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from snow to sun

March 13, 2011 by Nancy

car pick up at 5 amcustomssecuritywaiting4.5 hour flightscreaming toddler for 4.25 hoursin flight breakfast of champions-apple danish,chocolate cookie, potato chipsarrival and pick up by friendscold coconut water at the airportjamaican patties at the roadsideroadside pick up of 2 dozen papau, ohti … [Read more...]

“sure why not” season

March 12, 2011 by Nancy

Welcome to what we call- "sure why not season"Sure why not season is when mom is not working and no one is in school.There are no agendas or have to do items. There is no time frame for the completion of anything. We eat when we are hungry. We play. We talk. We move more slowly. We forget the day … [Read more...]

words for wednesday-right on

March 10, 2011 by Nancy

"By the time your children figure out you were right, their children are telling them they are wrong" wise friend of mine … [Read more...]

Best Laid Plans

March 9, 2011 by sarahnewk

Birth plans?Hm- you know, my first pregnancy I slaved over my birth plan. Here are the highlights:COMPLETELY NATURAL BIRTH, including:Vaginal BirthNo epidural No vacuumNo forcepsNo episiotomy Walking and jacuzzi tub to ease labour painsandNO INDUCTION(!)And then it was my time to give … [Read more...]

blur

March 9, 2011 by Nancy

"The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play" Arnold ToynbeeA … [Read more...]

our swear words

March 7, 2011 by Nancy

I read recently that a female writer -who happens to be named HOPE - said that if she could abolish one phrase from the English Language it would be"It is what it is" I could not agree more. Nothing removes our will, strength and conviction faster. This brings me to tell you about our … [Read more...]

preference card

March 5, 2011 by Nancy

I just read Gretchen Rubin's preference card blog post.She had overheard that surgeons have preference cards so that when they work they are able to have things just the way they like it.When we have things just the way we like it - we perform better.I wrote up my preference card-Nancy prefers to … [Read more...]

words for Wednesday – happy kids

March 3, 2011 by Nancy

(yes it is Thursday)"We are only as happy as our least happy child" … [Read more...]

The (fuzzy, self-taken, in a dirty mirror) Belly Shot

March 3, 2011 by sarahnewk

Oh goodness.There is nothing more tortuous to me then people taking my picture while I'm pregnant. I hate it. Thus, there are a significant lack of preggo pictures of me floating around these days. And while I'm usually the first one to mug for the camera, I'm hiding even more … [Read more...]

Pop Culture or Porn?

March 3, 2011 by Jen

I am a huge fan of Pop Culture. I find it fascinating to watch the evolution of what is "in" and watch it, these days especially, very quickly move to being "out". I love movies and TV and all sorts of communication but one of my biggest interests when it comes to pop culture is music. When I … [Read more...]