I had the most productive weekend! Shit got DONE around here. I had a number of things on my to-do list and every one of them was accomplished, even down to the “putting photos in albums” task. For reasons that I do not comprehend, I find putting photos in albums to be one of the […]
In which I reveal myself as a snob and a lunatic, all at the same time
October 15, 2012 by 12 Comments
69 Days of Summer Vacation; Mark and Jake Are Going To Do It All!
June 27, 2012 by 7 Comments
I was going to do a “Wordless Wednesday” and just post this picture of my kids on their last day of Grade One and Two: But there is a reason I don’t do Wordless Wednesdays, and that is because I am much, much too wordy. I want to tell you all about the last day […]
Post-Christmas Cleaning Binge
December 26, 2011 by 7 Comments
Did you have a good Christmas? I’m relieved to tell you that Mark recovered enough to enjoy Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, although he was somewhat exhausted by yesterday evening – but then, shouldn’t we all be exhausted by then? My mother mentioned yesterday that Mark is always sick at Christmas, which seemed incorrect to […]
Call for help, I am stuck to the countertop.
December 13, 2011 by 10 Comments
We have no fewer than five Advent calendars in the house. Two are Kinder chocolate ones, sent by my mother-in-law, one is a cloth one that is utilized only as a calendar and not as something particularly fun, one is a Star Wars Lego calendar which has led me to realize after a conversation with […]
My 400th Post!
November 2, 2011 by 12 Comments
This is my 400th post! Four hundred posts! I certainly have had a LOT to say. Maybe I should start writing something meaningful, like those people who spout nothing but inspirational sayings. After all, the other day I was having a cup of Yogi brand tea, and on the teabag it said “The only tool […]
Cultivating the Relationship
October 24, 2011 by 9 Comments
How was your weekend? I spent Friday night here: which is to say I had a pretty fabulous weekend. My parents stayed at our house and took care of the children, and I will say this: I always fret a little about leaving them, even for one night, and they always wish that I stayed […]
So THIS is why people love the fall.
October 11, 2011 by 7 Comments
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 […]
