I’m cheating. I posted this two years ago today, when my blog was a newborn, crying for attention from a small audience. ** Today is Married To a Scorpio Support Day. That makes me laugh. Is there a support group for people married to bulls? (I mean the astrological sign – not the animal or […]
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Haircut Horror Stories
Today, I have a humour column in the Neighbours’ section of The Calgary Herald. I somehow manage to time travel and make reference to both Miss Piggy and Edward Scissorhands, not in the same metaphor (I hope). Click the link below to read it. **Kids and the Chaos of Haircuts** What haircut horror stories have […]
When Kids Write Jokes
On Monday, Vivian and William went on a joke telling spree. Thankfully they seem to have slightly more talent in this department than their mother. After ten minutes of variations on the chicken-crossing-the-road joke, Vivian freestyled. VIVIAN: Why did the mommy cross the road? ME: VIVIAN: Close. Because she wanted to hug her children. ME: […]
Things I Suck At: Telling Jokes
There are a number of things I suck at. Doing anything crafty tops the list, followed by shopping and anything requiring opposable thumbs. Fourth is telling jokes. I recognize this is ironic-to-the-power-of-infinity given that I’m writing a humor book. I was reminded of this last night, when my husband and I were watching an episode […]
Stephen King on Parenting
If you have children, you’ve lived a horror story or two. You know that bad things happen at night and that fear (of disease, of cheese curd vomit on your shoulder) drives anxiety. No one exemplifies the horror genre more than Stephen King. Below are 10 of his titles applied to parenting. It: What you […]
Whiteboard Wednesday: Pardon Me?
Sometimes it’s the simple stuff. I’m not talking about foot rubs or walks on the beach or other centerfold “likes” (though I could if you want me to). I’m talking about simple words. Specifically, what comes spewing of my mouth. The other day, William remarked to his father: “Dad! We love mommy. We don’t like […]
Would you rather have dinner table conversation with your kids or __?
Last night over dinner, we played a game of Would-You-Rather. It’s less stressful than watching all stages of the digestive process in action. The premise of Would-You-Rather is simple: you give one person a choice of two equally tempting options. Kind of like would you rather snog George Clooney or Colin Firth? Only this is […]
Thing 1 & Thing 2's Excellent Adventure: Stop 6=Bay Area
Stop 6: Bay Area, California Host: Lizz Distance Logged Since Calgary: 9008 kms/5587 miles Next Stop: Saint Paul, Minnesota After their stop in Georgia, Thing 1 and Thing 2 decided to fly to the west coast, where they visited Lizz in California. Lizz blogs at Am I a Funny Girl? about her life with her […]
My Weekend in Tweets
Subtitle 1: Too Lazy-a$$ed To Write a Real Post Subtitle 2: Has Anyone Seen My Sense of Humour? It’s not much of a secret that I was at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference (#SiWC2011) this past weekend. I’ll blog more about the wow factor when I become coherent. With any luck, that will occur before […]
Smack Talk and Tweet-Off and Hockey, Oh My
Well, it happened. On Saturday I lost something very precious, the friendly wager I had with Clay Morgan, Mr. Pittsburgh himself. His Pens played good hockey for 60 minutes; my Flames managed only 30 minutes of respectable play. I’ll let our tweets tell the story. The Pre-Game Show First Period (Strong Start for Flames) Second […]