I still have it – there’s more life in this mama yet
Please note: I wrote this about ten months ago now. It’s been sitting in my ‘Drafts’ folder ever since. I’ve done a few touch ups tonight, but it is basically…
Greed and resentment
I found myself at the school yard this afternoon with my minion army. They were playing together while I sat on the grass and watched them, read my book and…
Here are a few things that I know to be true of me
In my life of seemingly never-ending existential questions, quandaries and crises and my ongoing efforts to sort through them all, I have decided to share a few things that I…
Family
Gratitude and Blessings
Keswick Kids
Posts for the sake of my own sanity
Random Shit
The Good
At the end of the school year, I bake treats and write nonsensical letters
We all have our traditions, and this has become one of ours. In a nutshell, I bake treats for the teachers at the school where two of my smalls attend…
Summer Bucket List 2015 – Keeping it real and doing this in two parts. Part 2
Last week, I posted Part One of my Summer 2015 Bucket list and wrote about how I’m a list maker. Well, now, a week later, I’m finally back with part…
This week I done did these things
I blogged. I lost 7 pounds. I picked strawberries from our garden. I planted perennials in our front yard. I went for a walk with Mr. KB. Mr. KB and…
Summer Bucket List 2015 – Keeping it real and doing this in two parts. Part 1
I’m a list maker. I make lists at least daily if not more often. I make lists of chores that I need to do, errands I need to run, food…
You never realize how ignorant you are until you have kids
Sometimes I really wish I would have listened to and believed my parents when they told me (often) that no, I really did not yet have all of the answers.…
March Break Instalment of Things My Kids Say
MONDAY We were driving home from Newmarket, after a semi-satisfying lunch at Costco, (for the kids, I behaved and stuck to sipping my Diet Pepsi and pretended not to be…
Child conversations that age me instantly
Miss Moon is four years old. Her friend, Miss L. is five years old. They were planning a dance party afterschool in the kids’ living room. This conversation transpired: Miss…