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 […]
Fear Leads To Anger, Anger Leads To Suffering
April 16, 2012 by 9 Comments
I had a fairly eventful weekend, social-wise. On Friday I had dinner guests, and I made a roasted vegetable lasagne – look for the recipe over at the cooking blog in the next couple of days – and it was absolutely delicious. I was raving to a friend over the pure delight that is roasted […]
When I say "kind of a dick" I mean in a good way.
April 13, 2012 by 8 Comments
Here’s proof that I have a very confident husband: he was completely unfazed by my shameless male objectification as I ranked the cast members on last night’s Grey’s Anatomy, based on hotness. For anyone interested, here are my top two: And here is who I rank at the bottom: “Too young for you?” my husband […]
Heated Seats are Blessings, Like Children.
April 11, 2012 by 9 Comments
My husband had heated seats installed in my minivan, and I am not exaggerating even a little bit when I say that this is the greatest gift I have ever received, with the exception of my children, without whom I would not likely even have a minivan. I mean, there are not too many non-parents […]
Hippity Hoppity
April 9, 2012 by 7 Comments
Last night my husband and I went on a DATE to (belatedly) celebrate our tenth anniversary and I got a new dress and shoes! It was exactly a year and a week since I had my varicose vein surgery, and so I thought I would celebrate by wearing shoes and stockings, rather than my usual […]
Love Sandwich
March 8, 2012 by 6 Comments
I was so excited to open up this month’s O Magazine, and not just because it contained Adam Glassman’s spring fashion look book – which turned out to be a disappointment, anyway. Sorry, Adam, a silky pajama top is NOT work appropriate even when paired with a pencil skirt; and let’s not even get started […]
It’s the least relevant day…of the year.
February 2, 2012 by 9 Comments
It’s Groundhog Day, or, as I like to call it, the least relevant day of the year if you live where I do. I don’t care what’s happening in the rest of the world – six more weeks of winter would be an early spring; we’ve been having unseasonably mild weather which makes me a […]
