Category Archives: General

It’s Friday… I’ve missed a whole week in the real world! SO MUCH TO DO!!! (My Sammy long boarding… I have to be sneaky taking the pictures as he is too cool to be photographed normally!) Monday… Josh graduates from … Continue reading →

How badly I have needed to write… and yet I didn’t have access to internet and WiFi for the last 4 days and I forgot to grab a notebook. Maxwell, my sweet, easy going #4 child was admitted on Sunday … Continue reading →

Today is a big day for me… Drum Roll ♩♫♬♬♬♩♩♩… Today I stepped on the scale that awaits me every morning (yes, I know I shouldn’t weigh myself everyday… but I do)  and alas… the numbers finally showed what I … Continue reading →

I am wondering at the extreme opposite it seems that we are as men and women.  I am not sure if this is a gender thing or a personality thing. Does the man in your life (or DO YOU… if … Continue reading →

It’s Monday… usually I do not like a Monday but today I am home! I usually would not add an exclaimation mark after saying that I am home today, but it has been a long time since I have been … Continue reading →

“Mommy, what does HOPE mean?” Josh asked as we walked to the lite up sign that spelled HOPE. Friday night our school property was the site for the Relay for Life event.  I love this event because it is something … Continue reading →

Sometimes life is about getting hurt and learning to get up again… I remember when I was in grade 4 or so… seeing my aunt out on the playground during recess and running to her…  I stumbled on the gravel … Continue reading →

What a weekend… it went so fast! Before I knew it, it was Sunday afternoon, 5 p.m.!  Monday was fast approaching and I wasn’t ready. The boys each had a friend over this weekend…  well except Josh. (Missing in this … Continue reading →

Sammy’s Facebook Status Update: Sammy Sukumaran I’m spending the night with 12 males… Lord have mercy! 3 hours ago via iPhone · Like · This evening was spent with my boys and one of their friends.  They each invited a … Continue reading →

It was a weird day today… It was rainy and grey… made me unsure if I was cold or not.  I was so sleepy today too.  Not sure what that was about but something is off.  My hair is falling … Continue reading →

I love days that allow for nothing and everything to happen. After enjoying the long weekend, my 4 younger ones had the day off school today… a PD Day.  Of course as it happens, I had a doctor’s appointment for … Continue reading →

Have you noticed that some people, no matter how old they are, have the special gift of being mean?  Do you ever wonder why it is? Mean… with no filter at all.  The things that come out are ugly and … Continue reading →

It’s the long weekend! I love days that stretch into nothingness!   Yesterday was an absolutely perfect day to begin the weekend.  The weather was gorgeous with the sun smiling down on us.  Sanj and the older two were golfing… … Continue reading →

The numbers are in… The Dancing with the Docs Goes Disco raised $73,000 dollars!!! (If you click on the link above… there is a little video clip of the event from the media… and you will see a little piece … Continue reading →

It’s Wednesday… I had a busy morning trying to work with Zach… get caught up after being a bit delinquent with his work the last couple of weeks, while working on Dancing with the Docs. (I love the “weeds!”) Then … Continue reading →

I’m Back! I was missing in action and yet it was not for a lack of things to say!  I missed writing so much and yet found that time was in shortage the last couple of weeks! The Dancing with … Continue reading →

Today my little ones had a ride in to school, allowing me the rare luxury of puttering around the house for a bit.  As I nagged Josh, helping him pull on socks, figure out if his shoes are on the … Continue reading →

Family… there are so many quotes on this. “Family (n) people who share a common start but (sometimes) grow to share a common heart,” is one of my favourites. When I look around me, I see so many friends whose … Continue reading →

I remember the first time my first child was left out of being part of a birthday party… I couldn’t even believe it was for real… as I really believed that a parent wouldn’t allow exclusion. It really sucked seeing … Continue reading →