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For The Taking: Some Finer Points on Shoplifting – Part II

March 14, 2012 by Tracey

Now, where was I? Riiiiight... the fart. Or rather, the woman I'd seen stuffing something under her clothes earlier was in my line of sight, just across the store from me now. My heart started to pound faster as I looked for the floor manager lady I'd been speaking with before. (This is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adulthood Tagged With: Jane's Addiction, morals, rules of the world, shoplifting, store theft

For The Taking: Some Finer Points on Shoplifting

March 13, 2012 by Tracey

*cue wicked guitar cord... then another*  Bark! Bark! Bark!*excellent jangly guitar riff*Been caught stealing oncewhen I was five...I enjoy stealing.It's as simple as that.- Jane's AddictionI actually was caught stealing once, right around that age - I don't remember how old I was exactly, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adulthood Tagged With: Jane's Addiction, morals, rules of the world, shoplifting, store theft

words for wednesday on thursday-joyful

February 23, 2012 by Nancy

                                     www.artstudioforchildren.com Yes, Heather. A noble and ambitious pursuit. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adulthood Tagged With: art studio for children, single mom blog, when I grow up

my life is like a volkswagon bus

February 10, 2012 by Nancy

Remember the Guiness Book of World Records? Remember the contest to see how many people you could jam/ stuff into a volkswagon bus? Before it got unsafe? Or someone lost an eye? Or perished? Or went missing? Or great damage was done? As we do, they likely discovered that they could always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adulthood, Stress Tagged With: busy, doing too much, life, single mom blog

On Kissing Strange Men On The Lips.

October 14, 2011 by Tracey

Relax, I'm not that kind of girl.(Okay, I guess maybe I am a little...)While walking down the street pushing Madame in the stroller yesterday, I ran into a friend of mine I haven't seen in a while. As we live in Montreal, we both leaned in for the two-cheek kiss, but we each leaned to the same side, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adulthood Tagged With: friendliness, kissing, two-cheek kissing

No Rest For The Wicked

May 31, 2011 by Tracey

Yesterday, amongst other regular Monday chores and things, I ran a bunch of errands in the oppressive heat that arrived all of a sudden... by the time I'd picked up my Little from preschool and got indoors again, I was completely wiped. Ava Scarlett quickly got settled down in the TV room for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adulthood Tagged With: nap-time, power naps, sleep

For the Love of Magazines

April 28, 2011 by Tracey

Can we talk about magazines for a few minutes? Do you like magazines? I love them.No. I loooove them.I love magazines. So much in fact, I prefer to pronounce it ma-ga-zeeeeeenes. Go ahead and say it to yourself. Ma-ga-zeeeeeenes. But you have to make your eyes pop really wide, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adulthood, Home Tagged With: happiness, magazine love, nerd-filing, style-files

Year One.

March 29, 2011 by Tracey

Pssst... I wanna tell you something.  *takes deep breath*It's a really good thing.*exhales*Can you smell my minty-fresh breath? Nice, right? Do you know why it's minty-fresh?Because I stopped smoking cigarettes one year ago today.*ohnoshedi'int*OH YES SHE DID!I haven't had a single one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adulthood, Health & Fitness Tagged With: freedom, non-smoking

Feeling the Feelings

March 4, 2011 by Tracey

My kids are home for March Break this week, so on Sunday we made the 3.5 hour drive to visit Martin's parents in deep cottage country for a few days.During the drive as the children slept, and Martin and I enjoyed some silence in the car, I felt a bit weird. Not sick or anything... just very... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adulthood, Friendship Tagged With: feelings, friendships, sadness

Something My Mother Taught Me – A Memory

October 22, 2010 by Tracey

The suicides of gay teens have been all over the media lately - it is tragic - and it reminds me of a moment in time I had with my mother when I was maybe eleven or twelve years old. That would have been 1982-ish... There was a fairly new singer on the Canadian scene called k.d. lang. Her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adulthood, Spirituality

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