Jack and I recently celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary (10th anniversary as a couple) and he surprised me with a limosine ride to the Calgary Tower, where we had dinner at the revolving restauraunt. It was such a surprise, totally amazing, and not to mention, crossed TWO things off of my Life List: 85. Ride in a [...]
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We are only two weeks into 2011, and I’ve already managed to cross something off of my Life List, and I am half-way though a second item! It’s shaping up to be a productive year. Jack got me a wonderful dehydrator for Christmas, which made it easy to make our own beef jerky! 325. Make [...]
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I’m writing this during our drive home from dropping the kids off with their grandparents (man I love being able to blog from my android phone). We made it through the holidays unscathed and for the most part, had a wonderful time. I was totally spoiled this year by both of my loves, and by [...]
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It’s Christmas Eve, and despite the fact that I still have quite a number of tasks to complete, I felt like writing (and I may not get a chance to update until sometime after Boxing Day). This is the first Christmas we’ve had in Alberta where we were not traveling on Christmas Day. You have [...]
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I’ve finally decided to acknowledge that it’s almost Christmas. My denial of the season comes not from my usual distaste for the entire over-commercialized mess that is December, but from the fact that I have been utterly and completely distracted by matters completely unrelated to the holidays. Fortunately, even though I didn’t feel the least [...]
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WARNING! This post is bound to contain descriptions and imagery that are normally reserved for awkward visits with ones family doctor. Certainly nothing a person would dream of sharing in casual company. Please skip over this post and check out something a little sexier if talk of colon-related catastrophes is too much for your delicate sensibilities. For [...]
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It can be difficult to figure out what to take with you on a multi-day hiking trip, particularly in terms of food, unless of course you are content consuming “space rations” the entire time. Keeping in mind that you have to carry everything on your back, you do have to be selective about what will [...]
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Last weekend Aiden and I went camping for three days in Killbear Park. It was one of the most amazing places I’ve ever seen. We basked in the sunshine, scampered over rocks in our bare feet, saw baby foxes, and deer, and tadpoles, and frogs, and even a snake. Some highlights include a deer walking [...]
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The new house passed building inspection (our inspector actually commented that it was the best house he had seen in a while) and it’s all ours. We take possession at the end of June, and should be moving in sometime during the second week of July. I am absolutely in love with the place. V [...]
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The weekend passed with very little incident. On Friday night Aiden went and picked up our friend, Dex, and the three of us went to see How To Train Your Dragon. It was a SUPER cute movie, and we all really enjoyed it. Jack and P took the kids to see it during her visit [...]
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I’ve started a number of blog posts this week, and they just never seem to get finished. First I began writing about a tantrum I had on Friday that culminated in me taking off my collar and leaving it on Aiden’s bed while he was at work. The discussion that followed was rather uncomfortable for [...]
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Things I learned over the weekend: Metal shoehorns will leave bruises with hardly any effort at all People get kind of excited when you serve Cornish hens and leave them whole. Like “We get a WHOLE bird? Each?” Kolach, while the most beautiful of breads, is less like bread and more like a giant pretzel [...]
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I think I may have mentioned last year, here in the Gibson house, we celebrate Christmas twice. First on December 25th, like most everyone else, and then again today, which is Ukrainian Christmas. When Jack and I got married, there was some sorting out as to how holidays should be observed. We combined our separate traditions into [...]
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Aiden drove me to the airport on Wednesday night so that I could catch my flight out to Vancouver. I had booked the trip in August, as I didn’t have a chance to see my siblings over the summer holidays, and I’ve missed them a great deal. It was also a great opportunity to hang [...]
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Just as I was dozing off to sleep last night, I had a good idea for a post, and thought to myself “Ok, I’m totally going to remember to write about __________” in the morning. Naturally by this AM I have forgotten, so I’m going do two things: A) Start keeping a pen and paper [...]
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Some months back I was on the hunt for an egg poacher, after we melted the plastic cup parts of our last one. Wanting to find something a lot more durable, I went to my favorite kitchen supply store to poke around. One of the clerks pointed me to these awesome little silicone poach pods, [...]
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We are already two months into 2009, and I’ve managed to cross half a dozen items off of my mini list thus far :) To summarize quickly, before launching into photos and details for most of them, here they are: 296. Watch all of the Harry Potter movies in a row 301. Take my kids to a Rainforest [...]
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Do you know what is awesome about raw foods? Totally guilt-free indulgence. And by that I mean ALL THE DESSERT YOU WANT! That’s right. When you are eating raw, you can have cheesecake for breakfast and still have room to spare in your skinny jeans. In fact, I would say that most days, at least [...]
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*Courtesy of RAWvolution by Matt Amsden Crust: 2 cups raw almonds (we used a combination of raw cashews and Brazil nuts) – finely ground in a food processor 1/3 cup raw agave nectar Filling: 3/4 cup Thai coconut water 1/4 cup raw cashews 1/4 cup coconut butter (sometimes called coconut oil) 1/3 cup agave [...]
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Eating raw has become much easier since my last post. V and I have discovered a number of tasty recipes, and we’ve begun getting accustomed to the methods and ingredients involved in raw foods preparation. Here are a few of the tasty things we’ve been eating recently: Veggie Sandwiches On Raw Onion Bread Raw Gardenburger [...]
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