Christmas Café with Hot Chocolate

Tonight at our Church we held our annual Christmas Café. We get together with friends, very talented people get up and perform, and there are snacks and hot chocolate for everyone. This year my two youngest Daughters Caile and Ella along with my twin nieces decided they would sing The First Noel. They did aContinue reading “Christmas Café with Hot Chocolate”

Hillbilly Cappuccino

Recently I picked up an AeroPress coffee maker which is absolutely fantastic. I’ve been making a pile of Americano style coffee. Tonight I tried something different I made a very hurting attempt at a cappuccino. I put some milk in a mason jar and shook the crap out of it. When it was all foamedContinue reading “Hillbilly Cappuccino”

Why you should use WordPress.com

This is something I’ve given some thought to recently as well. Dan does a great job explaining the benefits of WordPress.com. If you need a new website you should really check it out. Daniel Danilov After starting working at Automattic, I was surprised just at how little we advertise WordPress.com. Sure, we power ~24% ofContinue reading “Why you should use WordPress.com”

My family went to Ottawa and all I got was this colostomy

Each year we try to take our family on some sort of vacation. Lots of times it’s somewhere fairly close by but other years when we can we try to go a bit further. Usually my wife and I decide where to go and what fun things to do while we’re there. Typically Jen does most ofContinue reading “My family went to Ottawa and all I got was this colostomy”

Remembering Melba Green

Much of my childhood was spent growing up in a trailer park in rural Nova Scotia. It was very much it’s own little community with all kinds of interesting characters, my family included. One of our neighbors was Melba Green. In many ways she was a stereotypical stay off my lawn kind of seniors. AtContinue reading “Remembering Melba Green”