If you have been reading this blog for, well, any amount of time, you will probably be aware that I am a person who really strives to live a life of calmness and mindfulness. It doesn’t always work that way, of course, but life is a journey and we are all works in progress, tomorrow […]
Archives for April 2017
The Ship Is Not Sinking
April 25, 2017 by 5 Comments
Yesterday my yoga friend mentioned this quote in one of her classes: Ships don’t sink because of the water around them; they sink because of the water that gets in them. This felt to me like the most profound and apt metaphor for life. This is my new mantra, replacing In The Depth of Winter […]
42: The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything.
April 21, 2017 by 4 Comments
42 things I’ve learned in 42 years: Karma always works, for better or for worse. A good mascara and the right shade of lip gloss can make you feel like a star, even when you feel like a burned-out black hole. Mom was right, my face did freeze like that. […]
Indoor Versus Outdoor Egg Hunts
April 17, 2017 by 2 Comments
I know you were all on the edge of your seat, wondering how those fake eggs worked out, in terms of colouring. I think they turned out very well: They were a bit messier than working with traditional put-the-colour-tablet-in-the-cup-of-water-and-dip-the-egg-in variety, since there were plastic bags and liquid dye involved, but nothing has been permanently stained, […]
Fun Alternative To Easter Eggs (“Dairy Eggs?”)
April 11, 2017 by 1 Comment
It’s not like I didn’t realize that Easter was this weekend, but I’ve been putting off any preparations for it. We were out of the country for Easter last year, and so missed our traditional egg hunt/ chocolate feast. Since we don’t take the children to church and are significantly – how shall I say […]
Accomplishing Things and Reading Motivational Quotes
April 7, 2017 by 2 Comments
You guys, the Mayday tree is budding, the tulips are up, all sorts of hardy plants – yarrow, daylilies, ornamental sage – are making their appearance in my backyard, and today it RAINED. Do you know how rare it is to get rain in Calgary in April? Usually it’s snow. I feel like I’m in […]
Spring Break in Mexico! Busting Loose!
April 3, 2017 by 2 Comments
Hi! Happy April! Can you even believe it? We spent a week of Spring Break in an all-inclusive in Mexico, and now I am completely spoiled. The whole trip was perfection; we went with another family and all eight of us get along like a house on fire, so much fun was had by all. […]
