Category Archives: Blogging

On Friday night, a friend of a friend at the Lower Deck asked if I was “the author” of Full Speed Ahead and a few moments later, was pulling the book out of her back pack for me to sign. Continue reading They like me…they really like me…→

I find it strange to think that just four years this week, I opened my computer and began writing Curtains are Open. Never would I have thought that writing would bring me so much joy. I began a diary at Continue reading My 4th Blogiversary…→

Did I mention I started Weight Watchers? Here’s the thing…I’m done. As in…done carrying this extra weight around, done being out of breath, done not feeling comfortable in my clothes and done not recognizing myself in the mirror. So…I grabbed Continue reading PANTS…→

My nose was stuffed right up until the moment I tried President’s Choice Jammin’ Jamaican Lobster Bisque! I never dreamt it would be hot…maybe the fact that I live in Nova Scotia and lobster…in a soup form…is normally more creamy Continue reading Jammin’ Jamaican Lobster Bisque – Recipe to Riches…→

I’ve been in a slump…but you know that. You’ve been reading…or to be a little more precise…not reading. I’ve a million posts in draft form (ok…fourteen) that are total crap. I pushed out the one about Breaking Bad but to be Continue reading I’ll trade your comment for a cookie…→

January sucks. For starters, if you read my blog for “inspiration, “I’d suggest you press that little x in the corner and back yourself out of here before I’m dragging you down with me! Thing is…I’ve never been a fan Continue reading January sucks…→

Yeah I know…I know! It’s been multiple days since I’ve written anything but the thing is…I’ve got stuff going on. Here’s what I can tell you… There’s this thing where I’m in meetings and we’re trying to make decisions and Continue reading Non-bloggable blogging…→

OK, so here’s what’s been going on this weekend. I sat! After weeks of writing and designing to get my book ready for the printer, a few contracts thrown in, Spiderman breaking his collar-bone causing me to jump into “mom Continue reading Sit.→

I’ve tossed around the idea of a book for a while. For years…as in, I have one half written that someday, given the right amount of nerve, may actually find its way to a bookshelf. So, when folks started mentioning Continue reading I’m writing a book!→

It’s quite possible that today was my favourite blogging day ever as in, I MET ERICA EHM TODAY!!! You see, this afternoon, I spent some time with the divine miss Ehm and if you’re close to my age, you’ll remember Continue reading Yummy Mummy Club…→

There’s actually so much distance between me and the current first place blogger in the “Circle of Mom’s Top 25 Canadian Mom Blogger” contest…that I actually have to do math. Like…long division kind of math!! And we all know how much Continue reading Why I write…→

Have I mentioned I once won Miss Congeniality! Oh yeah. Way back in the days when you were allowed to run beauty contests at schools…somehow I got nominated…and won the consolation prize! OK…fact is…I DO have a lot of friends Continue reading Miss Congeniality…→

Spiderman’s Back to School Photo – First Day of High School. No other words are needed. (Hence, my first “Wordless Wednesday”)

Remember when I won the Best of the Coast award last year! How I was beat out by two awesome Fashion Bloggers to win Bronze and then realized that maybe I shouldn’t wear converse sneakers all the time but who Continue reading Best of Halifax 2013…→

Last night, while laying in bed on our final night in the little rented cottage…as the rain pitter pattered on my roof…it suddenly began dripping on my forehead! I was in the middle of a conversation with a boy when Continue reading It’s raining men…→