I spent the first Sunday afternoon in November at home cocooned on the couch with my scraggly mutt at my feet and my sweet wild child cuddled into the crook of my arm. Ahhh, home sweet home, after spending four nights away from my family, driving across Eastern … [Read more...]
Halloween on the road
My job means a bit of travel this time of year. I have been driving east from Toronto to Ottawa this week and tonight on Halloween I am staying in Kanata, just outside Ottawa. At home, Auntie Cat has been in charge of all things Halloween tonight. My parents dropped Roman … [Read more...]
Tales from Auntie Cat… in charge of a toddler, a terrier and a townhouse.. oh my
I'm guest blogging for Heather, as super Auntie Cat, or Ca-ca to Roman and will be at home alone with the toddler and terrier for four nights Ahhh! I'll get help from family and friends and have been living with them for a year, but this is my first time playing mommy to the two of them. It's … [Read more...]
Sleeping with a kickboxer
Did that just evoke visions of a glistening hard bodied man throwing you down passionately between the sheets? It would for me except that the kick boxer in my bed is a two year old with the kick of a martial arts master. It used to be a little baby kick, cute little … [Read more...]
Enjoy the ride… it’s been 19 years since I was 19
For work I travel around to Ontario Highschools, Colleges and Universities, particularily a lot of travel in the Fall. I looked at my schedule and I am booked to go back to the university I graduated from many years ago. In fact I did the calculations and 19 years ago I was 19 and … [Read more...]
Mama cook egg.
What would his first three words be? What three words would he string together in the pillars of a sentance. Ok I know I was a bit spoiled with Roman's first word being "Mama"and his second being "I love" but come on, he totally set me up for "I love you" or "I love Mama" being … [Read more...]
Destiny and Adoption…
I read an article a while back about a study that was done asking parents that became parents through adoption about their belief in destiny. Basically what was found is that a high proportion of this group believed that destiny had played a hand in their path to their children. … [Read more...]
What’s your vision?
It all began with scrapbooking many moons ago. Any of you remember "crop nights" and "scrap chats"? I would go to all night scrapbook sessions that had me cropping and producing layouts till the wee hours. This was prior to the digital age when making memories was recorded old … [Read more...]
No More Tears….
Today was the day They said it would happen, they said just be patient, hold on and trust that the day would arrive and today it did. Drama free day care drop off. No trauma, no tears, no clinging, wailing, sweating, or snotting. It started like most weekday mornings. Wake … [Read more...]
Dancing and Kale… a few words of gratitude
Today I am grateful for... I was feeling quite zen in my movement class last night and filling my body with joyful movement and my mind with gratitude for the random delights of the day. These are a few of the random thoughts that popped in. I thought I'd make a … [Read more...]
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