Lean In to Bossy: Musings from a Bossy Lady
The word “bossy” and I go back a loooooong way. All the way back to Kindergarten, actually, when it first appeared on my report card. It pretty much showed up on every report card in elementary school...
View ArticleHappy Pi Day! A parent’s perspective on new math vs. old math
Hey there – anyone still out there? If so, lemme wish you a happy Pi Day! (That’s 3.14 Pi, not fruit-filling-of-your-choice kind of Pie) And in honour of Pi Day, this first post back in awhile is going...
View ArticleThe Obligatory New Year’s, Get-Back-Into-It Post I’ve Been Intending to Write
I looked at the calendar today and IT’S ALREADY JANUARY 14! I’d say “Happy New Year,” dear readers, but January’s already, like, half-over. Already. And I haven’t blogged since before Christmas. I’d...
View ArticleKids’ Christmas Gift Book Guide
That title, right? You really know what you’re getting with this post, people. There are only 12 days left til Christmas you guys! Basically I’m at the point where if I haven’t bought a gift yet and I...
View ArticleThe Elf on The Shelf, Foucault and Selfies: Normalizing the Surrender of Privacy
I don’t often have cause to use my undergrad political theory specialization, so when a postmodern philosophical thought hits me during my day-to-day, I get pretty excited. I was Christmas shopping the...
View ArticleWeekly Round-Up: New TV shows, The Walking Dead, books and links
Things have gotten kind of heavy around this blog lately, so I think it’s high time I post a fluffy Weekly Round-Up of stuff that I’ve been amusing myself with. So, my fall schedule of TV shows is...
View ArticleWhy I’m Wearing a Remembrance Day Poppy and Always Will
It’s early November, so in Canada that means Remembrance Day assemblies, WW 1 and 2 television programming on CBC and the History Channel, and of course, the annual Red Poppy campaign. I’m pretty sure...
View ArticleFostering Resilience in Children: An Excuse to Make my Kids do Greek Stuff
I’ve had a very Greek week with my kids (the culture not the college frat kind) and wanted to write about it. I talk a lot about being “Greek” in the post below, but wanted to clarify here that this is...
View ArticleSliver Lining Playbook for Sick Days
You know how some blog posts end up being just epic? Like really, really good? This isn’t going to be one of them. This one is a matter of just blogging about something because it’s been weeks since...
View ArticleSinead or Miley: Nothing Compares
*I started writing this post last night but then had to get to bed and was away from my computer until now. I’m sure a million blog posts have been written about this by now, but I’m actively avoiding...
View ArticleLet’s Talk!
So, this article on how talking with your kids is one of the most important things you can do to lead them to academic and personal success in life kind of made my day. Forgive the inflammatory...
View ArticleWeekly Round Up: The Mindy Project, Junot Diaz and Book Lists
Happy Wednesday everyone! It’s rainy and cold here after a solid month of above average temps and sunshine and I’m using it to clean out files I’ve been holding onto forever, which is also kind of...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup – The Summer’s End Edition
Well, hello there. So, as I’ve mentioned before, summer = slacking where this blog and everything else was concerned. But I’m back at it, and so I present my quick and dirty weekly round-up, which is...
View Article40 is not the new 30: A Post on the Eve of my Birthday
So, I’ve completely slacked off this summer what with houseguests and vacations and all that kid noise, but I’m back at it and have a very important reason to blog today. In less than 2 hours I will...
View ArticleMy First Blog Award: Bouquet of Three
So, I have taken a it of a break from blogging over the summer because, well, kids. And houseguests. The combination of which means more (mostly happy) noise and less time for finessing commas and en...
View ArticleFlooded with Emotion: Calgary
So, for those of you who don’t know, I live in Calgary, Alberta which, along with our beloved neighbouring towns here in Southern Alberta, were devastated by the worst flood in history. Our city was...
View ArticleBreastfeeding and The Sopranos: A Tribute of Sorts to James Gandolfini
I am not sure why I feel compelled to write about James Gandolfini. Other entertainers have passed and I haven’t necessarily felt like writing about them beyond the respectful tweet or two. It’s not...
View ArticleHow I Learned the Facts of Life from a Grade 6 Head-Banger
I learned about periods from an older cousin who handed me a pamphlet on menstruation that was part of the late elementary sexuality curriculum, back in the day when they still segregated boys from...
View ArticleWeekly Pop-Culture Round Up: Game of Thrones, Mad Men and Don’t Lick the Minivan
So – Game of Thrones, hey? Even friends who don’t watch the show were amused by the reactions of their fan-friends on Twitter and Facebook. I am not worrying about spoiling the last two eps for you...
View ArticleBye, Bye Babies: Coming to Terms with the End of Reproduction
I originally posted this back in March, but due to some technical issues it disappeared (er…I accidentally deteleted it). And so she doesn’t feel left out when I write about her brothers soon, I’m...
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