I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God. Day 26. TWENTY-SIX! As my 4 year old daughter said this morning when I got up, “Mommy! You only have four days left until you can eat SUGAR!!” So it’s been twenty-six days of being incredibly mindful about what I eat. I ... Read More »
Hi! My name is Jennifer, and I’m addicted to sugar. I don’t say this lightly. It’s not in the fun facebook meme way that moms talk about hiding in the bathroom to eat a chocolate bar: I literally have a serious sugar addiction, and I knew that I needed to do something about it soon or I’d end up with ... Read More »
One of my least favourite parenting responsibilities is settling one of the kids’ arguments by making the decision of who gets to do what first / last / whatever. I have enough decisions to make every day about things that actually matter and I JUST CAN’T EVEN with the “who gets to brush their teeth first or carry the book home from the ... Read More »
I don’t know how much time you spend thinking about water – how lucky we are to have clean water in our homes, how much of it we waste, how much we take it for granted – I contemplate it on a fairly regular basis. Did you know that a toilet can use between 1 – 7 gallons of clean ... Read More »
For the last decade, I have cast aside my cookbooks. I love to read cookbooks, but it just seems too much of a pain to actually use them in the kitchen when I have a computer and Pinterest. However. In the last 6 months, I’ve bought 7 cookbooks, and I decided that if I’m going to buy them, I really should use them. This week ... Read More »
Life is changing once again in our house! It seems like just yesterday that we were staging our house to sell it in preparation for selling. My husband had given his notice in to work and was gearing up for a year and a half of grad school, and we had no idea what our life would look like when ... Read More »
We’ve landed squarely in School Friends Birthday Party territory. The kids are going out to birthday parties, they’re wanting to have their friends over for birthday parties, and it’s all kind of busy and often intimidating! There are stories of little girls hosting Princess Parties at Dundurn Castle, and little boys hosting action-packed jumping parties at The Flying Squirrel (this ... Read More »
My body does something really interesting: It doesn’t sweat when I work out (I turn into a giant, perfectly ripe tomato), but it sweats profusely from the armpits when I’m just a little bit chilly. Ugh. So, in spite of the fact that I don’t get crazy stinky when I exercise, I have always gravitated towards pretty powerful antiperspirants for ... Read More »
Well, we just took our maiden family vacation via air, and I admit, I was a teensy bit nervous as to how my squirmy wormy short-attention-span feisty 4 year old would do with the flights. I knew our 6 year old would be a boss – this was, after all, his third round-trip on an airplane, and he’s a calm, level ... Read More »
It has to be a true story, and it has to be a short story. After that, it can be anything at all. After that, it’s up to you. Dear Stuart, They say “No News is Good News,” but when this past September came and went without an update on your health or statement on the possibility (or lack thereof) ... Read More »
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