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 […]
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 […]
Give your mother a kiss or I’ll kick your teeth in.
January 25, 2012 by 10 Comments
Happy Robbie Burns Day! I was telling the boys about Robbie Burns Day today, explaining the celebratory nature – in a modified way – and about their Scottish ancestry. Jake was getting more and more agitated and more and more defiant about it, when he burst out “We are not in Scotland, Mom! We are […]
Are you feeling sad? It’s Blue Monday!
January 16, 2012 by 11 Comments
My very good friend reminded me this morning that today is Blue Monday, the saddest day of the year, and yet I’m not feeling sad. That’s a win! I am, however, feeling cold; our mild, springlike winter has suddenly ended. The dog keeps looking at me balefully, probably trying to telepathically communicate to me his […]
Don’t throw me down, Clark! Is your house on fire, Clark? Oh. That was fun. I love riding in cars.
December 18, 2011 by 11 Comments
It is ONE WEEK until Christmas and the mood around here is a mix of mellow and excited. Yesterday was our open house and – although the basement looked like a Lego bomb went off and also like twenty-five children dropped crackers on the carpet and then stepped on them vigourously, which is probably exactly […]
