Last week I was at the dentist for a checkup and for scaling. The word “scaling” gives me the chills. I conducted a brief and informal survey among girlfriends, regarding which they would rather have: dental scaling or a pelvic exam. The results were approximately 75/25 in favour of pelvic exams. Of course, this isn’t a scientifically accurate […]
New Haircut (Regrets, I’ve had a few)
October 3, 2011 by
Friday night I had some girlfriends over to watch The Breakfast Club and eat that dinner beloved by women everywhere: the dinner made up of appetizers. In related news, I think I may have overdosed on cheese products. The Breakfast Club is one of my all-time favourite movies, but when we watched it this time, we […]
State of Wonder, Gifts, My New Unpaid Career
September 29, 2011 by
Here’s a little piece of advice: if you are a stay-at-home mom whose children are in school, and you are worried about how to spend your time, try signing up for numerous volunteer commitments, each of which isn’t too time consuming on its own, but when added together fill all your days with unpaid busyness. […]
Charity Birthday Parties, or the post where I have strong opinions about birthdays
September 27, 2011 by
I frequently look at my house and feel like I’m drowning in stuff. I’m not even talking about Mark’s extensive “rock collection” (“Maybe we should get him a rock polisher for Christmas!” my husband suggested cheerfully, to my horror – how many MORE rocks would we then have in the house?). I’m not talking about […]
Save the drama for your mama.
September 25, 2011 by
I try to write quality posts and occasionally I try to write beautiful posts and yesterday I checked my statistics to see why, specifically, people visit this blog. Is it my views on parenting, on mindful living, on good karma and kindness? Here are some of the popular search terms that have been used to […]
Mullets and Me
September 22, 2011 by
Just the other day I saw a woman, who was about my age or a little older, wearing skin tight acid wash jeans. I looked at her for a minute, trying to decide if this was a new trend and that is what the young folks are wearing these days, or if she had been […]
Struggling
September 19, 2011 by
For his birthday, my sister-in-law and brother gave Jake a number of easy-reader books, some featuring his new favourite character, Finn McMissile. Jake picked them up and read them to me, only needing help on a few of the words. What a smart little boy, I thought. He is a smart boy. He can read […]
