On her way upstairs to get her jammies she became distracted by Tinkerbell on t.v. She watched the entire movie like that. … [Read more...]
From Baby Bird to Chubby Chicken
I came across pics from the day I brought Roman home and was shocked at the wee little bird looking at the lens. I really didn't think that he was that small though the doctor told me he was in the bottom fifth percentile for weight. This is normal for children coming from an orphanage … [Read more...]
Channelling Martha
My son came home last week with assignment called "Structure". It required him to make something, from scratch, using raw materials. The teacher also wanted to see the design, the plan and the resources. As you can imagine, I was nervous.I'm not crafty and I'm not very good at building … [Read more...]
I Love Zooey…and You Should Too!
Have you seen The New Girl? 500 Days of Summer?My girl crush has officially been moved to Zooey Deschanel. (Sorry Scarlett and Mandy). I love everything about her. Quirky style, hair, singing voice (hello Winnie The Pooh) and ...well...everything.Then this letter started … [Read more...]
There’s a giraffe in my purse
As well as a starfish, Mum mums, diapers, wipes and baby cream. My diaper bag contents have migrated over to my grown up purse. Apparently gum, mints, lip gloss, hair products and hand cream are no longer a priority for this new mom. It's a … [Read more...]
Tenacious, Frustrating, Confusing
Lice We are all in good spirits in spite of the title of this post.In my usually over-analytic way, I've been researching and discussing lice with Nadia (remember my picker).What we have both found the most frustrating was how conflicting and confusing the information we've found is.The … [Read more...]
Dating in the Digital Days…
Arranged marriages? Not too prevalent anymore.Blind dates? How blind can they be in this day and age?Dating has gone digital and there's no stopping it.Let's face it - that's how people are meeting now and if you share names (the right names), everything is out in the open in the … [Read more...]
My unconventional family bed
We have a night time routine. Roman goes to bed around 8-8:30pm usually after a bath and always after a few rounds of going up and down the flight of stairs. He seems to need a little stair climbing before slumber, who am I to question it. I put on his lulaby … [Read more...]
Tooting Our Small Town Horn
Actually we're tooting a trumpet. I love the town I live in. I grew up in Brampton and when we moved to this little town back in '94 I wondered where the eff my parents thought they were going. Farms? A marketplace but no big mall? No public transit?Over time I fell in love … [Read more...]
words for wednesday on Thursday-life is what you make it
I went to hear Peter Buffet speak at my daughters' school last week.He has written a book called Life is What you Make it about music, philanthropy, and growing up with the mythology around being Warren Buffet's son.Of all the things he spoke about my favourite analogy was around sound recordings.He … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 111
- 112
- 113
- 114
- 115
- …
- 655
- Next Page »