Something that really changed for me during the pandemic was the way in which I wrote this blog. Prior to March 2020, I wrote a few times a week, when I had time, about anything that came into my mind. Once lockdown started, I, like an extremely privileged and much less talented Virginia Woolf, suddenly […]
March Madness
March 6, 2023 by 50 Comments
Marching Into March In many parts of the world, March marks the arrival of spring, but in Calgary, March is firmly a Winter Month. My birthday is in the last third of April, and I feel like that is the tentative start to spring, although it can certainly snow in any month of the year. […]
Five For Friday: The Your Questions, Answered Edition
March 3, 2023 by 50 Comments
I love how we all have Very Strong Feelings about desserts, and, to a lesser extent, potato chip flavours. I am here for the debate! Next up we will be discussing the use of top sheets. Just kidding! We won’t. I am not wading into that discussion! For the record, I am Team Top Sheet, […]
Call Me! On The Line! Call Me Any Any Any Time!
February 20, 2023 by 53 Comments
Last Wednesday I woke up refreshed and invigorated; I just knew it was going to be a good day. I had a vigorous and energizing yoga practice followed by a workout, I had fifty dollars worth of PC points to use at my weekly Superstore grocery shop, and I was looking forward to my monthly […]
Happy Galentine’s Day!
February 13, 2023 by 66 Comments
It’s February 13, and you know what that means! Happy Galentine’s Day! I don’t know what it’s like in your house, but in mine, Valentine’s Day is kind of a non-event. Not a total non-event; we do celebrate with cookies: And cake: But other than baked goods and the tank top decorated with a bee […]
Living La Vida Loca
February 6, 2023 by 61 Comments
Well, it finally happened: one of my sons came home AFTER I had gotten up for the day. It was only a matter of time before we became ships passing in the night, but the reason for the lateness was so ridiculous that it could have only happened to a teenage boy. The boys went […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Winter Pleasures Edition
January 26, 2023 by 51 Comments
We have had the most beautiful January: temperatures have mostly hovered around freezing, plus or minus five degrees, we have had barely any new snow or any wind, and most days have seen sunshine and blue skies. On the non-sunny days, we have had some hoar frost, which is just gorgeous. There is a polar […]
