My Way of Living [01/17/17] 

  • Official Gingerbread Response to the Piolo 15k Challenge

    As some of you may have read in Sir Rene aka the Jazzrunner's blog,during the presser for the Green Miles Run to be held at MOA this March 21st our favorite foil/celebrity speedster Piolo P. issued a 15k challenge to all his pseudo running critics out there - the most notable being um, your fun Gingerbread scribe. Apparently, 10k'…

  • Snow drops and Silhouettes

    As promised, here are the snow drops that are blooming in the park nearby my house. The secret spot that I always start checking in January to find them blooming. I am wondering if they could be the first to bloom in Canada. Let me know if yours are blooming already, and if you are still seeing snow, I am sorry. No really, truly,…

  • Needs, wants, and will not’s

    The house hunting series:Everyone has a dream home in their mind, the perfect place, situated in a great neighbourhood, with a wonderful garden, or no garden at all. We all have that mental list of needs, wants, and will not’s. For some its lots of bedrooms, not too many bedrooms, huge kitchen, cosy kitchen, bright, sunny, or shad…

  • Pinterest picks–all natural floor cleaner

    If you have laminate floorsand wet shoes you know that smudges, drips, and splotches are inevitable. Our front door does double duty as the main entry way and everything comes through those doors, snow groceries, wet shoes kitties with dirty feet and visitors. I usually use our steam mop and it does a great job of getting rid of a…

  • Why it takes a village to write a blog

    We talk about personal journeys in blogging a lot.How the road can be rocky at times, how you might lose your direction, your voice and how you will find it again.It might seem just a matter of sitting down, writing, popping in a few photos, and voila, a blog postYes that’s a blog post, but when you share even the smallest details…