Clean socks are a privilege, not a right
Today we are celebrating EIGHTEEN YEARS of being married. TO THE SAME PERSON. You spend less time in jail for KILLING SOMEONE in Canada. So this is pretty significant. The symbol for 18 years is apparently porcelain. So it was highly symbolic that we spent Sunday buying and replacing that weird chain/plug thing […]
This summer, I think I got a bit shafted when it comes to all this ‘feed the kids’ nonsense that apparently us parents are supposed to get all organized and prepped for. As June wound down to a close, as the talk of final grades and report cards started to trickle in, I realized that […]
We at the house of crunch just finished a very interesting conversation with the teen. I try to not post too much about his life or issues as I respect his privacy and dignity (and hold the threat of embarrassing Instagram pics over his head), but I think this is work sharing. Without oversharing, Adam […]
Back in 1977, Disney almost lost me as a fan when they released Pete’s Dragon. As a lover of all things magical, especially dragons, this version of dragons and ‘magic’ was just NOT what I wanted to see. I was horribly horribly disappointed in their cartoony, musical extravaganza. So when I heard about a […]
Hello blog. Long time no see. Sorry you are being neglected. There are many reasons and excuses. Many reasons that Netflix looked FAR more appealing than sitting down to write something pithy about life at the House of Crunch. Or write something amazingly brand friendly that would attract the attention of all those […]
Like most things I am trying to juggle these days, I am a tad late in thinking about Father’s Day. To be honest, I was coasting on the assumption that the kids were making something at school for their dad. I haven’t actually checked up on this, so their could be a HEAP of […]
In two years my son will be old enough to drive. I am not filled with excitement about THAT. I love my children, but the thought of them being on the Vancouver roads terrifies me. It is bad enough that he thinks bum boarding on the streets is a-okay. Toyota is trying to […]
I have been to the movies twice in a short time. I took Tara to a screening of Alice Through the Looking Glass last week and because Adam apparently hates us all, we saw Angry Birds for his birthday. Tara deserved to see a flick with me as she had survived laser tag with […]
I had an interesting morning today. Caity and I headed to the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House to pick up a $500 cheque from the Vancouver Foundation and their Small Neighbourhood Grant program. I was quite relieved that my application ( a duty suggested by our amazing previous President) was accepted and I hope I can […]
