Happy Monday/ Full Moon Day, everyone! We are just coming off the high of a long weekend - it was a PD day on Friday, which was joyfully spent painting clay creations and playing video games with friends. Thursday night was the much-anticipated … [Continue reading]
Book Review: Hooked on Hockey
October 27, 2012 by
When Simon and Schuster asked me to review Chicken Soup for the Soul: Hooked on Hockey, I laughed to myself. Surely there are few people less qualified to review a book whose title is followed by "101 Stories about the Players Who Love the Game and … [Continue reading]
Domination by cookie baking
October 25, 2012 by
The Boyhouse is vibrating with excitement today. It's the Halloween Family Dance and I am just going to say that I feel badly for the teachers today. They are going to be dealing with some bouncy kids. Also, my own kids snuck cookies before school … [Continue reading]
Nicole’s Favourite Things; Fall Edition
October 22, 2012 by
I am very cross right now for a variety of reasons, amongst them a) my dog is sick with kennel cough, which he got FROM his kennel cough vaccination, and now I am faced with a new life as someone who does not want to vaccinate her dog, b) I have had … [Continue reading]
Friday Fun in the Boyhouse
October 20, 2012 by
Well, hello there, Friday! It's been a long time since I posted on a Friday evening. Normally I'm too busy sitting on the couch making out with a bottle of wine and watching Jeopardy or reruns of 30 Rock to think about writing anything. But lucky … [Continue reading]
Do you know how hard it is to find a non-slutty pirate costume?
October 17, 2012 by
It's only eight days until the second-most-anticipated event in my household, second only to Christmas, and that is the school's annual Family Halloween Dance. It is, without a doubt, the social event of the season, and it is over by 8:30 pm, which … [Continue reading]
In which I reveal myself as a snob and a lunatic, all at the same time
October 15, 2012 by
I had the most productive weekend! Shit got DONE around here. I had a number of things on my to-do list and every one of them was accomplished, even down to the "putting photos in albums" task. For reasons that I do not comprehend, I find putting … [Continue reading]
