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Kid wants to read my blog

Tyler just sat down beside me and wanted to be with me while I write my blog.  I explained that this is grow up stuff and he’s not a grown up so therefore he needs to give me space for 15mins. I don’t think he was too impressed with these answers. But truthfully I need …

She is Amazing

I have this friend. She is amazing. I have a few friends who are amazing but I will just tell you about one today. Here’s why. Her realm of whats possible to do is so much bigger than mine, so it always amazes me. “How can you do that ?” I always think. “Is that …

Happy Mama, Whinny Mama

What a day! We had a great time at heritage Park with our friends who are visiting here from Hong Kong. The kids went on all the rides a few times before the line ups were there. The boys love hanging out with the 2 girls, who are around the same age as my older …

Efed Up

Day 1 on the job and I have already messed up. Glad to have that out of the way for the rest of the summer. Now I can parent and work relaxed knowing that I am human and I have already efed up so there’s nothing to fear. The worst has already happened. Sure enough …

Leave space

Tired thoughts. Spruce Meadows yesterday. We came, we saw the marching band who has been practicing in our neighbourhood for the least few weeks. I felt excited to see these high school kids perform. They have grown on me. I love seeing all the high school kids or university students who are camp leaders for …

Saying NO

I just said no to someone. I actually said yes to them first but after a while I realized I’m not going to be fully present if I go through with it and I want to be. So I called back and said that I won’t be at my best and it’s probably not fair …

Summer Planning

You really do need to plan MORE in summer and FOR summer. The bigger the chunk of ‘free’ time you have the more you have to plan. I keep saying it over and over again and I keep finding more and more proof for it. I spent almost 2 hours yesterday morning getting help from …