...The humble Lumberjack Jacket: So named of course, because of its lumberjack-ish origins. To wit: Available -- cheap -- at any self-respecting army surplus store or hunting/fishing retailer for those low on both cash and class.Also available, evidently, for those low on brains, but high on … [Read more...]
Featured Mom Business: Designs by Mimi & Lola
Located in Richmond Hill, ON, Designs By Mimi & Lola Ltd. has been creating a quality line of fleece blankets & pillows for babies, toddler and kids since September 2006. Laura D’Urzo and Lidia D’Alberto both make up the creative team behind the Designs By Mimi & Lola label. … [Read more...]
Golden Globes Best and Worst Dressed
BEST:Amanda Seyfried. i adore her and thought she looked fantastic! Amy Adams. Stunning! not sure about the leaf earrings, though. Kate Winslet. Possibly my favorite dress of the night. She KNOWS how to be classy! Demi Moore. I thought she looked so nice last night! so nice! Isla … [Read more...]
Goal Setting -Intention is key
Goal Setting in the traditional sense is an activity where one specifies desired outcomes , time-lines and targets to help them get there. Now while all these things are important in making change ,once you become a mom your view of the world often changes. When your view of the world changes you … [Read more...]
Spinning Out of Control
I know, I know. January is the month of resolutions with diet and exercise topping the list. Well, I am certainly no exception although mine is less of a resolution and more of a practical necessity. I can not afford (both financially and physically) to get any fatter. The 10+lbs I have gained in … [Read more...]
Old Foods and New Years
There are some things that my mom made when I was a child that I still remember with a poignant, nostalgic hunger: cinnamon buns at Christmas with white frosting and red maraschino cherries on the top (memorable because my mother, a responsible mother of the 70s and 80s, shunned red food colouring); … [Read more...]
Golden Globes 2009
i plan to bring you - very shortly, i.e., after i've sorted through about 85,000 Golden Globe red carpet shots, the Golden Globe best and worst dressed awards...but for now, i thought we could talk about the show highs and lows... best moments: Kate Winslet winning TWO awards for The Reader and for … [Read more...]
Uninspired…
Well, that's how I feel right now. Uninspired. I just can't seem to write much of anything. It's not for lack of movie watching. We've watched The Kingdom (Peter Berg directed movie that is basically Friday Night Lights in Saudi Arabia - a good watch), Lions for Lambs … [Read more...]
Who Watched…
Gossip GirlBlair and Uncle Jack. there's no way they, um, did it, right? right? there was not enough NATE in this episode. just saying. but i did appreciate the total lack of VAnessa...so there's that. couldn't we have enjoyed Dan and Serena back together for more than a minute? seriously? the … [Read more...]
How Did It Happen?!
Six years ago today I became a mother for the second time. SIX YEARS?! How did that happen? Today it hit me - I don't have babies anymore. I knew this, really, but still, for some reason I guess I hadn't really processed it. It's funny because I spent my early adulthood and marriage planning to … [Read more...]
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