Off The Beaten Path

Last weekend, we were recieving an insane amount of snow and wind. This weekend, it is above freezing and it absolutely poured rain last night. The footing is beyond messy. Ice and slush and mud. On the upside, we got to do laundry and bathing for the first time in two weeks, and that was…

It started snowing on Thursday with high wind. It stopped Monday. In that time, it shut down pretty much the entire province. Central and Eastern more than here in the West, but we got our share. Anywhere from 19 cm at the least to 87 cm at the worst, plus add major drifting. Highways and…

We’ve been having issues with our stove this week. Smoky, not reaching its heat potential, just generally not working “right”. Since we have a chimney brush, we swept the pipe. It didnt really help. Husband took a couple hours off work on Wednesday morning and went up on the roof to check the raincap. They…

Why do veterinary emergencies always happen late at night, on weekends, and/or when travel is otherwise difficult – whether due to logistics or weather or whatever? The van wasn’t running Friday. A combination of loose battery leads and extreme cold took it out. My lovely neighbour unhooked the battery and took it home to charge,…

I am going to whine a bit. IT IS STINKING COLD While we are not experiencing the -35 to -45 of the Western part of the country, we are -27 with the windchill and it is COLD. I used the same amount of wood last night the full 48 hours before, and we were still…

I remember years when the snow swallowed cars and sheds. I remember one year when it swallowed single-storey houses. I remember years where there was almost no snow and I remember the Ice Storm of ’98 that shut down half of Ontario and Quebec for up to a month and killed 35 people. In more…

You may have noticed that, while I may post an occasional photo of myself or my husband, I do not post photos of the kiddos without obscuring their faces. I also never mention their ages, genders, or names. In a world and time where absolutely everything is (over)shared on social media, that is a specific…

Whst is your addiction? We all have them. Sometimes, those addictions are damaging to ourselves or others -as in the case of substances or gambling. Others are more benign but steal away hours and days of our lives -as in the case of social media. And some, while they can be extremely expensive, actually have…

We’ve accomplished pretty much nothing this week. We’ve all been sick and simply getting through each day. This particular flu bug is a vicious little bastige. We were only each actively sick for 2-3 days, but the tiredness, coughing, and lack of appetite linger on. We all sound like we’re suffering from consumption. Hopefully, it…

Friday morning, Husband called me from work. He was sick, almost passed out. Needed to come home. So, we went and picked him up. With rest, he seemed to recover somewhat, but by Sat morning, he was down for the count with the super nasty flu bug that is going around He spent all of…