Yesterday I optimistically cleaned the house, sanitizing all the surfaces and disinfecting doorknobs. I baked muffins and indulged in such self-care rituals as applying moisturizer, blow-drying my hair, and shaving my legs for the first time in many … [Continue reading]
Annual Roundup – 2012 in the Boyhouse
I know, it's January 2. I meant to get this post out on Monday. So I'm a few days late and a dollar short, but I have a good excuse - I rang in the New Year by sleeping. I had what I had - optimistically, it turned out - thought was food poisoning … [Continue reading]
The little lights are not twinkling
Because they have been taken down! Today, taking advantage of the reprieve from minus twenty degree daytime highs, my husband and I took the outdoor lights down. Well, actually, he took the lights down. I held the ladder and shuddered as little … [Continue reading]
You’re going down, bitch.
Well hello, my friends. I hope you have been making merry in the past few days. It has been so frigidly cold here, but I'm kind of glad - it gives me an excuse to be extremely lazy and slothful. Kids in their jammies into the afternoon? Well, why … [Continue reading]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: Holiday Edition, part 2
Part 2 is finally here! As is winter break; the kids are off school, it's minus a billion outside, and I have nowhere to be and nothing particular that needs to get done, so I'm drinking Bailey's and coffee and listening to Christmas carols. … [Continue reading]
Pajama Jeans, Moose Mugs, and Strange Viruses
Probably because I had So Much To Do and Remember with regards to Christmas, various school spirit days, the casino fundraiser, and other random things happening this week, I got terribly sick on Sunday. That will teach me! I had a strange virus … [Continue reading]
Preserve Your Memories
Yesterday, I was going to write a post. It was going to be lighthearted, and would describe the rabbit hole I fell down while looking at old photos of the boys, ending up watching old home videos and crying in the manner of Clark Griswold locked in … [Continue reading]