The rain that has been coming down since Monday has stopped, and, in the manner of mothers everywhere, I have just sighed with relief and shooed my children outside. The noise level has been unbelievable around here. We played Go Fish and the sounds emanating from my children were ear-shattering. Mark dislikes “winning” games, and […]
Sloth and the Splash Pad – Summer of Awesome
July 6, 2011 by 8 Comments
We have been on summer vacation for one week and we have turned into a slothful people. This is why I don’t register the kids in any organized activities; we are too busy being completely lazy every morning to get anywhere. I’m in my sweaty yoga clothes, drinking coffee and accomplishing nothing, until finally showering at 10:00, […]
Bond. James Bond.
July 4, 2011 by 7 Comments
Mark, seeing a commercial on a US television station, asked me what “Independence Day” means. I was tired and did not feel up for a historical discussion, so I simply said that it was like Canada Day, but for the United States. Later I felt that this lazy and somewhat inaccurate explanation would probably be […]
He shoots, he scores!
June 20, 2011 by 3 Comments
How was your weekend? The boys had each made an adorable card for their dad – Mark’s with a picture of a tiger saying “I Roar You” and Jake’s in the shape of a shirt with a tie – and in addition to a couple of purchased gifts, my husband also received a jar of […]
Speaking of commercials…
February 7, 2011 by 7 Comments
How about that Superbowl? Actually, the only commercials I saw were for local businesses and upcoming shows on CTV, since – for reasons that I truly do not understand – the network tapes over all the blockbuster commercials and instead runs their own. As you can imagine, this is the source of much agitation in […]
I never slept through Money Never Sleeps
February 1, 2011 by 8 Comments
The boys had a day off of school today, and it went the way such days often go: with happiness distributed like a double bell curve, peaking in the mid-morning while pajamas are still on, bottoming out in the early afternoon, and then peaking again, after some activities instigated by myself, only to start the […]
Warning: This Post Written Under The Influence
January 29, 2011 by 12 Comments
I am having one of those days where I seem to be on the go and busy all day, but investigation of the activities that have kept me on the go and busy all day is completely boring and depressing: I spent an hour grocery shopping and half that time putting the groceries away, I […]
