Category: family
Tonight, I hop on a 737 at 11 pm and will be whisked 4,000 km to the east, arriving in Ottawa at 8 am tomorrow. I originally planned to take this trip almost a year ago when my Granny’s side of the family announced plans to have a family reunion in Eastern Ontario. A few […]
Today, my dad turns 66 years old. Over the past 34 years of him being my dad, he’s taught me a thing or two. Working Hard is Honourable My father takes the notion of “work ethic” to a whole new level. For example, he had perfect attendance at work – never missed a day, never […]
Hey, remember back in December when I told you my sister was preggers and her baby was due in May? He was due on May 19 and, unlike the vast majority of babies, he decided to show up right on schedule! My niece and nephew ((Still so weird to say I have a “nephew!” I’ve […]
I wrote this on Thursday, but apparently did not post it. Because I am just *that* organized these days. Le sigh. So the playoffs for my second hockey team started last night Wednesday night. And can you guess who scored the GAME WINNING GOAL? In overtime, no less? With only 25 seconds to go? It […]
I was sure that I started writing this blog posting last week and I totally remember embedding the videos and everything. Yet just now when I came to finish and post it – it was completely gone from my Drafts. Weird! Anyway, I’ve been meaning to blog about the music I’ve been listening to lately. […]
So I decided to stay in tonight because (a) I’ve been doing entirely too many things lately and I’m freaking exhausted, (b) I still haven’t recovered sleep from last weekend’s hockey playoffs ((seriously, who schedules games at the unholy hours of 10:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. on weekend days??)) and (c) I have a bunch […]
Tonight I was chatting with my sister. She lives 4000 km away, but I was able to chat with her like we were in the same room. Anytime I want to know what’s going on in the world, or how to get somewhere, or how to I cook a new dish, or to find a […]
One day when I was visiting my family at Christmas, I came home from the grocery store with a bunch of groceries for the dinner I was making that night. My niece was a bit puzzled by the fresh garlic that I’d bought – as it turned out, my sister & her bf usually buy […]
I was talking to my dad today and he said something that really made me laugh: “It’s like your grandpa always says. Necessity may be the mother of invention, but laziness is its father.” I’ve never heard my grandpa say this before, but I love it! I think I’ll adopt it for whenever my laziness […]
Just discovered this mostly written blog posting that I wrote on January 3rd, but appear to never have posted. Because I am awesome like that. Anyway, I don’t care that it’s fully a month after Christmas – I’m posting it anyway! Plus, I added pictures that I hadn’t even taken back when I original wrote […]