There is this strange phenomenon I've noticed this winter: no matter what the weather is like at all other times of the day, it will surely become much, much worse at school pickup time. I'm not sure what it is about the 3:30-4:00 time slot, but … [Continue reading]
The toll of shopping at Costco
March 15, 2013 by 11 Comments
Congratulations to Maggie, for winning the random draw! I picked up the prize yesterday on my trip to Costco. Can you spot it in my minivan? No, silly, it's NOT the case of tetra pak almond milk. Nor is it the giant family size package of Snapea … [Continue reading]
Lego, Eyelashes, and an IMPORTANT QUESTION
March 13, 2013 by 15 Comments
This morning Jake was playing with his Star Wars Lego when I heard a frustrated yell. The back window had fallen out of his Palpatine's Arrest set, and when he tried to fix it, a couple of other pieces came off. There was no time to figure things … [Continue reading]
Don’t masquerade with the guy in shades.
March 8, 2013 by 10 Comments
This morning I was driving to the yoga shala, and the radio was playing Sunglasses at Night. Boy in the Box was one of my favourite albums back in 1985, and so I turned it up and sang along. I pulled into a parking stall, still singing. You've … [Continue reading]
Mildly Annoying Things
March 5, 2013 by 6 Comments
You know when it's the week leading up to your ladies' holiday, and you feel all raw and emotional and sad things are unbearably sad and mildly irritating things are making you ragey and you're reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid with your children and … [Continue reading]
Nicole’s Favourite Things, Aloha Edition
March 1, 2013 by 15 Comments
The book fair is done! All loose ends are tied up; everything is finished until next November, when I will be relating my book fair sob stories once again. For those of you who have asked WHY I do this to myself, over and over like one of those … [Continue reading]
Back to life, back to reality.
February 25, 2013 by 27 Comments
The house is SO QUIET. I had gotten used to a certain level of excited chatter all day long and now the kids are back at school and my husband is back at work, and it's just me, with not even the dog for company as he is at the groomer's. Back to … [Continue reading]
