I can see for miles and miles

Last weekend I went to Saskatchewan to visit with my grandma, as well as with my cousins, aunt, and my brother who moved from the big city to a small town and is now realizing that everyone on his block knows what he is doing at any given time. He … [Continue reading]

Wordless Wednesday – Summer Vacation

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The Opposite Of Extreme Makeovers, and a Giveaway!

Lawsy, I've been busy - relatively speaking - since returning from vacation. It's amazing how much piles up after an eight-day hiatus from the homefront. I've been multi-tasking like a motherfucking riot; taking the boys to the playground while … [Continue reading]

Vacation Nicole versus Regular Nicole

Vacation Nicole 1) Vacation Nicole drinks Palm Bay at 10:00 in the morning with her father-in-law. She has a second one at 11, followed by a few more later in the afternoon2) Vacation Nicole goes down waterslides and gets her hair wet in the wave … [Continue reading]

"The REAL Reason He Never Texted" – page 136

A few weeks ago, I was feeling kind of blue, and so my husband took the boys for an outing and came home with snacks and a magazine for me. Cosmopolitan magazine. Husband: Isn't that the magazine you always read at the hair salon?Me: No, that's … [Continue reading]

Gazing at you, I get the beat.

It turns out I am easily unmoored.My parents took the kids up to the lake yesterday, and I was faced with thirty childless hours in which to get some things done. Productivity! It's actually amazing how much can be accomplished when the children are … [Continue reading]

Boy oh boy!

I feel the same way about the safe arrival of the royal baby that I did about the royal wedding - it's happy news. In the midst of so much tragedy, sadness, and overall gloom that we hear on the news every single day, the arrival of a baby is such a … [Continue reading]