tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22837579268394366252024-02-18T18:45:16.207-07:00The Daisee Chaindaiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-67410428217509136852011-08-31T15:42:00.002-06:002011-08-31T15:51:26.959-06:00Back onlineWell, it's been quite a while since i last posted. I've had a run of bad luck in the electronics department which began with a laptop full of milk, but I'm sort of back online and am looking forward to blogging this fall about Ethan's first year of kindergarden and Rueben's first year of flying solo with me at home. We're heading to the BC lakes district this weekend for the annual family and daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-15401182919842739512011-04-24T16:42:00.007-06:002011-08-31T16:15:20.826-06:00Train Conductor hats
At our house, trains rule the toy box. Ethan loves building extensive, complicated tracks with our wooden train set. We started with a simple wooden set from IKEA and it quickly grew to fill one of the extra large buckets in the toy shelf. Rueben also likes playing with trains, but I'm more likely to find him driving the trains into the barn set or onto the play parking garage. They each have daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-48316714716615943852011-04-23T23:48:00.001-06:002011-04-23T23:52:18.034-06:00Wordless - Octopus anyone? An afternoon at Lonsdale Quaydaiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-49880443808239880902011-04-22T14:32:00.006-06:002011-04-22T16:17:43.957-06:00A fishing we will goLabour day long weekend for our family means it's time for the annual Sheridan Lake family and friends fishing derby. Since Andrew was in town and we had a sunny afternoon, we decided to head down to the river to hone our fishing skills. I know that labour day is a ways away yet, but what's the harm in getting in a little practice??? Ethan learned how to tie the line......and cast...and a few daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-1664183982118191292011-04-10T23:30:00.005-06:002011-04-22T16:14:25.199-06:00Fashionable LifeDiane Von Furstenberg's top 10 rules to live by. 1. Trust yourself. "The secret to feeling attractive, and to being attractive, is the confidence that comes from knowing who you are and what you believe in." 2. Accept the passage of time. "The older you get, the more you should learn to love life and appreciate the beauty that comes with age." 3. Document your days. "Carry a camera and create an daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-2221984641097007412011-04-07T11:23:00.000-06:002011-04-07T11:23:38.707-06:00Rebecca Black - Friday - RKB Productions Parody - Game Day (NOW ON iTUNES!) I'm officially on the wagon with this song/parody/anthem. Go Canucks Go.daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-12714545397571947602011-03-13T17:50:00.003-06:002011-03-13T18:04:48.360-06:00In the works I see lots of toddler T-shirts in my future!daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-60155637001397942662011-03-13T15:43:00.005-06:002011-03-13T16:33:56.883-06:00Link LoveI thought I'd share some of the blogs that have inspired me along the way.Food blogs that I read: Aimee from Under the highchair is also the food editor at Simplebites.net (I also read simple kids and simple mom) Craft blogs I read: Where have you found inspiration?daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-24929153243682750562011-03-12T13:34:00.001-07:002011-03-12T13:36:05.641-07:00My New Motodaiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-90304821376128834362011-03-10T19:23:00.002-07:002011-03-11T00:14:23.024-07:00A New DirectionI've been contemplating for a few weeks now what I want for the future of this blog... what kind of focus or direction it should have. Lately I've been surfing craft blogs thinking how creative and crafty I used to be in my younger days and how much I miss making things for myself and my friends. I have really felt inspired lately to create more things with my hands and I would love for this blogdaiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-10187700542210039842011-02-15T01:41:00.006-07:002011-02-15T02:24:19.990-07:00First: "mum" - A valentines giftAt last, my love has come alongmy lonely days are overand life is like a songAt last, the stars above are bluemy heart was wrapped up in cloverthe night I looked at youI found the dream that I could speak toa dream that I can call my ownI found the thrill to press my cheek toa thrill that I have never knownYou smile, you smile, and then the spell is castand here we are in heavenboy you are mine daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-50168220844412592572011-02-14T23:54:00.001-07:002011-02-15T02:17:25.296-07:00Mumford & Sons - The CaveThis was hands down the performance highlight of the 2011 Grammy's.daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-88976302318054600002011-02-11T15:44:00.001-07:002011-02-11T15:55:48.655-07:00Celebrate the BOYThis month, the amazing craft blog MADE is celebrating all things boys. If you like to craft, you'll know that most of the craft blogs on the net tend to focus on girly craft and sewing ideas. That's why when I logged on to MADE this afternoon and found this post, I was super excited. Can't wait to see what kinds of crafts will be presented, and to see how long my 'to craft' list will