Clean socks are a privilege, not a right
You all wonder about those moments….. Those uh oh moments….. Today we had chaos here…again. Construction on the roof, bits of our townhouse raining down all over the place and anxious looking dudes wanting to fix up the drywall around the windows. They were anxious because I had snarled NO this am due to a […]
Go ahead and judge all you like….all parents do their ‘thing’ differently. We all parent based on what is important to us and what we are comfortable with. This comfort usually comes from either following in our parents footsteps or striving to be the exact opposite. I think we parent from the middle of the […]
My Mom isn’t feeling too excited about her Birthday this year, then again….who does…I don’t……birthdays are for the young. But they are a chance for people to show or say that they care and appreciate the birthday person…and with my mom….I do…and I think we all do. She is just getting over a horrid horrid […]
This past week has felt like a bit of a tough slog. My energy level was really low and I was also worried about my mom who either had Shingles or the Flu or both….I think both at the same time. Blogging inspiration sort of went out the window….instead it was all about wanting to […]
No really…I want to talk about dreams. Not like aspirations…but crazy weird dreams…. I have always had really vivid dreams….very detailed, amazing locations…..have always enjoyed them. Lately however one recurring theme in all the dreams I keep having is starting to creep me out. Perhaps all you folks can help me out with this. Lately, […]
Apart from sucking at parenting…we do actually try and we do actually try to have some sort of style behind our actions….or excuses…whatever you want to call it. One of our beliefs is that if you are casual and don’t over react to things..then they tend to be not a big deal for your kids….I […]
I discovered Birth Fest when I was pregnant with Tara. The Midwives that I was using were attending as vendors at the event as were many other local shops and services for moms and moms to be in and around the Commercial Drive area. I poured my heart out to a Doula there and came away with an adorable […]
So my son has taken up ‘cussing’ lately….which isn’t surprising since I have a terrible potty mouth and it gets worse the more frustrated I get…and my son tends to frustrate me. He tends not to say anything TOO bad…but there is a lot of DAM this and DAM that….and is somewhat more forgivable than the surreptitious middle fingers […]
