Putting the OM in OMG
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Stampede week is always full of strange things; it is the nature of living in a city with a ten-day party going on. Usually there are at least a few people passed out in the green space behind our house or in the alley, which incites my personal grim … [Continue reading]
