I'm addicted to mls.ca and now the bear is addicted to online car research.  Last Sunday, he went to an auto show here in Toronto, and it fed the desire for a new car.  We do need a different car, at some point--just like we do need a house at some point.  Neither are actually urgent, but you wouldn't know that from the amount of time we spend " ( Read more... )

It is STILL snowing here!!! I live in a snowglobe. And that's not a good thing.

I've had a certain listlessness the last few days which I couldn't quite place. Tonight, as I prepared to take a long, hot bath, it occurred to me what the problem was. I went to pick up Ivanhoe, my current novel, and I felt uninspired. I didn't want to read it. I've had it on the go for the past couple weeks, because I've only been able to ( Read more... )

Re my post on the escaped cobra from a few weeks ago ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had so much energy. Benjamin and I went to church, we ran a million errands, we cooked a complicated and delicious dinner, and we played together for hours. When the bear came home, we were both super upbeat and energetic. At five in the afternoon Benjamin and I were both as chipper as we usually are at eight in the morning. The ( Read more... )

Mmmm, pancakes:


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So does anyone know why whenever I make a post "friends only" it actually becomes "me only" and doesn't show up on any of my friends' friends pages? This has been happening ever since I became a paid member and I can't figure out why.

So my new laptop has been confiscated by my husband.  I had it for two days, maybe, before the power cord on his Dell laptop conveniently stopped working.  So while we waited for the cord to come in, he had to have a laptop, right?  Currently, my laptop is at a conference in Alberta.

I like the BBC news because it, in general, is not as sleazy and ( Read more... )

Benjamin is a champion cruiser now.  He pulls up on everything--cardboard boxes and rocking chairs even--and gets cruising around the living room.  He really just needs something to support him as he pulls up.  He has the strength in his legs to pull up on his own ( Read more... )

So now I have my new little laptop and it is so super adorable and I look very cool with it.  I just had to tell everyone . . .