Did you smell that?

It’s never a good thing when you’re sitting in your office with the door closed, your canine napping quietly at your feet, and you hear a tiny little phhhhtt. Dog farts in enclosed spaces are not pleasant.

You say aluminium, I say aluminum

We have a CD that gets a lot of play in our car. Too much if you ask me. It’s by the infamous Wiggles, and it features catchy little songs about going to the dentist, digging in the garden, walking in Central Park, and the like. There’s one about airplanes, […]

Smooch!

There are certain values we want to pass down to our children. Many times, the best you can do is to try to be a good example. For example, there are, and always have been, plenty of “please” and “thank you” comments bandied about in our household. And we’re teaching […]

How much caffeine is too much?

I’ve been having trouble sleeping lately. I know people who brag about how they can function just fine on five hours of sleep. Not me. No way. No how. Seven works. Eight is better. Five stinks. Four, well, that’s just unbearable. So I grabbed a mocha this morning. Then I […]

Grey matter (or lack thereof)

There are times when I think my brain has vacated my skull. Too many times really. Does spacey-ness come along with age, or is it just me? I’m a writer by trade. A huge reader on top of that. Words are some of my favorite things in life. And spelling […]

GR Miscellaney

Went on a walkabout downtown yesterday with some fellow Flickr peeps. It was a fun time. We explored some of the Heartside area, which I’d never really traversed on foot before. I’ve driven Division plenty of times by car, but it was a new experience to tromp past the storefronts […]

Meow!

The state of things at the moment requires my husband, who’s at home during the week, to handle some of my, um, affairs. Today that consisted of picking up Lucy from the cat clinic, where she spent the weekend recovering from a vomiting episode. Yet there was also the matter […]

Dinner in 15 minutes

Tomato and Goat Cheese Pizza. Inspired by fresh cherry tomatoes from the garden. With enough left over for lunch tomorrow. I must be feeling slightly better if I’m in the mood to cook. I’m heading to bed early, though, to catch up on the sleep I’ve been missing this week. […]

Blah

Do you ever have a day where everything seems to tilt toward the negative? That’s kind of where I’m at right now. It’s actually more like a few days. I know it will end soon. But it’s quite exhausting to have a seemingly endless list of “stuff” to fret about. […]