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My mother came to my house today and my sister came over and we made rhubarb relish and rhubarb jam. My kitchen was a disaster! But mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, rhubarb relish! And even more mmmmmmmmmmmm, rhubarb jam!
Ambera and I are going to do more canning this summer. I haven’t done any since 2004. It’s something I [...]

My sister and I have been doing Kathy Freston’s (as seen on Oprah) 21-day cleanse since last Monday.
It’s going surprisingly well. Outside of an accidental cheat (I didn’t read the packaging closely enough), I haven’t broken down at all and actually haven’t come close, either. I don’t really feel any different, but I [...]

We just came back from dinner where my brother used to be a chef. Ash did an amazing job at being a good baby even though we stayed out well past his bedtime. Not a single tear or complaint. I’d hate to be one of Those People at a fancy restaurant with a crying child. [...]

The traffic in Halifax was exceptionally bad today. I suffered from road rage at a taxi driver who would not. stop. honking. at me while I was trapped between a parked car and cars that were trying to turn left (I was trying to turn right) but didn’t stop far enough over on their [...]

My life will infinitely improve once spring arrives, and all hell will break loose once summer is here. These long winter days are driving me crazy. It’s not fun to go outside when you have to bundle up and bundle your baby whose nose turns bright red within seconds of setting foot outside.
Today [...]

My friend Adam feels funny because he thinks that he’s one of the only guys who reads my blog. I’m sure that there are three guys out there at least, so will you do me this favor and answer my poll?
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Wednesdays are our Auntie Ambera day. We always see [...]

Clive’s gone to Montreal all week for training. This is the third time he’s gone away, with another trip in April. He’s likely going to have to go to Chicago, and I’ll likely join him because he has to be away for a couple of weeks. I’ve never been to Chicago, and this will [...]

Picture this:
You and a friend of yours go into separate rooms with a piece of string each. You call him or her on a phone and try to explain to them how to tie a knot. You know how to tie it very well, but as you can imagine, trying to explain to someone [...]

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been letting Ash drink a small amount of water almost every day. He initiated it, reaching out and grabbing for my glass, and he LOVES it. I think it’s partially because it’s cool on his gums, and partially because now is about the time when [...]

Today was Clive’s only day off in the entire week. I wish we had more time to have fun (read: more money would also help), but it’s one of the only days that I have access to the car (which has a newly acquired broken windshield, *sob*), so instead it’s spent running errands. We went [...]