Living Creatively, Living the Dream
What comes to mind when you think of cement walls with shiny cream paint? Cots with plastic mattresses and knobby blankets? Shared bathrooms with yucky drains, minimal hot water and bright flickering fluorescent lights? For some, all would be reminders Continue reading Re-creating Orange is the New Black…
I once told my son that people worked in little pods under every stop light and turned the green/red/yellow switches depending on the traffic. In fact, I continued (though it wasn’t a fact at all), many people work underground in various jobs…it’s called Continue reading Liar Liar Pants on Fire…Netflix #StreamTeam
SPOILER ALERT: If you’ve not seen all three seasons of House of Cards yet…I give away a few secrets in this post…so stop reading now…or read…up to you! I always wondered what it would be like if a character on Continue reading House of Cards…Netflix #StreamTeam
Apparently, I’m dealing with a “catastrophic board failure” which admittedly…is nothing like the “catastrophic glue failure” that had the mast of my brother’s wooden boat crashing to the deck as he was alone on his sailboat one afternoon…leaving him clinging Continue reading Catastrophic failure…
I heard the familiar theme song coming from the family room…then called out to my sixteen year old son with a quizzical, “Are you watching Friends?” “Yeah,” he replied back, “It’s brand new on Netflix.” Well…of course I knew that. Continue reading I’ll be there for you…
I remember when they were babes…trying so hard to get them to sleep, their tiny heads resting in the crook of your arm, the snug of your neck, or across your chest…the peace that came when they finally closed their Continue reading Sleep baby sleep… Netflix #StreamTeam
I was 16 when Nightmare on Elm Street came to the theatres. Despite not really wanting to go, I caved to peer pressure and headed to Oxford Theatre with a couple of girlfriends. I watched the horror flick through fingers Continue reading My creepy kids…
Remember high school? The drama of deciding what to wear every day? Having to walk through the doors with a brand new haircut…knowing you’ll be judged? The recent breakup that just won’t go away? Remember all of the foolishness with Continue reading Keeping up with High School… Netflix #StreamTeam
Summer has been a little bit of a bust around here. The kids have been busy with various sports and trying to arrange any time to get all three of them the same place at the same time is an Continue reading Summer Adventures…
Last week, I calculated my hours spent watching TV this year by using an app created by the brilliant designer Alex Cican. Apparently, for someone who claims to “never watch TV,” I spent 9 days 8 hours and 48 minutes Continue reading Celebrating Canadian TV on Netflix…
Gone are the days where the Thursday night line-up was a thing. Where we’d wait all week for the next episode of our favourite shows…discussing it over the water coolers in the morning…anxiously awaiting the next seven days. I stopped Continue reading Recharging while Binge Watching on Netflix…
I greatly enjoy Thursdays on Instagram. Scrolling through the photos people post of when they were new moms or children themselves. Seeing things from a different perspective…maybe a simpler time. Being able to share photos that were taken before photo Continue reading #TBT…