This morning I baked 97 sugar cookies, and they are sitting on my counter, nakedly waiting for a layer of pink buttercream and an assortment of heart sprinkles. Twenty-eight of them are circles, cut out from a plastic cup, and the rest are hearts; … [Continue reading]
Looking for that Invincible Summer
February 6, 2015 by 9 Comments
It's a grey and snowy day, the kind that makes me feel like taking a whole bottle of Vitamin D supplements in the hopes of perking up. Or perhaps a bottle of wine might work better, I'm not sure, but at least it is Friday and so the wine will be … [Continue reading]
Photo of my rack
February 3, 2015 by 5 Comments
Well, okay, since you ALL want to see my amazing rack: ********************************* There are lots of benefits to living in a senior-heavy community: my children are doted on by my neighbours because they are novel on our street, … [Continue reading]
Be the change you want to see in the world
January 29, 2015 by 10 Comments
We all have our triggers; those little things that cause us to feel like raging against the machine, those issues that have our blood pressure soaring and our heart rates pumping. In my case, this is seeing shopping carts left carelessly in the … [Continue reading]
All that time spent searching, and it was right there in front of me.
January 27, 2015 by 4 Comments
In further Adventures In My Back Alley, last week there was a dead rabbit. Now, my neighbourhood has a lot of big jackrabbits running (hopping?) around, and their numbers are exceeded only by the squirrel population. We are overrun. Anyway, given the … [Continue reading]
Middle Sister
January 24, 2015 by 1 Comment
Wow, what a week! It wasn't a bad week, just a very long and hectic one. On Wednesday afternoon I wrote "liquor store" on my Thursday to-do list, which is kind of telling. I dropped the boys at their karate class and hot-footed it to the liquor … [Continue reading]
Ma’am, that is not a bunion.
January 20, 2015 by 7 Comments
Today has been one of those crazy-hectic days that make me feel that if I stop moving, all will be ashes. Do you know what I mean? I am quite proud of myself, though, because this morning I managed to exercise, shower, have breakfast (and several … [Continue reading]
