Happy new year! I am writing this email in my very untidy living room…eyeballing the Christmas tree that is absolutely coming down today so I can get back to normal after a wonderful holiday season. It’s been lovely but I’m done. Done with eating too much junk, drinking wine too often, done with the gifts [...]
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Elise’s creative mind
Thursday, October 13, 2011
I am not writing enough of this stuff down. For a writer that is pretty pathetic. Let me tell you about Elise’s creativity. It’s bottomless. The other day she made a board game that involved rolling a dice and landing your player on a letter. The alphabet was all mixed up on the game board. [...]
Oh Do Stop Whining!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
I don’t mind children who cry. I don’t mind children who are loud. I don’t mind children who climb all over the furniture, make a big mess with toys and don’t eat their dinner. But I hate, I hate, I hate WHINING! Bah Mumbug! Please, Daniella, please speak to me in a regular voice.
Carpe Diem
Thursday, January 1, 2009
“To live each day as if it were your last, you would be trying to remedy all the mistakes you had made, all the regrets, all the things unsaid. If you live each day as if it were your first, you are freed from all obligations, all guilt, all regret.” from Breathing Space: Twelve Lessons [...]
Day 3: The potty gets voted off the island
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Not much for the potty report today. Daniella is not well and Elise woke up early so due to a lack of sleep and extremely poor moods, the potty has been voted off the island. We’ll see how it is after nap.
MOT Inc.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Today I didn’t get much done. I was in meetings all day at MOT Inc. (Mother of Two Inc.) My bosses didn’t have an agenda prepared so we just wasted a bunch of time piddling about.
All You Need In Life
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
A person needs only three tools in life: WD-40, duct tape and a hammer. If it doesn’t move and it should, use the WD-40. If it moves and it shouldn’t, use the duct tape. If either doesn’t work, use the hammer.
One Small Step for Elise
Friday, September 21, 2007
One small step for Elise…. One giant step for Mama and Papa. Elise is now in her “Big girl bed that papa built.” Her crib converts to a toddler bed and we have taken the crib side off. It’s so cute in the morning now that she has figured out she can get out of [...]
Sunny Dee
Friday, September 21, 2007
Daniella is 5 and a half months old. Of course, I have been meaning to write this entry for 2 weeks now and, Daniella, I apologize that your blog entries are always just a little late! I considered just waiting a couple more weeks and writing it all in the 6 month entry but, this [...]
A Rove Down Memory Lane
Saturday, September 8, 2007
This is the story of how the music of the Rankin Family has woven itself in my life for the past 14 years. One fall evening in 1993, my roommate Erica and I tried to get into Felicitas (Uvic’s nightclub). The bouncer refused to let me in on the grounds that I was under age [...]
