Take The Wheel

This afternoon marks the fourteenth book fair that I will set up. A few weeks ago I was dragging, thinking about it, when a few friends told me I should go back and read my post-book fair blog posts. It worked! I was motivated once again by the … [Continue reading]

As we enter the tween stage, my plants shall be my babies.

Yesterday, Jake had a field trip - to a movie theatre. Apparently there is a film festival going on - who knew? Not me. - and his class was slated to see a movie called The Seventh Dwarf, which was, obviously, all about fairy tales and reimagining of … [Continue reading]

Childhood Books, and Who Moved My Cheese?

On Friday, my husband was home from work early - there was an office move going on, and so the work day was cut short. He mentioned that he was thinking of going out to his favourite hamburger place with a work buddy, but decided to come home … [Continue reading]

She took it to the limit. She should have taken it easy.

Completely inconsistent with my last post, I cannot stop laughing at this headline: Frankly, I thought there was no way the actual story could live up to the headline, but it turns out that it does. The woman - who clearly lost her Peaceful Easy … [Continue reading]

Theoretical People

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

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

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]