After watching The Wedding on Friday, I sank into what can only be described as a state of complete obsession and sloth. I performed the absolute minimum in terms of child maintenance, instead staring at the television, watching and re-watching the highlights, pausing only to trade wedding-related analysis with my mother and grandmother over the phone about […]
The Royal Wedding, or The Reason I’m Going To A 2:30 a.m. Tea Party
April 28, 2011 by
So THE wedding is tomorrow and I’m sure I’m not the only person bourgeois and/or pedestrian enough to be excited about it. Hey, I’m a Canadian girl. One of my fondest memories is when, thirty years ago, my grandma woke me up at four in the morning to watch The Wedding with her, and although […]
Celebrity, Marky Mark, and the Big Egg Hunt
April 26, 2011 by
I was at the grocery store on the weekend, picking up only a couple of items and scanning them through the self-checkout lane when one of the cashiers, a fairly young guy, ran up to me excitedly. “I saw you on CBC!” he said. “I was watching the hockey game and then you were on […]
Serendipity
March 20, 2011 by
Do you believe in serendipity? And I don’t mean the movie, which was fine and all but lady, let me give you a hint here: if John Cusack asks for your phone number, don’t write it on a five dollar bill or in a random book or throw it away. GIVE HIM YOUR DAMN NUMBER. […]
It’s a Long Way to Tipperary
March 17, 2011 by
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I set out green shirts for the boys to wear this morning, saying “Better wear your green or the leprechauns will pinch you!” Jake sighed heavily. “Mom, leprechauns don’t EXIST.” Ah, the magic of childhood. My children may not be enamoured with the magical, but they are enamoured with science, as […]
It says "Let’s BEE Friends!" And there’s a picture of a bee on it.
February 15, 2011 by
This weekend was our neighbourhood’s annual outdoor party, complete with skating, tobogganing, and barbeque, and by some incredible good fortune, the weather was very mild, making it a perfect day. Mark built a snowman with his dad: I’m basking in the glory of a snowman, whose existence I did not assist in. Cute, right? Until […]
