Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
I’m getting my kitchen renovated. Majorly renovated. That means my birthday present next week is pretty much covered, and for possibly the next 20 birthdays after that. *sigh* Anyway, if I wasn’t getting my kitchen done, here are a few things I might ask for. Sort of like Oprah’s Favourite Things, only nobody is …
A couple of weeks ago, somebody brought to my attention a website called Dogshaming. People submit pictures of their dogs wearing signs around their neck that are meant to be confessions of bad deeds. As the owner of two dogs who do some pretty stupid things, I thought it was hysterical in a twisted …
Friday night, I sat and did what any normal 43-year-old mother would do on a Friday night. I watched trailers, while drinking a glass of wine. I know. Exciting isn’t it? Since I don’t get to movies nearly as often I like to (I’ve only seen 3 of the last bunch I posted), watching trailers …
My Dad just sent this to me, and if I had all your emails I would have forwarded to all of you because it is just so damn funny……and true. I know that my husband, if left to his own devices, would definitely do a couple of these.
A few weeks ago I had a gathering of good friends at my house. It was a fantastic weekend , in which we threw our best parenting judgement to the wind. Our children were jumping in my pool long past midnight and eating junk food in excessive amounts until 2am. Yup, those kids should have …
I’m not even going to pretend that I’m a glamourous kind of gal. 99.9% of the time, I’m in my standard work attire (pj’s or track pants), I’ve got absolutely no make-up on, my hair is pulled back and I generally look tired. Kind of like this. You think I’d be embarrassed to post this, …
If you’re not learning, you’re not growing, right? That doesn’t necessarily mean that every lesson is going to broaden your horizons. Here’s what I gleaned this week. – that a mammogram isn’t that bad, once you get over the awkwardness of a woman feeling you up that is. Although, I think they could at least …
I have been practically jumping out of my skin since last May to see The Avengers. You see, I have a deep love for Marvel comics and all things superhero. I wanted to share my appreciation for the comic book arts with my children, so I decided that we would go see it on opening …
