Nicole’s Favourite Things – FALLing in Love Edition

There seems to be two types of people in the world: people who have hearts in their eyes when they think about autumn, and everyone else. Me, I like autumn just fine. I'm not someone who counts down the days of summer, just waiting for pumpkin spice … [Continue reading]

Mermaid flounces and acid-wash jeans. Oh my.

Wednesday night I had a bit of a scratchy throat, which I chalked up to my School Council meeting; waking up Thursday morning feeling like I'd been run over by a bus, I realized this was not the case. I get sick so rarely that I always feel a little … [Continue reading]

Super Freekeh

Today I was in the grocery store, and I noticed something in the grain/ cracker/ cookie/ ethnic food/ chocolate bar/ ice cream topping aisle. Does that seem like a strange combination of goods for one aisle in the grocery store? It does to me too. In … [Continue reading]

All right STOP. Collaborate and listen.

My husband just phoned me to see if I was feeling somewhat normal, which I am, thank goodness. When he picked me up at the airport yesterday morning, I was running on four hours of sleep and had been a social butterfly all weekend. What would you do … [Continue reading]

This episode brought to you by The Simpsons

Did you check the traplines? is a question that my husband and I have been asking each other since Saturday, like we're old-timey settlers trading furs at the Hudson's Bay Company for blankets and tobacco. Happily for us, the answer has been they are … [Continue reading]

Mousetastrophe

Friday afternoon, the kids were at a birthday party and I was basking in the glory of having crossed every item off my to-do list. I was feeling pretty good about myself; maybe even a bit smug. I was wiping off the kitchen countertop and opened the … [Continue reading]

Parents Just Don’t Understand, or How I Killed The Tooth Fairy

I've been singing in my head wake me up when September ends because this month has been crazy, and here it is, almost over. Of course, I don't see October slowing down significantly. Wake me up when October ends. I've been busy in a silly kind of … [Continue reading]