Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
Cookie Party by the numbers. Ladies descended on my house: 9 Stand mixers going simultaneously: 2 Hand mixers also running: 2 Hours of continuous baking: 5 Pounds of butter used: 12 Adorable babies passed around: 1 Batches of fudge the dog managed to get to: 1 Trays of cookie casualty (landed on the floor): 1 … Continue reading Cookie Monster
Just a quick follow-up from that Christmas Tree post from late last month. We found a tree! In the city no less. We had fully intended to drive out to the Fraser Valley to visit a tree farm and chop down our own, but it turned out that wasn’t really necessary. We found a small … Continue reading The Tree!
Oh it’s that time of year again! It’s almost time for Christmas trees! I admit, I used to be an artificial tree kinda gal. My family had artificial trees for many, many years, and I got my own small, plastic tribute to the season when I moved out on my own. And then I met … Continue reading Paul Bunyan
Netchick’s living vicariously, asking everyone what they got for Christmas. And I’m happy to oblige! Some new running gear: an iPod Nano, the Nike + iPod pedometer/workout tracker and some new kicks to put it in, since my current runners were looking mighty sad. And a year’s subscription to Cook’s Illustrated Magazine. These will either … Continue reading For Tanya
Christmas Angel Originally uploaded by peechie. Merry Christmas to all of you from all of us at Chez Watercooler. As promised (and thanks to many of the angels out there on the internets), a list of the charities who are benefitting from a collective of Christmas Cheer this year: Books for Asia The BC SPCA … Continue reading Christmas Angels
Despite the cheery snowboarding penguins on my new holiday-themed coffee mug, I’m still having trouble fully acknowledging it’s December already. But December it is – and that means it’s holiday card time! If you’ve been reading for a year or so, you know the drill – send an email to jen [at] thisdomain [dot] com … Continue reading Carded!
It’s been this way for as long as I can remember. I don’t know if it was because my parents really had to make sure Santa was gone, or if they had to wrap some last-minute presents, or needed to caffeinate before dealing with three small children, or just wanted some peace and quiet to … Continue reading Top of the World