We’ve been experiencing SUMMER here in YYC. The days have been sunny, and warm – hot even. Of course, this is relative. The highest temperature of the week is 30 degrees Celsius, which is 86 degrees Fahrenheit, which – when compared with my friends down in Virginia, where the tarmac at an airport melted in […]
Slow Boat to Nowhere
May 16, 2012 by
The kitchen renovation was slated to begin at 11:00 this morning. Yesterday, I frantically cleaned out all the bottom cupboards and removed things from the countertops, pausing only to wonder when I bought Gorilla Munch, as its best before date was over a year ago. All items are now in big Rubbermaid containers and/or on […]
A Whirlwind of Boring Activity
May 14, 2012 by
I have been in a whirlwind of activity the past few days. A whirlwind, I tell you! Since Friday I have had more errands and social outings than I probably do in two weeks. I would describe them in detail but I fear that may be boring, and I fear it may also be less […]
Birthday and Earth Day and Painting the Basement
April 23, 2012 by
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 […]
COME ON DOWN! You’re the next contestant…
January 31, 2012 by
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 […]
Santa’s coming! Santa! I know him!
December 20, 2011 by
True confessions: I have never taken my children to a mall to “meet Santa”. I’m going to really put myself out there for a moment and say that it has always seemed a little skeevy to me, to set my babies on this dressed-up stranger’s lap, this stranger masquerading as Santa, only to have them […]
Knowing Me, Knowing You, The Time Change Edition
November 7, 2011 by
With clock-like consistency, there are two times of the year that get me excessively agitated and stabby, and those times are the “Spring Forward” and “Fall Back” atrocities known as Daylight Saving-related time changes. I may have mentioned this before. I’m not going to bore you with the details, but I will say that, as I […]
