Once upon a time, I was an adventurous girl. I travelled with a backpack, I slept in forests unknown, and brought big souvenirs home from countries that I loved (my hubby!). I look back at photos from those times and I don’t recognize that girl at all. Not one bit. If I look around, I can see that most of my fellow [...]
Archive for the ‘Living’ Category
August 27th, 2010
The Dreams We Have For Our Children
I overheard this conversation last night: Father #1: My kids are going to be on the Yearbook Club. For sure. Father #2: Oh, were you on the Yearbook Club when you were in high school? Father #1: God no! That was for losers. Me: *laughing hysterically*
August 24th, 2010
Like a girl
I grew up in a household that did not tend abide by gender stereotypes. Both of my parents pursued careers. But both of my parents also spent time at home as full-time caregivers. In some ways, I was aware that not all households were like this. That not all Dads took their girls outside to learn to throw a ball properly. [...]
August 16th, 2010
Some fellow travel bloggers I’d like you to meet!
I’m really thrilled to be hosting a guest post tomorrow by Julie Henning of Road Trips for Families! But let me back up a little in order to introduce her … While I was at BlogHer, there were “Birds of a Feather” lunches that we could join. I dropped into a seat at the “travel” table and met some really cool [...]
August 14th, 2010
The mandatory BlogHer recap post that never happened. And won’t.
So. BlogHer. I know, I know. I’m supposed to do a recap of my experience — what was great, what was not so great, which blogger idols I met and what swag I lugged back. But I’m not going to. I just didn’t have time this week and now I don’t feel like it. Plus, it’s totally unnecessary, since some [...]
August 9th, 2010
BlogHer Swag: baby & toddler giveaway packages
Edited to Add: The New Mother & Baby package had a total of 5 entries and the winner via Random.org was Tracy! The winner of the Toddler package had a total of 14 entries and the winner via Random.org was Judy! Congrats to you both and thanks to you all for participating in the fun! I got back from the [...]
August 5th, 2010
I don’t see sleep anywhere on this BlogHer agenda
I started up this blog just over a year ago as an outlet for personal writing — the kind of writing that doesn’t take place during my work day in corporate communications. I envisioned it as my own little creative and social sandbox for my free time. But what I didn’t realize then was just how much I would enjoy playing in [...]
August 3rd, 2010
Postcard from Bar Harbor, Maine: Humans and the creatures they love
While in Bar Harbor, I took in a tourist attraction to see a much-loved creature. “I stood shuffling nervously. Nervous because I really wanted a lucky glimpse of the creature and also, because I hoped that the motion-sickness pills I had gulped down would work.” The experience left me wondering about the finicky nature of human love … Please click here [...]
July 25th, 2010
Postcard from Jonesport, Maine: Are Fishermen Lonely?
We had had only one criterion for our holiday: an ocean view. So I simply searched the internet for all cottages that met this criterion and then booked the one at the best rate, which happened to be in a small fishing town called Jonesport … [to read more, please click here to read the full post on Life As [...]
July 8th, 2010
BOLO: faces behind blogs
Not long back, I wrote a post which shared my excitement in being able to hear the voices behind blogs. In it, I noted that many of the blogs I read include a photo of the author, so the voices were going to be the big draw for me. Well, I was wrong … my dear Ottawa bloggers and their [...]
July 7th, 2010
Here’s how you can tell if a working mom has a big report due the next day
If you were a fly on a wall, you’d easily be able to tell whenever a working mom has a big day ahead of her in the morning. This is what you’d see: 11:30 pm: Shutting down computer after putting some finishing touches on a report. 1:00 am: Youngest child wakes up. Mom makes sure everything is okay, puts in [...]
July 3rd, 2010
Camping lesson #1: If there’s no nature, it’s not worth it
In an attempt to bring ourselves back into the camping spirit now that we have children, we bought a pop-up tent trailer this spring. I admit that we swallowed our pride when we parked it in our driveway. It really put a damper on our camping “street-cred.” Just as we defiantly swore we’d never buy a minivan just because we [...]
June 25th, 2010
BOLO: voices behind blogs
Some people hate it when their favourite books are made into movies. The movie just never measures up. That’s generally a given. But personally, I love it. I love comparing how I imagined a character to look — and move and speak — to the movie’s version. Sometimes it’s very close, but sometimes it is so vastly different that it [...]
June 23rd, 2010
Who wears short-shorts?
Do you dare wear short-shorts? If you’re my age and can pull off short-shorts, all the power to you. If you’re a young woman with long tanned legs you want to show off, all the power to you. But please — let’s not dress our young girls in short-shorts. {click here to see why I’m such a prude about [...]
June 21st, 2010
Commercials are bad for my mental health
Lately, I have found myself watching commercials more consciously. And it seems that pretty much everything about me is simply not good enough — not my skin, my body shape, the way my house smells, or even my own role in my family. This constant barrage of criticism can’t be good for my mental health, can it? Even though I [...]
