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Category Archives: My Life

Birthday Cake….Take Two

You may remember this cake fiasco from a few years ago. Well, I’ve been at it again with a special request for a birthday cake from my husband today. I made a gluten-free zucchini cake with walnuts with some cream cheese icing. Except, I didn’t have enough icing and had to fill the middle with…

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Vancouver Mom Top 30 Blogger

Every once in a while, I get an exciting, interesting out-of-the-blue email. And yesterday was no exception. I came home to an email from VancouverMom.ca notifying me that I had been nominated in their Vancouver Mom Ultimate Blogger contest. And that I somehow made it into the top 30. My immediate reaction was, What? MY…

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Turning 35

I woke up this morning as I would any other regular Saturday morning. I lie in bed and recount my son’s morning ritual of letting the cat out the front door, then the slam, lock and pitter patter of feet to our bedroom door. He stands there a moment silently, somewhat creepily, before he says,…

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Oregon Road Trip

Back in March, we did a 5 day trip through Washington and Oregon to visit friends and the coast. This is a smattering of what we did and saw…. Our friends got Fin a super awesome gift for his birthday – a reversible train puzzle created by graphic artist Marc Boutavant. Fin had just received…

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