The Tin Anniversary

I don't know if you remember what the weather was like nine years and three hundred and sixty three days ago, but I do, perfectly.  For a month it had been minus thirty and snowing, but suddenly the temperature turned warm and mild.  It was a … [Continue reading]

Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.

As we pulled out of the parking lot at the gymnastics centre, with my frayed nerves and cupcake-stained children, I silently vowed never to host another large children's birthday party ever again.  Truly, I think we are now past the age where I can … [Continue reading]

Up The Irish

Today, in addition to making three dozen cupcakes and a loaf of banana bread, I am going to try my hand at Irish Soda Bread, in the festive spirit of the day.  I am also making kale chips and roasted asparagus, which count as festively Irish because … [Continue reading]

Math Geeks and Pi Day and Blowing Things Up

It's Pi Day, the day that math geeks everywhere celebrate the ability to measure properties of a circle.  Hooray for Pi Day!  I don't mean to boast, but I am awesome at math.  Oh sure, I would be a little rusty these days, but back in the day I … [Continue reading]

If the icy sidewalks don’t kill the elderly, I will.

I am in a mood.  A MOOD, people.  It's a good thing I am not armed, or have violent tendencies.  And lest we think that this is Daylight Savings Time related, it actually isn't.  Wait, did you just correct me to say that it's Daylight SAVING Time, … [Continue reading]

Love Sandwich

I was so excited to open up this month's O Magazine, and not just because it contained Adam Glassman's spring fashion look book - which turned out to be a disappointment, anyway.  Sorry, Adam, a silky pajama top is NOT work appropriate even when … [Continue reading]

Just Like Bogie and Bacall

Jake stayed at school for lunch today for the very first time - excepting, of course, Fridays when the kids have a "nutrition break" at their desks and then are dismissed at 1:10.  But today he is at a Lego Club meeting - there IS a Lego Club - and … [Continue reading]