Living Creatively, Living the Dream
Three of my high school friends are healthy and active due to the life saving and extraordinary gift of others. Tonight, I stood in the stands and watched a fantastic game of action packed hockey. The crowd of family and friends cheered Continue reading Game of a lifetime…
It’s been a sentimental month and I’m trying to shake this mood. This morning… I purposely told myself it was going to be a good day but when opening my car door to drive my youngest to school… realized my car had Continue reading The queen was in her counting house…
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…
So last night we…. well… and then…. ummmmm… it’s just that I promised I wouldn’t say….. ummmm…. well…. it’s not like we did anything we shouldn’t have it’s just that…. damn… there’s really not a lot I can tell you to Continue reading ‘Cause that’s how I bowl….
Last night found me at Obladee Wine Bar, a casual environment specializing in carefully selected wines and artisanal cheese and charcuterie. I have no idea what I just wrote… I stole it off their website! Suffice it to say we sipped on wonderful Continue reading Life goes on…
It’s hard to believe that one year ago today I started my dream of writing. I’d been filling the pages of my personal journals since I was a young girl and decided to put my daily ramblings into a blog…never dreaming it Continue reading Happy blogiversary…
It was the beginning of an extraordinary weekend that had me at the airport at 4:30 am. The hour…somewhere in the middle of “out too late” and “up too early”…leaving you to wonder why a person would ever choose to Continue reading She lived, she loved, she laughed…
How loved you were.April 6, 1923 – March 31, 2011 (Jill Barber’s Ashes to Ashes… written on the passing of her grandmother.)
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 birthday’s not for awhile… but I’ll start making a list! You’re welcome.
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…
A few days of taking care of my sick kids and suddenly it’s my turn! I guess it was inevitable. A cold made its way to my house this week, driving fevers up and causing children to cough at random, neither Continue reading I’d like some cheese with this whine…
Last year, a few of us put together a team and entered a chicken wing eating contest at Winston’s Pub and Eatery called “WING IT for Parkinson’s”. Helping to raise money for Maritimer’s living with Parkinson’s Disease. We really had no affiliation Continue reading Wing-It for Parkinsons…
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…
My girlfriends put this ridiculous novelty in my Christmas stocking and its been a source of great enjoyment ever since. Each morning as I enter the kitchen to grab a cup o’ tea and start my day… there she is. A six inch plastic Continue reading Making waves…
It’s my eleventh update which means one thing and one thing only… next month will be the one year anniversary of writing this blog!!! We enjoyed the excitement of the Canada Games this month. I had full intention of seeing gymnastics, swimming and Continue reading Queen’s eleventh update…
Seeing that I have a 12 year old hockey addict living with me, I’ve watched this Chara/Pacioretty hit over and over in the last few days The sound alone sends shivers down my spine. The hockey mom in me puts Continue reading Chara Pacioretty hit…
Looking out my dirt streaked window this morning you kind of get a sense that Spring is on its way! I can’t quite feel it at the moment as I’m happily going about my days pretending that “since I can’t smell dog crap Continue reading And that’s why I need a unicorn…