A slight blip in my magical journey

"Things seem a lot busier with your yoga teacher training." My husband said this to me over the weekend and it feels like A Massive Understatement. Saturday morning I got up early to bake a cake, then showered, bought groceries, took the kids to … [Continue reading]

New (School) Year, New Me

I have that autumnal Back To School Energy right now, that feeling that it's A New Year, And A New You, and I'm brimming with goals and things to do and filling my days up with Productive Activities And Work-Related Things. Either it's a coping … [Continue reading]

Game of Thrones Syndrome

So here we are, the first day back at school. It's a BIG day; one of my kids is in junior high now, and the other is finishing his last year at our much-loved elementary school. Or maybe The kids are more like this: But for the … [Continue reading]

The lotus blooms in mud, or something.

The long weekend is here, and then the kids start back at school on Tuesday. I seem to have reached a grizzled, jaded stage of motherhood where the cheerful articles about back to school and lunch making and activities make me smile ruefully. I mean, … [Continue reading]

Kondo-ing My Life, The Clothing Edition

So here we are in the very last week of summer vacation, and finally, FINALLY the weather is lovely. Although it looks like it's all going to hell on the long weekend, so hurrah for Calgary for living up to its usual weather standards. Well, at least … [Continue reading]

Does anyone still read print magazines or is it just me?

Thank you to everyone for your kind words about Barkley! I'm happy to report he's pretty much all better, except for having to take pills and eat really, really gross looking canned dog food for a few more days. One huge benefit of having a … [Continue reading]

Winter Is Coming

My gracious, it's been a hell of a week, and it's only Wednesday. We were having a lovely time up at the lake with my parents, boating and swimming and tubing, enjoying what felt like the last blast of summer, when Barkley got sick. He got sick in … [Continue reading]