I'm not sure how you parents of children in highly competitive sports do it. This weekend was the Candy Cane Shiah at the boys' karate dojo, and the boys each competed in a kata and a weapons division. The whole time I was a bundle of nerves and it … [Continue reading]
Baby Got Back Pain
December 14, 2013 by 3 Comments
At my weekly Co-Op trip on Wednesday, I was the sole person - other than the employees - under the age of seventy. It was all hatted-and-matching-scarved ladies and some older gentlemen and one couple who put me in mind of Lewis and Bethany, arguing … [Continue reading]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: Gifts From The Heart Edition
December 9, 2013 by 2 Comments
Two things happened today that got me thinking about gift-giving in general and stressed-out Christmas gift-giving in particular. First, my mother-in-law sent the kids mini-loaves of raisin bread and it arrived today, and I am not exaggerating when I … [Continue reading]
Clark, Audrey’s frozen from the waist down.
December 5, 2013 by 4 Comments
I know I complain - often? - about the crabby old ladies on the seniors' bus who swarm the Co-Op when I'm grocery shopping and who snap at the sole cashier for being the only one working, like he has a choice in this matter, and who bang the back of … [Continue reading]
I don’t know what to say, Audrey, except it’s Christmas, and we’re all in misery.
December 3, 2013 by 17 Comments
Here's the scene: me, at the table, surrounded by envelopes and holiday cards, armed with an address book and a notebook, the same notebook that I've written Cards Sent and Cards Received in for the past eleven Christmases, with pens and stamps and … [Continue reading]
Grandma Fern
December 1, 2013 by 11 Comments
My whole life, Grandma Fern and I lived a thousand kilometres apart, but I'd spend large chunks of summer vacations visiting with her. The summer that I was six, she woke me up at three in the morning and we watched the Royal Wedding together; we … [Continue reading]
December Advent Acts of Kindness, Crafting With Cat Hair
November 27, 2013 by 5 Comments
Yesterday was such a wonderful, beautiful day. I looked out the window at around 4:50 pm and the most beautiful sunset was happening; the sky was deep orange and pink and the snowy ground was glowing pink as well. I called the boys to come and look … [Continue reading]
