Stop hitting people, stop touching them as you walk by, don’t barge between them, don’t swing your lunchbox. Sit still. Use your knife and fork. Put your fork in the proper hand. Use your napkin not your sleeve! Sit up, sit down, don’t talk with your mouth full. Stop saying “no” before I’ve even finished… Continue reading Mother Of The Year
Category: Passions
All my posts about things-about-which-I-am-passionate-other-than-writing: you’ll find posts here on parenting, knitting, cooking, frugality, the environment, gardening and whatever else catches my eye this week.
Building A Leaf Bin
I hate waste, so autumn drives me kind of crazy. All my neighbours sweep their leaves to the front kerb, where a big borough lorry comes along and sucks them up. Then, in the spring, everyone has a truck load of mulch delivered. I say: stop the insanity! Build a leaf bin! It doesn’t take… Continue reading Building A Leaf Bin
Beyond The Backlash of ADHD
For a while now I’ve just been hoping people would stop mentioning the term AD/HD around me.
Last night, instead of burying my head in the sand, I did some actual reading….
Frustration-Free Packaging!
From time to time, standing in my kitchen wielding a blunt pair of scissors or doing the dangerous “Sabatier Knife Trick” on a reluctant package, I have gone off on my rant about how, come the revolution, all manufacturers will be forced to wrap their products in plain sacks … Well, apparently Amazon has read my mind. Again.
Unripened Hanami, Nearly Ripe
I’m so excited. My Knit Picks blocking wires arrived today. I promptly dunked my Hanami stole into a vat of water, drained it and began threading the wires in. It wasn’t as easy as I had imagined, but still way WAY easier than trying to stretch out this stole with pins alone. Hooray for whoever… Continue reading Unripened Hanami, Nearly Ripe
Turning Into My Mother
After I waved the boys off this morning (“have fun storming the castle!”) I turned my attention to the garden, specifially my vegetable plot. I’ve been nursing some seedlings along for the past wee while. Sadly I lost the cucumbers (apparently they REALLY mean it when they say cucumbers don’t like to be transplanted) and… Continue reading Turning Into My Mother
Boys and Brains
Some hiccoughs in the Kindergartner’s progress recently have had my antennae tingling every time I come across any information about boys and schools and intelligence. I”ve discovered a few really interesting things recently. This podcast of a recent Voices In The Family radio show was quite fascinating. The guests were a writer who has gathered… Continue reading Boys and Brains
You Know You're A Stay At Home Mom When…
I love that I get to stay at home with my children, but there are, as in any career, downsides to the job. Sometimes they strike me as funny, so I’ve started compiling a list. You know you’re a Stay-At-Home-Mom (SAHM) when: …You really amuse yourself by writing both ‘ketchup’ and ‘catsup’ on the shopping… Continue reading You Know You're A Stay At Home Mom When…
Earth Day
Earth Day Failures: Driving 12 miles there and back for a 20 minute appointment Getting lost on the way (even with GPS), and driving an extra 3-4 miles Sending A in for ‘hot lunch’, which is served on disposable, coated paper plates. Sending A to school with Cheese-Its in a plastic zip-lock bag for his… Continue reading Earth Day
Garden Fun
We had one of those March weekends where the boys get the sandpit open and ask for the pool and don’t believe me when I say it might snow tomorrow. Of course, I don’t really believe it either and I start casting a critical eye on the garden. I have Plans. They have not come… Continue reading Garden Fun