I am a little frustrated that I don’t know when H’s dad is coming to start the renovations. I’m not trying to be pushy, but I would like to know what next week is going to look like. I have 4 photo sessions next week and I will need some space to work! H and [...]
I wrote about my friend last week and trying to decide what I should do about the difficult situation. I appreciate all the advice and encouragement, it really helps. Really. I had thought about calling child services before, but several things have stopped me. Because of my friend’s nationality if the children were to be [...]
I have a friend who I have been a good friend with for 22 years. She has 2 kids, 5 and 8. Rather than making this an incredibly long sob fest, I will give you just the highlights. She was with a man for 10 years; the same man is the father of her children. [...]
If you want some background on this story, you may want to read part 1. For all of you who remember, H printed off the employment standard act information and brought it with him to work to show his boss. Before he had the chance, his boss called a meeting. During the meeting his boss [...]
As you may know, H works a labour job. You know, he lifts things, drives forklifts and comes home dirty. His boss is a jerk, the hours are unstable but the pay isn’t that bad (when he does get consistent hours!). Last week his payday happened to land on Friday, Christmas day. Some of you [...]
Over the past few weeks I have had family members congratulate me on my engagement, which is nice. But in the next breath they ask “So, when’s the wedding?” Which seems like a harmless question, but people make it so complicated and awkward. I always reply, “May 12th.” And then I get this look of [...]
You know, I keep reading on various blogs, websites and forums that we need to de-clutter and remove all our STUFF. Live Zen! Become a minimalist today! Stop consumerism and be green! For the love of the children! Make it stop! I have a secret… not all stuff is a negative thing! Nor should you [...]
A week ago I had posted about our paper route changes. How some friends of ours would be taking over our old paper route and we would be taking on a larger route. Well we showed up this morning at the paper pickup location to find out that our friends quit! Apparently they had told [...]
Paper Route I touched a little bit yesterday on how unstable H’s job was and how thankful I was for the paper route. Oh how quickly things change! Today when we arrived to do our paper route we were told that we could only continue with one route until my ankle heals. She is worried [...]
Tomorrow my parents are arriving from Saskatchewan! I am picking them up from the airport in the morning, and they are with me until next weekend. I am not sure how much posting I am going to get done, but we’ll see how it goes. They are renting a car and staying in the guest [...]
