On Being Tired
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House on 26. Jan, 2009 | 8 Comments
Is there anything as lovely as being completely utterly, impossibly tired and then sinking onto a bed that you can sleep on?
I remember being a kid driving home from somewhere late in the evening and wanting nothing more than to be back home in my bed–instead of flopping around in the backseat of a noisy, bumpy [...]
Pizza at Twenty Below
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Outdoors on 22. Jan, 2009 | 11 Comments
A long time ago, we used to dream about moving to the country (for us, we dreamed of moving to PEI). We used to pore over Greenspree’s blog and try to get a sense for what it was like on Prince Edward Island.
Somewhere along the way Greenspree wrote about converting a chest freezer into a [...]
Farm Life versus Work Life
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Inspirations, Personal on 20. Jan, 2009 | 14 Comments
I am torn between “country living” and “work”.. One minute I am helping Cameron stack firewood and the next minute I am taking a business phone call. Having a foot in each camp is bizarre, and I’m not afraid to admit that these polar opposites have a tendency to freak me out.
Case in point
It’s bitterly [...]
I Don’t Get Out Much
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Personal on 15. Jan, 2009 | 17 Comments
It seems that in the winter I don’t get out much.
Sometimes we get groceries. I go curling once a week, and Cameron curls twice a week. Sometimes I attend meetings, groups, and events. We almost went to the movies once.
Other than that, I am inside.
We’ve lived on the island for over a year, and we [...]
A Day in the Life of Cameron
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Inspirations, Personal on 12. Jan, 2009 | 15 Comments
I don’t seem to mention much about Cameron these days. It must be because I am trying to collectively ignore him. If I didn’t ignore him, my guilt would explode into a thousand crystal niblets and I’d be left lying in a crystalized pile on the floor next to the mountain of broom sweepings (that [...]
Demise of a Christmas Tree
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Personal on 10. Jan, 2009 | 24 Comments
Here’s a photo of our yard. Looks inconspicuous, no? Well, I’ll tell you what to look for in a minute.
I am an inadequate home-maker. I don’t clean and I don’t cook. Along the same lines, I have a terrible history of leaving Christmas trees up for way too long.
But this year, I took down our [...]
Snow Drifts in the Driveway
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Outdoors on 08. Jan, 2009 | 28 Comments
The never-ending snow that builds up in our driveway has been downright depressing over the past week.
After the recent blizzard, Cameron began blowing the driveway out with our little pushable snow-blower. He certainly wasn’t making much headway, strong as he is.
In the distance we heard a powerful noise. Lo and behold, our neighbour was making [...]
Blizzard on Prince Edward Island
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors on 01. Jan, 2009 | 18 Comments
Imagine my surprise when I looked out the window this morning. Blustering, whipping snow and huge snow drifts. I thought, “Oh, blizzard!”
I then checked the weather online and saw the weather forecast: “Blizzard.”
I didn’t realize that blizzard was a technical term. I thought it was just something you said!
