Contrary to all appearances
So this was today, but you could pretty much replace “today” with “any day” and it would still be accurate. ****************************** Thursday morning: Characters in this scene: Me, alone at…
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Money Woes Lead to Money, Whoa! – The Results
A week has passed. Here’s a breakdown of how the ‘no-spend, no-shop’ week went: Monday Spent entire $30 budget (plus $0.76 on yogurt, raspberries, milk, eggs, shortening and sugar). Hmmmm.…
Money Woes Lead to Money, Whoa!
Yes, I’m exaggerating. I don’t have actual money ‘woes’ (bills are paid, everyone is well-fed, clothed, entertained and the future is being saved for) but I did notice that some…
2018 Santa Claus Parades in the G.T.A. Annual List
Now that Halloween is out of the way, it is time for us to move on. The stores have been prepping us for months now (Black Friday in August –…
Confessions of an unhinged blogger
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Mourning the end of my Fertility chapter and sharing my internal conversation, with hope.
I often have full blown conversations in my head (well, when we’re all lucky they stay in my head anyway). I provide the dialogue for both sides of the conversation,…
Live update: I’m eating this plate of marshmallows
Live update: I’m eating this plate of marshmallows for lunch because: a) I’ve made myself sad writing a different blog post and like an idiot did so without first checking…
Subtly, slowly, my life is changing. Oh, and Pax turns 10
One of the alarming thoughts that wakes me from my deepest sleeps in the middle of the night has come to fruition. To some, this may sound stupid and I…
The day when enough was enough, my girl came through.
This sign is now posted on our front door. As is happens, my eight-year-old decided to take matters into her own hands after being sequestered once again, with her brothers…
Sometimes, while driving, the “JERK!” is you. This time it was me.
Dear Guy in the Pick up Truck Leaving the Parking Lot, The time was approximately 6:43pm on Thursday evening. I was pulling into the parking lot off of Civic Centre…
Deep Dish Rhubarb Pie Recipe
Despite my best efforts, I lose a majority of scraps of paper that I commit very important information on. This has led me to ditching random scraps and jotting everything…