My weekend plans got kiboshed, and so yesterday I decided that since we were staying home, I may as well get a little bit of gardening done. It's too early to really plant anything, I thought to myself, So I'll just get a couple of really hardy … [Continue reading]
Nicole’s Favourite Things – Spring Edition!
May 13, 2013 by
It was such a long, cold winter, wasn't it? Snow on the ground from October solidly through April, but I tell you this: May has been absolutely stunning in YYC. I keep expecting snow in the forecast every day, or at least hard frosts, and yet it's … [Continue reading]
I AM living life to the fullest, dammit.
May 10, 2013 by
My friend Nan came across the "50 Ways To Live Life To The Full" on the Daily Mail site and described her reaction to each of those 50 ways. I don't know, I kind of feel like I'm living life to the fullest right now, given that I had popcorn for … [Continue reading]
Sweep, sweep, hurry, hard!
May 7, 2013 by
You won't believe it, but it has been actually hot here the past couple of days. Not just warm, but HOT. It's beautiful. Nothing teaches you to carpe diem like a hot day in Calgary. It's like the whole city is well aware that such a gift may not … [Continue reading]
More, More, More
May 3, 2013 by
Has it been a weirdly long week? Not a bad week, but a long week? On Tuesday I told Mark that he had better get his library books together for school, to which he answered that library was on Thursday. I knew that but honestly thought it was … [Continue reading]
Taxidermy! Food courts! Ukrainian Folk Dancing!
April 30, 2013 by
Today I attended an assembly hosted by both Mark's and Jake's classes where there was a wide variety of Reader's Theatre (Mark was Narrator #3) and also Ukrainian folk dancing. Really, you haven't lived until you've seen sixty five children wearing … [Continue reading]
A date to Home Depot
April 26, 2013 by
Breaking News: the ground has thawed in YYC! Yes, only a tiny drift of snow remains in only the shadiest part of my yard, and all other gardens are showing signs of life. Little green shoots! Tiny baby plants! Buds on the trees, with the … [Continue reading]
