my son is turning 4. oh my god, my son is turning 4. seriously, it's going too fast for me. i can't believe that he's almost 4. It seems like just yesterday that i was fighting with the nurses at North York General that yes, my water DID break. and no, i wasn't making it up.  (for the record, i … [Read more...]

Why, oh, why, Gorgeouses? Why did I turn on the TV to channel 8 at 8pm three Sundays ago? Why, oh, why? In other words, why, oh, why have I gotten sucked right back in to Desperate Housewives? I must hate myself or something, because this sh-- is disturbing and suspenceful. HATE! But, OH, the … [Read more...]

Big Brother winner and Big Brother All-Stars finalist Will Kirby was on The Young and the Restless as himself on Friday!!! It was très funny! He was his sly old self. I even got the hubby to check it out. Both of us thought it was classic. Here's a video of the whole event (good … [Read more...]

Hallowe'en is approaching, and with it all measure of scary things. Ghosts, goblins, witches: the usual. Things that don't so much get us scared as give us an opportunity to play around with being scared, and give us an opportunity to teach our children how to have a little fun with fear. But what … [Read more...]

This week I have been stuck on Becca's post about accentuating the positive. She had been watching the wonderful, beautiful, amazing Natalie Portman on youtube, and was starting to feel inferior. but, instead of sitting and wallowing in more Natalie perfection, she decided to go a different … [Read more...]

Hi Gorgeouses! I just came back from this spectacular event. My girl Erna (no, that is not her given name...) treated the Monkey and I to this fab girls' night out. Anyway, it's late, and I've had a long day and a very late night. So, let's get this show on the road! CHECK IT!!!!!! AMERICA'S NEXT … [Read more...]

Hi Gorgeouses! Omigosh....NOOOOOOO! Is Joey Lawrence SINGING on Dancing With the Stars? NOOOOOO! Say it isn't SOOOOOO! Oh, he's lip-sincing.... NOT attractive. At. All. Who the hell choreographed that. So cheesy I can't take it. Oh...You still there? Sorry, I got carried away. So, as I was saying. … [Read more...]

Week: 21Pounds Lost: 39.6 (gratuitous Banff Hostel image to keep your eyeballs entertained...) Well congratulate me! I did it! I honoured my commitment to myself, kicked up my workout intensity and frequency and achieved my goal: to lose at least 2 pounds in week 20. I weighed in on Saturday with … [Read more...]

Be now warned - apparently, technology has advanced so very, very far that it is now possible to get pregnant by sitting in front of your computer screen. Or perhaps there's only a risk if you perch your laptop on your lap. Whatever. The fact remains: YOU CAN GET PREGNANT FROM BLOGGING. How else to … [Read more...]

Before I got pregnant with Isabella, i would get that itch from time to time. you know which one. it didn't take much to set me off. the smell of a baby. the stretch of a newborn. the tiny fingers and toes. the yawns. the first smiles. and first laughs. i would get that baby itch. something fierce. … [Read more...]