This weird little Christmas holiday virus seems to be the gift that keeps on giving – every day it’s a new and different symptom, and although I am feeling better – i.e., functional – I am far from being my usual energetic and healthy self. For example, my cough is now almost all gone but my […]
Puss in Boots
December 29, 2011 by 5 Comments
Yesterday I was awake for maybe six or seven hours in total. The night before that Jake suddenly developed a fever…then I developed a fever…and then I developed the following symptoms: sore chest, sore throat, and narcolepsy. The whole day was a blur of sleeping, eating cinnamon toast and freezies, and sleeping. I showered at […]
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 […]
"And they’re hanging their stockings," he snarled with a sneer…
December 24, 2011 by 5 Comments
Tomorrow is Christmas! It’s practically here! We made it through the entire first term of school with no days lost due to illness; despite classmates being knocked down with strep and colds and stomach flues, my kids remained healthy, with only a few minor days of sniffles. I know someone who takes full responsibility for […]
LIVE IN THE NOW, Oil of Oregano, Lots of Links
November 14, 2011 by 10 Comments
I have a little something something up at the Yummy Mummy Club – and I would be so happy if you popped over there to read it. If you were so inclined to leave a comment, I would be VERY happy. xo I wrote all about living in the moment and enjoying the present, which […]
It was a graveyard smash!
October 31, 2011 by 12 Comments
It snowed today! The little dusting is, I believe, positively correlated with the comment I made yesterday regarding the unbelievable fact that we had made it through September AND October with no snow. But, dear readers, we had NOT made it through October, and so now we have snow. It’s not much though and it […]
Don’t it make my brown eyes bluuuuueeee.
September 4, 2011 by 11 Comments
So I’ve been blue, due to a number of factors, the most pressing being disappointment over not being offered a writing contract that I had my heart set on. I’ve been in mourning about it, wallowing and eating all manner of bad things, and reading my most favourite comfort book, Diary of a Provincial Lady. […]
