Category Archives: Humor

Saturday, June 14, 2014

What Do You Do When Telemarketers Call?

If you’ve ever owned a phone then you’ve probably received a phone call from a Telemarketer. I have and I didn’t even have a phone. Try to figure that one out. This post isn’t meant to bash Telemarketers because we… «more»

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Does Being Late Bother You?

You’re invited to a party. The invitation says 6:30pm. At exactly 6:26pm, you pull into the driveway or you dial the hosts to let them know that you’ll be a bit late. No more than 10 or 15 minutes. If… «more»

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Dear Neighbour, Thanks for the Goldfish. Not.

Most days, around 1:30pm, my Neighbour knocks on our door. She’s come to collect one of The Kids. But not both. Which is fine because we don’t work like that. Life isn’t always fair. Last week, she took Max for… «more»

Thursday, March 13, 2014

How the Purchase of Orange Limes Made me An Honourary Mexican

I’m not sure what these fruits are called in real life but around here they call them “Orange Limes” which interestingly is a good name for them. You’d be surprised. You see, Mexicans often use funny names for things. Take… «more»

Friday, February 21, 2014

Don’t Leave Home in Your Pajamas unless You Want to Go to a Wedding in Them

You’d think that it would go without saying… Don’t leave Home in your Pajamas. Yes, well, this is Mexico and some rules don’t apply. But they should. When Ed and I first moved here, we’d wake up in the morning… «more»

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Our Non-Traditional Christmas Holiday Tradition

A friend recently told me that she leaves her outside Christmas tree lights on all year long. And it got me to thinking about how absolutely normal she is. I mean, I didn’t think that anything could beat the weirdness… «more»

Monday, November 25, 2013

If You’re a Parent Then You Can Relate To This

Uncle Eric stopped by this morning. He doesn’t need an excuse but he happened to bring in the mail.As usual, I invited him in and offered to make him a coffee. Truth be told, I hadn’t had my daily fix… «more»

Monday, October 21, 2013

Halloween Family Activities that do not include Carving Pumpkins

As a child, I always looked forward to Halloween. Not just because of the dressing up and candies but also all the fun family activities leading up to it. One of my favourites was carving pumpkins. Having said that, what… «more»

Friday, October 18, 2013

The Time I Almost Blogged on My Day Off

For the past few days, I have been reviewing the bejesus out of kids toys. Not that there’s anything the matter with that. Anyone notice the Seinfeld reference? But it’s hard work playing all day and blogging at night so… «more»

Friday, September 27, 2013

These are a Few of my Favourite Things…

A few weeks ago, I visited Create With Joy’s Friendship Friday Hop and ended up posting about How the Gift of a Quarter Changed my Life.These things happen. One of’s.But then, I stopped by this week and it happened again.… «more»

Child Safety	10 Things to Consider When Buying a Car Booster for Your Child
Canadian	Organic Kids Clothing
Arts	Shaw Festival
Mexico	Locked Out of The House
Travel	Heading to Walt Disney World - May 6, 2017
Parents	Valco Baby Stroller
Loss	Loss of a Child
Charity	#1DollaraDay Campaign

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