January 12, 2012

the heartburn cure that is really gross, yet really effective

I went to bed the other night completely exhausted. I’d been staying up too late lately and it was showing. I laid down and was instantly plagued with intense heartburn. I waited to see if it would pass, but it didn’t. I got up, took some Gaviscon, ran to the bathroom, and saw the Gaviscon [...]

January 9, 2012

chunks

We have been having the most amazing winter this year. Whereas last year at this time we were battling temperatures that dipped below -30C/-22F, today it was 5C/41F. Almost shorts-type weather! I thought I heard somewhere that this was supposed to be the coldest winter in 20+ years, but apparently whoever said that was wrong. [...]

November 27, 2011

a Monday I can (kind of) get on board with

Last week? Yikes. Monday Liliana fell down our front steps face first, Tuesday she had a stomach bug, Wednesday Preston had it, Thursday we had Thanksgiving (which was super fun), Friday evening and Saturday morning I went to hear Sid and Shona speak on pornography and prostitution respectively. Both speakers were eye-opening for me. I’ve [...]

November 22, 2011

this week has it in for her

Yesterday she fell face-first down the steps. Today she got a stomach bug. My little Liliana is having a rough week. Thankfully, we have plenty of Little Einsteins on the DVR and she is very resilient. She moans and groans every once in a while and is full of energy a minute later, before falling [...]

November 8, 2011

the one about that time I had that thing removed so that I could once again eat pizza

Noah and the kids drove me to the hospital very early yesterday morning so I could have my gallbladderectomy. Liliana, upon learning that we were going to a hospital, asked, “Are we going to cut a baby out of my tummy?” Noah took yesterday, today, and tomorrow off so that he could be with the [...]