A few years ago, my husband and I discovered that we both hated buying and receiving tactless and tasteless Valentine’s Day junk and that we would both much rather stay home, cook a nice meal together, share a bottle of wine and truly enjoy each other’s company than go out and bear the packed restaurants and movie theatres. Thus, a tradition was born. Continue reading
Winter
Ways to Stay Active in the Winter
As a Canadian, I know that I am supposed to love our long, cold winters, or at least pretend to. Many of us do legitimately embrace the winter months, looking forward to the perfect beauty of a freshly fallen snow, just pure and delicate enough to sparkle under the lunar light… at 5:30 PM. They see the ever darkening days as a sign of snowy fun to come. They bundle up and brave the wind chill, seemingly unaffected by that freezing sensation in their boots and mittens, where once healthy, soft and smooth toes and fingers existed. I am certainly not one of these people. Continue reading