It is, suddenly, fall. My Manitoba maple tree has yellowed overnight, it seems, football has taken over Sundays, and the mornings are very crisp and chilly. Although I cheerfully discuss with the children all the wonderful things to look forward to in every season, during the fall I very much mourn the end of summer. […]
Cupcakes, shopping, and Junior Mints
September 7, 2012 by
I am pleased to report the happy news that there have been zero barfing incidents since the first day of school. Although, writing that, I just broke out into a cold sweat thinking that I just jinxed everything and now my children will be up all night barfing. Cue the Stevie Wonder riffs.I really, really […]
Ketchup Chips are a Canadian Thing?
July 3, 2012 by
Right this minute, there is a news story on TV, in honour of Canada Day, all about the words “eh”, “knapsacks”, and “washroom”, and how ketchup chips are a Canadian thing. American friends, I must know this for true: are there no ketchup chips in the States? Really? If that is true, I am very sad for […]
Hippity Hoppity
April 9, 2012 by
Last night my husband and I went on a DATE to (belatedly) celebrate our tenth anniversary and I got a new dress and shoes! It was exactly a year and a week since I had my varicose vein surgery, and so I thought I would celebrate by wearing shoes and stockings, rather than my usual […]
Eight! Eight! Eight is Great!
March 23, 2012 by
Yesterday I was doing some things around the school (putting up posters asking for volunteers to help in the naturalization area. Do you want to help? No? Yeah, neither does anyone else.) when I heard the kindergarten class singing their morning song. It is a song familiar to me, since I heard Jake singing it […]
Up The Irish
March 17, 2012 by
Today, in addition to making three dozen cupcakes and a loaf of banana bread, I am going to try my hand at Irish Soda Bread, in the festive spirit of the day. I am also making kale chips and roasted asparagus, which count as festively Irish because of the green colour. I am in general […]
It’s the least relevant day…of the year.
February 2, 2012 by
It’s Groundhog Day, or, as I like to call it, the least relevant day of the year if you live where I do. I don’t care what’s happening in the rest of the world – six more weeks of winter would be an early spring; we’ve been having unseasonably mild weather which makes me a […]
