West coast adventure – MV Uchuck III

Choose from two exciting round trip adventures along the west coast of Vancouver Island on board the MV Uchuck III.

Gold River to Victoria:
Friday, May 7 – Sunday, May 9, 2010

Victoria to Gold River:
Saturday, May 22 – Monday, May 24, 2010

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Rachael Ray’s 5 minute fudge wreath

I’m the first to admit that I’m not much of a baker.  But I saw Rachael Ray make this a few years ago on Oprah, and figured I’d give it a try.  And you know what? It ROCKED!! It was so good we ate it all and I had to make another one.  It looks

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Christmas stories with a twist

This is the cutest idea – from Family Fun magazine.

Starting in December, take enough Christmas books to read one each night until Christmas, but there’s a twist…wrap them up! Let your child pick one each night to unwrap and read.

If you don’t have enough Christmas books of your own, borrow some from your public library.

Awwww….

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~Feliz Navidad~

I’m up and at ‘em a good three hours earlier than usual today as we’re all packed and ready to hit the dusty trail.  Or shall I say the frosty trail!

We’re leaving on a jet plane tomorrow morning to warmer parts for Christmas holidays.  We’ll be staying in Puerto Vallarta for a week, and then

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Catch Santa in the act

This is just too cute not to share!

At ICaughtSanta.com, you can upload a picture of your very own living room, then pick one of their many Santa poses and add him into your photo.  You are able to adjust the Santa photo (the colour, brightness, position, etc) and once you’re satisfied, you can then download,

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Christmas cookie exchange

Recently someone was talking (or did I read it somewhere?) about having a big Christmas cookie exchange and meeting at the Ladies Auxiliary Hall and sharing all the goodies.

I’ve been involved in a few of these in the past and they’re always fun and a great way to get a variety of baking without doing

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The 12 Days of Christmas – Secret Santa Style

In December 2003, we’d been living in Gold River for a few months, and really didn’t know all that many people yet.  So imagine our surprise when on the morning of December 14th, we opened our front door and found something crazy sitting on the porch.  It was a little tree, with tiny plastic pears

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Lest We Forget….

John McCrae’s famous poem arranged into a song by Adele Simmons.

Cool Halloween Costume Ideas

The past couple of years, I bit the bullet (ie: took the easy way out) and ordered my kids Halloween costumes from one of those fancy online stores.

Maybe it’s just me, but most of those costumes (some they even called ‘Junior’ costumes) looked like something you would wear in the privacy of your own

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Dog breed pumpkin stencils

Halloween will be here before we know it, so it’s time to start thinking about that pumpkin. As my kids get older, their Jack-o-Lanterns become more elaborate each year. We discovered stencils a few years ago, and have created some pretty amazing pumpkins this way.

There are oodles of stencils you can use for

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