This year, with my Christmas preparations, I went from being completely unprepared (on the 13th having just started the shopping) to completely ready in the shortest time span in my history of Christmases. I will be doing some deliveries tomorrow to drop off the festive packages. I even had some…
I grew up on a couple acres at Shawnigan Lake. We could hike from the back of the property, up to the train tracks, which run from Victoria to central island. We would walk up to the tracks when we were kids, and put a penny on the tracks and…
My grandma Ethel. If you read the blog ‘chocolate rose’ this is her, and she is the one who shared her piano with us. Recently with Remembrance day, my mom posted this foto of her. She was a nurse, and was excited to be posted ‘overseas’ during the war. But…
When my grandparents moved from their home on Beach Drive, to a Condo on Oak Bay Ave, my grandma no longer wanted to play her piano. She was a quiet person and worried that her piano would be too loud in a condo. She couldn’t bring herself to play for…
Today is my wedding anniversary. 13 years ago today, and we started dating 5 years before that. Jay is my best friend and I feel so fortunate that we found each other. A while ago my mom gave us a bottle of wine from our wedding – my parents bottled…
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