One day several years ago, I walked by a woman I hardly knew in my neighbourhood and noticed once again that in the bright, spring sunshine at 3 pm on a regular Tuesday with spectacular tulips popping up at every corner, that she was fall down drunk. I had seen her like this from a distance over a … [Read more...]
Yo! Party Poopers! Quit Raining on My Kids’ Parade!
Okay, I gotta get it out. I'm sick of people who decide "not to lie" to their kids about things like Santa and the Tooth Fairy, but can't manage to get their kids to keep the secret from the children of the rest of us evil, child-deceiving liars.Three years ago, I was Christmas shopping with my … [Read more...]
Motherload – A Hilarious New Web Series for Moms!
My kids are standing here wondering what the hell is going on. I'm sitting at the computer laughing my head off. The reason? Motherload. This is a new web series, created by Fresh Baked Entertainment, and it's hilarious. Whether it's dealing with insufferable moms who bask in their … [Read more...]
Firsts
When you lose a parent to illness, you have to endure a lot of things. You have to endure the certain knowledge that your mom (or dad; but I'm going to use just mom for the rest of the post) is dying, and there's nothing you can do about it. You have to endure the knowledge that they are in pain and … [Read more...]
Listen to the Wise Old Man
Yesterday I had lunch with my dad. We usually do this once a week or so since my mom died and my dad moved a few blocks away from us. My sisters live thousands of kilometres away so my dad and I spend a lot of time together. He is a fixture at my kids' sporting events, chatting with all of the … [Read more...]
Trying out Supperworks
Sometimes I'm really organised and we have lovely dinners, complete with salads and even dessert. Then there are those weeks, when someone's sick, or there are too many hockey/soccer games and it's a dinner disaster. Once in a while, cereal for dinner (or grilled cheese, toast with eggs, … [Read more...]
Home is Where I Left My Heart…
Shortly after I was first married, my husband and I moved from the GTA to Calgary. At the time it was a big and fun and exciting thing to do. We were close to the Rocky Mountains and we skied a lot. We enjoyed the smaller city that Calgary was at the time, and we found that our housing dollar went a … [Read more...]
deep pockets
We had dinner last night with three people who help make up our family in a way not studied in 1970's Home Economics courses. They are three as well; two girls and mom. A girls' house, a pink place, a hot house of hormones. 2 times per week we set the table with double the placemats for a … [Read more...]
getting richer
I met Sarah Hampson at a chic coffee shop back in November. I had emailed her to talk about my upcoming blog launch (My Family is Not Broken-) about divorce and separation and she was very generous with her advice and time. I had been a follower of the award winning Globe and Mail … [Read more...]
An Angry Outburst
It was a good day. Sunny and warm. Birds chirping, tulips blooming. The Baby and I had had a fun morning walk on the Danforth; we played at Withrow park, shopped for vegetables at the open market, and enjoyed the charm of our colourful neighbourhood on a luscious spring day. 3:45 … [Read more...]
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