Just like everyone in Canada – we would loved to spend all our time outdoors – on our delightful patio that we had spend $1000s of dollars decking up – but with the rain and bad weather – it was just impossible.  But that doesn’t mean that one cannot keep looking at how one can [...]

So you are thinking of buying a new house/home now – because you are ready – to own something huge and to call your own.  Well, you better hurry because Finance Minister of Canada – Jim Flaherty just dumped some new mortgage rules for all Canadian and its resident to “protect the stability of the [...]

Christmas Parades are not just for celebrating Christmas alone but for the family to get together.  It is an opportunity to bond and bond is what we did – during the recently Santa’s Parade.  We gathered the entire family and even the in-laws and spent a day out shopping, eating and ultimately enjoying the parade [...]

As I planned for the baking to begin tomorrow – I also know that I need the best diet pills for the Christmas season.  I have a really bad habit when it comes to baking – I binge on every thing i bake.   Yes! yes!  i’m bad this way – but how can you fault [...]

As if we don’t have enough gadgets!  the children told me that they were going to get more on  Black Friday !!  I know they do have really good offers – from Ipods to LCD monitors at half price – but still – do we need more gadgets? consoles and games?  But i guess the [...]

While nothing can guarantee a completely smooth holiday, making space for your nearest and dearest — and their bulky outerwear, plus the loads of food they’ll consume — will set your mind at ease. These tips for keeping your entryway, kitchen, and dining room organized and uncluttered can let you [...]

We have had a few days of continuous rainfall causing even some bridges to go under and road closure and evacuation in our area.  A friend whom we met told us that her basement was totally damaged  and the spouse had asked if she had insurance – and apparently not!  Lucky for us – when [...]

Fall is here – that’s for sure – the weather has turned really cold in the early mornings and quickly in the evenings too.  But I found some lime that we had grown in our garden and I picked the last of them this evening. Since we can’t buy them in the supermarket here – [...]

I don’t have many green fingers – in fact every time I buy a new plant or flower pot – the spouse would make fun of me – and say – I wonder how long this one will last.   But i love having  lot of small little pots of flowers sitting on my window sill [...]

Many years ago, the spouse and I invested in a condo in Asia before migrating back home to Canada.  It wasn’t a cheap one either – I think we paid closed to $400K for it and did a $80K renovation.  Why did we buy the condo – even though we were migrating?  at that time [...]