I got a letter from Maya today, informing me that she loves camp and has lots of friends. Phew. That’s a relief.
I have also put the other two in day camp starting today. Boo is in Drama camp and is playing the part of Tiger Lily in Peter Pan. I have no idea who Tiger [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Busy, busy
Posted in decluttering, mess on July 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Garden Happiness
Posted in daisies, daylilies, flowers, garden, gardening, lawns, lilies, summer on July 26, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I know I’m a garden geek, but I can’t help myself. My garden is finally looking really nice, and I am getting all kinds of positive comments from neighbours. Of the rest of the houses on my street, most now have squares of brown, dormant grass, thanks to the heat. The few that are [...]
Another meme
Posted in meme on July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hey, I just spotted that MathMom tagged me for a meme. Oh goody, just the thing to post when I have another damn migraine and am so hopped up on meds that I can’t think straight.
Four jobs I’ve had
Writer for CTV Morning show news
writer and researcher for the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
strawberry planter and picker
housecleaner.
Four [...]
My baby is gone away
Posted in Kids, camp, holidays, mothering, parenting, summer on July 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Okay, she’s not exactly a baby, since she is 11, and she’s only gone to camp, but still, it’s weird.
I started going to sleep-away camp when I was 6, but that was just for a weekend. I can’t remember when I began to go longer, but it would have been a gradual process, working my [...]
A silver (green?) lining
Posted in garden, gardening on July 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
We dragged ourselves reluctantly back from the cottage because, after two weeks of crappy weather (well, one week of okay weather and one week of really crappy weather), it has finally become sunny and hot, and leaving the beach for my air conditionless house was painful.
The kids are delighted to be home, back to their [...]
They redeemed themselves
Posted in Harry Potter on July 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
After dinner, the whole lot of them trouped around town in search of the Harry Potty book, which wasn’t easy to find for a different reason than the rest of Canada. Apparently, Quebec isn’t that interested. They finally found it in a grocery store and returned home with it. So, despite sleeping and packing up [...]
Harry, of course (not)
Posted in Harry Potter on July 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Okay, I admit it: I like Harry Potter. When my kids were far too young to be interested, I picked up the first one on sale for when they got older. Then I read it because, like Everest, it was there. I enjoyed it. I’m not ashamed to admit it, as I think that is [...]
Vacation update
Posted in Kids, blogs, food, holidays, summer, vacation on July 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have not been online since my last post. In fact, I’m writing this offline to then copy and paste, so annoying is dial-up service.
I haven’t read a blog for over a week. And you know what? I’m coping okay, except I’ve run out of stuff to read up here. No computer time means [...]
Garden Grumble
Posted in asparagus, garden, gardening, holidays, vegetables on July 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
As I mentioned previously, I was inspired by Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barabara Kingsolver, to expand my tiny veggie garden. I didn’t just plant my standard tomatoes, but peas, carrots and broccoli instead. Oh, and asperagus, but I’m not expecting much from that for a while.
Jasper pulled one bunch of asperegus from the ground – [...]
Thursday Thirteen on 40
Posted in Thursday Thirteen, aging, birthdays, forty on July 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Thirteen Things about just making it up.This Thursday is the 100th Thursday Thirteen, wherein we are supposed to talk about our favourite Thursday Thirteens. But I haven’t done enough of my own and I confess I haven’t the time to go poking around the others right now, as I am supposed to be getting us [...]
