Maddie dragged me outside this morning to "enjoy" the snow. I was bound and determined NOT to enjoy it, but her pleasure was rather infectious and soon I was smiling too.

1. If you live on the route where my daughters (and I) deliver flyers, PLEASE make sure your house number and mailbox are visible from the street. Come to think of it, do it anyway – even if you don’t live on our route. You’ll make some delivery person’s life a whole...

I am still here, though I seem to be mostly silent on this blog these days. There are only so many hours in a day, and it seems that most of those hours get eaten up pretty quickly with laundry, grocery shopping, going to (and worrying about) work, driving kids to...

I'm in Toronto at my favourite Bed and Breakfast. I have one more lunch meeting today, and then I fly home this afternoon. It's been a long and full (and so many other adjectives - all of them good) journey, and I'm looking forward to being home with my dear...

I'm in Cleveland! If this trip were to end right now, it would already be worth the trip. (And the best part hasn't even begun yet!) It has been truly wonderful. The train ride was sublime (you meet the most amazing people on a train), wandering around Chicago was...

I got tagged by my dear friend Sandy (with whom I get to hang out in Cleveland in just a few days! Yay!) with this photo tag meme.1. Open your first photo folder.2. Scroll to the 10th photo.3. Post the photo on your blog and tell the story behind it.4. Tag some...

My lovely friend Michele is my guest today over at "What are you giving away". She's got a great post about whether in sharing our gifts we are actually receiving more than we're giving. Check it out!I'm looking for other guest posts, so please consider submitting one!

1. I just made chicken noodle soup. I make a lot of soup, but I think that's the first time for chicken noodle. Frankly, it was a little intimidating and felt like I was walking on sacred ground. My grandmother made THE. BEST. CHICKEN. NOODLE. SOUP. BAR. NONE. Oh you...

She's thirteen. She's beautiful. (Aren't ya diggin' the blonde highlights, compliments of her mom?) And she's going for knee surgery today.My athletic daughter tore her ACL (ligament) in her knee playing soccer and now she has to have it repaired. Considering she was...

I'll admit it - I'm seriously in the dark when it comes to understanding the recession and I'm even MORE in the dark about the debate around public health care in the U.S. Being a Canadian who has enjoyed easy access to public health care all my life, and never having...