Okay people, I NEED your help. I need you to give up a little bit of your blood. Not much, just a donation bag full or so! You see, I’ve decided to participate in Stride – The Walk for Blood in Edmonton on August 12, 2012, thanks to learning about it from a tweet by Canadian Blood Services. Here’s the thing. This is a race where we are collecting pledges, but unlike many charity races that need you to raise money, I am...

I read a beautiful post yesterday from Megan at Velveteen Mind and I was inspired (especially by a couple of the comments!) to plan to blog early in the day and pour out my thoughts into a blog post. Well, I was inspired yesterday, but this morning? That blank blog page just stared me in the eye and practically screamed “not this early lady“. Words just didn’t want to come, at least not then. But then this afternoon, after...

I haven’t been to Capital Ex in a few years. Probably not since we moved to Spruce Grove and probably because once I had 2 and then 3 little kids it just wasn’t all that fun to go to such a busy venue, especially with a husband who seems to always be away at work during the event. He’s away this year too of course. But finally, FINALLY, my kids are getting older and are totally ready to enjoy the experience that Capital Ex...

I’m 37 today. And it has been a rough week, because I’m one of those crazy people who struggles with getting older. My husband has no issues AT ALL with getting older, at least so he says. I wonder if he knows how annoying that can be? Anyway, it’s not the getting older in and of itself that causes me issues. I don’t love the gray hairs, but they don’t make me cry. I use more moisturizer but I accept that the...

I’m pretty sure last summer wasn’t this hectic. This summer is already challenging my work-at-home abilities though. I think my hopes for many afternoons at the beach might have been a tad unrealistic (although I did get to a beach on Monday, for an hour, as per my pretty featured pic). Maybe I need to buy an extra laptop battery. Or something. It’s weird how adding two boys has made it so different. My little guy and I...