become.daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-82467568142781265132011-02-11T00:49:00.004-07:002011-02-11T01:06:33.284-07:00The running lady Heck no, not me! My dear trainer is already giving me heck because I don't always get my one hour daily exercise. I have enough to think about with all these new food guidelines. My kitchen is supposed to close at 8pm for the night... hard to get used to when your previous regular routine consisted of a 1am fridge raid. But I digress.Yes, there is a running lady. Ethan has preschool Tuesday and daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-81680327603461060592011-01-28T18:02:00.002-07:002011-01-28T18:20:45.938-07:002011 - year of the health nutI've gone and done it... I hired a personal trainer. I finally made the plunge when our tap costumes arrived to the studio and we had to try them on... yes, the costumes are gorgeous but i just wasn't happy with the way it looked on me. So, I bit the bullet and called up a friend who also happens to be a trainer and a weight-loss success story herself.I started two weeks ago. In my first week daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-29129235963659104082011-01-16T23:50:00.003-07:002011-01-17T00:24:09.211-07:00A little hard work never hurt anyone. We had a big dump of snow last week. It fell overnight and accumulated to about a foot. The next morning, we headed out to buy a snow shovel so I could shovel the sidewalk in front of our house (it's the law here, don't you know!) when, at the the store, Ethan saw some shovels that were just his size. "Can I get a shovel too?""Of course. Are you going to help me shovel the snow?""Of course!"daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-67037227703250647892011-01-11T02:48:00.001-07:002011-01-11T02:55:18.721-07:00Brooke Waggoner - Fresh pair of eyesI could listen to this song over and over again and never tire of its achingly beautiful melody. I think I'm in love with this song.Cause I want to be seenwith a fresh pair of eyes.The single white treein a black hood of disguise.I want, I want to be seenwith a fresh pair of eyes.The single, the single white treein a black hood of disguise.I miss God, I miss GodI miss God, I miss God.daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-30081086619264221122010-12-29T13:27:00.009-07:002011-01-04T11:42:02.481-07:00How To... Clean Up Your HouseSo, Christmas has come and gone and in the space of about 4 days, my house has gone from 'we're expecting 20 people for Christmas dinner so the house better be clean' to 'Andrew has repeatedly told me to relax, don't worry about the mess. We'll clean it later.' You know, we've been married for 6 years now, so my hubby knows a lot about me, but I guess he still hasn't figured out that it's the daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-1097596805868841842010-12-21T02:11:00.005-07:002011-01-28T18:01:30.173-07:00A Nativity Songdaiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-64595381344828723492010-12-21T01:28:00.003-07:002010-12-21T02:09:14.640-07:00Outerspace is out of spaceI snuggled in with Ethan tonight at bedtime and began our nightly ritual of the bedtime story. The ritual began for us when Ethan was 2. I was pregnant with Rueben at the time and so we knew we would be needing to move Ethan out of the crib. We had taken one side of the rails off so he was using it as a sort of daybed. Thanks to the kindness of family, Ethan received brand new bunk beds for daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-65262465099332066982010-12-14T02:08:00.001-07:002010-12-14T02:40:57.560-07:00The problem with baking cookies... Is that someone HAS to eat them! Check out Simplebites.net for the recipe.daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-39514447694132472952010-12-02T03:22:00.003-07:002010-12-06T00:11:29.671-07:00Guilty!You know, I said I wouldn't. I even made a list of other things to do so I wouldn't fall into this trap. I've started another craft project. I hang my head in shame while blaming Jill from the awesome blog Homemadebyjill. That's right... I take no responsibility for what happened. You just mosey on over to her blog and just try to not think about making all those super cute things that she cranksdaiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-12882996845404186062010-11-22T00:32:00.002-07:002010-11-22T00:39:14.599-07:00She's Got LegsAnd some pretty fantastic shoes. Florence and the Machine perform on SNL. daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-31894904738360590052010-11-08T01:43:00.003-07:002010-11-08T02:30:28.752-07:00How to... Grow a Winter GardenA friend asked me how I made my winter garden grow? Well, it didn't really, and neither did hers, so I decided to do some research to find out how we can both be successful winter gardeners. A quick google search reveals a plethora of information.1. Know your zone. Here in the lower mainland, we are zone 8. Knowing your zone helps you to know when to plant seedlings, when the typical first and daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283757926839436625.post-85070176252746367122010-11-07T01:40:00.004-06:002010-11-07T01:48:33.511-07:00First...Day of School. I know, it's a little late, but the pictures got lost in the shuffle of things. Better late than never! daiseechainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267271534348291307noreply@blogger.com0