May 11, 2012

week in review 05/11

that time Raffi @replied me and made my childhood complete I don’t know about you, but I grew up listening to Raffi. Raffi and ABBA. (Hi, Mom!) I loved his songs when I was a kid, and I love his songs now and play them for my kids. That little “who to follow” section on [...]

February 22, 2012

better now

I think I can dare say the sickness is gone. *knocks on wood* Having a sick baby sucked, and having both Noah and I sick on the same day sucked, too, especially since we have only the one bathroom. Noah’s mom came and took the girls for about five hours, which was a lifesaver. We [...]

January 31, 2012

January. The end.

Wascana Lake, Regina, January 2010 A couple days ago, Liliana said to me: “Mama, can you go to my school and ask my teachers to take off the January month and put up the February month?” She is not a fan of January, but for very different reasons than me. She wants it to be [...]

January 16, 2012

hypothetical homicide

“If you were to murder me, how would you do it?” “Poison.” “You thought that up pretty quick.” “I saw it on Bones.” “Would it be quick or slow?” “Probably slow. Or maybe quick. I have to think about this.” “You kind of scare me, you know?” “It would be an untraceable poison.” “And what [...]

January 1, 2012

on resolutions and failure

I have a love/hate relationship with New Year’s Resolutions. I make them, I break them, I feel like a failure. So, this year I am going to make them but I am going to make them not so hard to reach. I wrote myself a list in a notebook and put it in the top [...]