We had a great weekend, so busy but by far the best part was the opportunity to spend the majority of the weekend with my extended family at our cottage. 14 people and five dogs made for a lot of laughs, lots of great food and the appropriate amount of accompanying wine and beer (and maybe a scotch … [Read more...]
Pain’t that a shame
My wife and I moved to our house in Acton last summer, so as you can imagine, we have spent the last 10 months chipping away at making a 9 year old home new to us. Personally, I wanted to keep it simple, such as, making a coffee table out of beer empties. You know from the 'Frat House Collection' … [Read more...]
Thank You Kaitlin Hrudey
There has been a lot of media coverage lately of the youth mental health crisis, which is particularly bad here in Calgary. And it's about damn time. I've known about this crisis for a long time now, because I've been part of it. And it's getting worse, not better.My oldest daughter has anxiety. And … [Read more...]
FotoFriday – Jammin
A typical Friday night at our place. … [Read more...]
being shiny, happy, alive and imperfect
We have a culture of imperfection in my home. I am the leader. I am fabulous at imperfect. You should see how many things I can do imperfectly. I am a master of more than 10,000 hours of imperfection. Sometimes this is nothing to be proud of, other times, mainly I think, it is a gift. If you can … [Read more...]
Here Comes The Groom and….
There is a whole lot of marriage talk among the K-room set at the daycare lately. It's almost as if they are following the U.S. debate on marriage equality. Not a day goes by without Will giving me the rundown on who is going to marry who and who got mad because so and so said they wouldn't … [Read more...]
11 things you might not know about leaving a marriage
1. It is (one of) the very hardest things on earth 2. The time leading up to it is the very very worst part 3. You wanted to do it long before you gave yourself permission to do it 4. You did everything you could not to do it 5. You hated telling people at first-it felt like failure. But then it … [Read more...]
March Break
While waiting outside the school to pick the kids up earlier this week I was asked by another mom if I had a good March Break. My response was swift (and maybe a bit knee-jerk) "No, it actually sucked." She looked taken aback and said "Oh that surprises me coming from you." Then I felt like a … [Read more...]
words for wednesday-perks of being a wallflower
If it is not enough to just love the name of this book/movie-you will love the book/movie. For any of you who spent your teens wondering if the shiny happy people over there were really so much shinier and happier than you were- this is the movie. For any of you raising people and wondering … [Read more...]
What to Do: March Break in Toronto
Yay! It's almost time for March Break! If you're in Toronto, or planning a visit, here are some arts events worth checking out! Comic Book Heroes Series at the TIFF Bell Lightbox March 9 to 24 Celebrate those figures heroic enough to fight crime and injustice wherever it may be, and do it … [Read more...]
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