Hello, and welcome to episode 8 of in the bin, where I share with you any and all assorted products I've used up or discarded recently.
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Sunday, February 08, 2026
something i like - Yew Street Food Hall
Last month I took the fam plus one extra kid over to the North Shore on a Saturday. We visited the Kamloops Winter Farmers Market and then to Yew Street Food Hall for lunch.
Like an upscale food court, the hall offers small stalls for local restaurants and chefs to rent and offer their delicious food treats to us lucky folk.
The space is lovely and inviting, and you just don't know what to look at first.
The Boy and his friend headed off to check out all the offerings. The Girl quickly chose Smashville Burger Bar and had a really REALLY excellent burger and fries. This will be my first stop next visit.
The 2 Boys went with TongDak Korean Chicken, and then took their food to a different table so I could not get a photo or sneak a bite. Rude.
The Mister and I got non-alcoholic cocktails, a delicious virgin ceasar and a virgin margarita from Brews on Yew. SO GOOD.
The Mister and I chose Lemongrass and shared a Grilled Chicken Bahn Mi and Grilled Pork, spring rolls and vermicelli. Truly excellent.
This is the kind of thing we need more of in Kamloops - go check it out!
Thursday, February 05, 2026
2025 book club review
in 2025 i read 85 books
fiction 70
non fiction 9
memoirs 6
51 of them were digital.
i kept a physical journal for the year and rated each book out of 5.
5 stars - 5
4 stars - 17
3 stars - 28
2 stars - 22
1 star - 9
DNF - 4
the books that made me cry in 2025 -
a heart that works
the starfish sisters
the guncle
atmosphere
shark heart
the once and future witches
good spirits
48 books in 2018
41 books in 2017
26 books in 2016
this is my new book journal - the one at the top of the post holds my 2024 and 2025 books with just a couple of pages to spare. i'm mixing it up a bit in 2026 and changing my journaling format to include a monthly summary of how many books and how many pages i read each month. i'm excited to see the results.
Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Tuesday, February 03, 2026
Monday, February 02, 2026
Sunday, February 01, 2026
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Friday, January 30, 2026
cookbook cleanup 74 & 75
This one is a bit of a shocker for me, but I have parted ways with my Nigella Christmas book. At one time I thought I would keep this book forever, but this past Christmas I sat down with it to plan some dishes to make for the holidays and came up empty. There was not one single thing I was interested to make, and if I'm being honest, this was not the first holiday season that happened. So she's off to find a new home, and she took 5 Ingredient Fix with her.
Back on the bookshelf - 20 Donated - 55
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
what i ate - tea and toasted english muffin with brie, yogurt on the side
this is a pared down version of the super delicious toasted bagel with brie, honey and walnuts. that one is amazing, but this was pretty delicious too.
Sunday, January 25, 2026
reading watching listening loving eating
reading - The Break by Katherine Vermette for my new (with other people!) book club. This is a re-read for me, but I don't mind, it is a very good book.
watching - after years of waiting, we can finally watch Dark Winds on Crave.
listening - still listening to nature music at work and at bed time.
loving - face masks. dry january is being held in my skin this year.
eating - nothing interesting. boring. it's all boring. i am tired of cooking for children who don't like anything i make. its no fun.
Monday, January 19, 2026
Sunday, January 18, 2026
Saturday, January 17, 2026
Friday, January 16, 2026
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Monday, January 12, 2026
hello it's 2026
Happy New Year! 2026 feels like a weird big number for the year. It's not off to a particularly great start, globally or personally, but maybe we can turn it around. This will be the 22nd!!!!!!! year of this blog. CRAZY.
One thing that was not crazy was our winter break. It was very very low key. We really did not do much. There was a lot of sitting, napping, reading, sleeping in, tv, music, and probably more naps and sleeping in.
The kids had their late in the year birthdays
We ordered take out a couple (or more) of times
LOTS of groceries
I decided to make shortbread cookies and then had to stop and go to the store because I didn't have enough flour or cornstarch. Another day I had to do the same for eggs after The Boy ate them all the night before for his third dinner.
We visited this excellent store
This made me laugh.
We didn't get very creative with food this year but these brie and cranberry jelly tarts were such a big hit we made them again a few days later.
Last week SUCKED getting back to work and school. Everyone was crabby and tired and the January blues have kicked in. Only 68 days until Spring!
Sunday, December 21, 2025
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