Living Creatively, Living the Dream
A few weeks ago, while sitting with half a dozen girlfriends at the Canada Games Centre, an email arrived on my blackberry announcing that I’d been accepted into school this September. I read it aloud to the moms while sitting in the comfy chairs drinking coffee and watching our children Continue reading Super mom…
I bullied three girls…one boy…possibly more. I won’t subject them to further abuse by telling you what I said or who they were…but I belittled them, teased, laughed and poked fun. One girl changed schools from the abuse she endured. If I Continue reading Stop bullying…
My youngest and I were out for a shopping adventure, leaving the boy at home to ward off his cold. She and I found ourselves in the unfamiliar position of having a “Mom and Daughter” day and it wasn’t long before a new Continue reading Cut from the same cloth…
Two kids home sick means Mama Bear is somewhere between a nurse and referee for the day! Seriously, when you’re miserable enough that it hurts to even move your eyes inside your stuffed up headache filled brain, complaining every time you do your can’t-break-the-habit Bieber hair Continue reading The cold war…
I called him “Spiderman”. My child, yet to be determined whether he’d be a boy or a girl…though somehow I knew. My pregnancy was going along without issue when suddenly, standing before a classroom full of students, I felt this strange release Continue reading Why I named my son Spiderman…
When I pulled up in front of the residence building, my eldest immediately burst through the front door with a squeal of delight as she ran to the car flinging open the passenger side and embracing the wiggly waggly dog…in what I Continue reading Lassie’s big adventure…
Stepping out of my room this morning I saw the black game board box with the word OUIJA stamped across the front in my upstairs hallway. Immediately I yelled for my youngest to remove it from my presence. She’d had Continue reading Ouija…
I could tell you a great number of stories about how cute she was… how her smile lit up a room… how at one point my family wondered what we ever talked about before she came into the world. Fact Continue reading Bucket head…
My kid is turning 19 this week and you know what that means? She and I are going to have to come to an understanding about Argyle Street! I’ll take the high end… she’ll take the low end… and if ever Continue reading Ninteen…
We headed to the ski hill today for another adventure. Two days ago I headed down this path and made it without issue… not a sign missed. However, today I drove right past the exit! “It’s PEI all over again” Continue reading I love U 2…
Once the children were settled with skis on their feet and poles in hand… I headed upstairs to relax in the beautifully decorated log chalet beside the roaring fire. Curled up on the most comfortable overstuffed couch I’d ever had Continue reading Apres ski…
The crowd roared. The flags waved. The team hit the ice with not one but FIVE Halifax Hawks. My son stood by the boards and cheered. Waved his arms… banged on the penalty box… screamed and blew into the annoying vuvuzella Continue reading Pwned…
The plan was to write a post about my amazing weekend away with a boy!!! The lovely suite at the hotel… the restaurants… the adventure and fun. Reality is… I went to my son’s hockey tournament in the ever famous “what the heck Continue reading Time of my life…
As a kid there was nothing better than a snow day. Playing outside with your neighbourhood friends until your fingers were so cold you thought they’d crack. Unable to take it anymore you’d head into the house where your mom would kiss your Continue reading Snow devils…
There’s nothing better than a snow day! As a child, I can remember the thrill of waking up in the morning to discover that school was cancelled. The snow knee high or deeper… and all of your friends in the mood to play. Continue reading Snow angels…
CRAP! I was caught in my pyjamas when I got the call that Boy needed to come home from school! First of all… he was feeling much better when he got up this morning. He still couldn’t hear from his left Continue reading Pyjama day…
My boy discovered that if you want to get doctors and nurses all up in arms… pass out while getting a chest xray! Poor bug woke up Saturday morning stomach sick… choosing not to wake me in fear that I’d pull the Continue reading Warp nine…
The hoopla is over and I’m left with a whack of things that need to find their way back to various rooms, laundry as far as the eye can see, tree guts all over the floor and a kitchen counter that can’t Continue reading Happy holidays…
Christmas has always been about waiting. Waiting for Santa’s reveal. Waiting to open presents. Waiting for the arrival of friends and family. Waiting for each little square of the advent calendar to open before the big day is here. When we’re younger…the wait Continue reading Operation pause for the claus…
I have a great desire to find a wholesale bubble wrap distributor and wrap my children in layer upon layer of the regularly spaced, protruding, air-filled hemispheres providing extra cushioning for my precious and breakable treasures. Just imagine the sound of a Continue reading House of gimps…