My lovelies, I finally caved. I started listening to Christmas music. I woke up on Saturday to see snowflakes swirling through the air and a light dusting covering my deck. It was nothing compared to the white-out conditions on the other side of the city, but I took it as a sign that it was time to introduce Miss Ruby to my favourite music in the world. Once I opened the door, I haven’t been able to shut it off and I’ve had carols playing at every possible minute. For a while now I’ve tried to get all my Christmas projects done–photos, letters, gifts and the like–but I just couldn’t…

Christmas is the season for giving. That’s why I’m happy to announce that I have another wonderful prize to give to you! Have you started putting your Christmas cards in the mail yet? Before you even think about it, I have one word for you: Shutterfly. Shutterfly is a fabulous company that, in their own words, makes it easy to be thoughtful and creative with your  photos and memories. They have a wonderful collection of Christmas Cards this year that are available in both traditional colors and embellishments as well as bold, bright colors with a modern feel. As well as cards, they offer everything from regular prints to photo books, to greeting cards to…

Oh my goodness. I know I promised to announce the winner of the Colin’s Closet giveaway this morning, but this whole day (and week) has just completely slipped away from me! I’ve been sick with a sneaky cold whose symptoms only get disastrous in the evening… so once I get going about my day I feel almost normal until it sneaks up on me and BAM! I feel awful all night. And then today I had the Hubster home so we started doing errands and then the wee-bean needed me and and and… …you know how it goes. ANYWAY. Like you care about any of that. ha The giveaway ended…

Today I crossed something off my to-do list that I have been meaning to do for years. I finally applied for a passport. This may sound like something small and silly to you, but it has been on my to-do list and has literally been staring me in the face for years. This is my kitchen whiteboard. As you can see, I missed my most recent deadline for this goal by a few days weeks months. Before this most recent change, that goal sat on that board for two years. *bows head in shame* I don’t know what took me so long, I suppose it was because I knew we…

This weekend was a bit insane. On Friday night the Hubster and I traveled downtown to The Four Seasons to see Colm Wilkinson. I have been listening to Colm sing since I was a little girl, and I have long loved his voice. I was so excited to go. A few years ago The Hubs bought me the 10th anniversary edition of Les Miserables with Colm Wilkinson as Jean Valjean and it’s just… magical. So, this year he found out that Colm was coming to Toronto and he bought me tickets as his anniversary gift to me. (Isn’t he just the loveliest Hubster??) I’ve had these tickets for MONTHS, and…