Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
We are all guilty of buying into convenience such as bagged salad, cut up veggies, and frozen food. We’re busy, right? Sometimes though we’re being sold a bill of goods. Like store bought hot chocolate. Nothing bothers me more than hot chocolate because it may just be the ultimate sham. Seriously. Here’s an example of …
1. A snake in my toilet. Seriously, sometimes I’ll just be sitting there and that’ll pop into my head and I have to look. I wonder if this is a recognized phobia? Related. I once had a squirrel in my toilet. Oddly enough I have no phobia of a squirrel coming up and biting me …
Today I am sitting at my desk, begrudgingly writing out cheques for my children’s annual crappy photo shoot, A.K.A., their school pictures. It pains me to pay for these because they are spectacularly bad, although not as spectacularly bad as last year where I refused to purchase them all together. I seriously don’t get it. …
I’ve been giving lots of thought to what I walked away with from Blissdom this year. So far this is what I’ve come up with. Five Things I Learned 1. That I need an HST number. Apparently I’m an actual business. 2. If I want something, I need to ask for it. This is way …
I had such an incredible time reconnecting with old friends, meeting new people, and getting to know others better at Blissdom this year. Looking through the pictures I realized my bliss was spending time with all of you. Thank you for being so wonderful.
Give a kid a camera and hilarity ensues. Last year we gave our daughter a camera for Christmas. She’s a pretty avid photographer but I never really took the time to look at what she was snapping until her card was full and needed to be erased. Now that she has a new card, I …
This used to be my mother’s go-to recipe when she was in a rush and there really wasn’t much in house. She always kept the ingredients for this on hand and now I do too. So, what’s for dinner tonight? Super Skillet Pasta 1 pouch Lipton Onion Soup Mix 1 pound ground beef 1 tsp. …
Not only is the easiest recipe I’ve ever found for Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins (one bowl, toss it all together kind of easy), it’s also the most delicious. This recipe makes 48 Mini Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins or 12 large muffins or one good sized loaf. Mini Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins 2 cups all-purpose flour1 …
