And Then…….. We Had to Send Them Back
Friday’s tragedy still weighs very heavily on my heart, as the details emerge, the senseless loss of life is still so hard to process. The young man was mentally unstable, his mother owned the guns, she died first in his rampage. The reasons he chose that school are unknown and will probably never be known.
When Will this End?
UPDATED* I cannot believe that I am writing about this again. The last time I wrote about it, 6 months ago, 12 people lost their lives in a movie theatre, innocently watching the midnight session of The Dark Knight Rises, when some crazed gunman entered with a semi automatic and just mowed people down. 58 others were injured. It was …
Going Back to the Farm
Since the kids were born we’ve taken them back to see the farm and my parents. Since we moved to America it has been less, obviously. It’s a long way and it’s a lot of money. I try to take the kids every other summer so they get to see family but don’t miss out on summers either. Every time …
Sightings In the City, When Celebrities See ME!
New York can be a very cool place…. There are so many celebrities living in and around us all the time, sometimes you get lucky when you move around just doing your everyday thing… They are doing the same. Today I saw Kyra Sedgwick on the ‘C’ train while we were headed down to Santa. I took a sneaky picture. …
Hump Day Humour # 27 – The Politically Correct Santa
I know which one I prefer…….Happy Hump Day
Paleo Cabbage Noodles
Some days you just don’t feel in the mood to cook, well perhaps I should rephrase that, most days I don’t feel in the mood to cook. I just want something quick and easy but it has to be nutritious and mostly paleo because that’s just how we eat now. Looking in the cupboard doesn’t usually yield much because being …
When He Thanks Me at the Oscars
When you live in a house full of creatives, and you’re one yourself, then you get to do different stuff. It’s just like that.. Grand Master D has an unscheduled day off school, no he’s not sick, it’s not a half day… there’s no hurricane or snow day, his 7th grade class has a field trip today. He didn’t want …
How Wimpy ‘Greg’ Saved Us from ‘The Elf on The Shelf’
The Elf on the Shelf, we’ve all heard of it, and if you haven’t then which rock have you been living under? Anyway for those of you with moss on your shoes, The Elf on the Shelf is just that, a little elf on a shelf, he’s Santa’s spy, sent to sit around your house and keep those little people …
The One Where You Thank Me Because I Married Him Instead
So last night turned out to be eventful. The King had a function which was going to be over by 7:30. He wanted dinner, that was the plan. That totally didn’t happen. Here’s what really happened.