The last week of June is always a bit crazy, no? I mean, not for the kids. Nothing academic is going on, which is just fine. The Grade Sixes had their Provincial Achievement Tests, five in total, and those finished on Monday. Mark, despite being very well-prepared as well as being someone who always tests well, […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: Beachy Keen, Jelly Bean
June 8, 2016 by 7 Comments
We are having a heat wave! It’s hot and sunny and it’s supposed to break and be rainy just in time for the weekend. We are in the midst of re-staining our deck; I am doing a little bit every day to take advantage of the hot weather. Hopefully it won’t rain all weekend so […]
Watch out for the carnies.
April 29, 2016 by 7 Comments
Do you ever look at the contents of other people’s grocery carts and wonder what they are going to do with those particular ingredients? I do, all the time. Not in a judgy way, obviously; I don’t care if someone has a cart filled with fruit chews and pork rinds. To each her own, I say. […]
Eating, Playing, and Making New Friends: It’s A Dog’s Life
February 17, 2016 by 2 Comments
Since nothing says romance like spending the weekend with one’s in-laws, that is exactly what I did. Well, technically we visited my in-laws because it was a long weekend – the kids had Teacher’s Conventions and Monday was Family Day – but the former sounds funnier. It was a really nice weekend, and like the […]
My Orlando break from reality
December 10, 2015 by 5 Comments
Here’s a fun way to lose weight and tone up those legs: walk 72 kilometers in 5 days. That’s what I did this past week, on my trip to Disney World and Universal Studios. I’m going to just come out and say it: we have taken the kids on lots of trips, and this was […]
One of these days these feet are going to walk all over you.
December 2, 2015 by 2 Comments
I found out that Billy Idol just turned sixty this week, and when I mentioned my surprise to my husband, he was nonplussed. “Why wouldn’t you think he’d be sixty?” he asked. “His big hits all came out in the early 80s.” That wasn’t what I meant, though. It wasn’t that I couldn’t believe his […]
Chocolate and no more moustaches
December 1, 2015 by 2 Comments
This week has been frantically busy and it’s only Tuesday. Actually, it’s only 6:30 in the morning, on Tuesday, but it feels like it should be at least Thursday. Not to mention it’s December 1; I feel simultaneously like it’s still mid-November but it’s also almost Christmas, so it’s confusing to be in my brain […]
