DIY green bin leash

One of the (few) things I miss from the suburbs is my garage.  My raccoon free garage. On one of the first few days after moving into our house in the city, we were my husband was given a warm welcome and initiation by the local raccoons who enjoyed a feast in our green bin. [...]

Lighting at Tori's Bakehsop

Yesterday I took the big kiddo for a treat.  With his birthday coming up I wanted to check out Tori’s Bakeshop for their food sensitivity friendliness in case any of his new friends have certain dietary restrictions.  They offer “dairy-free, egg-free, casein-free and refined sugar-free treats of all sorts” and a selection of gluten-free.  So [...]

Courtyard makeover

I’ve heard that people decide in 8 seconds, if they are not going to buy your house.  So, now that it’s starting to feel like summer, I’ve been working on cleaning up our garden to give it that “curb appeal”. Yesterday I spent the morning doing one of my most favorite things… wandering around our [...]

DIY Mail Boxes

They say that necessity is the mother of invention.  And in this case it was one red bill, that did it.  It wasn’t one of those oh crap how am I going to pay this bill red bill moments, it was a what? we didn’t pay this bill?  Then I handed the bill to my [...]