39, Exit Stage Right
I am getting ready to turn 40. OK, to be honest, I have about half a year left of being 39, but I like to plan ahead and I feel this milestone may require a little getting used to. However, to be quite...
View ArticleWhy I am a WAHM
Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!, made headlines last week by ordering all Yahoo employees into the office and announcing that working from home will no longer be an option for its employees. Insiders...
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Autistic People Have No Sense of Humour. Yeah, Right.
When I opened the van door at the toboggan hill to tell my younger son that I had just arranged a playmate with his buddy, he was so excited that he gleefully shouted, "He's coming over to MY house?"...
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Letter to My Daughter
Dear Daughter Some of these I learned from my own mom and some I had to learn the hard way. 1. Love the way you look now. Stop telling yourself that you will be happy with your appearance when you have...
View ArticleMy Life in Numbers
One of my favourite bloggers, G*Funk*ified, wrote a great post yesterday called My Life In Numbers and invited other bloggers to link in. Qualitatively speaking, I think I have a wonderful life. Here's...
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Yorkshire Pudding
It's been so long since I've blogged. However, I put a picture of the scrumptious Yorkshire Puddings that I made tonight on Facebook and I was inundated with requests for the recipe (by which I mean...
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The Art of Doing Nothing
My kids are good at a lot of things. They read well, they can swim, they can ride bikes. They know how to do chores, how to skate, how to make pizza. My oldest son even knows how to use the Map app on...
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Free-Range Parenting Update
I have always believed that people will usually rise (or lower themselves) to meet your expectations of them. In other words, if you think someone is a jerk, he will probably act like one toward you....
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Why I Love Parenthood
I've never been the type of person to consider myself to be "fan". I didn't write letters to Duran Duran or the cast of Full House back in the day. So it has come as a surprise to me how much I love...
View ArticleJacques Home Furniture Experience
Have you ever had a bad experience with a store? Like, so bad that you think to yourself, "How can these people possibly still be in business?" If not, you are lucky. Avoid Jacques Home Furnishings in...
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Talking about my girl over at g*funk*ified
This week I am guest-blogging over at g*funk*ified. Those of you new to the blogosphere may ask, "What is "guest-blogging?"Well, it's like this. You know how sometimes Elizabeth Hasselback needs a day...
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When Your Kid Has a Really Great Teacher
This year, on the last day of school, I got teary-eyed. My mom friends patted me on the shoulder, saying, "I know, I know, our babies are growing up."But it's not that. I have two more babies that...
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Insha'Allah
The cold November air seeped through our bedroom window as I lay staring at the outline of the mountain ash tree illuminated by the streetlamp in front of our house. I craved the heat of my husband's...
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Safer Lives When We Played With Knives
It's early Spring and the mid-afternoon sun has begun to fade. My head rattles against the window of the public bus I am riding. I struggle to keep my eyes open, but the day has worn me out. I am...
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Big Families: The Bad and the Ugly
When I set out to start my blog, I intended to chronicle "the good, the bad and the ugly" of raising four children. However, by the time I get them all to bed, pour myself a glass of wine and fire up...
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What to Really Expect When You Are Expecting
Pregnancy books like What to Expect When You Are Expecting usually devote an entire chapter to preparations pregnant women can make prior to labour. I always get a kick out of the hospital packing...
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Some love for my mom on Mother's Day
My mother has been known to tell people that her only daughter (uh... that would be me) regards her as a total failure as a parent. Not true. I'm still here, which means she didn't strangle me even...
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Please don't mistake me for Jenny McCarthy
If you spend enough time listening to vaccine cranks, you end up hearing different variations of the same arguments over and over. Unlike Dr. Mark Crislip, I'm not bold enough to call these people...
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Live and Let Parent
The day before the magazine reached new stands on Friday May 11th, Twitter was already buzzing with news of the Time magazine cover which features young mother Jamie Lynne Grumet breastfeeding her...
View ArticleBirthday Parties and Other Stresses for the Aspie Mom
It was a warm spring afternoon and I was standing outside the school doors waiting for my seven year old son to come out. One of the other mothers I know walked up beside me and handed me an envelope....
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