Certain special days do not translate well for everyone. For example, Robbie Burns Day – does anyone who is not of Scottish heritage really want to eat haggis and listen to bagpipes? I’m half Scottish and I certainly don’t want to – or President’s Day, which does not carry over very well to countries that […]
Warning: This Post Written Under The Influence
January 29, 2011 by 12 Comments
I am having one of those days where I seem to be on the go and busy all day, but investigation of the activities that have kept me on the go and busy all day is completely boring and depressing: I spent an hour grocery shopping and half that time putting the groceries away, I […]
Stripping! (my varicose veins) Boom chicka wah wah.
January 26, 2011 by 13 Comments
When I was pregnant with Jake I started to develop varicose veins. My calves are full of what I would call normal-looking varicose veins, puffy and purple. My left leg, however, looks like a miniature boa constrictor somehow found its way under my skin and is attempting to suffocate my knee and thigh. It’s not […]
Makeup, Wine, and Say Anything
January 9, 2011 by 12 Comments
I live in a neighbourhood with a lot of senior citizens, so I’m pretty used to opening my mailbox to find flyers from McInnis and Holloway about planning my own funeral so that things will go just the way I imagine. Not that I imagine my funeral much, but it’s nice to know that the […]
Be Kind Resolution, or How I Resolved to Drink More Wine
December 30, 2010 by 7 Comments
In the height of holiday overindulgence last week, a good friend said “I didn’t want to make New Year’s resolutions, but at this point it’s impossible not to.” I understood. I’m not generally one for traditional New Year’s resolutions, although I am feeling kind of bloated and sugar high from my own indulgences. But, as […]
Are we there yet…are we there yet…are we there yet…
August 2, 2010 by 5 Comments
I spent nine and a half hours in the minivan today! We’ve been on vacation for the past week, and this morning we left at six to get a nice early start. After less than four hours of driving, we pulled into Golden BC, which is approximately three hours from home. Wow, we said to […]
Actually, I prefer the term "Big Fat Whore"
March 25, 2010 by 5 Comments
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 […]
