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If you happen to follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you probably know that I recently started working as a substitute teacher for the Calgary Board of Education. I have to admit, I was a little scared to start...for a lot of reasons. I was worried that my teaching practice would have lapsed in the … [Read more...]

Why I AM Like a Cat:9. If you put food out, I will eat it all, whether I'm hungry or not. 8. I love nothing more than to curl up in a warm little patch of sunshine and fall asleep.7. If you piss me off, I will snub you.6. If I want something, I meow. Loudly and incessantly.5. I like to be … [Read more...]

So I'm in week 6 of my Running Room Learn to Run Clinic. At first, I joined only upon the serious goading of a friend, and absolutely loathed the first few sessions. But now that we are continuing to build, I am really enjoying the runs and find myself looking forward to them even! I love to go on … [Read more...]

Summer's nearly here, and that means kids are spending more time horsing around outdoors. Heck, so are we! All that great outdoor time is wonderful, but as great as it can be to muck around in the garden, barbeque, break out the bikes and run through the sprinkler, it means one more thing for moms: … [Read more...]

Last week my oldest daughter had to write an unsent letter for school. The letter was to be addressed to the author of a favourite novel, and at first I thought it was a bit of an odd assignment. But as she worked on it, I realized that there was a lot of learning going on. She was called upon to … [Read more...]

This car is my car. And by my car I don't just mean that it suits me so perfectly it should be mine; I mean, I actually own one of these. Many of you may have read about my van woes (the engine died) and my dithering over whether to fix it or just give up and buy a new one. In the end, I decided to … [Read more...]

This is my hair:It's a little harder to tell in this picture than it seems in real life, but I have a fair schwack of greys coming in. Ever since the number of greys I could count reached double digits, I have been colouring my hair. I usually colour it brown, as close of a match to my natural … [Read more...]