December 23rd, 2011 Today marks 6 months since Joe and I got married. I have so often heard that the first year of marriage is the hardes...

It will come as no surprise to those of you who know me that I love to thrift. In fact, I'd say the majority of my furniture (and clothi...

As I've mentioned in earlier posts, Joe and I have been actively looking at buying a new house for about 7 months now. In this time, the...

There is something about this time of year. No matter how much I try to be scrooge and reject the commercialism of Christmas, I just can...

During our trip in South America this past summer, Joe and I had the opportunity to stay at an Argentinian Estancia for a few days with our ...

A couple of weeks ago, we had torrential downpour in Kitchener. (In December. Really? And we had it again this week! So strange) Anyway, dur...

One thing I really loved about my house when I bought it was the big and updated kitchen. I originally LOVED the tile counter tops, and thou...