Friday, February 24, 2006
Low Maintenance or High Maintenance?
Harry Burns: There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance. Sally Albright: Which one am I? Harry Burns: You're the worst kind. You're high maintenance but you think you're low maintenance. (When Harry Met Sally) I remember waiting impatiently for my mother to finish putting on...
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Thursday, February 23, 2006
“I Think You Need To Change Your Karma”
That’s what my friend Kelly told me last night on the phone, when I told her I was too sick to go to running class. “Your family has had one disease after another for three weeks – you need some serious intervention! Maybe some Feng Shui or a Sweet Grass smudge or something – you’ve got some...
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Monday, February 20, 2006
Indulging in a Little Character Analysis
Although there is a sense of satisfaction in getting the first draft of my novel finished, I have to say that I am generally disappointed with it as a whole. The basic story is compelling enough, and my plot device is original and I can draw on knowledge I have from my own past to provide some...
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Sunday, February 19, 2006
Maybe I’ll Never Understand Him
We were doing the most ordinary of household things, cleaning the kitchen after supper and talking about ordinary things. We were making plans for the summer, planning to take the kids to explore the mountains and on their first camping trip. “Maybe Emily is too young to go camping.” “Nah, I went...
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Saturday, February 18, 2006
The Only Reason To Watch TV At Three AM
Maybe it is because I am from a northern country and embrace the long winter months as an opportunity rather than a curse. I love watching the Winter Olympics. I’m not such a big fan of the judged sports – but I love the speed events! This will probably come as no surprise to any longtime readers....
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Friday, February 17, 2006
Throw, Keep, Sell
I wonder if it is a by-product of getting older? When I was younger I had a tendency to keep everything. I always figured that I would have a use for it - someday. As I have been approaching the project of cleaning out the basement with more vigour, I am far less inclined to keep things that I might...
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Thursday, February 16, 2006
Ten Minutes A Day
Sometimes I think that if I had just ten minutes to myself everyday I could actually accomplish something. Ten minutes isn’t a lot. Not really. I know that, but if I had it imagine what I could do. I mean seriously, if you shut off the television and sat down to read a book or draw a picture or play...
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The Open Mind and Empty Page
I have a short list of blog topics in my notebook, things that I though y’all would be interested in, or that might make you laugh. But the last few days I’ve sat down, in the brief moments when one of my offspring didn’t need their nose wiped or wanted to be held or medicated, and stared at the...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Merry’s Own Vanishing Act
It’s been a couple of days since I’ve been able to write a blog, and it may be a few more before I can write another. Right now I am writing this with a two-year-old and her teddy bear in my lap. Emily believes in creative spelling. Both girls have been sick this week, and I thought they were on the...
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Monday, February 13, 2006
Peter and The Wolf
The music and story of Peter and the Wolf, I remember seeing it on TV years ago. I think it was a Disney thing. And this past fall it was on the radio, narrated by Dame Edna of all people. A friend mentioned that they had Elmo’s Peter and the Wolf. I may have to borrow it so the girls will have a...
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