Today’s my Birthday!! Yay!! I’m so looking forward to my daughters waking up so that we can start our day.  Sébastien is bringing us out for breakfast to celebrate. I LOVE going out for breakfast. We don’t go often, so it’s a real treat for me. A yummy breakfast, sipping a wonderful Mocha and chatting away with my little family is a perfect morning for me. I have no idea what we are doing this afternoon, perhaps we’ll go out for a nice walk.  The sun is FINALLY out (would you believe it’s been cloudy/snowy here for the last 17 [...]

For the last 8 years we have been going to Smugglers’ Notch Family Resort in Vermont as a family to celebrate Thanksgiving.  We rent a condo where our entire family can stay together.  We go on this trip with my parents, my sisters, their husbands/boyfriends and with my nieces and nephews.  It’s truly a great time that we all look forward to. The very first day of the trip involves our annual visit to the town of Stowe.  To get to Stowe we drive through the scenic Smugglers’ Notch.  It’s absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!  We just love all the little shops and the scenery.  Our favorite little shop [...]

I’ve been looking forward to this weekend.  We have two major fun things we are going to do with the kids. Tomorrow night we are going to do some camping in the backyard with the girls.  We have never been ”camping” at home before.  We are going to surprise the girls.  I can’t wait to see how excited they will be.  We will set up the tent together and sit by the fire with some yummy marshmallows.  It’s going to be FUN!!  Have you ever done some backyard camping before? Sunday is going to be a big family day.  The [...]

Today, I’m thankful for… …my best friend and husband Sébastien, …my daughters Gabrielle and Emanuelle, …being able to work from home, EVERYDAY!!! …this heavenly café mocha from Café Rouge, …this great book I picked up for 6$,     …having found a chiropractor that is helping me heal  a sore back I’ve had since 2009,    IT FEELS AMAZING NOT TO BE IN PAIN!!! …finding a way to free my creative spirit,   …having so many loving readers, I LOVE YOU ALL!!! …having wonderful supporting sponsors, CHECK THEM OUT HERE!!!    and thankful for so many other things. How about you, what [...]

My daughter Gabrielle is on March Break right now.  Which means I get to spend quality time with her… AWESOME!!!! Tuesday we went SHOPPING and got to go to the MOVIES with my Mom!!  We had a great time!!  I scored the best deal on a super cute outfit for Gabrielle.  A cute black tank top for $4.50 instead of $18, a skirt for $8.50 instead of $28.50 and a some really cute leggings for $18.. hehe ok ok the leggings weren’t on sale but we just HAD to get them. After we were done shopping, we headed right to [...]