Living Creatively, Living the Dream
I complain. I’m tired. Week after week, night after night… rushing from the barn to the rink. A single mom. Two kids in need of my time… or at the very least, my driving ability that gets them where they Continue reading Gathering ribbons…
Seriously… what’s a trip to Downtown Halifax without a visit to Biscuit General Store? I’m not really sure what draws me in… but there’s something about the atmosphere… the general feel of the store and the people inside. I’m not Continue reading Big Day Downtown – Biscuit General Store
Being that I’m studying Graphic Design and totally smitten with typography, it surprises me a great deal that I’d yet to step through the doors of Inkwell Boutique! If you remember, I’d written a post last year about the “Dawson Continue reading Big Day Downtown – Inkwell Boutique
As a kid, I loved macaroons. My Aunt Beth made the best…chewy, chocolate, coconut treats prepared in a double boiler on the stove top and plopped upon a plate like a mound of gooey goodness. So, I was a little Continue reading Big Day Downtown – Le French Fix
When I’d heard that the Downtown Halifax Business Commission had a “twist” on their Big Day Downtown event this year (an event where 30 bloggers are each given a $100 Visa card to head Downtown and report back about our Continue reading Big Day Downtown – Lauren Oostveen
It’s been one of those weekends. Quiet. And by quiet… I guess I should clarify that I went to parties both Friday and Saturday nights… had brunch with my favorite Tweep… did homework with Snuff… and threw in a few Continue reading Crumbling down…
No…I don’t put little messages in his lunch box! But I once did. And well…the fact is, if he still stayed for lunch I might be inclined to write a “Mommy loves you” on his origami folded napkin! Alright…I wouldn’t! Continue reading It’s the little things…
You knew Raylene Rankin as the singer. Her beautiful voice bringing goosebumps to the surface. Her new album, “All the Diamonds,” just released this year. Not me. I knew her as a hockey mom. We’d meet in the rink a Continue reading Raylene Rankin…
I know it’s not a competition…we all have our stresses and worries. Someone’s having difficulty getting their kid to stay upon the potty and believe me, I know…it’s a miserable task…I’ve been there. Three times of begging…the odd celebration, more Continue reading Keeping kids safe…
I was ten when we moved to Halifax, from St. John’s Newfoundland. It was a culture shock of new experiences where kids didn’t go to religion-based schools, jeans were worn instead of uniforms and my unique accent and use of Continue reading Ron Hynes Tribute…
I’d been holding my breath for days. To be honest, I wasn’t sure if Spiderman would make the team he wanted, but it was looking good. Hockey tryouts. Year after year we see them through to the bitter end. Final Continue reading Hockey tryouts…
Years of dreaming of this amazing place and as it turns out…Paris wasn’t my thing! I think, in fairness, I thought it was something else and the something else I was looking for…I actually found in Angers. A beautiful place Continue reading Paris wasn’t my thing…
While heading up the escalator at Heathrow Airport, leaving The Tall Blond behind and barely able to hold myself together…it hit me that I should probably have told her a few more things besides “don’t mix your liquor” and “boys Continue reading Things I forgot to mention…
While walking through this beautiful town yesterday…past one Boulangerie after the next with folks sharing a “Bonjour” or a smile…past beautiful fountains and exquisite gardens…The Tall Blond began to hum Belle’s song from “Beauty and the Beast.” As a little Continue reading Belle…
Parce que je suis dans la France, je suis aller pour l’attempte de parle en francais. Je suis aller un bon temps avec ma fille “Le Grande Jaune.” Nous somme manger beaucoup de pain a la boulangerie et un beaucoup Continue reading En francais…
The Curtains are Open for The Tall Blonde…as she looks out the window of her apartment in Angers, France.
OK… there are a few things you should know. My “Last Will and Testament” is in the pile of papers on my desk…or in the black cabinet in the kitchen. No…it’s possibly in the drawer by the side of my Continue reading Just in case…
Yes… absolutely. With a “to-do list” the length of my arm, it makes absolute sense that I would sit back with a cup of tea and write a blog. Maybe I should blog my “to-do list”… starting with: 1.) Pack clothes Continue reading Not quite packed…
I doubt Spiderman meant anything by it when he said “Hey Mom, this cupboard is a mess!” It was true! He’d been emptying the dishwasher…without complaint…and while putting away the salad bowl he commented how the casserole cupboard was overflowing Continue reading Getting organized…
I sometimes wonder if I created my own destiny… by writing it down. I wrote a book a number of years back… called “Faking it.” In it…I wrote of my wonderful life with my fabulous husband and supportive friend… all Continue reading Faking it…