Doesn’t everything feel a bit like a Herculean effort during the month of January? Yesterday morning was a feels like minus 32 with the wind chill kind of day, plus it had snowed overnight, sending traffic into one gigantic snarl, not that I’m battling traffic when I’m doing the school drop-off, but still. Just getting things done […]
Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Where I Connect With My Star Wars Alter Ego and My Longtime Muppet Love
January 10, 2017 by
Magic Kingdom, or The Land of Many Mouse Ears
January 4, 2017 by
It’s January, so no one should be surprised, but I still shuddered a little when I checked the weather forecast, and the following warning popped up at me: BITTER COLD AHEAD FOR ALBERTA IN JANUARY Not just cold, BITTER cold! This was the view from my parents’ place on Boxing Day, when it was minus […]
Finally Feeling Festive, and Universal Studios: Wilder, Faster, Scarier, and Wetter.
December 13, 2016 by
Normally I’m in full-on festive mode on November 1st, MAYBE November 2 if I’m exhausted from Halloween. But this year November didn’t feel very festive to me; too crazy, too busy, too sad. I was putting myself through the motions a little bit, but now after this weekend, I feel like myself again. It’s full […]
Disney’s Animal Kingdom, or “What’s a Yeti?”
December 9, 2016 by
Good grief, it is cold in Calgary right now, even by Calgary standards. Preparing the children for school feels a bit like that Hoth scene in The Empire Strikes Back – “My friend is out there!” – and all the dogs in the city are going slowly mad, stuck in the house. Spare a thought […]
Five Things For Friday
September 23, 2016 by
Decorative Gourd Season Everyone’s talking about the first day of fall, oh, the excitement of the crispness in the air and the leaves turning and pumpkin spice everything taking over the world like alien overlords. I don’t mean to be a curmudgeon about things but I swear, I thought it was going to snow last […]
More magical journeys
September 20, 2016 by
Strange things are happening in the neighbourhood. There was a Home Depot cart in my back alley. It’s not uncommon to see carts from Walmart and Co-Op, both of which are within walking distance, but the nearest Home Depot is at least five kilometers away. Did someone take a cart and walk all the way […]
Kondo-ing My Life, The Clothing Edition
August 30, 2016 by
So here we are in the very last week of summer vacation, and finally, FINALLY the weather is lovely. Although it looks like it’s all going to hell on the long weekend, so hurrah for Calgary for living up to its usual weather standards. Well, at least it isn’t forecasted to SNOW. At least, I […]
