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
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
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]
A Darker Shade of Pale
February 23, 2013 by
Aloha! It feels like I haven't written forever, but that's because I was on vacation in Maui! We flew in on the red eye last night, and so I'm feeling a little red-eyed. Pardon the incoherence. Despite sleeping only about five hours last night, … [Continue reading]
"And then I posted that as my status, and three people liked it."
February 7, 2013 by
Remember that old Simpsons' episode where Apu went without sleep for several days and then thought he was a hummingbird? I feel like that, except for the no-sleep thing. I mean, I haven't been sleeping that well but I have been sleeping; during the … [Continue reading]
The Third Dimension (of Top Gun)
February 5, 2013 by
It was pointed out to me that Top Gun - TOP GUN - is being re-released in 3D! This month, in an IMAX theatre near you! As thrilling as that may seem, I do find myself wondering if watching that (much beloved by me) movie in 3D on a huge screen … [Continue reading]
February and Friday Happiness
February 1, 2013 by
It's the first day of February! January is over, for those of you who had a case of the January blues. And here in Calgary, the weather today is unseasonably warm, the snow is melting, cars are filthy. This warmth is in sharp contrast to earlier … [Continue reading]
