September was sort of the reverse of March, it came in like a lamb and it’s heading out like a lion.  It’s been a weird month for us.  I feel weird writing the September recap post when we’re only starting our second week of school… very bizarre.   After 11 years of shuttling kids…

SIXTEEN!     It seems like only yesterday I was preparing to welcome this tiny, little, not-so-strange-to-me stranger into this world.  I was so eager to finally get to know the little person who had been growing inside.  So ready for my pregnancy to be over and for motherhood to begin.  If I had known then,…

Well, it’s now the 3rd of September and there is no end of summer vacation in sight.  Talks between the teacher’s union the employer are not going well, and no-one seems to know when the school year will start.  To me, it sounds like the government is prepared to go months, which isn’t very encouraging….

Today’s topic is a rather sobering one for me.  Earlier this year a friend of mine went through the horror of having a house fire.  Between fire, smoke, and water damage, they lost almost everything.  Thankfully she was able to get herself and her family out in time and possessions were the only things lost….

I cannot believe that summer is over, but it’s hard to ignore the fact with it being Labour Day weekend.  Even the weather today is a little on the cool side, as though it to wants to remind me that it’s time to get back to routine riddled days and crazy schedules.  Sad as I…

  When we lived in norther BC, summer time was almost always accompanied by a number of power outages.  Over time I learned that being prepared for power outages was so much better than finding myself wishing I had taken time to make sure we had x, y, and z.  Below is a list of…