We’re getting the band back together

It's official: I am in Full Spring Cleaning Mode. This includes the yard, the basement, and every closet in the house. Nothing is safe! Everything must go! Or at least everything must be in use or spark joy. About three years ago I did a full Kondo … [Continue reading]

Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Puerto Vallarta Edition

I just got back from my THIRD grocery trip since returning home on Friday; Friday being five days ago. Back to reality and my part-time job of teaching yoga, along with my full-time job of feeding my family. You people are pigs! I may have said to … [Continue reading]

The Miracle That Is Air Travel

When it comes to travelling, I am a person who immediately unpacks upon arrival home. We have been home less than eleven hours from a week away, and I'm on my second load of laundry. This might not seem like a big thing but we also got home at 8:30 … [Continue reading]

Look to the cookie.

Last week I felt foggy and sleepy all week; even accounting for time change, it was ridiculous. "Good morning!" I said cheerfully and loudly to the desk staff at the fitness club one day, at three in the afternoon. I went to Costco and only after … [Continue reading]

Not-Really-Spring Cleaning

People who live in similar climates will understand my pure joy last Friday when it was finally, finally warm enough to wash my car without fear of the doors freezing solidly shut. My car was layered with crusts of road salt, such that it was … [Continue reading]

Eating a Rainbow: Greek Salad and Pita Night, a.k.a. the best night of the week

On Barkley's last eye check - he has a propensity for eye infections and is now, sadly, on drops for life - the veterinarian said that in all her time in veterinary medicine, she has never encountered a dog like him. Now, this has to be taken with a … [Continue reading]

Eating a Rainbow: Pita Pizzas, Wraps, and Tacos

God bless the junior high teachers. Yesterday the boys brought home their gym clothes to be washed, and they were much more toxic than normal, thanks to a random kid spraying Axe body spray all over the boys' locker room and in the tote boxes. My … [Continue reading]