Living Creatively, Living the Dream
There was a time, when the room was filled with row after row, pot after pot, of fragrant flowers. A simpler time, when beautiful buds couldn’t be shipped from warm climates the way they can today…when owning a greenhouse was Continue reading Dean’s Flowers…
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…
It started with this tweet from hope cottage. And…like all things I find thought-provoking and interesting on Twitter…I hit the Re-Tweet button. I was having a fairly busy day in the office and while the Tweet caught my interest, making Continue reading My Big Day Downtown – how I doubled my money and gave it all back.
I could tell you a whole lot about Liam and Steph, of Applehead Studios…except the thing is, they’re so darn busy they can’t answer my email questionnaire. So…I’m going to make a few things up. Liam, somewhere in his late Continue reading Applehead Studios…
I remember when I first started my Facebook Page for Curtains are Open. A friend had suggested it might be a way for folks to keep up-to-date with posts as I wrote them on my “brand new blog.” I started Continue reading The woman in the window…
Note: This post was written following the Sandy Hook Shooting in the United States. It still brings me to my knees when I think of all that was lost. – – – – – – – There’s a part of Continue reading All I can do…
While she always wanted to be a writer, Colleen O’Dea chased a career in Information Technology, working with IBM before starting her own consulting company and teaching as a part-time professor at Mount Saint Vincent University. Eventually, Colleen packed it Continue reading My Story
It’s quite possible that I’m failing as their Mom! I screwed up Halloween and seriously… how bad do you have to be to screw up Halloween! Year after year we pick our own pumpkins, load up with treats, decorate Continue reading Are you a Halloween failure?
Years of dreaming of this amazing place and as it turns out…Paris wasn’t my thing! I think, in fairness, I thought it was something else and the something else I was looking for…I actually found in Angers. A beautiful place Continue reading Paris wasn’t my thing…
I sat in the parking lot making every effort to hold back the tears. I’ve said many times that this is going to be good for me…that the program I picked is the right one…but the idea of my life Continue reading My return to school as a “mature” student…
The box containing my new Mac Book Pro has officially been cracked and loaded with software while various pictures with ridiculous effects have been taken using the “Photo Booth”. The damn thing sat on my table for two weeks taunting Continue reading Bite this…
I embarrass my children… sometimes on purpose. Sometimes I’ve no idea what I’ve done until a look on a face makes me realize I’ve mortified them beyond belief. I’ve been known to make up ridiculous songs when their friends are in the Continue reading Wave at the bus…
Seems a fellow in Truro is sick of Tuna sandwiches and placed an advertisement on Kijiji (click on the link to read the entire ad) that states… “I have a pre-cut Tuna sandwich I want to offer up for a trade. The tuna Continue reading Straight from the can…
I had quite an exciting email exchange with my good friend Debbie Travis. For the record, I’ve decided that once you’re into your fourth email…you’re officially “good friends.” My blog…my rules. I’ll paraphrase the conversation…and if Debbie reads this she’ll probably inform you Continue reading Debbie Travis’ Girls’ Getaway…
Holy crap… the Harvard educated Winkelvoss twins suing Zuckerberg over the creation of Facebook (although they’ve already won a 65 million dollar settlement and stock options) are Hot! Rich, young, smart AND hot! Is it wrong I’m looking at younger men? The Continue reading You know you’re bored when…
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
I once spent $2,712.16 on a lime! I was at the self-checkout at my local grocery store which normally works very well for me…except, every now and then I realize I have a piece of fruit or a veggie that needs Continue reading Tips for using the self-checkouts at the supermarket!
We sat at the table after a lovely dinner. Great conversation… lots of laughter… kids hanging out downstairs quietly watching a movie. As the night ends, the men cleared off the table while the women continued to chat over a Continue reading White wine and bubbly…
She graced my life a little over 18 years ago. There she was. Pink, soft, wrinkled, with a hint of red hair. I was amazed, baffled, totally in love. It was, my very own Murphy Brown moment. You remember the Continue reading Jumping Hurdles…