“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 [...]
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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 [...]
My House
Thursday, September 6, 2007
And my house is filled with the things that I love From her smile in the morning to her soft goodnight hugs Her whisper, her laughter, everything that she does And my house is filled with the things that I love. Today is Elise’s birthday. It is one of my birthdays too: two years ago [...]
The Seven Year Itch
Monday, September 3, 2007
Dear Erin, They say that after seven years, a couple can grow a little restless with one another. Even though we often joke that we will be together forever because we are too lazy and can’t be bothered to find someone else, the truth is we have lasted this long because our foundation is friendship [...]
Only in Vancouver…
Thursday, August 30, 2007
…is a new hockey uniform front page news! With all the stuff going on in the world, this is the best they could do? Sheesh
