It was Saturday – late morning – I was neck deep in dirty laundry and the riveting Netflix show The Stranger. Only one episode left and it would all make sense . . . hopefully. My daughters needed (read: wanted) to go to the mall. One needed (read: wanted) new shoes and the other needed…
Not everyone is lucky enough to experience the wonder of time travel. But I get to – every time I visit my parents. First of all, they still live in my childhood home and second of all – my old bedroom walls are the way I left them more than 20 years ago: covered in…
On a dark and cold winter’s night, I can think of other things I’d rather be doing than shivering on a frigid bench in a musty arena with the unflattering glare of overhead lights shining down upon me. Come summertime, nothing makes a long, lazy day even longer than having to sit on uncomfortable bleachers…
It was dinner time. And we had a guest. Cousin Sarah was staying with us while she attended a work conference nearby. I decided to try out a new meal – I took chicken breasts and made slits in them and then jammed some colourful veggies into said slits. Veggies like strips of bell pepper,…
I started a new tradition last year – but really it was started by Aunt Pat years ago. Every January, I could look forward to Aunt Pat’s crabby email entitled “Merry Bitchmas” where she would list out everything that went wrong over the holidays – anything that pissed her off and caused her grief. This…
I thought I was the cool mom. I thought wrong. Sure, I’m a tad strict and I sometimes over-react. But still. I wear the coolest t-shirts around. I can dab. I can kinda/sorta floss. Oh yeah – and I’m hilarious. Lately, I’ve discovered just how un-cool I am. In fact, I’m apparently a downright, straight-up embarrassment.…
Christmas is soon upon us – and if you’re anything like me – then you are completely stressed out and counting down the days until December 26th. Nothing gets my blood boiling like Christmas carols in November. For any of you out there looking for some last minute quirky little gifts for co-workers, acquaintances, your…
Anyone can spend money on a holiday gift – which is what we do each and every year for my kids’ teachers. Generally, we opt for a gift card to a book store or a coffee shop – something they will appreciate and get some use out of – as well as something that will…
I just finished watching the 2018 documentary The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling and I just can’t shake it. This two-part series paints a portrait of Shandling – a hilarious, brilliant, hard-working man – who also happens to be tortured, haunted, neurotic. A man, who at 66 – was never quite capable of getting over…
According to my oldest daughter – I’m a complete and utter embarrassment. So-called for a mixed-bag of unintentional and somewhat deliberate reasons. Case in point: my wardrobe (who knew that t-shirts emblazoned with Scott Baio could reap such mortification), my naturally greying hair, my inevitable progression in years (both very much unintentional); or the time…
