Wave the Stick

A new obsession: The Beautiful Game Since receiving this soccer ball as a gift at the CBC Soccer Nation event when we stopped by on Saturd...

Week 5 (March 29 - April 4):  A Noticeable Difference Week 5 marked the milestone of a full month of my Fit by Forty efforts. After the s...

Happiness is a lazy Sunday morning cuddle with my boys. This post is linked to A Lot of Loves' Wednesday of Few Words .

Yesterday was a spectacular day - sunny and warm, and we spent a chunk of it at the playground, where The Imp learned that running headlong ...

Seven years ago, I took a moment before the Getting Ready began. Seven years ago, I actually shrieked in delight when I saw my fiance and...

My mom, my baby sister, and me almost exactly 36 years ago. Becoming The Imp's mother has made me strive to be a better person. More pa...

Today and tomorrow I'm attending Northern Voice 2010 , a blogging conference. There are a ton of great speakers . Bloggers I've me...

You know you're a mom when you notice you've gotten into the habit of double knotting shoe laces without even realizing it. Your ow...

I am often inspired by Amber Strocel's writing at strocel.com . Every month she puts together a review of what she learned during the p...

I really need to catch up on my Fit by Forty posts - looking through my calendar and notes over the last few weeks I'm amazed at how muc...

My trusty steed, my Fit by Forty champion, my main means of transportation these days. I shall call him King. King shall be his name. As i...

There are some times when you just can't make stuff from scratch. Today as I was running late picking up The Imp at daycare, I was doing...

The past two weeks of parenting have been the most challenging since The Imp was newborn, fresh out of the womb, and I was completely overwh...

Because you can never have too many pictures of The Cutest Boy Who Ever Lived. Okay, maybe the Cutest Boy I Ever Gave Birth To. At any rate:...

I'm working on a bunch of posts: Weeks 4-7 of Fit by Forty and a recap of the fun that was VMNO on Saturday among them, but I thought ...

I know it's not Friday, but the blueberry pie post I wrote last week got some enthusiastic response! As such, I thought it deserved an ...

Every morning, The Imp crawls into bed with us for a cuddle before we start the day. Last Tuesday was no different - he appeared at our beds...

At the Aquarium (thank gawd for the Aquarium, 5 minutes away by bicycle and saver of sanity on rainy days), The Imp channels his inner Jame...

If you're new here and want to know more about my Fit by Forty efforts, you can go here and here for some background and also check o...

Week 2 - Settling Into a Routine During Week 2, I started to get used to the new regime. I wasn't hungry all the time, and actually st...