Every now and then something pops into my Facebook feed that stops me in my tracks. Yesterday, someone shared a link with a site called Our Small Moments. The author, Courtney, describes herself as "a wife, mother, grad student, photographer, writer, and teacher, trying to live now, figuring out each day as it comes.  Every... Continue Reading →

Back in 1992, the Queen famously announced she'd had an "annus horribilis", admitting: "1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure." Which kinda sums up how I feel about week 34 of 2013. The Queen - as eloquently summed up by Wikipedia - had quite a few setbacks in... Continue Reading →

OK, I know this post is a little left field and totally breaks all the rules about what a blogger is supposed to do (be known for something, stick to a theme), but hey I've been eclectic from day one so why stop now ... After yesterday's funniest movies post I decided to find something... Continue Reading →

We're up to our sixth day with sick kids underfoot and the TV is getting a MAJOR workout. After endless episodes of X-Files, Doctor Who and Living With Boys I felt like lightening up. So I rented Galaxy Quest. It wasn't quite as good as I remembered, and the seven year old was totally confused... Continue Reading →

I'm feeling a little out of order. Too much to process. So I'm sending you back in time to a post I called "Dark Clouds". It scares me a little to read it and realise I pushed the publish button. It's a little confronting even for me, and it's MY head. I'm not sure I'm... Continue Reading →

I went out for sushi, wine and Behind The Candelabra with my sister on Sunday night. She called me yesterday to say my bad luck had rubbed off on her - a car ran a stop sign and plowed into her. How sucky is that? Fortunately only her radiator was hurt ... oh, and extensive... Continue Reading →

I almost cried as I dabbed soothing gel on the hundreds of chicken pox covering my seven-year-old's body over the weekend. How much can one little person's skin take? When she was two, the youngest developed the most bizarre, angry-looking rash. The doctor informed me there were actually two problems at play - eczema AND... Continue Reading →

Just when I thought I'd had all the possible bad luck ... a little more came along. Last Sunday I wrote a blog called "Don't let the turkeys get you down". It was about how they DID get me down (and OUT for the next few months). While trying to restore order in our backyard... Continue Reading →