The day I spewed my heirarchy of suffering* all over the internet

We all live in our own little worlds of which we chose to share bits and pieces when we have a personal blog such as this. Those little pieces are sometimes meld together by others who make assumptions based on an iota of information and believe them to be true. People make assumptions about another person whom they really know nothing about; they typecast them into little boxes to be labeled and filed away where»

Managing

We move in 28 days. Twenty. Eight.

We went from just looking to owning a new home so fast that I think I’ve now began having cold feet. I’ve started panicking, thinking we can’t afford it, we didn’t think it through, we jumped in too fast. But when everything is said and done, I remember that I LOVE the house and the possibilities are endless once we save a little more for the renovations we have»

Boys

As I sit back and watch my two boys I can see some noticeable similarities, but majority of their behaviours are vastly different. I am amazed by the fact that even in appearance, the boys are strikingly different yet I gave birth to both.

Carter, I am finding, is far more high strung, dramatic, and very sensitive to change. He’s active, curious, and loving. Even since he was very young, he’s been a challenge trying to»

I Just Want to be Heard

I hate age four.

We’re technically not there yet, so I hate age 3.8333333333…

We’ve reached the crossroads between independence and needing mommy for everything and it ain’t pretty people.

As of late, everything has been a fight. Questions and defiance all the time. It’s almost as if he’s mocking my authority, because seriously? Killing me.

This morning for instance: Carter kept insisting that today was Thursday not Wednesday. As much as I’d like him to be correct, he»

Casey

I couldn’t tell you how I found her, but Casey and I hit it off almost immediately. I can recall one of our first lengthy conversations being into the wee hours of the morning as I tried valiantly to save Teh Internets after Casey had been poking around in her design files. Her amazing wit and humour made me cry tears of laughter as we worked our way through. That lady, she’s quite funny under pressure,»