Popular Pregnancy
I'm reading every book that seems well rated on Amazon about pregnancy, child birth and infant care. My trick is to check out reader reviews and search for the titles through my local library, because I'm committed to only buying books that are worth keeping. Not all of these books [...]
Craving My Mom and Knockwurst
I swear I only ate one of these sausages. On Monday I took a much-needed mental health day and headed to Hamilton to hang with my mom. It was just what I needed, and I think it ought to be a monthly occurrence. I had to face the [...]
Baby Dreams
My dreams have become so vivid and when I wake I can remember them in such great detail. I think this is another pregnancy side effect. Last night I had a dream where I woke up in my family home in Hamilton with a baby boy at my breast. The [...]
A Saturday in November
A particularly creative free day It’s the perfect kind of November day for a Saturday. A day typically spent indoors should be one that is gray and relatively unappealing. This combination of chill temperatures and somber skies makes it very easy to focus. Our Saturday morning ritual has [...]
Rainy Sunday
The carnage left at 'Holy Chuck' I have the cold that wouldn’t die. So does Mama S, who is now on her third week of coughing. My 9:00 am sleep in was much appreciated this morning, and my plan is to remain in my pajamas until I have [...]
Ramping Up to a Baking Frenzy
The girls’ Winter Fair is this coming weekend and it’s an all-encompassing epic of tastes and sights and smells. Run almost entirely by the parents, it’s also a tonne of work, but oh-so rewarding! Today we head back to my home town to help my mom with her holiday baking. [...]