Living Creatively, Living the Dream
When was the last time you visited Ottawa? Or have you never been? What if you were given the opportunity to visit our nation’s capital on CANADA DAY! How amazingly awesome would that be? Even better…how fantastic would it be if Continue reading Team Up for Canadian Chicken Contest & #TeamCdnChicken Twitter Party
THIS was the day I served seafood for supper…which is ironic…as it was also the day my son was attacked by a “Snow Shark” as he stepped out our front door! We were facing the biggest snow storm we’d seen in many years. Continue reading Snowstorms, Mussels and a $50 PC Gift Card Giveaway…
Since I’m feeling under the weather and I’m home alone on a Saturday…I got a hankerin’ for some healthy food. On closer inspection in the fridge, freezer and pantry…there was nothing that appealed to me whatsoever! I ate a few Continue reading Recipe for Chicken Noodle Soup…sort of…
Ever have one of those weeks where you’re not really sure where time went or what exactly you did? THIS WEEK AT CURTAINS ARE OPEN: Things started with the return of the 2015 KIA Sedona I’d been booting around in Continue reading Sunday Wrap-up #3…
Today, I am Thankful for china dishes. As a little girl, we would visit my Nanny and Poppy every Sunday. We’d sit around their kitchen table as Aunts, Uncles, cousins and family friends came and went…grabbing a plate of food Continue reading Thanksgiving around the kitchen table…
One of the things I love about being a blogger is that every now and then, I’m asked to try out a product and give my opinions. Often, I turn down the experience, but this time…it involved SCALLOPS…and BACON! Chef Continue reading Fog Buster Scallop Bacon Burger – Chef Craig Flinn
There are so many things I can remember about Easter as a child…such as our family, gathered together for a huge Easter feast…happy to indulge in the items we gave up for Lent! Joining an extension of Aunts and Uncles, Continue reading Bunny Cake…
Logic would suggest that a baking beater on warp nine placed in an unruly container would cause a great amount of cupcake icing to find its way to the ceiling…and wall…and everything within a 14 foot radius. Then again, I Continue reading Baking Bad…
Spiderman and I were chatting about marriage and divorce. He told me about a friend who’d sent out a tweet saying how he’d always thought he was different because he was the only kid with divorced parents…but now it felt totally Continue reading Chocolate Dipped Strawberries & LOVE…
For many years, if I asked my kids what they loved most about me, their response would always be “you make the best chocolate chip cookies.” I’d roll my eyes and try to get something better out of them…like maybe Continue reading What’s not to love about my cookies…
I’m not a “foodie..” The fact is, I’ve never been that fantastic in the kitchen except for maybe a handful of things…and it’s not that I can’t do it…it’s that I don’t enjoy it! However, I have this salad and Continue reading {From My Kitchen} Tortellini Pasta Salad
It’s been that kind of a day. Where half of me is nostalgic… and the other half wants to kick myself in the head! So, I made Banana Chocolate Chip muffins… and you can too! Just throw 1 and 3/4 Continue reading Awwwwww Muffin…