22 Dec, 2007
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: - Ottawa for kids|Easy ways to make kids happy|File under crafty|Misc. life|Photography
When I planned the activities for our family advent calendar I forgot how busy we tend to get in the leadup to Christmas. We’ve had to postpone a couple of items. The gift-making for our resident birds and squirrels was supposed to happen on the 20th. We didn’t finish until today, two days later. We hung […]
Below is the (new) mantra I chant when I’m: – trudging through knee-high snow on the way to/from school, to/from the post office, to/from almost everywhere – feeling the sting of cold wind on my face – scraping ice off of a frozen car – using all my strength to pry open a car door that’s frozen […]
The girls and I were trudging home from school after a big snowfall. We walked past a man shovelling his driveway. His dog, an enormous Newfoundland dog (wiki) was bounding around in the snow. If a hairy old dog could look like a kid at Christmas, he looked like a kid at Christmas. Oh, the […]
My name is Andrea and I live in Ottawa with my husband Mark and our dog Sunny who is kind of a big deal on Instagram. During the day I work as a freelance writer. I am a longtime Ottawa blogger and I've occupied this little corner of the WWW since 1999. The Fishbowl is my whiteboard, water cooler, and journal, all rolled into one. I'm passionate about healthy living, arts and culture, travel, great gear, good food, and sharing the best of Ottawa. I also love vegetables, photography, gadgets, and great design.
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