When the wind blows
I don’t know why I ever even bother doing my hair. It always ends up like this anyway thanks to the fact that I live in the windiest city in the world (my statistic, not Science’s). I was this close … Continue reading
Category Archives: Canada
Saturday Steals: Great Aunt Elaine Patchwork Quilt
My Saturday Steal of the week is going to be a bit different than the ones I’ve posted in the past. It’s a quilt I made during Spring Break of my Junior year, which my sister and I spent with … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, family, introspection, looking back, Married Life, Overall Good Things, Saturday Steals, this little girl
Tagged handmade linens, homemade quilts
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Daylight Savings Trauma
Daylight Savings Time is for the birds. Image from here. In Arizona (a state that does not subscribe to Daylight Savings Time), where I lived for 21 glorious years, the concept of Daylight Savings Time was sort of like the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, change, fiascos, I hate change, mediocrity, oh brother what next, woe is me
Tagged daylight savings time
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I grade myself on a curve.
I’ve been succumbing to the seasonal glumness that I seem to contract regularly around this time in Canada. I think it’s the weather: it’s warming up and teasing me into thinking it’s spring, but nothing’s green and beautiful yet, and … Continue reading
Scott Hamilton: Without You, I Am Nothing.
***This post is in conjunction with the sports-themed Spin Cycle over at Sprite’s Keeper. Click here to read more of the sportiest spins on the internet.*** It’s not often that I notice huge cultural differences between Canada and the United … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, change, failures, fiascos, I hate change, mediocrity, oh brother what next, sad things
Tagged Figure Skating, Scott Hamilton, Winter Olympics
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I’m too young to be such a geezer.
Today’s question comes from my good e-friend Amanda (also known as the world’s most amazingly in-depth commenter; everyone should be so lucky as to have an Amanda to comment on their blogs). Q: What is your favorite outfit to wear? … Continue reading
Posted in ask me anything, Canada, change, failures, fashion people, mediocrity
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Oh, ye of little faith.
Now that I’ve committed to Yoga (at least once per week for the next couple of months, anyway), I’m trying hard to do my best at it. I mean, even though the class I signed up for is fairly inexpensive … Continue reading