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 […]
Santa’s coming! Santa! I know him!
December 20, 2011 by 12 Comments
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 […]
Holy shit! Where’s the Tylenol?
December 5, 2011 by 13 Comments
The boys have been practicing Christmas songs at school – for what purpose, I am unclear, since they never have a pageant or holiday-themed special night for the parents to watch them do non-denominational festive winter performances or anything. Don’t get me wrong; I am not a “put the Christ back in Christmas” kind of girl, not […]
Maybe we actually ARE in Kansas, Toto.
November 28, 2011 by 9 Comments
Yesterday I was driving my kids to their yoga class when I came into a standstill traffic jam. As the 140 km/hour wind gusted around our minivan, I wondered if, perhaps, the insane weather had anything to do with it. The question was answered as I finally manoevered past the firetruck filled with men cleaning […]
PSA: Don’t be a dick.
November 23, 2011 by 8 Comments
Do you remember back in the day when you were trying to get pregnant, and it wasn’t happening very quickly, and everyone you knew was getting pregnant, and you were sad and frustrated and felt like stabbing every single person who asked “So when are you going to have a baby?” or who carefully examined […]
Jake-Z and Marky Mark
October 26, 2011 by 7 Comments
Over the past six weeks there has been a hip-hop residency program at our school, meaning that the kids have been learning hip-hop in gym class. I was interested to see how this would go since my children have a great love of music and – especially in Mark’s case – dancing. This great love of […]
Happy, Happy Birthday Baby
October 21, 2011 by 6 Comments
It’s my husband’s birthday today! Ssssh. He doesn’t like a big fuss made about his birthday, something I totally do not understand since I enjoy wearing a birthday tiara and a sandwich board with “BIRTHDAY GIRL” written on it. However, he and I are going to Banff for the night tonight – squee – with […]
