Festively enough for the fifth of May, huge, fluffy snowflakes are falling right now. It's kind of depressing. The boys were slated to start a junior golf program this morning, but since there is a minor blizzard going on, we are all at home in our … [Continue reading]
Psst. Wanna come see my basement?
May 1, 2012 by 8 Comments
Oh! You guys! It has been so exciting around the Boyhouse this week! Not just because I'm going to be rich, rich, rich from the class-action lawsuit for Nutella (not really). Not just because it's raining so hard that I think soccer practice MAY … [Continue reading]
There is sugar in Nutella? What?
April 29, 2012 by 9 Comments
We should all be relieved to know that the makers of Nutella have lost their class-action lawsuit and are now slated to pay $2.5 million to consumers who thought - misled by the company's "part of a healthy breakfast" claim - that Nutella was a … [Continue reading]
Warning: Shinpads Will Not Prevent Injury From Getting Run Over By A Wayward Car On The Soccer Field
April 25, 2012 by 4 Comments
The past few days have been unseasonably warm, record-breaking warm, and yet yesterday at 5:30 pm - one hour before the first soccer practice of the season - the sky grew black and the rain started to pour. It was, as always, a festive start to the … [Continue reading]
Birthday and Earth Day and Painting the Basement
April 23, 2012 by 5 Comments
Today is voting day in Alberta and, as luck would have it, my polling station was located at my kids' school, making it easy to slip in after drop off and vote. You know you are at the polling station early when you beat the sea of seniors flooding … [Continue reading]
Volunteer Fatigue and Mrs. Robinson
April 19, 2012 by 6 Comments
The boys went to Aggie Days with their school yesterday. They came home, alternately raving with excitement about it and complaining about the crowds. Those are my boys! They talked about the sheep shearing - sheep are, Jake informed me, very good … [Continue reading]
Fear Leads To Anger, Anger Leads To Suffering
April 16, 2012 by 9 Comments
I had a fairly eventful weekend, social-wise. On Friday I had dinner guests, and I made a roasted vegetable lasagne - look for the recipe over at the cooking blog in the next couple of days - and it was absolutely delicious. I was raving to a … [Continue reading]
