Mother’s Day: It Works for Me!

Hello to my Works for Me Wednesday friends! I have been on sabbatical (just from blogging) and am hoping to be doing more bit by bit. Today’s post is a stretch, since it’s mostly an invitation to share my Mother’s Day gifts! But I will be back next Wednesday with a WFMW traditional post! I [...]

“Mum, I think I’m depressed….”

Aaaaawww… Those are words I never wanted to hear coming from my 9-year-old Luka. He’s sitting in the back seat, holding his brother’s PSP game-thing, looking out the window. “What do you mean, ‘depressed’? Like you feel sad about something?” “No, not really sad. Down. I feel down all the time.” “Like all day long?” [...]

Wow! That last little while just flew by!

Isn’t it sad how when you are not in a position to HAVE to do something, you often don’t do it? I speak for myself here, and it’s about this blog—I used to do it because I was THE Mom Blogger for Canadian Living magazine, a fabulous national magazine that I still get and read [...]

Okay, so here’s what’s happened since I last posted…

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. And that’s today. I won’t actually attempt to fit seven and a half [...]

Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Episode 2, 2009

  Wow, it seems like only last month I was whingeing on about Friday the 13th—it was! One lousy month ago I was pretty upbeat about getting through the day unscathed, but now I see the true evil—it’s what’s sandwiched in between two Friday the thirteenths when they’re only a month apart!!! And it’s a [...]

Friday Foto Finish Fiesta: like daughter, like mother

Have I mentioned my 17-year-old daughter has a steady boyfriend? Of course I have! So for Friday’s Fiesta Foto Finale, I offer up a photo of me at the age she is today. That’s me at age 17 with my then-steady boyfriend Lance. His nickname was Lance Romance (for very good reason), he had a [...]

No good deed goes unpunished

This is an old saw that I have had trouble explaining to my kids. “Well, when you do something nice for someone, you often get bit in the butt” is not an explanation that encourages the doing of good deeds. I have a natural tendency to see the glass as half empty first, but then [...]

A sign of the times (from the mouths of babes)

Back in a former life we ate out, a lot. I dined out professionally, and when I wasn’t paid to eat out, I happily paid my way myself. When Tessa and Graydon were in their formative years, they ate in restaurants—with menus, waiters, bread plates, dessert forks and Shirley Temples—a lot. Then things changed, and [...]

Plain language 101

An ad for a skin lotion on the telly. The word: moisturization. I double-dog dare you to use this word today! ———————————————————————————————————————  Want to win a full-size Pure Unscented Body Wash, Pure Unscented Body Lotion and the Organic Olive Oil Pure Unscented Soap? All you need to do is answer one of my questions in [...]

Getting Organized 2009, Part 2: Ziplocs rock!

As part of the Works for Me Wednesdays blog carnival that I take part in almost every Wednesday, I was inspired to write on a subject very close to my heart—Ziploc bags. I’m including my fave uses, Staci’s—whose blog is Family of 6 on $26K/year and she has some great ideas, 10 from Real Simple [...]