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On August 23 I posted about cooking just once a week. My theory was that I’d save money, time and sanity by making several different large batches of food and then reheating them throughout the week instead of scrambling around every day to prepare another meal. We’ve given it a go for about six weeks now […]

As the weather turned cooler this week, I’ve become painfully aware that my wardrobe is a disaster. It didn’t help yesterday morning when I realized that I was wearing a maternity shirt. Or that it’s one of the better shirts in my possession. Almost all the shirts I owned before pregnancy are worn out, stretched […]

Today was a fail. This morning we decided to visit a local orchard to pick some apples and play in the farm’s playground. Both my daughter River and I were excited for what sounded like a fun afternoon. Everything was fine until we arrived. When I opened the car door to let River out, she started […]

This post contains affiliate links. The links in the text go to Amazon.com, but I’ve also included the Amazon.ca links at the bottom of the post for my fellow Canadians.  Remember the fabulous twirly skirt I made that my daughter loved for thirty seconds and then discarded in favour of a princess gown? It turns […]

This week I had the rare chance to pull out my sewing machine. It was great – the house was relatively clean, my older daughter was in bed, and my baby was sleeping soundly wrapped on my back. I made a sweet little cover for my small ‘mommy docket’ binder with some scrap fabric that […]

Last Friday we were late bringing my daughter to school. We were late bringing her to school on Tuesday and Wednesday too. Monday and Thursday? No school those days, but to be fair, we were late for Monday night’s Parent-Teacher interview. We were late for our doctor’s appointment on Thursday afternoon, and we were really […]