Happy New Year! Happy New Look!

Mark was peeling an orange and accidentally dropped a piece of peel on the floor; I managed to rescue it mere milliseconds before the dog pounced. I took that opportunity to tiresomely remind the children to be careful because food dropped on the … [Continue reading]

Boyhouse Year in Review 2013

I know, it isn't QUITE the end of the year and something totally thrilling and blog worthy COULD happen in the next 36 hours, but I am posting my Boyhouse Year in Review today. There are some exciting changes afoot in the Boyhouse, mainly that this … [Continue reading]

12 Days of Christmas Started Two Days Ago

Today I am on a quest to embrace sloth and gluttony, and wish only to curl on the couch with wine, popcorn, and one of my new Christmas-gift books, and yet I am faced with two universal truths: the laundry never stops, and the children require … [Continue reading]

Bringing Sexy (or Blogs) Back, Festivus Style

So far, Christmas vacation has been epic. EPIC. On Friday, after coming home from yoga in minus-JC-it's-cold temperatures, I declared a lazy day and decided that we would not be leaving the house. Instead, I cracked the big bottle of Bailey's and … [Continue reading]

There seems to be a theme here…

Us old-skool bloggers (did you know I've been blogging for five years? It's been five long years and I love you just the same) sometimes miss the fun and joy that was the meme. Well, I'm bringing us back to early 2008 with a good old-fashioned book … [Continue reading]

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is self awareness.

Oh hey, it's blizzarding again. The news anchor mentioned that Saturday is the First Day of Winter! and I stared at the television in confusion. I think seasons should actually be defined differently here in Canada. We've had tons of snow on the … [Continue reading]

Just call me Lynn Raisman.

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]