Archives for 2010

Gone With The April Snowstorm Wind

Right now it’s snowing, big thick flakes; our entire yard is blanketed, the whitened trees swaying violently in the wind. After dinner the boys went outside with umbrellas and snow boots, running and screaming with joy in the wind. Wouldn’t it be nice to view an April snowstorm like that, like an unlooked-for and unexpected […]

Style and the SAHM

I have a little something something up at Yummy Mummy Club. It’s all about STYLE and the SAHM. Not an oxymoron. Also a brief description of a really embarrassing, and true, moment. Go check it out, and comment if you can, pretty please. xo

Happy Easter!

“I know that Santa is not real,” Mark said ponderously, “But what about the Easter Bunny?” I considered for a moment before replying, “What do you think, honey? Do you think a bunny will hop into our house with a basket of treats?” Mark thought for a moment. “No. That doesn’t really make sense. How […]

I don’t go out much

You know how, when you are looking forward to going to your very favourite restaurant for weeks, and you pore over the online menu and decide what you are going to order, in extreme detail, and you think about that amazing meal and you think about it and – after all you go out for […]

Girls! Gone! Wild!

Today is a full moon and I follow with yogic tradition to not practice but take rest on moon days, which means that I slept a full hour and a half later than normal. Pure luxury! Since it is Spring! Break! and we had nowhere in particular to be today, I fulfilled my dream of […]

Happy Thoughts!

It rained on Friday, which is highly unusual at this time of year – normally precipitation takes the form of snow – and the city smelled so fresh and clean, also a highly unusual occurrence. It was dark and grey though, and I’m choosing to believe that was the reason that Costco, haven for bad […]

Actually, I prefer the term "Big Fat Whore"

After I posted the pictures of my sad little flat cake, a friend suggested I cut it in half and make a mini layer cake out of it, which struck me, quite frankly, as brilliant. It worked perfectly, although Jake and I went a little crazy with the confetti sprinkles. Don’t I look relieved? The […]