Kids · Life

For Shame!

I realized today (thanks James) that I haven't blogged in - well, far too long. Shame, shame on me. I'm so sorry! I'm currently decompressing from an incredibly busy day and preparing for a new (equally hectic) day on the horizon. I started watching a friend's children today, and will have an infant, two 2… Continue reading For Shame!

Life

Please don’t burn the house down!

This morning as I sat at my computer desk running through my normal routine (e-mail, facebook, wordpress) a strange wisp of white floated past my vision. "Weird" I thought. I figured my eyes were playing tricks on me - that I hadn't been awake long enough and I was seeing things. But then it happened… Continue reading Please don’t burn the house down!

Dreams · Life · Music · Singing · Susan Boyle

Introducing the shock of your life

Thank you Kevin for posting a link to this on Facebook so I could be inspired. Those of you who haven't yet seen this video will (I'm sure) think I'm exaggerating when I say that I have never been more shocked at anything on YouTube.  Susan Boyle lives at home with her cat - never… Continue reading Introducing the shock of your life

Finances · Life · Marriage

I can’t leave you alone for one hour!

Earlier this week I decided to make a quick trip to Costco, leaving the munchkins with my husband. When I returned an hour later, I returned to hear the following story from Zack. (imagine a hot 30-something relaying the following) "So, shortly after Donovan woke up, the doorbell rang - I answered it, holding the… Continue reading I can’t leave you alone for one hour!

Canada · Food and Drink · Friends · Life · Road Trip · Sisters

On Canadian road trips, Lizzy is always right

After a week stuck inside the house with the dreaded-lagumba-disease (the flu), a sometimes ornery two year old, and laundry multiplying by the day, I needed a break. My two younger sisters (Amy and Lizzy) had just the ticket - a day trip to Leavenworth. No - not the prison. The quaint Bavarian village nestled… Continue reading On Canadian road trips, Lizzy is always right

Camping · Life · Parents · Weather

First Snowflake Freakout Lady and the Blue Tarp Camper

Blue Tarp Camper: This weekend, dad says “We’re camping on the coast.” And what dad says, goes. “We don’t need to check the weather report, we brought our own blue skies with us” Blue Tarp Camper, you’re one of us. First Snowflake Freakout Lady: This is a seasonal saga of tire chains, kitty litter, all… Continue reading First Snowflake Freakout Lady and the Blue Tarp Camper