I used to have a business.It was an online gift service that I ran out of my house for eleven years. I sold some baby gifts, some books, and tableware, but mostly I did food gifts. Big, beautiful food baskets brimming with fresh cheeses and pates, fruit, breads, chocolates and cookies... I just … [Read more...]
Boot Search 2010
Yesterday I finally put lunch to my lips at about 3:30 PM. It was a double cheeseburger from McDonald's I grabbed in a hurry - I shoved the fries in my purse, because I'm all classy like that - and I was eating it during our first snowstorm of the season in Montreal. I was eating it WHILE … [Read more...]
Sneak Peek
Well, the dusty, miserable, un-fun parts of our home improvements project has finally turned a corner, and we're finally onto The Pretty.Before these we got our tres-delicious closet system from Ikea, Martin and I had shared a closet. It was the closet in our former bedroom in our very old … [Read more...]
Things That Make You Go “Hmmm… I’m Such an A-hole.”
So, last time I posted a rather long list of woes about me and my home I've been trying to spruce up for the holidays. Since then, Painter has finished the job, and he hasn't been back since Monday, which is awesome - lovely as he was - but we're all ever so happy to have one less body in the house, … [Read more...]
Things Can Always Be Worse
I've been AWOL lately because my house has been (unhappily) under shrink-wrap. We've have a house painter here - for about 4 weeks now - and though I'm doing my very best to stay focused on the bigger, brighter picture, the realities of having the entire family crammed into a third of our usual … [Read more...]
A Very Bad Idea
I did something tres stupid yesterday.Oliver was home for his first of TWO PED days in a row, and Ava Scarlett doesn't have preschool on Thursdays. Since we're in the middle of having the house painted (which is taking a MILLION YEARS, by the way) I figured I should keep them out of the house as … [Read more...]
Leave Your Baby-Talk at Home, Please.
Yesterday I woke up thinking about something... and then I read this post about childless friends, and thought I should add my "semi-related" thoughts about socialising.When I used to work out of the house a million years ago, and would socialise with people from the office after hours, I made … [Read more...]
Artichokes
You know what's sexy? Artichokes.We've been eating them lately because they're in season, and they're easy. (And gluten-free - you're welcome Martin!)To prepare, just trim the pointy tips of the leaves, and trim the stem a little bit. Drop into a few inches of boiling water, and cook for about 20 - … [Read more...]
Living Well – Public Washroom Fail
There are many reasons I'll aim to avoid taking the children to shop with me - I mean, besides the near-meltdowns and all the bribery necessary to sometimes make a single purchase - but I will do ANYTHING to avoid a trip to the public washrooms with the Littles.Here's a fact: if said Little is … [Read more...]
Steady As She Goes
When Halloween time rolls around, I must tell you I'm not into being all freaked out and scared. I hate horror movies and haunted houses. I just don't dig that kind of surprise. Silence of the Lambs is probably the scariest kind of thriller-movie I can stand. And it still creeps me out. … [Read more...]