Monthly Archives: August 2009

Have you ever watched that show Fear Factor? I loved watching it. It made people do things that made me shut my eyes to keep from watching. Eating gross things, driving a car off into a pool of water and … Continue reading →

I have made a huge attempt to move from the past and live in today and the future. Yet I can’t help but bring up the past as it is so much of who I am. I am this person … Continue reading →

Today I took a trip down memory lane. My aunt and uncle are here from the States for a visit. I took the boys and went to see them. They are staying in Toronto in the area I grew up. … Continue reading →

Yesterday we were in the car and Zachary says “I look like a teenager… with pimples!”(He got some kind of rash on his face probably from the heat). Then this conversation was along the lines of teenagers and kissing. I … Continue reading →

Today’s lesson was unfairness taught on the golf course. Sammy and Tyler both played in the club championships today. It was really hot out! Humid. Hot! Very Hot! I admired that they stuck to it. I would have had no … Continue reading →

Well, my son, Max is cool. The coolest… the cool of all cool! Thats just the beginning. He is the cool of all cool but it is tough because Max is well, just plain COOL!!! He is AmAzInG at hockey. … Continue reading →

I start this blog out with a disclaimer… I love my boys and husband. I love my life as I know it… 99.4 % of the time. This is that .6% that is speaking. I am sure many of you … Continue reading →

It is 3:22 p.m. on Friday afternoon. I am hot and tired. Very tired. I want and need a nap so badly. But then the toilets are calling, as is the laundry. We have a party tonight too. I love … Continue reading →

No, that isn’t a typo. It means my heart is hurting. I can’t believe that I am going to be sending Josh to school!I love this picture… I wish it had turned out better… but it captures our relationship. Mutual … Continue reading →

Love… it’s about sometimes knowing you are right and letting it go.Isn’t it? Love is about spending moments wondering why you are in this…Isn’t it? Love is about forgiving again… knowing that they doesn’t see the offensiveness of it!Isn’t it? … Continue reading →

Today I have been thinking of Tyler, my second born. Sammy and Tyler are as different as they come. Every part of them are opposites. Tyler was OBSESSING about going to the golf course today. He had a really good … Continue reading →

How do you handle the wrestling which turns into fights? This is what one of my friends asked on her facebook status… I responded… “its constant. It’s worse when Sanj is in there tussling too. All I am worried about … Continue reading →

Out of my tribe of boys, I have one son that is “the coolest kid.” (O.K. that was a direct quote from him)! Max is a quietish child that can be found playing quietly with his little action men. I … Continue reading →

If you walk around my house, you will notice a scent. Usually that isn’t a good thing. It leads me to each bathroom until I find the one that has not been flushed… ew.. yah.. but this is my world. … Continue reading →

I had a $100 gift card to one of the kitchen stores in town. There is not much that I can afford as a lot of it is for those that utilities a professional kitchen. With 7 males to feed, … Continue reading →

The last few days I have been nesting. O.K. i am not pregnant but having been many times this is the term that comes to mind.I have been feeling a sense (a scary sense) of motivation where my never ending … Continue reading →

Below is a comment posted on my blog from the post “Wow Mom… You so not cool.” It was deleted…. because it was not a true assessment of Sanj. If and when my kids read my blog this is not … Continue reading →

I am not sure I am doing motherhood right. I assume that you tell your kid to do a chore or two and they know to do it.Do I have it wrong? Please tell me… as I am looking to … Continue reading →

This weekend I was at McDonalds with my boys and their cousins. We were eating in and waiting out the rain to go for a swim. A older man stops by the table on his way out. He looked like … Continue reading →

Today we went to the Cobourg Beach. What a great spot. Every other family obviously thought so too, as there were MANY people there! We had such a great day. We spent it with Sanj’s brother and his family. There … Continue reading →