These are one of our favourite snacks. Lara decided she wanted to make them as the store bought ones were too sweet. I found an easy-for-a-ten-year-old-to-follow recipe here and then just followed her around and get in the way took pictures. Since then, she’s made them several times. Each time, they are inhaled in about […]
Food
Food requests
At dinner last night, someone asked me to make more ice cream. That quickly snowballed into requests flying around the table … had to write them all down.
Activities
Playing with fire
We were busy, answered “yup yup” to some questions from the kids. Result was an experiment involving fire. Making a candle
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Short order cooks
Saturday morning breakfast at the restaurant. Neil and I had toast with sunny side eggs with cheese and green onion. YUM!
Activities / Domestic Travel
Apsley
In February of 2019, we spent a long weekend in Apsley, a three hour drive from home. We were able to rent a friend’s cottage by the water. This is the same location that Neil and I visited back in July of 2003. This is not the same cottage back from back then, the owners […]
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Snow Day!
TDSB schools are closed today. Homework and piano practice are done. Wonder what else they’ll get up to today?
Repairs
Wonder why the washing machine wouldn’t drain…
That’s the drain filter. This is a really poorly designed machine (Kenmore 970-C47092-10). It’s very hard to get at the filter. Symptom: Cycle stops partway with START light flashing, after prolonged loud pumping noises. Clothes are still soapy and wet. Press and hold START and Pause/Cancel – see error code E21. In the Technical Data […]
Repairs
Minor Stand Mixer Surgery
Head was loose and moving around. Take several deep breaths. Eat breakfast. Finish kneading the bread dough by hand. Have a black tea while playing a game of “Flip” with Lara. Then, while the boys goof around on the treadmill (mock filming a treadmill commercial), proceed with the repair: Remove cover. Remove gear cover. Label […]