April 16, 2012
Once again, it is unseasonably warm in my area. As I write this it is 26° Celcius here and people here are coming down with fevers. Senator’s Hockey Fever that is! Yes, the team won the second game of the play off series against New York on Saturday night. Now they are tied and tonight [...]
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October 5, 2011
It was a little over a year ago that our grand-son Austin came into our lives and into our hearts by way of my son’s marriage to his Mom, Jennifer. At that time he was enthralled with all things military and while he still is today, his interests are always expanding. Austin’s birthday is today! [...]
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August 18, 2011
The request for this order actually came about back in May when I had the opportunity to visit Ella’s classroom during an open house they had. As my visit was coming to an end her teacher Mrs. DeGagne, asked if I could fill an order for her in August. Her son was graduating from High [...]
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November 22, 2010
The owners of our local golf club recently became grand-parents to a healthy little boy. We had our Christmas party at the club this past weekend and my husband asked if I had time to make some baby cookies for the owner’s son and daughter-in-law (their grandson’s parents). Apparently, the entire family are huge Ottawa [...]
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October 25, 2010
My husband has a passion for golf, a serious passion. When purchasing land to build our retirement home on one of the criteria for him was that it be within 20 minutes of a golf course. He found the land, had the house built and once we were settled in, he promptly purchased our membership [...]
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September 15, 2010
The order that came in via a DM tweet was from Rebecca @bitofmomsense. She wanted to know if I could do baseball cookies. Six baseballs with red stitching and 6 with the letter D for the Detroit Tigers. Her husband’s birthday was coming up and he was a big Tigers fan. First step was to [...]
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April 9, 2010
A few weeks ago I did a post on making cookies using Bridget’s monogramming technique and I made Ottawa Senators cookies. We are bringing them to the “loser’s” dinner this weekend. Last night my husband decided that we should also bring cookies representing the “losing” team’s logo, the Montreal Canadians. I guess he decided that [...]
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