Birthday Girl is 15 today. She’s in third year high school and, sometime during the schoolyear, there’s going to be a Junior-Senior Prom and all juniors and seniors are required to attend. When I first heard about it, the stage mother in me took over. I started planning an entire wardrobe and I even suggested ... (more)
Photography schools
Posted on August 19, 2007 · 34 Comments
We’re spending the weekend away from the house and I’m posting this as a future entry. It’s Sam’s request that we go somewhere nice for her birthday. We’ll be back Monday evening but I don’t want the Google bot to feel bored and lonely should it drop by while we’re away. Plus, someone out there ... (more)
For Sam, on her 15th birthday
Posted on August 18, 2007 · 25 Comments
Dearest Sam, There was a time when you and Alex were in pre-school that you each had a notebook where were wrote and answered each other’s notes everyday. I think we stopped doing that when we moved to Lola’s house and I really missed answering your short notes. It was a good introduction to communication, ... (more)
My daughter, my husband, a cell phone and a can of…
Posted on July 29, 2007 · 14 Comments
Her birthday is still three weeks away. She’s been reading cell phone reviews for weeks and finally decided that the Sony Ericsson K800i is THE phone for her. She’s been pestering me for…what, three months?? She said she would sell her cell phone and give me the money so I could add it to her ... (more)
Unexpected dietary changes
Posted on July 3, 2007 · 20 Comments
Alex got her braces on her upper front teeth last Sunday. Then, after a month, the braces on the lower front teeth. Alex specifically wanted colored elastics to go with the braces and, for this month, the elastics are blue. She was wondering aloud last night what color they’ll be next month. Alex was the ... (more)
Happy father’s day
Posted on June 17, 2007 · 19 Comments
Tomorrow is the kids’ first day of school and I really ought to sleep early. But I cannot let Father’s Day end without posting something I had been reserving for over a week. It isn’t just Father’s Day today. It is also Speedy’s birthday. Speedy, the man I met some forty pounds ago and who ... (more)
In celebration of Father’s Day, part 2: The day I told my father I was getting married
Posted on June 9, 2007 · 14 Comments
My parents separated when I was in Grade 2. My brother and I grew up with our mother although all throughout college, I would spend long weekends with my father and even weeks during summer breaks. Because we didn’t live in the same house, he was the last member of my family to meet Speedy. ... (more)
In celebration of Father’s Day, part 1 : The Gerber baby bottles
Posted on June 7, 2007 · 16 Comments
In seven ten days, it will be Father’s Day. But June 17th means more to my family that a generic occasion. June 17th is also Speedy’s birthday. In celebration of Speedy’s birthday and Father’s Day, from today until June 17th, I will post father stories. Not just stories about the father of my two wonderful ... (more)
What to do with a sick husband
Posted on June 4, 2007 · 13 Comments
The virus started with me. I caught a bad cold and cough and, in a matter of days, Alex was sneezing and blowing her nose. But since she does not share a room with me, the cold did not get any more serious than that. Speedy was not so lucky. Yesterday, at the skating rink, ... (more)
Watching Miss Universe 2007
Posted on May 30, 2007 · 15 Comments
Yesterday was one of those lazy days. It rained and Sam spent the afternoon shuffling between the TV and her laptop. Then, she brought out her laptop and placed it on the coffee table. She was surfing while watching a feature on blondes on BBC. The sexiest blondes or something. Pamela Anderson appeared on the ... (more)
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