2017. What a year! For our family, 2017 was a year of change and adventure and a very tired and grumpy mommy! We took a trip together last February to BC to visit family – our youngest’s first time on a plane! I got a job at WestJet, completed their intensive training program, and realized over the course of my ... Read More »
Have you ever noticed that something as the simple whiff of a brand new binder can completely transport you years back? A few weeks ago on our way home from a European adventure, we stayed in an Amsterdam airport hotel. The hotel was cheap but so well designed. It was truly the first airport hotel that made it seem ... 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 »
Picture this. You’re driving home from a week at the In-Law’s place. It’s New Year’s Eve day, and you’re on the highway, still an hour away from home when your vehicle starts to shake and make a terrible clunking sound. You pull safely over to the shoulder of the road and stop. The next exit is in view; it’s 500 ... Read More »
If you read what I wrote yesterday, or happened upon this post I wrote two years ago about the Lilac Festival at the Royal Botanical Gardens here in Hamilton, you’ll know that I heart lilacs. They have a special place in my memories. I also really miss being able to walk down the street and clip and armful of blooms to ... Read More »
When you live two hours away from your mom, and Toronto is in between the two of you, you don’t get together maybe as often as you might like. We don’t do Sunday Dinners together, and we can’t do Mother’s Day together unless she comes here for the weekend or we go there for the whole day or weekend. However, ... Read More »
It’s World Book Day today and as I was thinking about what I should write about, I realized that a post on my book club – the Best Book Club in the World – is long over due. Six years ago I sat in the lunch room with three of my co-workers commiserating about our respective book clubs. We ... Read More »
Confession: I just binged the entire 6 season run of The Good Wife on Netflix in 3 weeks. All 134 episodes. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR EPISODES. I would like to point out that I don’t sit on my butt watching TV all day long; while I allow myself a 90 minute break on the couch during nap time, the ... Read More »
I’ve been a little quiet on the blog for the last month, mostly since I found out that I got a job that I had applied for and would be starting said job on December 1st. As you know, last spring my husband was accepted to Grad School, something that set off a chain reaction of pretty big events in ... Read More »
I noticed the other day that when someone asked me about our rental house and how we’re liking it, inspite of the many positive things that I could have said about it, I zeroed in on the many features of the house and property that weren’t quite meeting our needs and expectations. When I thought about it, I realized that ... Read More »
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