This weekend was our neighbourhood's annual outdoor party, complete with skating, tobogganing, and barbeque, and by some incredible good fortune, the weather was very mild, making it a perfect day. Mark built a snowman with his dad: I'm basking … [Continue reading]
Hey hey, it’s almost Valentine’s Day
February 12, 2011 by 8 Comments
Just in case you didn’t know, Valentine’s Day is only three days away! Everywhere I turn, I hear that this year, this entire weekend is being referred to as Valentine’s Day Weekend. So happy Valentine’s Day Weekend, everyone! If my husband does … [Continue reading]
"Wow, you’re way cooler than my mom!"
February 9, 2011 by 13 Comments
One of the characteristics of a stay at home mom is the propensity to wear jeans on every occasion. Ultimately, though, those jeans wear out and one may find oneself splitting a knee wide open on one’s cozy faded pair while kneeling on the hardwood, … [Continue reading]
Speaking of commercials…
February 7, 2011 by 7 Comments
How about that Superbowl? Actually, the only commercials I saw were for local businesses and upcoming shows on CTV, since – for reasons that I truly do not understand – the network tapes over all the blockbuster commercials and instead runs their … [Continue reading]
Wherein I lose my zen talking about Nutella.
February 4, 2011 by 16 Comments
I spend many, many hours a week thinking about food. I spend hours grocery shopping and putting away groceries, hours preparing meals and cleaning up after meal preparation, hours baking bread and muffins and cookies, hours slicing up fruit and … [Continue reading]
Groundhogs, The Bachelor and male pattern baldness.
February 2, 2011 by 9 Comments
Certain special days do not translate well for everyone. For example, Robbie Burns Day - does anyone who is not of Scottish heritage really want to eat haggis and listen to bagpipes? I’m half Scottish and I certainly don’t want to – or President’s … [Continue reading]
I never slept through Money Never Sleeps
February 1, 2011 by 8 Comments
The boys had a day off of school today, and it went the way such days often go: with happiness distributed like a double bell curve, peaking in the mid-morning while pajamas are still on, bottoming out in the early afternoon, and then peaking again, … [Continue reading]
