I have an article up over at Yummy Mummy. Go check it out and read all about my penchant for non-exciting travel. I also allude to a really gross intestinal bug I once contracted. If that doesn’t get you reading, I don’t know what will! See you there!
Archives for November 2009
November 15, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Will I be pretty, will I be rich?
November 14, 2009 by 1 Comment
One thing I find very entertaining about children – especially small children – are their career goals. Very small children have somewhat abstract ideas about what they will be when they grow up; I clearly remember wishing to be a flower. And now I have a flower profile picture on my blog! Profound. Anyway, both […]
Poppies
November 11, 2009 by 2 Comments
I wrote the following last year on Remembrance Day. My husband’s friend is heading to Afghanistan in March, for a riskier assignment. My oldest son is now enthralled with the military. He is obsessed with all things army. He is five. It breaks my heart on many levels. I want to instill respect and honour […]
Clutter
November 9, 2009 by 3 Comments
You know when you wake up in the morning, and you realize that you are actually drowning in clutter, that your entire household is one big clutter pile; this despite the fact that all the clutter is contained in cute little baskets, because now instead of being drowning in clutter, you are drowning in baskets […]
The pediatric dentist is HOT
November 5, 2009 by 2 Comments
Was that me who was bragging about how well my children adjusted to the end of Daylight Savings? After only one day? I think in Greek mythology that would be known as hubris. I am going to spare you the tearful, fighting-with-one’s-brother, collapsing into a teenage-angst-type-sulkiness details and instead talk about something pleasant. I took […]
Weekend Update
November 1, 2009 by 4 Comments
1. I purchased 250 candies for Halloween, and lovingly made up twenty little gift bags with an assortment of goodies. If we got more than twenty trick-or-treaters, I thought, I would just give out the mini chocolate bars and bags of Sour Kids separately. The boys headed out to trick-or-treat and I stayed home to […]
