that we should be Thankful all the times, not just Thanksgiving. My family came to visit me this Thanksgiving. Despite rocky beginnings—a 4:30am arrival time, a mass break-in in […]
Home is Where the Heart is
Modern Family
When I first moved to Vancouver I knew one person in the entire city. I used to call my family three to four times a week just to have a longer than 1 minute interaction with other humans. I wanted to move back to Edmonton almost every single day. For six long dark months I […]
In my place (a love story)
When Roomie got married last May and moved out, I was pretty much ready to move out right there and then. I moved into that house for two main reasons: First, I wanted to live in Vancouver closer to well, everything. Second, after living on my own for three years I really wanted to try […]
Only temporarily homeless
Whenever I stop blogging—which seems to be happening a lot lately—I have a hard time starting back up again. I come back to the Add New Post page and feel like it’s judging me all, “Where have you been?” Well, I’ll tell you where I’ve been. To the desert and back. Metaphorically speaking. My job […]
…or waiting around for a Yes or No, or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting.
Last night I sat on the kitchen floor at Chateau Gadd and watched Michelle paint one of her walls. We talked about boys, music/concerts, interior design and God which are pretty much my favourite conversation topics. I love going over there because their house is always so light and peaceful and happy and I usually […]
She’s Leaving Home
Over the course of the past week-ish, several major life milestones were reached. First, Roomie and de Funk got married. Then, little Levi turn one whole year old. And then, I found a new roommate. Ok so that last one isn’t really a major life milestone…but for all the stress and sleepless nights it caused […]
You can take the girl out of the Prairie
Apart from the sunshine and the big family turkey dinner and watching the Oilers game with my dad and playing on a real grand piano, the best part of my trip home was a visit to the Old Strathcona Farmer’s Market on Saturday. I went with Patty—one of my oldest and dearest friends who has […]
He is not here, He is risen!
In keeping with tradition, I have come home to Edmonton for Easter. Since blog writing time is limited, please accept this video in lieu of a proper entry. It is shown at the church I grew up in year after year at Easter and I always get those Jesus-is-Amazing shivers every time I watch it.
A Gallery of Wonderful Things
Michelle and I were talking the other night about how addictive and wonderful it can be to read design blogs. But both of us also acknowledged that this was a major problem in our lives because it gives us all these ideas about design and things to do with our houses that we don’t really […]