Everyone else was laughing. I wasn’t. I was hunched down in my seat, face turned toward the bus window…waiting…waiting until my stop when I could get off that stupid school bus and away from those rotten boys. At the time I was glad there weren’t more kids left on the bus, but I also knew […]
How I learned to talk so people will listen…
I live about a half hour from town so I do a lot of driving. I prefer talk radio so my choices are limited to CBC, which I enjoy, or podcasts that I download because I’m too cheap to pay for so-called “commercial-free” satellite radio. My favourite podcast is TEDRadio. They are a mashup of […]
26 Things I’ve Learned About Marriage
This is the eve of mine and My Sweet’s wedding anniversary. Tomorrow we will have been married for 26 years. It has been an adventure from day one, filled with challenges, twists, and turns. Our highlight reel would be long and our blooper reel would be hilarious. I wouldn’t want to be on this journey […]
It wouldn’t be Christmas without it
I am so flipping excited that it is Christmas Eve! Not that you would know it to look at me. I’m not one of those ‘jump up and down shout it out excited’ kind of people, but the inner me is doing some serious holiday dancing! Today our kids and little people will arrive to […]
Babies hate airplanes
I just spent the most wonderful weekend with my sister in Vancouver. The weekend away was a birthday gift from my thoughtful husband. We wandered in the rain enjoying the Vancouver Christmas Market, a European style market, which was so much fun even in the pouring rain. We rode the aqua bus to Granville Island […]
Learning lessons from our little people
Our little people were out for a visit yesterday. My goodness, but the house comes to life when they walk in the door! They go straight to the hall cupboard where the toys are kept and promptly start dragging things out. Playtime commences. I think there are a few things that they enjoy the most […]
Living on the far side of motherhood
There are some truths that you really only understand from the far side. Not the comic (although they are pretty funny and twisted-ly true-ish). What I mean is that when you are young, or in the midst of an experience, some smarty pants comes along and drops a pearl of wisdom in your lap and, […]
Laughter really is the best medicine
There aren’t very many people who can make me laugh the way my siblings can. Maybe it is because we know each other so well and have shared history. More likely it is because we share the same bizarre sense of humour. We tell the same jokes, even when we don’t know we’re doing it. […]
Put yourself in their shoes…
How many steps do you take each day? For optimal health, I hear we are supposed to take 10 000 steps a day. I can assure you I don’t come anywhere close to that. It’s kind of pathetic really, but it also explains why I’ve gained weight. My job puts me at a desk all […]
How to stop worrying in 6 easy steps
Don’t worry a wart, Or a thing of that sort, You’re taking a terrible chance sir; For often they grow, As doctors all know, Into a formidable cancer. (Sandusky Star Journal, Ohio, c.1923) I’m a bit of a worry wart, but I come by it honestly. My dad is a Master Worrier, he’s perfected the […]
