Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
Nine times out of 10, my favourite gifts are the ones stashed in my stocking. Why, you may ask? Because Santa, though he spoils me well, knows that stockings are a great place to stuff the things we use on a day-to-day basis. Santa’s known for a long, LONG time that I’m a fan of …
We all preach it: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. It’s a simple principle: treat others as you wish to be treated. But, what if we’re doing it all wrong? At only four, my son already knows that everyone – every. single. person. – is unique. We are all our …
For the second time in as many years, I’ve completely uprooted my life. It’s a big adjustment, this taking your life down a completely different path. And when I’m standing in the middle of the chaos trying to remember which box my Crockpot is in and WHERE THE HECK ARE MY WINE GLASSES, I try …
Dear Millicent, I have a family member, let’s call him Uncle Frank. Uncle Frank doesn’t know when to leave. He will stay at our place long after all our other guests have left, completely ignoring all subtle hints about the lateness of the hour like pointed yawns and comments about having to get the kids …
It’s Thursday again already and who’s ready for another Thursday Night Cocktail ? Join me, won’t you? In case you’ve forgotten, tomorrow is Halloween and it’s going to be costumes and candy and kids and rainbow coloured-barf and screaming and candy-trade fights and…this can’t just be at my house. I don’t know how it works …
Before we get this party started, let’s make one thing clear: this post is a judgement free zone. I know; it is sort of hard to believe you forgot it was Halloween tomorrow, but here in Pleasantville we understand “busy” so no worries – we’re not judging. Maybe your kids are too small to remind …
We’re taking the kids on a mini-vacation to an indoor water park later this month, where we will either have an absolute blast bonding together on water slides or catch waterborne Hepatitis. I started to pack a few things we’ll need on our trip and one look at my current stretched-out, chlorine-faded swimsuit had me …
Dear Millicent, I am a person who feels things. I am quick to laugh, quick to empathetic tears, and more distressingly, quick to “oh my god, your stupidity is making me rage volcano spew fiery hot lava through my veins.” When issues arise because of other people not using a single ounce of logic or …
