My handsome boy

Anderson was given a lot of clothes for his birthday and Christmas this year.
One thing he got was a few sweaters,
but he is usually so busy playing and warm, I rarely put him in them.
The other day it was a yucky cold spring day, so on came the sweater,
he was so handsome we needed a picture and
who better to be in that picture with him but me?

Mommy and Anderson (18 months approx)

On My Nightstand

The Finishing Touches by Hester Browne

From the back cover:
Twenty-seven years ago, an infant turned up on the Academy's doorstep, with a note tacked to her blanket by an elegant golden brooch -- Please take care of my baby. I want her to grow up to be a proper lady. Loved by Lady Frances Phillimore and her kindhearted staff, Betsy grew up aspiring to be an Academy girl. But when Franny and her husband, Lord Phillimore, advise Betsy to instead hone her considerable math skills at college, she brokenheartedly leaves behind the only family she's known.
Now, on the sad occasion of Lady Frances's memorial service, Betsy comes back to find the school in disrepair, the enrollment down, and Lord P. desperate to save his legacy. Enter Betsy, the numbers genius, and her business plan -- to replace dusty protocol with the essentials girls need today: cell phone etiquette, eating sushi properly, handling credit cards, choosing the perfect little black dress, negotiating a pre-nup, and other lessons in independent living.
But Betsy may have bitten off more than she can chew. Can she win over the school's snobby headmistress and its handsome but risk-averse treasurer? Returning to London also means facing her own unfinished business, as she crosses paths with her sexy girlhood crush...and blowing the dust off clues to a lifelong mystery: who were her parents, and why did they abandon her? If knowledge is power, Betsy is on the brink of truly becoming her own woman, and embracing the one thing she's wanted all along: a place to call home.

My take so far:
This book caught my interest as an easy read (I like a nice easy read inbetween some of the deeper more complicated books I also like to read), and so far it is a nice break. I am only 65 pages in but enjoying it. I like the fact that there is a bit of mystery to be unveiled and yet it looks like it might also be funny.
I love the idea of a modern finishing school – I think I might have to find one, I love sushi, but still do not know how to use chopsticks. And really, who does not need to know about cell phone etiquette and just how to choose the perfect little black dress.

On My Nightstand

I thought I would try and post weekly on my current book read, so here goes the first one (let’s see how long I can keep this up).

This week I am reading “The Forgotten Garden” by Kate Morton. This is a book club choice, and a great one, so far I am about 2/3 of the way through the book and loving it. Here is a synopsis taken from the back of the book:

A tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913. She arrives completely alone with nothing but a small suitcase containing a few clothes and a single book – a beautiful volume of fairy tales. She is taken in by the dock master and his wife and raised as their own. On her twenty –first birthday, they tell her the truth and with her sense of self shatter and very little to go on, “Nell” sets out to trace her real identity.

Her quest leads her to Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast and the secrets of the doomed Mountrachet family. But it is not until her granddaughter, Cassandra, takes up the search after Nell’s death that all the pieces of the puzzle are assembled. A spellbinding tale of mystery and self-discovery, The Forgotten Garden will take hold of your imagination and never let go.


I would love to know what is on your nightstand currently, post it on your blog or as a comment here.

My Birthday

Adam organized a bit of a birthday party for me this year, baby sitters came in, we headed to a local pub and met up with some friends.



My good friend Meg and I!

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Last summer we found this tool bench with all the tools at a garage sale, we hit it in the basement for when Anderson was older and they could share it.

We finally took advantage of it on a cold Saturday morning, as you can see Jackie loves it - Anderson - not as interested, more interested in pressing the buttons that make the drill go (along with a very loud noise).


Love the outfit - I think it is so appropriate for using power tools.

Easter 2010

This year after a great Good Friday lunch with my family, we headed to Canmore to have Easter with Adam's family.

Jackie for the Fishy Game as a late birthday gift from Adam's sister, it was huge hit, not only with her but with all the adults too.

Of course Easter would not be complete without an Easter Egg hunt.

Jackie loved it!

She collected as many eggs as she could and then sat down to see what she got in them, Anderson - he was more about the eating of the chocolate than the finding, so Jackie helped out and filled his basket for him.