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I am the mom who cried wolf. About a week ago, I watched Little T yell at our German Shepherd. I told her not to raise her voice to the dog and shook my head. Why would she yell? Where did she pick this up? When Little T takes too long to get her shoes [...]

You know your man loves you but, is he spending a lot to time with another guy? Do you feel like a second fiddle to your guy’s man crush? Here are some sure-fire ways to tell if your man is in a Bromance 1) When you say something funny, your man goes for the high-five. [...]

When I think of online dating, I think of sites like Plenty of Fish and eHarmony. You see the sappy stories where “Erica” and “Jim” fill out a profile and are matched in a very technical (although magical) way. They meet, fall in love and ride off into the sunset. Although, I’m sure there are [...]

Before becoming a mom, I believed that as soon as as a woman gives birth, they become crafty and instinctively know how to bake and knit.  I figured there was a magic mom ‘thing’ that happened while you were pushing out a baby. You became wise. Well, I have a 2 year old and still don’t know how to [...]

Dear Mom, Wow! Where do you start to tell one of the most amazing people in your life how much you love her? I can remember back to the times when I was pulled out of bed or out of school to say goodbye to you. Each time, you were sicker than the last and [...]

For a week leading up to Little T’s first haircut at the salon, I talked about the pink Barbie car she would sit in. It got to the point where she started calling it her “Barbie haircut”. We got to the salon and she was SO excited, she was vibrating. When her turn came, the [...]

My apologies for being an absent blogger recently. I have a good excuse, I promise! My mom came to stay with us for a couple of weeks in the fall while she was waiting for her apartment to be ready. During this time, she got really sick. She was throwing up and she felt someone [...]

You know the girl who’s singing and dancing at 7:00am in morning traffic? The one who makes you shake your head? That’s me. I am a morning person. I am one of “those” people who will greet you with a cheery “Good Morning” every day of the week. Most people assume because I am a [...]

While in Grade 4, my brother, sister and I were put into temporary Foster Care. My mom was very sick in the hospital and my dad worked three weeks on and one week off as a tool push on an oil rig. I only had one request, keep the three of us together. This was [...]

I am a huge fan of the Post Secret website, the secrets posted on the site always make me think. I came across this one in their archives and I was really shocked.   At first I was shocked that someone would actually cut off their foot to be beautiful and thin. The more I thought [...]