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]

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I just received some tragic news about a neighbourhood family. Please send thoughts and prayers their way. I am going to hug my kids and vow to be grateful for everything I have. … [Continue reading]

TGI Friday!

I actually really hate the term TGI Friday. I hate it almost as much as LOL or LMAO. Nonetheless, TGI Friday! This has been a long week – not in a bad way, just in a long way. The boys’ school had a Scholastic Book Fair this week which I was helping … [Continue reading]

Is it really only Tuesday?

I’ve been in an absolute flurry of activity the past couple of days, the details of which are much to boring to divulge, but believe me: flurry of activity. I will share with you two major accomplishments from the past couple of days: a) I finished … [Continue reading]