I have always wanted dreadlocks. I’m not talking the ones held together by the grease resulting from not washing my hair for 3 months, I’m talking about deliberate, clean dreadlocks. I’ve recently thought that if I’m planning to do this, now is really the time – my last chance, so to speak, unless I wait […]
Blinded by the lights
With my kids being under the weather for the past week or three, I’m reminded of just how much I hate having to turn on lights in the middle of the night. I don’t mind getting up in the middle of the night to soothe away bad dreams, re-insert a soother, remove a pudgy leg […]
Milestones
About a week ago K-fer reached what is, in my mind, a pretty big milestone. I know crawling, walking and talking are some of the biggest, but I’d say this ranks in the top 5 along with those. He mastered fork skills! I’m a proud mama, and he’s a proud, adorable boy. Now, I know […]
Which dwarf would you be?
Is it politically correct to think about what kind of small person you would be? I saw a poster the other day for a dwarf who was new to me – “Gutsy”. I have no idea what the ad was for, so it wasn’t too effective, unless the goal was to get me thinking about […]
The wisdom of Horton the elephant
We’ve been watching some classic Dr. Seuss shows around here lately thanks to the library, and one of our favourites is “Horton hatches an egg”, in which sweet Horton the elephant is roped in by an eyelash-batting mama bird to sitting on her egg so she can vacation and live it up. I think, whether […]
It’s not even Thursday
Thursday is my go-to procrastination day. I wake up on Thursday’s KNOWING nothing will get done, and even if I think of a million things to do that day, I just don’t do any of them. Why not? To me, house cleaning is one of those things that should be done thoroughly once a week, […]
The Wheaties Box Story
One time Carl was on a Wheaties box. I think this is hilarious. Look at that cereal box. Breakfast of champions, that’s what I’m talkin’ about. Good story, right? It gets better. He didn’t KNOW he was on a Wheaties box. You’d think they need permission for this type of thing, but nope. If you’re […]
Time to shape up
Well, it was only a matter of time. Having a baby, for me, is the ultimate in weightloss, as I don’t have crazy pregnancy cravings and have the miraculous transformation of all my lower body weight migrating up to help my baby belly grow. Obviously, this time of life with pleasantly rearranged weight distribution cannot […]
Curious Gemma
Lately Gemma has been a rotating cast of characters from TV shows and movies she watches and I am constantly reminded just how impressionable her little mind is. Usually it is funny and cute as she imitates a variety of people and talking animals, and I am a complementary character decided by her, but yesterday […]
Beach beauty
Well, with summer approaching my thoughts turn once again to the same things it turns every year. Iced tea and lemonade, watermelon and cherries, grilled food of all sorts, how to keep sand out of my house with beach volleyball season in full swing, and the colour (or lack thereof) of my skin. As many […]
