Kitchen (kitch-en) n / noun centre of the home host to the gourmet equipped for preparing meals culinary department, cuisine
Posted in November 2013 …
THE WONDER YEARS
One of the girls from my hockey team posted on Facebook recently “help, my kids are driving me nuts about Santa Claus, they want to know if he’s real, I don’t know what to say, I don’t feel right lying to my children.” She got all kinds of answers, everything from you should tell them … Continue reading
Pipe Dream #236: To Sneak in Snacks – Chocolate Oatmeal Cake
Originally posted on piping dreams:
For your cold and chocolate fixes… {Get a looka that crinkly icing!} …this oatmeal cake is sure to warm you up. This cake is so full of chocolate, I barely know where to begin. First comes the cake layer, a dense cocoa oat slice studded with semisweet chocolate chips. The oats…
RAW BEAUTY – FRIDAY’S PHLOG FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2013
“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure in the landscape – the loneliness of it – the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it – the whole story doesn’t show.” – Andrew Wyeth
THE SECRETS THAT WINTER REVEALS – FRIDAY’S PHLOG FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2013
Raking the leaves this weekend, my children looked up at the tree of the fallen leaves and said “mom – look at the size of the wasp nest.” We never saw it all summer, mowed the lawn right underneath it, clipped and pulled at the bushes below the nest – never noticed the wasp nest… … Continue reading
SAY WHAT…
It’s no secret – I’m severely hearing impaired or a better term, I have a hidden disability. Yes my condition is a disability, however, to my disadvantage I look totally normal. I can walk, run, jump, see and to a stranger, it appears that I can hear. Appearances are not necessarily reality. My hearing loss … Continue reading
SIMPLE WORDS FROM A FATHER TO HIS SON IN DIFFICULT TIMES
This weekend is Remembrance Day weekend in Canada. November 11th we honour all of the men and women, by land, sea and air, who have lost their lives to give all of us and future generations something we desperately take for granted – “freedom.” I read this in the Vancouver Sun today, Peter McMartin is … Continue reading
A BOY AND HIS GUN – FRIDAY’S PHLOG FOR NOVEMBER 8, 2013
A vintage picture of my brother as a boy and like so many boys, yesterday and today, they like to play with guns. Thought the picture was appropriate because this Friday’s phlog is posted just before Rememembrance Day, November 11th. When I look at this photo I see a little boy, but I also see … Continue reading
PIZZA PRETZELS
My children really get bored with sandwiches and every night I’m scratching my head trying to figure out what to do for lunch. I’ve started to get the boys more involved in packing their own lunch and rather than just a sandwich, I have a variety of items available. I separate the items into different … Continue reading
BEING ME…
My husband made a comment to me the other day that couldn’t of been more true. He said to me “you’re not a girlie girl.” He’s right, I’m not, never have been ever since I was a little girl. I played with Barbie but I always wanted Ken to play along as well. When … Continue reading
