I’m writing this during our drive home from dropping the kids off with their grandparents (man I love being able to blog from my android phone). We made it through the holidays unscathed and for the most part, had a wonderful time. I was totally spoiled this year by both of my loves, and by [...]
How was your weekend? Mine was productive, and yet relaxing. Here, let me tell you about it. Thursday night (yes, I am starting on Thursday) was the evening Jack and I set aside to celebrate the anniversary of our engagement (which was technically on Friday, see below for why we had it on Thursday instead). [...]
Last weekend Aiden and I attended the Taboo Sex Show in Calgary. While there wasn’t anything particularly new or exciting, we DID meet some fabulous people from the local kink community and got the down-low on an upcoming play party that we plan to attend. We saw a really fantastic coffee table that converted into [...]
We do not go to the green woods and crystal waters to rough it, we go to smooth it. We get it rough enough at home, in towns and cities. –NESSMUK (G.W. Sears) Sunday morning was blessedly warmer than Saturday morning had been, and when we hauled ourselves out of our sleeping bags at 7:30 [...]
It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent. – Dave Barry On Saturday morning around 6 am I reluctantly extracted myself from the warm cocoon of my mummy sleeping bag, in order to, um, answer the call of nature as it [...]
There is an intense but simple thrill in setting off in the morning on a mountain trail, knowing that everything you need is on your back. It is a confidence in having left the inessentials behind and of entering a world of natural beauty that has not been violated, where money has no value, and [...]
It can be difficult to figure out what to take with you on a multi-day hiking trip, particularly in terms of food, unless of course you are content consuming “space rations” the entire time. Keeping in mind that you have to carry everything on your back, you do have to be selective about what will [...]
For months I’ve been pondering and planning a multi-day hiking trip in the backcountry of Banff. Aiden and I picked up a copy of Backcountry Banff by Mike Potter, and spent more than a few hours pouring over the pages, discussing the pros and cons of various trails. Jack eagerly agreed that a hiking trip [...]
I think that perhaps I am finding myself again, a little at a time. Yesterday was particularly wretched, but by the end of it, I felt better, and more like “The Old Shasta”. I’ve wanted to write here a number of times, but it feels increasingly public, and while I don’t want to end up [...]
As badly as I wanted to move back to Alberta, and as happy as I am to be here, for some reason I feel…not quite myself since we got here. I haven’t been sleeping well, I’m edgier, more easily agitated, noticeably more negative in my attitude. I don’t feel like I have been handling things, stress in particular, [...]
Has it really been so long since my last post? Presently I am writing from our new place in Alberta. We are still negotiating our way through a maze of boxes, as our things only arrived on Monday. The trip to Alberta was long and wonderful and terrible and beautiful, all at the same time. [...]
Last weekend Aiden and I went camping for three days in Killbear Park. It was one of the most amazing places I’ve ever seen. We basked in the sunshine, scampered over rocks in our bare feet, saw baby foxes, and deer, and tadpoles, and frogs, and even a snake. Some highlights include a deer walking [...]
The new house passed building inspection (our inspector actually commented that it was the best house he had seen in a while) and it’s all ours. We take possession at the end of June, and should be moving in sometime during the second week of July. I am absolutely in love with the place. V [...]
After a wild house-hunting adventure, and some much-needed quality time with my BFF, we managed to find a suitable dwelling, that we both absolutely love, UNDER the price we were willing to pay. It doesn’t get much better than that. Ok, yes it does, but it’s still pretty damned awesome, and a huge relief to [...]
I really want to write something here today, and I must have started this post at least half a dozen times, but I find myself getting several lines in and then deleting it all and walking away from my computer for a while, only to sit down and start again, delete, rinse, repeat. I’m certain [...]
My body is tired, I ache all over, and I should be washing/unpacking/putting away all of our camping gear, but I had a GREAT weekend at LARP. I’m so glad that we ended up going after all. Friday was sort of chaotic, due to the fact that last week was kind of rough and I [...]
I’ve started a number of blog posts this week, and they just never seem to get finished. First I began writing about a tantrum I had on Friday that culminated in me taking off my collar and leaving it on Aiden’s bed while he was at work. The discussion that followed was rather uncomfortable for [...]
Good Morning! While I normally harbor an unnatural love of Mondays, on this particular morning I am fighting a sinus/chest infection or something of that nature and so am not as peppy and upbeat as usual. I did have a lovely weekend, however, and so that makes up for the fact that I’ve run myself somewhat into [...]
It’s Monday! I realized, while driving the eldest minion to school this morning, that I haven’t blogged in over a week, but I promise that I have good reasons for that. Last weekend I went out with friends on Friday night and saw Daybreakers (pretty good movie, but unless you’re really into non-sparkly vampires, I would [...]
Things I learned over the weekend: Metal shoehorns will leave bruises with hardly any effort at all People get kind of excited when you serve Cornish hens and leave them whole. Like “We get a WHOLE bird? Each?” Kolach, while the most beautiful of breads, is less like bread and more like a giant pretzel [...]
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