As I sat down to write this, I realized that this is my 600th post! My gracious, I have had a lot to say. I've been writing this since 2008, when the boys were both in preschool and the first day of school looked like this: And now it looks like … [Continue reading]
Summer’s Almost Gone, Almost Gone
Here it is, the very last week of summer, and I'm trying to squeeze every moment out of it. I always feel kind of gloomy at the end of summer - I'm a summer-tastic kind of girl - but the gloominess is getting overridden by my excitement about … [Continue reading]
Born To Be Wild
Today a man with a full-on business-in-front-party-in-back mullet rode down my street on a unicycle. I wonder if it was an ironic mullet, or maybe mullets are the new look for young hipsters, or - and this is a distinct possibility - this man was … [Continue reading]
A peek inside my house, or the snowball effect of cleaning.
You know when you have one of those days where you wake up totally normal, and you seem totally normal, and you go to do a little housecleaning like a normal person - bathroom cleaning here, a little dusting there, ooh, maybe should sweep the floor - … [Continue reading]
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]
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]