Our Lifestyle Blog as We Create a Homestead in Northern Ontario
I’m really in love with our rice cooker. Since last I blogged about it, it died a noble death – it managed to pop our last round of popcorn, then we had a conversation about how that was clearly misusing the appliance, and then it never turned on again. :'( I ordered up a new … Read more
One thing we really wanted in our new sauna was a way to keep the cleaning process really contained. We felt that the quantities of water splashed about while washing up in the old sauna contributed to a number of boards with mildew stains on them and a generally icky feeling about how things were … Read more
After trying this, then this, then a bit of this, and moving onto this, I then tried a bubbler. Ok, so the bubbler only seemed to work for a little while and then things returned to a very taupe normal. This time around I purchased a pond pump with a 15′ power cable. I attached … Read more
So last spring you may remember that the lumber I had cut to build a new sauna had an accident while resting on the drying rack I had purchased. As also mentioned, I had a very busy summer, and never did get to building that sauna. I believe we’ve decided that we’ll look into purchasing … Read more
For a couple years now I’ve been doing most of my computing at our Norden Ikea table here in the living room of the cabin. Sitting on a hard wooden chair (better now that my loving Sister V! gave us all fitted, personalized pads for our chairs) and hunched over the laptop. Working on client … Read more
So! We’ve been enjoying this machine for an amazing four years now! I’m definitely at the point where if it blew up and I had to re-purchase, I’d consider it to have saved us in hassle and costs compared to hitting up the laundromat or something similar. Last year though, when we left for Christmas, I … Read more
Whelp, this year now that the cabin framing has been completed, I decided that even if they are scratched and dirty, I’ll put the acrylic storm windows back up and see how well they work. I put some of the thin film on the patio door, and it bulged in like a balloon right away! … Read more
So we had a late Thanksgiving Dinner this year (late by Canadian Standards – it was the last weekend in October). It was awesome. Mummu and Grandpa and E! visited us, and we made mashed potatoes, turkey roll with stuffing, gravy, roasted turnip, rice, and rolls, and our guests brought cake and cheesecake for dessert. … Read more
So I wake up at midnight. Bummer – can’t get back to sleep. It’s still almost four am and here I am blogging. At about one thirty, laying in bed, I’m thinking about insulating the windows and other window-related stuff, when it occurs to me that later today I’m to be at Mummu’s and I … Read more
So this year we set up a much large quonset shelter for Mama to park her car in during the winter. Of course, on one of her test parks with Kenny in the back seat, someone opened their door a bit too vigourously and banged it against the steel support posts of the shelter. No … Read more