Buttercups & Burlap

What grinds your gears and really annoys you?

Ignorance, plain and simple ignorance!

I cannot stand when people bury their heads in the sand and ignore what’s happening in the world. I constantly end up listening to people make statements from a place of being ill-informed because they have seen a TikTok or a post on Instagram that is clearly misleading. It is very annoying when people don’t consistently evaluate their beliefs and values to see if they fit or are correct or even applicable. I truly feel that as people and society change we need to examine our beliefs. I also hate it when people are blind to their words and mindset flaws or they try to impose certain beliefs on others but the second they are questioned, not even imposed upon they scream and shout their mindset and freedoms are being infringe on. I hate that people don’t think critically about history and their own privilege.

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What catches your eye about the architecture of a building?

I’m a sucker for a grand and intricately and opulently finished building. I’m a sucker for stained glass windows. I’m a sucker for a building that is considered an engineering or architectural wonder. Buildings like the Duomo in Florence, Versailles in Paris, provincial legislatures, or the Parliament Buildings in Canada , hotels like the Empress or Hotel MacDonald. I love a great Victorian mansion or an Art Deco building. I like a building that can transport me back in time one that’s unlike everything else around it. Especially now that everything is so modern and minimalist and devoid of true personality I like spaces with character.

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What would life be like if unicorns and dragons existed?

I think that would be truly lovely and remarkable. A lot of young children would lose their minds as their imaginations came to life. Fairy tale perfection! However, they’d be hunted and taxidermied by some. I’d like to think that this variation of life would be a time where we would have reached utopia and all of our social ills and failings and issues would’ve been solved and we lived happily ever after. So, basically it would be a pipe dream if unicorns and dragons existed. I think we need a lot more magic in our lives right now. I think sometimes we’d like to go back to simpler times in our lives when we were young and had a little to worry about in theory, I know not everyone had a carefree childhood. But little escapism now and then isn’t a bad thing.

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Have you ever been attacked by an animal?

I was chased by a Canada goose while I was at a park with my dad one time. And there’s a photo of me in one of my albums with me screaming my head off and he’s carrying me and I’m kicking and he’s got me lifted up almost above his head, heading back to the car. One time I was at a zoo with my parents and some of their friends, and we were allowed to feed the birds and an emu bit my hand. And then there was that one time I was playing in the back lane when I was growing up and the neighbor’s dog ran out. Her name was Muffy. It was a horrible little dog, anyways, Muffy ran out and bit my leg, and I was scared of dogs for years.

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What kind of recipes do you gravitate towards for example desserts, casserole, drinks?

I love to peruse cookbooks, food, magazines, and Instagram for recipes. I always have ideas, but they don’t match my skill set. I really like fancy, fresh, trendy recipes, but I only have the skill set really for one pot dinners or recipes that focus on five ingredients or less. Plus, my husband is a meat and potatoes kind of guy so it’s really hard to cook anything that he would kind of consider “exotic.” For example quinoa is too far out of his comfort zone; “Where’s the rice?” My mom was the queen of casseroles and I always said that I would never make them, but as 30+ year old woman who works long hours and is a new mom I definitely see the appeal. I like all kinds of recipes in terms of ingredients. I’m not super picky. I like to make drinks, however, when I try to mix an alcoholic one it never turns out well because they always end up tasting super strong. So basically, they look pretty, but they taste terrible. I also love a really good meal salad recipe, especially in the summer when I can use the vegetables that I grew myself. Sheet pans suppers also are great for our lifestyle but I feel like they don’t always have the opportunity to build flavor or taste and are just kinda meh!

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