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 […]
I think I’m a Winter
June 13, 2012 by
I’m starting to talk like our contractors. My husband asked me, casually, what the tile guys were going to do with the cement shower base and cinderblock bench. “They’re gonna beef it up real good” was what I actually told him. Because I now know ALL when it comes to pouring the cement for a […]
For Cinco de Mayo, I’m building a snowman
May 5, 2012 by
Festively enough for the fifth of May, huge, fluffy snowflakes are falling right now. It’s kind of depressing. The boys were slated to start a junior golf program this morning, but since there is a minor blizzard going on, we are all at home in our jammies. Speaking of sports, because of all the rain […]
Warning: Shinpads Will Not Prevent Injury From Getting Run Over By A Wayward Car On The Soccer Field
April 25, 2012 by
The past few days have been unseasonably warm, record-breaking warm, and yet yesterday at 5:30 pm – one hour before the first soccer practice of the season – the sky grew black and the rain started to pour. It was, as always, a festive start to the season. The practice was held in the rain, […]
Birthday and Earth Day and Painting the Basement
April 23, 2012 by
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
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
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 […]
