a peek inside the fishbowl
Blog URL http://www.quietfish.com/notebook
Located Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Tags Westboro, family, parenting, photography, mom, art, recipes, journal
Mother of two imps and wife of one. These are the scribblings of a freelance writer and photographer in the nation's capital.
Latest Blog Posts
- Skip the mall! on Nov 21, 2009 in
Four local mom-friendly businesses are hosting an open house on Saturday November 28, 2009. If you’re looking for something special - either for yourself or as a Christmas gift - this might just be the place to find it. Click over here for the...
- Kookoo for koko on Nov 20, 2009 in Ottawa Recipes and Food
I have written about our family junk food “strategy” before. It’s not exactly written in stone, but to summarize: 1) We have minimal junk at home - no chips or pop or candy or chocolate or ice cream or bags of cookies are kept in...
- Shaking things up and bringing some ugly to Westboro!* on Nov 19, 2009 in - Westboro
I am on the board of my local community association. One of the perks of being a board member is that we often get advance notice of new developments being proposed in our neighborhood. One of the disadvantages is that some of this crap drives me a...
- Rico on Nov 18, 2009 in Easy ways to make kids happy
Rico is not ours. Sarah was just holding him. This is actually the second of two shots: This was the first.
- Putting our HP printer to the test on Nov 18, 2009 in Giveaways and product reviews photography recommendations
Many moons ago I was contacted by a PR lady regarding the new HP Photosmart Premium printer. Would I be interested in giving it a spin? Yessir I would. (To make it absolutely clear, HP sent my family an HP Printer, some paper and some replacement car...
- Easy bread recipe for beginners on Nov 17, 2009 in - iKnead bread recipes
Before our household all fell down with THE SICK I discovered a very easy bread recipe over at the Canadian Living website for Irish Soda Bread. The amazing thing about this recipe is (1) it doesn’t require any kneading or rising time (basic...
- A very long post from the compost queen of Westboro on Nov 16, 2009 in Ottawa Yaktivism composting environmental gardening
I love composting. I really do. The process of turning my kitchen waste into high-grade soil for my plants is immensely thrilling and nothing short of amazing. Think of the science of that! All the happy worms! The free soil! But it’s November now,...
