Nominated to the Top 25 Canadian Mom Blogs list – Please Vote!

I was so excited to receive an e-mail today saying that my blog It’s OK to be WEIRD! has been nominated to the Top 25 Canadian Mom Blogs list on Circle of Moms! It’s an amazing honour to have even been considered, much less nominated! WOW! I’m blown...

Why do they ONLY chatter at ME?

This realization has slowly been coming over me. I didn’t notice it at first, or perhaps I did notice it, but it didn’t bother me. However, in the last few weeks I’ve REALLY noticed it, and sometimes it’s driving me NUTS! What has just recently...

A Strangely Blank Slate

Normally, I have tons of great ideas for blog posts and writing in general. I know that I even had a few good ideas for posts, but I didn’t write them down. Now I can’t remember what they were. This is kind of like how things are going in general in my...

*A Confident Heart* – Book Review

Sometimes a book starts a journey that you hadn’t quite expected. And sometimes those journeys take longer than you think they should. I’m STILL in the process of reading just such a book, A Confident Heart: How to Stop Doubting Yourself & Live in the...

*The True Story of Puss ‘N Boots* on DVD – Review

Puss ‘N Boots is one of our favorite characters around here. Any animal with a sword and a cool hat would probably fit that bill, though! We had a chance to review a new-to-us movie about him, The True Story of Puss ‘N Boots on DVD. About The True Story of Puss...

If I could… I would…

If I could pick a new instrument to learn, I would choose a banjo or a cello. Heck, I’d pick both! Banjo is just funky (plink pluck plang), cello is so warm and deep (zoom zoom zoooooooom). Either would be wonderful. If I could listen to music the way I REALLY...