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THE COTTAGE—Redux 26 Aug 2013 | 06:19 pm
Remember when I first moved to Canada and I was confused about loonies and milk bags and THE COTTAGE? “What is this THE COTTAGE place? Is it like Disneyland? Is it a resort? A hotel? Is it where Snow...
Celebrating Important Milestones Around Here—I Hope There’s, Uh, Candy 23 Aug 2013 | 06:43 pm
I have more important things to worry about than this whole Ben Affleck is Batman ohmyheavenlydays how can such a travesty occur the superhero world is coming to an end. I mean, settle down, friends. ...
Not Really Short On Anything Else 22 Aug 2013 | 01:50 am
I am having zero luck with coffee today. This morning, I had a long fight with the wall hairdryer in my hotel room—oh it was a fight that I lost badly, resulting in a lovely hairstyle that looked a b...
Clevelands House: A New Room Number—A New Gaggle Of Memories 19 Aug 2013 | 06:35 pm
Last year, after spending four days at Kellerman’s Clevelands House in Muskoka, my children talked about it for days, weeks, months after. No joke. Over dinner one evening, I asked my kids if they wo...
Stubborn, Sweet, Silly, Salty 15 Aug 2013 | 05:17 pm
This was me. Eight years ago. Ten days overdue. Fatigue and cranky level = super high. And then I watched Raging Bull and began counting time between contractions and then pausing the movie to breath...
You Lead The Way, I Lead The Way 13 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
Confession: I am obnoxiously early. It’s a sickness, I realize. But I hate to be late. HATE. So, I always overestimate how long it’s going to take me to do anything, to get anywhere. Stopping for ga...
Dog Days, Indeed 12 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
I am pretty sure I have completely finished talking about my kids at camp. After all of my all-caps tweets about my kids being home and the dynamics of our household completely changing and posts abo...
BRB, My Laundry Is Buzzing 9 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
Two hoarse, tired, smiling kids who look taller, skinnier, tanner, and about ten years older than they looked just three and a half weeks ago walked through the door last night just before midnight an...
Hello Mother, Hello Father 7 Aug 2013 | 05:43 pm
When I went to overnight camp, we wrote letters home three times a week. For my parents, this was their only form of communication with me. I was gone for four weeks each summer (sometimes eight!) and...
Until Tuesday. Thanks John Simcoe. 6 Aug 2013 | 05:33 pm
The only thing better than a holiday Monday in the summer is a surprise! holiday Monday in the summer. Work-at-home parents live for the 9-ish summer weekends we get each year. Well, I know that I do...
