Putting the OM in OMG
Happy New Year! As I mentioned in my 2021 roundup, the year ended - and the New Year started - on kind of a low point. The boys were supposed to be going back to school tomorrow, but on December 30 it was announced that winter break would be … [Continue reading]
Is it just me or was this year actually a decade? Well! I think at this time last year we thought the Pandemic At The Disco would be in the rearview mirror, and yet it is not. Currently we are going through our FIFTH wave, which is extremely … [Continue reading]
Hello there! I'm currently in that lovely post-Christmas, pre-New Year's haze, still sipping coffee from my Christmas mugs, still surrounded by Christmas decorations and cards but with added Christmas CHOCOLATES everywhere, but without the busyness … [Continue reading]
Here we are, in the homestretch to the Festive Finish Line, and I have not one, but TWO Christmas miracles to tell you about. Cue the hype-up music - are you ready for this? Christmas Miracle Number One: Costco Last week I was due for a Costco … [Continue reading]
I love the month of December. It just feels so magical; objectively it's a cold and dark month, but it doesn't feel that way to me. I mean, it IS dark, it IS cold - it is minus 21 this morning! - but I don't mind. I mean, yes, I would rather not … [Continue reading]
I do not know what's going on with my neighbours and their drainage, but this guy has returned several times since I first sighted him in October: I did finally catch a glimpse of him, after an embarrassing amount of peeking out the window … [Continue reading]
This year I started following the lovely San over at The In Between Is Mine; she is so smart and articulate, and I am forever fascinated by people who are fully fluent in more than one language, as she is; English is not her first language and yet … [Continue reading]
