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Friday Quicky

May 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment

It's Friday.  Gee, it rolls around quick doesn't it?.  It's actually Friday night and right now i'm enjoying a cold beer, last nights Grey's episode and chatting on Skype to Michelle.  I love Fridays -- it's my day to spend with my Lulu.  Gosh, she's getting so big and independent.  It hurts my heart to think that she's closer to three years old instead of my two year old baby.   We tried to potty-train Lilah a few weeks ago, and it was an epic fail.  She got a brilliant idea in the morning (3 seconds before we were going to walk out the door) that she wanted to wear her … [Read More...]

On the verge

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Holidays are bittersweet for me now.  I never knew how much I appreciated and loved holidays until I moved from Canada to Australia.  Each holiday in Canada was always carefully orchestrated.  Everyone had their roles & special dishes they would bring.  These holidays and get-togethers were bred into me from infancy.  I can't recall ever spending any holiday without seeing my family -- until that dreadful day in June 2009.     This is a picture of my mom and I a few months prior to leaving Canada in 2009.  I can't even begin to tell you how much I admire this … [Read More...]

a letter & a sleepover

May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

  I love mail.  Except for bills.....but I love getting snail mail and when I see the colourful envelopes in the mailbox with the girls' names on them I think I get more excited than they do.  I do a little happy dance when I see them buried beneath some bills and run into the house shrieking "girls girls, you have mail!!!".  The girls … [Read More...]

Sunday Family Dinner

May 6, 2012 By 2 Comments

My earliest childhood memory is of Sunday family dinners/get-togethers.  Every Sunday growing up, my family gathered together for a dinner.  In the summer we were always at my gramma's for "the pool".  The kids/cousins swam, screamed at our parents "look at me, look at me" a million times and played marco-polo.  We would dive in the water the … [Read More...]

Enjoying the Weekend

April 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Hubs has been on night shift for 6 nights straight.  It's definitely not easy trying to keep the girls entertained while he sleeps so I try to make plans to take the girls out for a little while.  We had a relatively busy weekend, but an enjoyable one at that.   Friday night started off at a friend's house where we had 7 little girls … [Read More...]

The Kitchen

April 24, 2012 By 5 Comments

1.  Do not disturb a man when he's fixing or putting something together.   2.  Hubs doesn't like to put things together -- especially kitchens.   3.  Lilah doesn't like to share.  Period.   **********************************   Christmas 2010 we got the girls a play kitchen.  It lasted less than a … [Read More...]

One Direction

April 21, 2012 By 5 Comments

No, not the boy band!.  That's not the purpose of this post but thought the title would be catchy.  I'm talking about this blog and the direction it's taken.   If you've been a reader for a while, you may have noticed the turn this blog has taken over the past few months.  As this blog grew, I lost sight of the reason I started … [Read More...]

A Lull

April 17, 2012 By 6 Comments

My laptop and I are like magnets any time I face a bit of upset in my life, and tonight is no different.  I'm in a lull right now.  A funk, if you want to call it that.  I'm un-inspired, un-motivated, and been neglecting my business tremendously.  All I want to do is write.  I love the sound of my fingers clacking away on the keyboard.  It … [Read More...]