The in-laws and the relatives love their baccarat cigars or just about any kind of cigars and the only time they can smoke it is outside my house.   But they have a really bad habit – after smoking they like to throw their cigar butts at the front of my house near the steps – [...]

The spouse and I looked into investing in some properties that were newly built in the city and we went for a viewing last week.  The open house was during the weekend and it was a nice little place – a little ways from the middle of the city and the price seems reasonable enough [...]

This summer we were expecting full bloom at our home but instead this full bloom were at my neighbor’s house – darn!  How do they do that I don’t know !  afterall, we do have the same piece of land no?  Even their grass seems to do better than ours – we are so envious.   [...]

We haven’t taken our summer vacation as planned – due to various reasons but it never stopped us from checking out various options before the summer ends.  The kids said to us last night that we have to have a vacation in a hoteellll!  hahah!  So like any dutiful parents we are currently looking for [...]

If you know me or my blog by now – you know i love plants and flowers and I love the blooming ones or the unique looking plants – like the ones below this post.  So we hop around town and look at greenhouses during the weekend and I would just admire them and have [...]

Landscaping contractors are hard to hire around here – the ones that I’ve found so far are those who are doing it freelance and that’s not really what i want.  Why?  because there is no guarantee on the work and if anything should happen when they are working around my house – i don’t have [...]

We used an oil furnace at home and every year around this time – we get it cleaned up and have the furnace filters changed.  The reason why we choose this time to have it checked and cleaned is because – this is the time whereby most of the furnace guys are not that busy.  [...]

We just came back from PEI and the kids had collected tons of shells from the beach – and what better way to use the shells than to decorate our bathroom with these shells.  First – they will remind the kids of their vacation in PEI and everyday can be a beach day.  What gave [...]

While I cannot afford even a  house with some land back home – because land is scarce where i was born – and there is no wholesaler for land like they have for fruits – hahah!  But here in Canada – one can afford an island – if you choose to.  Really? my girlfriends asked [...]

Owners Roman & Sonja Kurylak are from Europe but they  are in Canada and turned this lovely property into a golf resort for the golf lovers.  You cannot find anything as cheap and as good anywhere in the world.   You have to see this property to love it.   Half and hour away from the town [...]