All By Myself, No More As of Tuesday this week, the boys will be finished their final exams and this very strange school year will be in the rearview mirror. I am always pretty Landslide-y in June – another year gone, children get older, I’m getting older too – and even though it was been […]
The Opposite of Trendy; Sixty-Five Weeks In
June 14, 2021 by 21 Comments
This will be obvious for anyone who knows me or has read this blog for any amount of time, but I really love clothes and fashion. When I was a kid, I loved paper dolls so much; I loved all the different outfits slated for different activities, I loved dressing up their flat little bodies, […]
Embrace The Season; Sixty-Four Weeks In
June 7, 2021 by 17 Comments
You won’t believe it, but last week we had a heat wave! The term Heat Wave, by the way, is relative to Calgary – I’m sure my friends in the South would just call it a stretch of pleasant summer days – but it has made me so happy. I’m spending every available minute outside; […]
Three Teens In The House; Sixty-Three Weeks In
May 31, 2021 by 14 Comments
As of yesterday, I now have three teenagers in the house! Sorry, the photo is a little fuzzy. Every week that Barkley is still wagging and sitting at my feet as I make dinner is a good week. He’s pretty slow these days – his big lump trips him up quite a bit – and […]
Do You Want To Build A Snowman; Sixty-Two Weeks In
May 24, 2021 by 14 Comments
Today is the Monday of the Victoria Day long weekend, which is essentially meaningless to me. But not for long! Tomorrow the boys go back to school, and I am so happy about it. They’ve been coping just fine over the past five weeks, but it just feels so unhealthy to have them sitting in […]
Ups and Downs; Sixty-One Weeks In
May 17, 2021 by 15 Comments
Good News/ Bad News The bad news is that, with the latest lockdown restrictions, lineups to get into Costco are back. The good news is that I was there right at opening and so the lineup moved quite quickly, and, more importantly, there are no shortages of anything that I could see. The fact that […]
Downward Spiral, Uphill Climb; Sixty Weeks In
May 10, 2021 by 27 Comments
There are a pair of woodpeckers in our neighbourhood, wreaking havoc and inflicting damage everywhere. One of my neighbours has a giant hole in his house stucco, at any time of the day you might hear the loud rat-tat-tat of a woodpecker on a chimney, and, this week, the pair decided to put our Manitoba […]
