Category Archives: It’s All Good

What I Learned from Ziploc™ Bags

Poor Kyle’s parents are out of town and the first thing I did when their tail lights were out of sight was break into their house (I had a key) and steal two forty-count boxes of name brand gallon-sized Ziploc™ … Continue reading

Posted in fiascos, It's All Good, kitchen failures, Married Life, oh brother what next, short stories/vignette, what I'm about | 20 Comments

One Giant Crapshoot

Today I waxed my own eyebrows.  (At the encouragement of my friend Genevra, without whom I would’ve never even CONSIDERED taking such a huge leap of faith in myself.  Thanks, friend!) Here’s a really awful before-and-after comparison. {You’ll be a … Continue reading

Posted in change, Cutting Back, I hate change, It's All Good, oh brother what next | 12 Comments

Fox in Dog’s Clothing

So this one day, I was taking a walk through the streets of Mayberry (the town where I live), minding my own business (although I may or may not have been peeking into people’s uncovered windows as I walked on … Continue reading

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The Junk Drawer

All my pre-married life, I lived in a house that had a junk drawer.  It was always in the kitchen—why is it that we never have enough cupboard space, but we have drawers in such abundance that we fill them … Continue reading

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And So it is Written; And So it Will Be.

I had an epiphany. I was reading this book for school called The Englishman’s Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe, and I noticed that printed on the cover was a boastful announcement that the book was a winner of the Governor General’s … Continue reading

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Seriously Quacked

Since school started a month ago, I have been a very fragmented blog-person.  {I don’t even use the term “blogger” to describe myself anymore.  I’m not a true blogger.  I’m just a person who blogs occasionally, and poorly at that.  … Continue reading

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In Which Everything I Thought I Knew About Fashion Comes Into Question.

**Updated to add: Apparently, when closing my comments, it is necessary to click that option every time I post.  The comments are still closed, but Lauren squeezed one in before I realised my error.  You can all read it—it’s a … Continue reading

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