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 […]
Cheese is my boyfriend, but we’re breaking up.
June 21, 2012 by
“I think you actually are under a lot of stress,” my friend said to me the other day, “But you just don’t want to complain about it because it’s princess-stress.” Exactly. Last night, Jake had a screaming nightmare, and I don’t know what you do when your kids wake you up in the middle of […]
Mr. Wilder, the Gangsta of Malone
May 25, 2012 by
A fully functional kitchen plus a couple of rainy, miserable days equals KITCHEN PARTY! I spent yesterday making granola – hippie me – baking cookies, chopping fruit and veggies, and making hummous that would make you cry tears of joy. Well, it made ME cry tears of joy. I was skeptical – who puts yogurt […]
Birthday and Earth Day and Painting the Basement
April 23, 2012 by
Today is voting day in Alberta and, as luck would have it, my polling station was located at my kids’ school, making it easy to slip in after drop off and vote. You know you are at the polling station early when you beat the sea of seniors flooding in. How was your weekend? Mine […]
Fear Leads To Anger, Anger Leads To Suffering
April 16, 2012 by
I had a fairly eventful weekend, social-wise. On Friday I had dinner guests, and I made a roasted vegetable lasagne – look for the recipe over at the cooking blog in the next couple of days – and it was absolutely delicious. I was raving to a friend over the pure delight that is roasted […]
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 […]
Love Sandwich
March 8, 2012 by
I was so excited to open up this month’s O Magazine, and not just because it contained Adam Glassman’s spring fashion look book – which turned out to be a disappointment, anyway. Sorry, Adam, a silky pajama top is NOT work appropriate even when paired with a pencil skirt; and let’s not even get started […]
