Heritage Day or Family Day (depending on your province) has been a holiday for a few years now. For the past few years we booked a night away in Halifax with friends & family as something fun in the Winter stretch to look forward to. This year we didn't plan a getaway and about a... Continue Reading →

When Sandy first started working for Automattic he was the only employee living in Nova Scotia. Today we have 8, which is pretty awesome for our small province within a worldwide distributed company. Since our company is distributed we are given an allowance to have holiday dinners within our own areas and get together with... Continue Reading →

December was a busy month for our family and because of the kids extra curricular's it was hard to fit in some of our past Christmas traditions. I was excited for the Christmas Break to arrive so we could catch up on some of the family time we needed. The break started with our annual... Continue Reading →

There are only a few places that I really truly feel completely comfortable. I have more anxiety than I would love to admit. And I often feel as though I am an introvert trapped in an extroverts body, if that makes any sense. I dislike conflict and try to keep a smaller group of people... Continue Reading →

New Orleans was hard to leave, it would have been great to have a few more days to explore, but knowing we were coming into an amazing week with the Fisher's it made it less difficult. We spent our last day in New Orleans riding the street car to the French Quarter and exploring. I... Continue Reading →

I really planned from the beginning to blog every few days like I did last summer about our adventures, but with so much travel in the first 8 days and then the excitement of New Orleans it ended up being too far from my mind. What have we been up to? We started our trip... Continue Reading →

Birthdays are definitely one of my favorite things. I love celebrating and have for as long as I can remember. As a child we were always able to pick whatever birthday party we wanted and invite all of our friends. My Mom was born on Christmas Day, so birthday parties didn't really happen for her,... Continue Reading →

Roughly 8 years ago, the girls badly wanted bunnies. I am pretty sure Alex sold the other 2 girls on the idea, because she wanted a bunny so much, but either way, all 3 of them wanted bunnies. I had never owned a bunny, but felt they would be a great pet after some research.... Continue Reading →

It is hard to believe that it has been 1 year since I started my first day of Trial at Automattic. I had worked as hard as I could before that day to absorb as much information as I could, but it didn't help the nervousness and stress that I felt. I wanted a position... Continue Reading →

It's hard to believe that my baby girl is turning 12, just about reaching her teenage years. It seems like yesterday we were heading to the hospital to finally meet her. I am convinced children are born with their personalities and life / upbringing helps shape them. Ella has always had a huge heart and... Continue Reading →

It is just about here! March is just about here! When I wake up tomorrow the last day of February will be here, the two Winter months will be in the past and Spring will be just about here. Each year I dread Winter. I was especially worried about this Winter, because for the first... Continue Reading →