The first step in the kitchen renovation is done! Does anyone else immediately get Step By Step by Eddie Rabbit stuck in their head after saying the words “first step”? Or is it just me? I also cannot say – or listen to – the words “Here’s the situation” without mentally rapping the entire second half […]
Good Vibrations (not THOSE kind of vibrations)
May 8, 2012 by 3 Comments
Hey, I’m guest posting for my dear friend Kimberly, who is recovering from gall bladder surgery and easing her way back into the world of the eaters, over at All Work and No Play Make Mommy Go Something Something. Kimberly is an amazing woman and I’m not just saying that because her blog name is so very awesome. She […]
Birthday and Earth Day and Painting the Basement
April 23, 2012 by 5 Comments
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 […]
Just Like Bogie and Bacall
March 5, 2012 by 13 Comments
Jake stayed at school for lunch today for the very first time – excepting, of course, Fridays when the kids have a “nutrition break” at their desks and then are dismissed at 1:10. But today he is at a Lego Club meeting – there IS a Lego Club – and is the first of my […]
COME ON DOWN! You’re the next contestant…
January 31, 2012 by 9 Comments
It’s the last day of January, which feels very strange given that, with the exception of about ten days wherein I had that feeling of doom that I would never be warm again, it has been mild. The snow is almost melted in my backyard, which is odd. Perhaps the apocalypse is upon us? I […]
It’s Festivus Eve! Grievance time!
December 22, 2011 by 11 Comments
All this Christmas sentiment is getting to me, I thought. Two nights ago, I became increasingly irritable throughout the evening; everything was getting under my skin. My husband was, I thought, an unbearable asshole and the kids were insane, obnoxious, and loud. I crabbed around the house then said, at 7:45, that I was going to […]
Tell me now, baby, is he good to you? Can he do to you the things that I do?
May 4, 2011 by 11 Comments
I received an invitation for the school’s Volunteer Appreciation Tea. I smiled happily until I realized that the date coincides with the next book fair, which I am running. I cannot attend the Volunteer Appreciation Tea because I’m too busy volunteering. Some days are just like that. I have not been sleeping well lately and […]
