1. If you burn a pot of lentils, dump them in the garbage, and then carry the garbage bag out to the trash bin, the bag feels exactly like a poopy diaper. How do I know this? Don't ask.2. Raw onions turn Maddie into a monkey. Her words, not mine. She grabbed a piece...

Yesterday started with an apology. It was mine. The day before, after another difficult conversation with an employee who has trouble accepting responsibility for her actions, I got impatient and snapped at her. I shouldn’t have. Though I went home feeling completely...

Maddie walks into the laundry room where I'm folding laundry (yes, it may be hard to believe, but I actually do that once in awhile), puts her hand to her forehead, salutes me and says "we code in for duty". It took me awhile to put the gesture and words together and...

I got $50 from Marcel's parents for my birthday, and now I get to spend money selfishly. Woohoo!Wanna help me? My absolute favourite way to spend "selfish money" is to buy books. But I can't quite decide what to buy.So... tell me what you think. What are the best...

Check out my sister's blog! In honour of my birthday, she posted some great pictures of the two of us throughout the years. I'm all choked up! I have the best sister in the world!(In case you're wondering which one's me, I'm the more "vertically challenged" of the two...

Yup, it's my birthday. I turn 39 today. I am now entering the last year of my thirties (that sounded like it should have been accompanied by Twilight Zone music!).To celebrate, I hopped on my bike and rode like the wind (okay, so it was only a light breeze) all the...

My friend Linda wrote a great post about becoming a pastor. It’s given me lots to think about.I go to this awesome church where people are authentic and honest and compassionate and flawed and faltering and doubtful and all kinds of other things that make us human,...

I am the proud new owner of thisbike! (You're right, Cuppa, Treks are lovely bikes!)Something about a shiny new bike makes me want to genderize (is that a word?) it. As in... "SHE's a beauty. SHE rides like a dream. I think I'll take HER for a spin." Not sure what...

It was supposed to be my moment of glory - my crowning achievement as a novice biking enthusiast. I’d trained for it – spent many, many hours biking all over the city and into the country. I’d bought a new bike for it – a beautiful Miele Italian racing bike. I was...

We were consumers this weekend. In a good way - not in a "acquiring more material possessions for the sake of building our empire" way. We bought a car - or at least we put a deposit on one and will pick it up later this week. This is all part of the downsizing...