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the common cold

It’s been a week of extremes and craziness. We had a small electrical fire due to a hack wiring job from a previous tenant. We found a new place to live for April. I’ve been baking and cooking up a…

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hello, my name is

Fiber of 28 Cooks has created a Behind the Apron round-up so that food bloggers could post a photo of themselves “…revealing as much (tastefully, of course) or as little as you want. Introduce yourself, show us your family, do…

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meme: five things to eat before you die (yikes!)

I was tagged by Linda of Kayak Soup for the food meme that’s been making the blog rounds: 5 things to eat before you die. Melissa at the Traveller’s Lunchbox notes that the five items “should definitely be things you…

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easy bake oven: flourless peanut butter cookies

Well, I’ve returned from our trip a little bumped and bruised and with a nasty case of road rash, but it was amazing and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. I had a bad spill down a 13% grade…

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our 2-wheelin’ adventure

On Saturday morning, Cornelius and I will leave for a week-long bicycle/camping trip on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. We’ll catch the ferry to Nanaimo, visiting Denman and Hornby Islands and taking the ferry to the Sunshine Coast. Everything…

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what does your grocery haul look like?

I just came back from a lovely bike ride to an adjoining neighbourhood for groceries. It was warm, sunny and all the blossoms and flowers were in bloom. When I got home and unloaded my 2 rear panniers onto our…

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happy valentine’s day

Warning: This post has very little to do with food! This was the card I made for Cornelius this year. Our profiles in cameos. Cornelius is a bit shy about it tho…he doesn’t want anyone looking at his adam’s apple…

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more meme: 7 things

I got back from my 1 week trip yesterday and I’ve got nothing culinary to whip up & tell the tale. I was tagged by both Poco-Cocoa and Milk & Honey for the 7 things meme while I was away,…

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