Happy could have totally made that shot.

I'm in that First-Week-Of-September-What-Is-With-This-Schedule mode right now, and it's only Thursday. It's only Thursday and I've had a light week, class-wise, which means that next week, with a full roster of classes should be very interesting. … [Continue reading]

Nicole’s Favourite Things: The “One Is The Loneliest Number” Edition

I am going to tell you something that will probably make a large percentage of you become very envious: my husband and kids went camping in Alaska, and they have been gone ten days, returning this evening. Ten days, alone. Now I'm going to tell you … [Continue reading]

Princess Problems

Those of you who know me - not even particularly well, because this is something I have talked about at length - know that I don't have many fears or phobias, but I do have one that stands - or shall I say flutters - above the rest. I am absolutely … [Continue reading]

Blasts from the past

Today I learned that there is a place called Babyland General Hospital, and it is a destination for those who really, really love Cabbage Patch Kids; there are tours available and Cabbage Patch Kids up for adoption. Admission, says the website, is … [Continue reading]

Girl’s Blouse and the Forward March of Time

I was walking the dog the other day when I ran into one of the young neighbour girls. She's the youngest of three and the last to fly the nest; she told me that she was headed to university in Ottawa at the end of the month. I cannot even begin to … [Continue reading]

My body is a temple

Let's Talk About The Weather Here we are in the last full week of July, and we are actually having a summer! A whole week of summer weather, which, as we all know, is all relative considering other places in the world. For example, on Wednesday it … [Continue reading]

Carpe the hell out of the diem

Summer in Alberta: if there is a decent day, weather-wise, you had better carpe diem because you have no idea what will happen next. This is an important lesson I've learned in my lifetime. I took the boys up to my parents' place on the lake because … [Continue reading]