So THIS is why people love the fall.

Happy Thanksgiving, my Canadian friends!  I hope you had a lovely long weekend.  I spent the long weekend at my in-laws’. Pause. I’m all about positivity, and so I will leave it at that and simply post this picture of me eating grapes. I seem to have my mouth full in that picture, either that […]

Dental Scaling or Pelvic Exam? Survey says…

Last week I was at the dentist for a checkup and for scaling.  The word “scaling” gives me the chills.  I conducted a brief and informal survey among girlfriends, regarding which they would rather have: dental scaling or a pelvic exam.  The results were approximately 75/25 in favour of pelvic exams.  Of course, this isn’t a scientifically accurate […]

Charity Birthday Parties, or the post where I have strong opinions about birthdays

I frequently look at my house and feel like I’m drowning in stuff.  I’m not even talking about Mark’s extensive “rock collection” (“Maybe we should get him a rock polisher for Christmas!” my husband suggested cheerfully, to my horror – how many MORE rocks would we then have in the house?).  I’m not talking about […]

Save the drama for your mama.

I try to write quality posts and occasionally I try to write beautiful posts and yesterday I checked my statistics to see why, specifically, people visit this blog.  Is it my views on parenting, on mindful living, on good karma and kindness? Here are some of the popular search terms that have been used to […]

Birthdays, Mommy Makeovers, Easter, and Earth Day

It was my birthday yesterday, just in case you missed the announcements and my not-so-shy reminders from the rooftops.  I love birthdays.  I think everyone should be celebrated on their birthdays with an outpouring of love and affection and maybe even some cake.  I was the happy recipient of an ice-cream cake, two new yoga […]

The cooking blog is up! New recipe!

My very first post at my brand-new cooking blog is up!  It’s all about tomato and bocconcini salad, plus a little secret about breakfast for dinner – I do not enjoy it.  Oops, secret’s out!  Go check out my new blog, pretty please.  Yummy.