Nothing is truly lost until mom can’t find it
No truer words have ever been written. I’m telling you right now, the state of my house has me at my absolute nervous-breakdown edge, and looking for lost stuff is what my daily life consists of. Continue reading
I have been thinking a lot about stress, scheduled kids, and why we North Americans may not necessarily be worse off than some of our European parent counterparts. There are many differences, and I can see clearly as a former European child that this is a true statement, at least how it pertains to my family.
I grew up as a completely unscheduled kid in Switzerland in the 70s, so I can relate on many levels what these articles, posts and books talk about when referencing the ‘relaxed parenting style’ of French or other European parents. But this does not mean I agree.
For one thing, we live in a completely different world today. Continue reading
Do kids get emotionally exhausted?
I think they do. I remember I used to, later though, as a tween and teenager, not so much as an elementary school kid. Continue reading
They’re coming to Canada, if they’re not already here, and they’re everywhere else too.
Think…Walmart. Amongst Home Depot and a slew of others, as well as the newly arrived (or arriving?) Target.
I have mixed feelings about this.
On the one hand I don’t want to encourage their growth to the point where every city looks the same (even Bill Bryson mentions this in The Thunderbolt Kid). On the other hand….I shop there, at some of those stores. Sometimes.
I have mixed feelings about that, too. Continue reading
DH is working at a privately-owned airport that is closing in a few years’ time. His aviation college is located at that airport and, naturally, since they need an airport for their programs, they’ve been looking around. A few places have presented themselves as possibilities, but the one furthest away (although still in the province) has been the most welcoming.
The final, official announcement has not come yet, but the clock is ticking. And everyone is a little bit on edge… Continue reading
On July 12, 2012 I am rethinking…
I wrote something about saying goodbye a few months ago. My blogging has dried up. Well, here, on the laptop, not in my head. Maybe I’ll be back. Maybe not. We shall see what happens next.
On May 27, 2012 I wrote this:
Here. I think.
I am not stopping writing. I may write elsewhere or start something new. Or something. Maybe.
I want to thank those of you who have taken the time to acknowledge this blog. I appreciate it more than words can say.
But I feel like we are on a threshold of something. Something bigger, stronger, better?
I need a change. Javaline has run its course.
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I need a break.
Lunch. Boring. Sometimes I just don’t even bother eating lunch, or just grab last night’s leftovers…but then I suffer in the afternoon and crave carbs and sugar and before I know it I’m due a nap. Right around the time I need to go pick up a kid.
So today I assembled this…
…and grilled it briefly in the toaster oven, to make this:
Pretty tasty!
So mom shows up with delicious food from Wholefoods. Spinach croissant…YUM!
I ate two for lunch and nothing else.
By supper time I had full-fledged food poisoning.
It just makes you think, doesn’t it. You shop in a reputable store, you watch how you prepare food yourself, you do what it takes to keep everything washed and clean and hygienic, and still, there’s food poisoning.
I felt terrible throwing out the other four croissants. My kids love the spinach ones (and luckily didn’t eat them). They must have cost a pretty penny, and they were so fresh and good…I feel sad.
It makes me wonder if it was the spinach, the most likely culprit. Even if it was grown organically, like with all food that gets produced for mass consumption, at one point or another it gets handled. Was it the spinach? Was it due to the growing, the packaging, the handling?
It’s highly unlikely it was not the croissants that caused me this grief. I ate the same thing for breakfast as everyone else in the household, and was the only one who ate the croissants for lunch. I had nothing to snack prior to dinner and no dinner at all since by then I was already feeling nauseous.
It had to be the croissants.
Sigh.
But all is well now. Making a lovely roast for supper in the crock, and I tell you, after two days of eating nothing, I am FAMISHED!
So much so that I started a new blog with a neighbour:
Time will tell if we can practice what we preach. Today I came up with 6 easy steps on how NOT to start the cleanup, and I’m currently stuck on step 5…
Every year I go through this. I think of what it would have been like had we moved, had we renovated differently, had we bought more functional furniture, but alas, I am not alone. Not in this neighbourhood. We all share similar complaints: the houses are old, they are not built for today’s contemporary lifestyles full of electronic gadgets, they don’t have enough closet space, insulation, space..
But as one of my family members pointed out the other day, our house may be small, but it’s a happy house. The kids are happy surrounded by their stuff, and I…well, I’m stuck on step 5.
Happy Boxing day! Try not to shop for more stuff (is my advice).
