I am very cross right now for a variety of reasons, amongst them a) my dog is sick with kennel cough, which he got FROM his kennel cough vaccination, and now I am faced with a new life as someone who does not want to vaccinate her dog, b) I have had to check the […]
Slow Boat to Nowhere
May 16, 2012 by 9 Comments
The kitchen renovation was slated to begin at 11:00 this morning. Yesterday, I frantically cleaned out all the bottom cupboards and removed things from the countertops, pausing only to wonder when I bought Gorilla Munch, as its best before date was over a year ago. All items are now in big Rubbermaid containers and/or on […]
The longest day of the year
June 21, 2011 by 9 Comments
Happy Summer Solstice! Here, that means that the sun rises at 5:20 am and sets at almost 10:00 pm, and, amazingly, the sun has come out today! It’s going to be 22 degrees Celcius, which may not sound like much for you people in milder climes, but to us hardened Calgarians, it might as well […]
Floral Update and Rockin’ the Bump
June 13, 2011 by 12 Comments
Did I leave you hanging? Are you dying to find out what happened? All weekend were you wondering: Nicole, please tell us about your clematis, PLEASE? Well, I will tell you – the clematis is just fine. I repeat, the clematis is just fine. Mere hours after my last post I received a call from […]
The Wonder Pets Save the Clematis
June 9, 2011 by 4 Comments
June is such a busy and frantic month, and it seems like everyone is off their game just the teeniest bit. Or is that just my house? Hoo boy, the number of ridiculous arguments that have been going on around here is epic. Epic, I tell you. The children have been disagreeing about everything from, unseasonably enough, the appropriate way to […]
