It’s been a long year. On New Year’s Eve last year, J and I sat in our new home drinking wine and discussing how much we looked forward to 2012. We talked having another baby, his going back to school, F growing up, and buying a home in Halifax. I meant every word I said,… Continue reading Comfortable Discomfort

I suck at dating. I hate hurting people’s feelings or letting someone down. I’m genuinely flattered by someone’s interest, but I also get sick of people way too quickly. I consider it nothing shy of a miracle that I’ve been in 4 long-term relationships, although I’m just realizing now that all of them (including my marriage)… Continue reading Ignore-A-Text

My three year old has his very own iPod Touch. Yep. F’s actually shockingly tech savvy, bless his little heart. It was a two-pronged decision, buying the iPod. He calls it his phone and it’s a lot like Mommy’s, only without the option to call random people and waste my daytime minutes or run up my… Continue reading FaceTimed

It’s been one of those days since before it even began. It probably really started with my hangover on Sunday, and it’s been snowballing into one of the worst moods I’ve been in since that time J told me he bought a truck after telling me he couldn’t afford to send money for his son.… Continue reading Knowing

I have a really bad habit of getting stuck in my own head. All manner of little things can do it to me. I worry about this and that, one stressor feeds another and the next thing I know I’m on the verge of tearing my hair out and crying into a glass of something… Continue reading Unstuck