Did you survive Halloween? Honestly, I wasn’t 100% sure we were going to make it through the day yesterday. The kids were completely wired with Trick or Treating on the horizon. At one point they were running laps around the house – which is not an uncommon occurrence, really – and I thought they were […]
Marital Strain
October 28, 2010 by
You just know with a title like that it’s going to be a juicy post. On Modern Family – do you watch Modern Family? It’s very funny. – the other night, Claire was looking through the Tupperware and wondering how or why the containers and lids get separated. Phil replied, built-up resentment, financial issues, met […]
And…we’re back.
October 27, 2010 by
Wow, was I just on vacation? I have that weird, not-unfamiliar feeling that I was in a completely alternate universe many months ago, although we’ve been home for only a few days. It’s funny how one day a person can spend hours in a complete state of relaxation, eating sublime food, walking on a beach, […]
Not Typical
October 24, 2010 by
With regards to my last post, my insane amount of early morning domestic accomplishments is definitely not typical. Clearly I was experiencing some sort of crazy nervous energy burst and my only outlet was baking a cake at 7:30 in the morning; not something that occurs regularly. Also not typical was the beautiful trip to Tofino, […]
Conversation at the Breakfast Table
October 20, 2010 by
Jake: Is today the day that Grandma is coming for a sleepover? Me: No, that’s tomorrow. Both boys, in unison: Awwwwww! Me: Remember, Mom and Dad are going on Thursday, we’ll be gone all day Friday, then we are coming back on Saturday. Mark: Can you come back on Sunday instead? So apparently they are […]
Crazy, I’m crazy for feeling this way…
October 19, 2010 by
My in-laws were here for a visit this weekend, and they brought with them fresh-picked apples and Concord grapes, and for someone like me who lives in a place in which fresh, local fruit is limited to crabapples and Saskatoon berries, this gift was most gratefully received. I’m mowing through the produce at an unbelievable […]
I think I know a little something about people throwing words around.
October 15, 2010 by
Yesterday was one of those very good days when everything was going well, the weather was gorgeous, and I was in one of those moods in which I get unreasonably excited about such things as the grocery store having asparagus and strawberries on sale, not to mention those Roasted Tomato and Basil Triscuits, which are […]