Skied To Work

It was admittedly a show off thing to do. It didn't go as well as planned. I usually take 30 minutes to walk to work. It took 50 minutes to ski to work into the teeth of a particularly nasty north wind breaking trail the whole way. Not the fun and speedy adventure I'd hoped for.

Basement Built Ins

Chris and I have used every room in our 3 bedroom home for 1, home office, 2, sewing room, 3 bedroom. So, we had our excellent cabinet maker create a built in double sized murphy bed and shelves for our downstairs room. The guest room is most times Chris' boardroom, so multi purpose was important. Our cabinet maker Marc Berube was rather fed up with working with poplar so built it out of birch. In retrospect he agrees with us that it would have looked even nicer built out of poplar. Still, all and all a lovely piece of furniture. And no, we are never leaving this house!

Last Ride

For weeks now I've been thinking it was the last day for riding my bike. Then the sun would come out, the roads would dry and I'd ride off again. Last night I ended up riding home from a quilting class in the snow! This morning the roads and sidewalks were coated with ice.

Sarah's Jamie Oliver Coleslaw

One of the local organic farmers Mom was a smart cookie and put a notice in the Garage Sales section of the paper to 'yard sale' organic produce. I swung by on Africa and picked up a few local specialties. Purple cabbage, baby carrots, spring onions and 2 kinds of turnip. The carrots, cabbage and onions became the best coleslaw ever! So simple the ingredients really get to sing.

pet update

The dog seems to be doing pretty well. We hope to find out today if she can do stairs. The cats continue their odd relationship - occassionally loving, sometimes at war.

Wine Flights

I can't remember if it is vertical or horizontal wine tasting flight(google tells me it is a version of horizontal) but we tasted two of our apricot wines this evening side by side. Joe's wine from St.Laszlo Estate Winery was our favourite. It's the sexy home brew style unlabelled one in the photo. If you are any where near the Similkameen Valley drop in on Joe at St.Laszlo's and tell him Sarah and Chris from the Yukon sent you.

Staying the Course

Yes'm we are still here in B.C. We had a long relaxing stay in the southern Oakanagan valley. We'd recommend the Casa Dela Mia Oro to all and sundry. We didn't even get to half of the wineries between Osoyoos and Oliver. Each had things to recommend it. On our way back to Chilliwack we almost didn't make it because of the wineries, fruit stands and thai food. Also the super slow trucks. Highway 97 is not for those in a rush.

If you are ever in the Similkameen Valley or near Keremeos you MUST stop in at the Thai food restaurant - I am a verifiable food freak and that thai food was some of the best ever.