Read this post if you want to feel better about yourself

I woke up Sunday morning still sick and achy, so I took my own patented home remedy: Daytime Relief Sudafed washed down with a pot of coffee. If that doesn’t get one moving, nothing will. So I was feeling quite energetic in a heart-racing sort of … [Continue reading]

We interrupt this Christmas spirit to bring you colossal bitchiness!

This dress really wants to go to a party!I look forward to my husband’s company Christmas party for months. I look forward to dressing up, talking to grown people, and eating food not prepared by myself and which is generally very tasty. I also look … [Continue reading]

"…maybe Christmas – perhaps – means a little bit more…"

Me, looking at Jake’s school schedule: “Oh, it looks like you will be writing a letter to Santa in class!”Jake: “Does that mean I will be writing a letter to you and Dad?”Yes, well. Let’s just say that Jake is feeling a bit confused these days. If … [Continue reading]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I am someone who does not like to leave things to the last minute. I like to be organized and on top of things. So, I finish my Christmas shopping in the first half of November, I make and freeze dough for sugar cookies and gingerbread in November, I … [Continue reading]

Warning! This post contains an obscene amount of name-dropping.

I saw Jim Cuddy on The Hour a couple of nights ago. Jim Cuddy. Sigh. Beck wrote a funny post about the potential husband material of certain Canadian TV stars and while I was hard-pressed to come up with any of those - Mark Critch? Nah. George … [Continue reading]

GROSS

When I got home early this morning, Mark met me at the door to inform me that he was "a little bit sick". He certainly didn't look sick, his colour was good, he ate a good breakfast, but my husband did mention that both boys woke up coughing. I … [Continue reading]

November

November is a dark month. Even when the sun is shining, it is so low in the sky that it is still dark and grey. Every room in my north-facing house is dark, even when the lights are on.This month has been flying by. I can’t believe it is already the … [Continue reading]