This dress really wants to go to a party! I look forward to my husband’s company Christmas party for months. I look forward to dressing up, talking to grown people, and eating food not prepared by myself and which is generally very tasty. I also look forward to the open bar. Months in advance I […]
"…maybe Christmas – perhaps – means a little bit more…"
December 3, 2009 by
Me, looking at Jake’s school schedule: “Oh, it looks like you will be writing a letter to Santa in class!” Jake: “Does that mean I will be writing a letter to you and Dad?” Yes, well. Let’s just say that Jake is feeling a bit confused these days. If you’re four, and you have a […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
November 30, 2009 by
I am someone who does not like to leave things to the last minute. I like to be organized and on top of things. So, I finish my Christmas shopping in the first half of November, I make and freeze dough for sugar cookies and gingerbread in November, I send all my Christmas cards out […]
Warning! This post contains an obscene amount of name-dropping.
November 27, 2009 by
I saw Jim Cuddy on The Hour a couple of nights ago. Jim Cuddy. Sigh. Beck wrote a funny post about the potential husband material of certain Canadian TV stars and while I was hard-pressed to come up with any of those – Mark Critch? Nah. George Stroumboulopoulus? Nah. – I sure do have opinions […]
GROSS
November 25, 2009 by
When I got home early this morning, Mark met me at the door to inform me that he was “a little bit sick”. He certainly didn’t look sick, his colour was good, he ate a good breakfast, but my husband did mention that both boys woke up coughing. I thought about a reader comment about […]
November
November 23, 2009 by
November is a dark month. Even when the sun is shining, it is so low in the sky that it is still dark and grey. Every room in my north-facing house is dark, even when the lights are on. This month has been flying by. I can’t believe it is already the 23rd. We are […]
November 21, 2009 by
I just received some tragic news about a neighbourhood family. Please send thoughts and prayers their way. I am going to hug my kids and vow to be grateful for everything I have.
