It started with my daughter walking up to me and spitting a mouthful of milk on my face.  It dripped down my neck, down my shirt. I resisted the urge to rage at her.  I hadn’t even had a cup of coffee yet.  I wanted to yell. ‘WHAT THE FUCK HANNAH!’ Instead I said, “go get me a towel right [...]

  I saw this quote and cracked up….it’s my life in a nutshell

My baby boy really really loves these little Tonka Chuck toy cars and so we just had to put one on his birthday cake.  I kept it pretty simple and clean looking.  I wasn’t pleased with my fondant this time and I think it might have been because the marshmallows were a little stale.  It was a bit tough and [...]

When all else fails, Play in to Mom’s Vices    

If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook then you’ve likely seen me ranting on about Manulife Financial.  Here’s what that’s all about. I’ve known Cheryl around the web for about 2 years now.  Her blog link is down there in my sidebar.  I talk to her online pretty much every day.  She is an inspiration and a fighter and [...]

The boy is 10 months old now.  TEN.  I can’t believe he’s almost a year old already.  He’s at that cute yet totally annoying stage where he’s old enough to understand a great deal of what we say – yet can’t really communicate back to us so he’s perpetually frustrated by life.  Add this to the fact that he has [...]