I have been reading the Little House series to the boys for a while now, and we are now almost finished that epistle of madcap gaiety, Little Town on the Prairie. As opposed to the very depressing previous book, The Long Winter – everyone is going to die! – this book is full of exciting […]
Cupcakes, shopping, and Junior Mints
September 7, 2012 by 9 Comments
I am pleased to report the happy news that there have been zero barfing incidents since the first day of school. Although, writing that, I just broke out into a cold sweat thinking that I just jinxed everything and now my children will be up all night barfing. Cue the Stevie Wonder riffs.I really, really […]
Padme and Anakin and the Five Languages of Love
August 28, 2012 by 10 Comments
Getting right into the year 2005, I watched Revenge of the Sith on the weekend. Here’s a little piece of advice: do not watch the violent end of a movie minutes before leaving the house to attend a led primary practice. You will feel all shaky and NAMASTE, BITCH. Related: it’s very, very awkward when, […]
Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy.
July 10, 2012 by 9 Comments
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 […]
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 […]
Saturday the Fourteenth, the Black Boot Edition
January 14, 2012 by 8 Comments
I am not a very superstitious person, so I am not going to put any weight on the fact that I woke up last night and the clock read 3:16. In related news, did you know there is a football game with very high (emotional) stakes tonight? Things are going to be TENSE in the […]
The fog has lifted.
January 11, 2012 by 8 Comments
The fog has lifted, so to speak. It turns out that I have a raging sinus infection, which certainly explains why I was just getting worse and worse and why I would sleep for ten hours a day and still be completely exhausted and why I felt like I was walking around underwater and why […]
