This is hard to believe but the coop isn’t built yet.  Not only is the coop not built yet, my washing machine is making a suspiciously human-like sound.   Which of course, is only suspicious when found in washing machines.  And animals. So I may have yet another time suck on my hands. Stupid washing [...]

I give up. I. Give. Up. I cannot do this anymore. I can’t keep the house, make dinner, author a blog, complain about the state of my fingernails and build a Frank Lloyd Wright worthy chicken coop all at the same time. If this coop is ever going to get built I have to devote [...]

As many of you know, I’ve spent the past 15 years hosting television shows in Canada.  I’ve worked with Candice Olsen and Mike Holmes and a bunch of other people who are just as good, but who you’ve never heard of. Hosting is what’s paid for my house, my car, all my clothes, landscaping materials, [...]

There are 2 things you can do in life that will make you look better than you really are. 3 things if you include wearing Spanx. Firstly, if you’re giving a gift that’s kindda crappy you should always spend as much time as possible wrapping it. Use beautiful paper, silk ribbon and fresh flowers … [...]

Took a trip to the grocery store. Bought a mango. Made some friends. I didn’t actually make any friends at the grocery store. For the most part I try to avoid eye contact at the grocery store so I can go about my business. Men don’t make this easy. Men are annoying. Men leave their [...]

This is the start of my onion chopping post. Chopping an onion is one of those things that everyone has their own way of doing. Some are hackers, some are whackers and some are very meticulous about it. For dicing I used to just slice my onion and then kind of dance my knife around [...]

As every good home florist knows, you’re supposed to change the water in your floral arrangement vase every few days. Provided there are actual flowers in the vase that is. This apparently keeps the flowers fresher. I’m not convinced. Plus I can’t be bothered. So I don’t do this. However, there are a few flowers [...]

You know that silvery colour firewood gets after it’s been cut and sitting around for a few months?  Until it is that exact colour, my mother doesn’t think her steak is done. Growing up I took it for granted that steaks and roasts were supposed to be hard and chewy.  Like jerky without  the flavour. [...]

Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up for Monday. I’m in a Guy Ritchie phase. Have a good weekend all!

As someone who makes their living hosting television shows, you’d assume I’d have no problem making a video as simple as “How to Peel a Kiwi”. It’s peeling a fruit for God’s sake, it’s not like I was trying to peel an actual resident of New Zealand. As a professional “hosty” person this shouldda been [...]

A certain YouTube video was recently brought to my attention by The Art of Doing Stuff fan, Jenn. The video depicts a distinguished French gentleman dressed in his fancy dress up clothes, with his fancy accent, standing  beside his fancy car.  Mr. Fancy Pants then proceeds to show us how we can easily and in [...]

Like most people, I can tell you exactly where I was during certain momentous world events. When I found out John F. Kennedy Jr. died I was talking on the phone to my friend Renee. For the O.J. Simpson verdict I was in the lobby of CBC studios. And for Cake in a Cup, I [...]