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A few years ago I came to realize that having caffeine of any sort means not getting to sleep until 3am. The fact that I stopped sleeping well the second I got pregnant with my first daughter in 1994 doesn’t help things either, although I don’t think caffeine did much to me back then. It’s [...]

As you know, my birthday anniversary was last week, and one of the gifts I received from my folks was tickets to see the Jersey Boys in Toronto, on July 28th. We were very much looking forward to a great meal at Moxie’s (our favourite chain restaurant) and an amazing show.
Moxie’s was… disappointing. [...]

Welcome to “Silly Haiku Wednesday!”
Click here for info and background on this weekly event!
The basics:
Haiku is simple! It is 3 non-rhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively (a great way to use your fingers!)
This week’s theme is: Cupcakes
I have 2 friends (one IRL [Doodle], one Bloggy [Saucy]) who are awesome cupcakers – this [...]

This is today’s submission for Mosaic Monday at Dear Little Red House. I participated in error last week when it wasn’t a go! (Here’s last week’s mosaic.)

Our dog, Sadie. She’s a 9 year old Australian Shepherd rescue – we are her 5th (and final) home. She came to us when I was pregnant with [...]

I just spent the last 2 hours watermarking all the images I’ve used on my blog to date, due to the sheer numbers of people showing up via Google Images. I’m flattered that they like them enough to want to click on them, but it concerns me that they may also be grabbing them for [...]

It hasn’t even been a full 2 weeks until Sunday, but it feels like my first born has been gone for a very long time. She called me on my birthday anniversary and sounded very on edge. Seems that the weather has been lousy, and half the girls in her dorm have been crying at [...]

Welcome to “Silly Haiku Wednesday!”
Click here for info and background on this weekly event!
The basics:
Haiku is simple! It is 3 non-rhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively (a great way to use your fingers!)
This week’s theme is: Birthday Woes/Joys
It is actually my birthday the 3rd anniversary of my last birthday today, which I [...]

I don’t have much going on this week that begs talking about, so I thought I’d do an “update” of sorts.
First, the Teen is having a wonderful time in Nova Scotia at camp, despite cooler temperatures, rain, and a whole lotta fog.
She said they were standing in formation on the compound the other day [...]

This is today’s submission for Mosaic Monday at Dear Little Red House. I had so much fun with last week’s that I decided to participate on a regular basis.

These were taken last week, around the same time that the fodder for last week’s collage were taken. I was playing with some fun new filters [...]

So we not only have the awesome Wordle, but today, via Little Red House’s blog I found Big Huge Labs! At BHL (free or low paid services), you can do all kinds of amazing things with your photos. It won’t replace my beloved PhotoShop, but… it’s FUN!
See, this is what happens when you network [...]

I don’t have a sponsor. I just like that line ;)
It’s been a while since I posted anything that was just about ME. Mostly it’s because… well, while I do adore talking (and writing) and sometimes I wonder if it’s just to see/hear myself do it, I don’t talk about myself all that much. Probably [...]

I spent some time putting together a comment appreciation image today, and thought I’d also mention where I “stole” the images from. See my next post for the image I’m talking about!
Some are obvious – others you may just need to search for! I think I’ll try to do this every few months, as a [...]

My Daughters are my Greatest Joys!

Ok, I’m seriously, seriously bummed out here.
Little one just brought me the nth tiny doll with long hair to put a pony tail on, and I asked her if it was a McDonalds happy meal toy. She didn’t know, so I flipped it over to look at the fine print.
Hrm. Can’t see it [...]

At the risk of becoming a blog all about cake, I just had to show you yet another fantastic creation by our very own Doodle Cakes. I may as well make her our honorary cake artist at this point, don’t you agree? My waistline and blog posts attest to the fact that she is one [...]

Welcome to “Silly Haiku Wednesday!”
Click here for info and background on this weekly event!
The basics:
Haiku is simple! It is 3 non-rhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively (a great way to use your fingers!)
This week’s theme is: Summer Time
Here is my silly submission for this week:
Bright sunshine and heat
Flowers, and kids in the [...]

This is my submission for Mosaic Monday at Dear Little Red House. These were all taken yesterday (not with this in mind, either) as I experimented with some new macro filters.
There are some lovely mosaics linked today! Go have a look!
I took a couple hundred pictures yesterday, but here are a few that [...]

The Teen left for summer training this morning, and I’m not sure how I feel about it.
On the one hand, I know that she’s going to have an awesome summer and experiences she could never have by any other means. She’ll make wonderful new friends and broaden her horizons while learning valuable skills. I [...]

Read my lips; I need sleep!

Doodle Cakes has outdone herself yet again – check out the cake she designed for her daughter’s 12th birthday! (I modified to take her daughter’s name off the board, because that’s how I roll, folks…)
Doodle’s daughter – whom shall henceforth be known as Doodlette – has 2 darling guinea pigs, and is an artist in [...]