Yesterday I picked Boo up from school, popped her in the back of the van and then jumped quickly in the front, because it is raining here again. Then I said, “Okay, belt yourself in.” Boo is still in an toddler car seat (but faced forward, at least) because at age 4, she’s only 34 [...]
Archive for November, 2006
Zoom zoom
Posted in Kids, Uncategorized on November 30, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Performance anxiety
Posted in Kids on November 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday, Asher came barrelling out of school to tell me that the vice-principal had asked him if he’d play his fiddle in this Friday’s assembly. Maya was right on his heels saying she’d then asked Maya if she also played something, and as her brother will be in the assembly, would she also like [...]
Chronic pain and drug addiction
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2006 | 2 Comments »
This is my House rant that I mentioned last week. I do love the show, but the message it sends about chronic pain and use of painkillers just makes me completely nuts.
When I first considered using narcotics for pain relief, I was very, very nervous about the possibility of addiction. My rhumatologist was not [...]
knitting happiness
Posted in knitting on November 28, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Last year I discovered a wonderful thing: thrummed knitting, where you knit lovely, soft, warm bits of wool into whatever you are making, traditionally mitts and slippers. I actually bought a pair of of mittens and slippers at a craft show I wanted them so badly. Buying knitted stuff when you knit is a bit [...]
the virtues of boredom
Posted in Kids, columns, parenting on November 26, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I have a moment or two of peace, as J has taken the kids to swimming lessons. Then it is off to my brother and sister-in-law to visit our kittens. Well, they aren’t ours any more, since we gave them to my brother, but we still feel sort of like they are. In the summer, [...]
The cat came back …
Posted in cats on November 25, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The title says it all – yay! He didn’t actually come back, though, but he was found. I’ve had a somewhat harrowing time the past couple of days. Filing a ‘lost animal’ report with the Humane Society was depressing, and more so when they sent me tips, like to call the city number for the [...]
Well, at least it’s still sunny
Posted in Kids, cats, parenting on November 23, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Today isn’t as great as yesterday, despite the sun. The biggest problem is that one of our cats has been gone for two days and we are starting to get stressed out (by ‘we’ I mean everyone but J). They used to be outside cats, mostly because they were desperate to get out, one is [...]
Happy happy happy
Posted in Fibromyalgia, Kids, judaism on November 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The sun is out! The sun is out! It is sunny! The sun is shining right now! Blue sky! Oh happy, happy day!
It has been cloudy and rainy here for about 2 months, and I don’t live in Vancouver. I didn’t sign up for that. It was awful. This is better.
It actually came out yesterday [...]
mothering
Posted in mothering, parenting, tagged childfree, childless, mothering, parenting on November 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I was listening to Sounds Like Canada on the CBC this morning as I puttered around (for the Americans, CBC is our version of NPR). The host, Shelagh Rogers, was interviewing several women about a book they contributed, called Nobody’s Mother. It is about women who have chosen not to be mothers. It sounds like [...]
Shabbat
Posted in judaism, parenting on November 19, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I pretty much hate making dinner. I hate trying to figure out what to feed everyone, I hate the chopping and I hate the fact that no matter what I make, someone will make an awful face and demand to know why I would try to kill him/her with this crap. I hate cleaning up [...]
