Friday, March 8, 2013

[book reviews]


A story of a girl who dies for eleven minutes and comes back with some “side effects”. I found the story somewhat intriguing but wanted more out of it. The bad language drove me nuts throughout the book.
Two out of five stars.

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A woman arrives in Canada after Second World War and marries into the Kramer family. Turns out she isn't who she claims to be. The book is written by her daughter's perspective whom the woman abandons when she is a baby.

I found this book utterly boring. Kept waiting for something to happen the whole time.
One out of five stars.

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Vampires have taken over the world. The main characters (two girls) are being held in a “farm” where they are “kept safe” and have to donate blood regularly. The story of their escape and what happens after.

Again – a somewhat intriguing story but I wanted more out of it. Not in the same league with Hunger Games as the cover of the book claims. A good read but not great.
Some bad language throughout.
Three out of five stars.

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Skip this one! Not a beautiful disaster but a complete disaster, in my opinion. I feel like the author kept trying to brainwash me into thinking that a guy who has sex with every girl around, smokes, drinks too much, is violent and volatile, is a real catch. I hope girls/women are smarter than that. The book is also R-rated. Yuck!
No stars.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

[home inspiration]


An add for Scavolini in March 2013 Canadian House & Home magazine.



The kitchen of former Vancouver Canucks captain Trevor Linden’s Whistler, BC, home.
Found in March 2013 issue of Canadian House & Home magazine.




Not as fancy as the above homes but I’m still super excited how our new home is turning out. The counter top (brushed aluminum laminate) looks more silvery in real life and has texture to it, it's not just one color. 

Check out the flock of birds flying by our house yesterday. A sign of spring perhaps?

Monday, March 4, 2013

[free printables]



Some free printables. Happy Monday! 








Still busy organizing our new home. We finally got our kitchen countertops on Friday. First they told us we’ll get them in a week. Then it turned into three weeks. Then four. Then five. Then an extra day. Then extra two days. Then they promised to have them done by late morning. Not ready then either. I wonder if we would have ever got them unless my husband went and told them enough is enough, they better be at our house by 2pm or else. Very unprofessional and annoying of them to keep changing the date and time million times. Just tell us it takes five weeks and don’t lie! 

Monday, February 25, 2013

[free fun: journal pages]




I found something super fun today and of course I have to share.
I stumbled across a website called “grace is overrated” by Christie Zimmer. She has awesome, printable journal pages you can quickly fill in and then put them in a binder for memory keeping. I’m already addicted. J

Happy Monday indeed! J



Friday, February 22, 2013

Thursday, February 21, 2013

[good heart attack]


Here’s a sweet idea to do with your kiddo. We found sticky hearts from a dollar store (cheap!) and went to my husband’s workplace to put them all over his car windows. A sweet little love surprise he found when it was time to go home.
We did this on Valentine’s Day but I think this would be even better on a boring January day, for example. We also put a heart balloon inside the car.