Category Archives: home

Summer in the city

Posted on May 3, 2009 by

Ok, it isn’t exactly summer yet but we have been having warm, sunny weather and have been trying to spend as much time outside as we can. Amelia and I have now made a habit of going to le petit … Continue reading →

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Review: The Girl Next Door

Posted on April 29, 2009 by

A few days after I received my first package from Penguin Canada, a second arrived with Elizabeth Noble’s latest work, The Girl Next Door. I haven’t read any other novels by this UK author, but this one was enjoyable enough … Continue reading →

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booklovin’

Posted on January 29, 2009 by

Hugh at bookoven tweeted a request for pics of people’s bookshelves. Since we have recently put up the shelves in our bedroom and office, I thought I’d snap a few pics with the iPhone to add to our collection of … Continue reading →

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House 2

Posted on January 1, 2009 by alio

Here are pics of the ground floor. You can see our somewhat lame attempt to put some art on the walls (ok two walls) so it doesn’t look like we just moved in. View from the front entryway up the … Continue reading →

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House 1

Posted on December 30, 2008 by alio

Here are some pics of the upstairs — my office, master bedroom, Amelia’s room and the guest room, as well as the hallway. (Upstairs hall looking from the back of the house towards the front). All the doors on the … Continue reading →

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Thumb video

Posted on December 23, 2008 by

I generally don’t buy Ian anything techno-geeky for presents since he knows better than I what is out there and what is good/bad. Nonetheless, I thought it might be cool to surprise him with an easy-to-use, portable video camera so … Continue reading →

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house exterior

Posted on July 22, 2008 by alio

It has been brought to my attention that I haven’t posted a pic of the house exterior, so, here it is:

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a new method

Posted on July 21, 2008 by alio

So we’ve been using Method products as our cleaning agents for a while, since they are biodegradable and free from toxins. Here’s a link to their site. Apparently they also make baby products, but I’ve never seen them sold at … Continue reading →