Sometimes a person can fall into a bit of a funk, and not even notice one's there until one starts to climb out of the hole.I'm not depressed, but lately I've been feeling the need to infuse a bit of change into the atmosphere. It's a natural by-product that comes from visiting other people's pretty … [Read more...]
Holiday Decor: Revised or Revisited?
I've been hoarding amassing holiday decorations - specifically ornaments - for several years now. When Martin and I got our first tree, we had to run out and buy enough balls and things to cover it. Ever since that first Christmas, I would peruse the after-Christmas sales in fancy places, like Holt … [Read more...]
Making Good on Promises
It was the perfect row of white teeth that first tripped me up. Specifically, the maxilla of a deer skull. Herbivore molars.Last spring, we visited Martin's parents at their place in deep cottage country. At some point during the weekend, the children, my father-in-law, and I went for a long walk in … [Read more...]
Halloweenie!
Aaaah Halloween. Time to encourage our children to dress up in questionably safe masks, act like ghouls, wander the neighbourhood after dark, demand food from strangers and eat sugar with abandon. So what to do when our very sensitive four-year old balks at all of these normally shunned-upon … [Read more...]