Tomorrow is the boys' soccer tournament - Super! Soccer! Saturday! - and I am completely unenthusiastic about it. It looks like it is going to be freakishly cold, and most likely raining, as it has been for most of this week. The rain did not … [Continue reading]
We’re all going to die! But hopefully not at the zoo.
June 15, 2011 by
The other day, there was a study that reported that watching over two hours of television per day increased one’s risk of death. I hate to get all caught up in the details, but the risk of death is 100%. I’m going to just go ahead and assume that … [Continue reading]
Floral Update and Rockin’ the Bump
June 13, 2011 by
Did I leave you hanging? Are you dying to find out what happened? All weekend were you wondering: Nicole, please tell us about your clematis, PLEASE? Well, I will tell you – the clematis is just fine. I repeat, the clematis is just fine. Mere … [Continue reading]
The Wonder Pets Save the Clematis
June 9, 2011 by
June is such a busy and frantic month, and it seems like everyone is off their game just the teeniest bit. Or is that just my house? Hoo boy, the number of ridiculous arguments that have been going on around here is epic. Epic, I tell you. The … [Continue reading]
It just doesn’t add up.
June 6, 2011 by
I seem to have caught the boys' cold, it is no one's favourite time of the month, and the sky is dark grey and it's chilly and rainy. It's like a trifecta of mildly depressing things. Also mildly depressing is that I am repeating behaviours that I … [Continue reading]
You put the meaning in my life! You’re the inspiration.
June 3, 2011 by
I waitressed all through university, except for one unfortunate summer in which I worked as a beer girl, ultimately quitting when the requirement was for me to wear a Busch bathing suit to work. Waitressing was not a bad way to make money for a … [Continue reading]
Bo Derek Sings The Gambler
May 30, 2011 by
Last Wednesday Mark got the all-clear from the doctor: no more pneumonia! The second round of antibiotics worked, happily. Sadly, less than two days later he caught his brother's minor cold, and Friday night I lay awake, listening to him cough … [Continue reading]
