for 10 years I have been a great mom. I have been sitting on the sidelines watching the game, cheering and providing snacks. I have had dinner ready, open beer cans, brought tools and entertained kids for countless hours. One […]
It has been a crazy week. After 8 days away, this past week has been spent playing catch up. Catch up with the family. Catch up with the work. I have been on auto-respond and in …
Some days a gal just gets lucky. things just tend to fall into place, and things that seem crummy, end up being amazing. Take today... I woke up from a deep sleep around 5:40am. Happy dreams …
I woke up this morning bursting with happiness. Like the silly, dancing by the coffee machine, singing in the shower, tickling the kids, flirting with the hubby, oozing with sunshine sorta happy. and I don't know …
ahh the crisp smells of fall in the air and apple sauce simmering on the stove. Red wine is brought out of storage and the white is put away. Boots and coats come out of …
Ok. Crack open the champagne and blow up the balloons... it's my birthday. My first birthday. Can you EVEN believe it? I have been blogging (on my own site) for a year now. One year. My first dash …
Our girls are 9 and 7. They are feisty and active and outdoorsy and amazing. At the start of the summer the 7yr old starting asking about getting her ears pierced. We had never brought it …
We are starting to do things for the second time these days, now that we have passed our first Salt Spring Anniversary. We know a little more, we have ideas about what to expect and …
Day 3. It is aways the worst, isn't it? It does matter what you are doing, or where you might have gone, day 3 will be your worst day. And today . . today was a day …
Last year we had "just moved in". We were painting, and unpacking and settling in. We were scared. Scared that it all wouldn't work out here. Scared that we would make some fatal errors in judgement over …
We have been out of our "city life" for a year now. We didn't know what to expect from our new life, but there have been a few things that have stood out in the …
Ok. There is something you should know. I. Am. A . Sissy. I am a sissy, with icky things. I am super duper tough when it comes to non icky things Well. Mostly And as much as I love our critters, I am …
Summer has been hectic. Chaotic. filled to the brim. I feel like i have been rushing everywhere, and everything. Even the moments of "doing nothing" my mind was whirling and I was thinking ahead to the next thing. This …
A year ago we were doing this. We were just out of our house, having passed it along to it's new owners and we were homeless, and in transition. We had a few weeks until we …
As you may know with my frequent complaining about our three year old... he rarely plays on his own. He is needy and clingy (and in the same breath I will use loving and attached). …
