Self-Awareness
Forget About Balance
August 9, 2010
Mid June till Mid July was an intense month for our family. Not too much of that was reflected in this space but now that I've had a couple weeks to breathe and process I have a few thoughts about that holy grail of motherhood - balance. In short, I ...
This is Me in Grade Nine ~ Being a Keeper of Family Memories
August 2, 2010
The first part of this post's title is a nod to that Bare Naked Ladies song by the same name. My parents have moved a couple times in the last three years. Over the course of those transitions most of the remaining few tokens of my childhood have come into ...
Gone Swimmin'
July 19, 2010
I've noticed a trend in the blogs I read both in the posts themselves and confessions buried in comments. Burn out, over-work, stress, busy living. Here's my confession: I am coming off from a month of that myself. Unfortunately, I feel in good company (like I mentioned above). The intensity ...
Friday's Flowers ~ Red, White & Blue
July 2, 2010
This weekend is fourth of July here in the States. Being that we are Canadians we don't make a big deal of this holiday but have always appreciated Damien getting a day off from work! Despite the fact that we're not big flag wavers I was inspired to pull together ...
Back from Vacation Blues
June 29, 2010
Sunday night we arrived home from an eight day camping vacation in the Gaspésie region of Quebec, Canada. This is the same area we visited after this past Christmas. Monday was spent as post trips days go: a bit of laundry, a run to the produce stand, some time in ...
Blogging is my Part Time (unpaid) Job
June 2, 2010
I call these type of posts blog navel gazing. This kind of introspection can be tedious to read. Feel free to skip right over it and come back another day, knowing of course you'll miss out on all my deep, dark blogging secrets. This month I've spent a lot of ...
Home again, home again
June 1, 2010
We got home a couple hours ago from our Memorial Day backpacking trip up to Horns Pond in Bigelow Maine. I'm absolutely exhausted in the best kind of way. Going to bed early and looking oh so forward to sleeping in my own climate controlled bedroom. I looked over a ...
