Living Creatively, Living the Dream
It seems like yesterday. We had just finished our grade eleven exams…summer had arrived. I’d found out I failed Math and had to go to summer school. I was greatly disappointed and was drowning in self-pity. I thought my entire Continue reading Shadows fall…
We take these darlings home from the hospital…a whole lifetime of love and adventure ahead of them. We learn to swaddle them, bathe them, ponder their every need. We laugh at their fat little knees, their perfect toes…their bright eyes Continue reading Verclempt…
It’s “Prom Day”. Toes are painted, makeup is purchased, hair appointment in a few hours… corsage to be picked up. Sun is shining! Dress will be laced. Photographer at three. Limo at four. Followed by a trip to the gardens and then to the “Grand Continue reading She’ll be in Paris soon…
A few months ago I decided to paint my kitchen and family room yellow. Being green from the day I’d moved in…I wanted a change. Brighten things up. Dust off the cobwebs. I purchased a gallon of paint for three walls…and Continue reading My Dad’s toolbox…
I’m supposed to love hockey. As uncanadian as this might sound… I didn’t grow up with it. Never followed a single game on tv. I never really attended a hockey game until Junior High… where I was more interested in hanging out with Continue reading Play nice…
The saying goes that you will only be given as much as you can handle… and I can handle a lot… but I’ll need to handle more! As my oldest finishes High School… the next one heads to Junior High. Tonight he went to his first Continue reading One down two to go…
I drove around the neighbourhood, looking at houses and wasting a bit of time. There was no point going home when within a few minutes, I’d have to turn around and pick the kids up again. I was trying to avoid the Ice Caps Continue reading Home sweet home…
It’s been a few weeks since a “Queen’s Update” so… here we go. I met Andrea from Third Street Studios. What a doll. Seems fitting to call her a doll… since she makes dolls! Her two children are adorable… very Continue reading Queens Update III
We arrived at the beach and knew something was amiss the moment we hit the sand. It didn’t seem right…grass trampled…flip flops tossed about…drag marks directing our eyes towards the stream leading to the open waters. Red commented that we’d walked into a crime scene…she Continue reading Nancy Drew and the Legend of the Plastic Woman…
Jumping Pictures are HILARIOUS! Actually… jumping pictures are funny… taking off and landing pictures… now that’s hilarious! I wanted some really fun pictures of my girlfriends frolicking on the beach… but taking a “flying through the air” picture sounded much easier than it actually was! You have Continue reading Jumping for joy…
I’m blessed with amazing women in my life. My daughters, my mom, my mother in law, their mothers… my grandmothers, my aunts and cousins… all from good stock… good hearts. There’s a bond among women… a strength… a power. It’s “Girls Weekend Continue reading Girls gone wild…
Half the night was spent scratching a mosquito bite on my foot… the other half was spent listening to my snoring dog. The dog I can forgive… she’s cute in an ugly sort of way… but the bite is unforgivable. I Continue reading Bite me…
There’s a towel tower on my kitchen table. I did laundry yesterday and each time I went upstairs… I removed a pile. I took the washed, dried, de-stained and neatly folded clothing and placed them lovingly on each child’s dresser. They’ll be rifled Continue reading Tower of towels…
The rain has been coming down for hours now. My room is lit by the glow of the television… flickering well into the night… the remote cast aside… too lazy to look for it, or worse… get up to turn it Continue reading Static…
In about an hour I’m heading to the “Fun Fair” at my kids’ school to throw fifty quid on the table and wonder how it disappeared. My kids will come out with a couple of suckers… stickers stuck to their shirts Continue reading Putting the F in Fun Fair…
Some days I don’t want to go out. And not because it’s stormy or raining… just because I want to be in. I love my house… love the comfort of the things around me… love its unique smell. My son insists Continue reading Handsome and handy…
The cushion on the couch is sagging in the middle. I’ve not noticed it so bad before. The one in the basement is totally worn out. There’s a crack in the window upstairs. Paint is chipping from the exterior lantern and in need Continue reading Fixer’ upper…
My day was nothing close to normal! It began like every other Saturday morning… girlfriends pounding on the front door bringing me a basket full of wrapped presents and proving the fact that I’m spoiled rotten. I can’t wait until Monday to Continue reading A tisket a tasket….
There was a time I made fun of the kids who were in the school musical…they weren’t part of the “cool crowd.” They stood out. Were different. Yet…I secretly longed to be on stage performing with them. When my daughter entered Continue reading She’s the one…
Just over a year ago I bought my first car. I was newly separated and dealing with moving forward. My “mom van” was 10 years old and seriously on its way to the junk yard. It had seen its share of Continue reading Death of a mini van…