I’m going to be upfront here: I live in a pretty upscale neighbourhood in Toronto. The kind of neighbourhood that has 3000 square foot homes worth…well, a lot. The kind of neighbourhood that has several gourmet grocery stores to choose from. The kind of neighbourhood that has a high fashion kids store where you can […]
Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines
I’m back in the saddle. I’m doing it. It’s October and I am IN THE ZONE. What the fuck are you talking about, Glynis? I’m writing on this glorious blog EVERY GODDAMN DAY for the month of October. Why? Because I have been doing this whole microblogging thing on Instagram, and it’s connected to my […]
10 Reasons I Want to Punch the Bubble Guppies in the Throat
Let me start by saying that I hold no illusions about cartoons. I know they exist in alternate cartoon-universes and can bend all sorts of real world rules to do whatever they want to do. Because it’s not real life. That’s why Boots the monkey can talk and SpongeBob Squarepants exists at all. Despite knowing […]
Camping with a flat iron
Last month, my family went camping with several other families at a provincial park in Ontario. With the exception of last year, when my baby was born the day before this annual camping trip, we’ve been going together for nearly ten years. The campground we go to is on a beach along the shores of […]
Camping with the Threenager
I think I’ve mentioned this already, but a few weeks back, I went camping with my family. And 5 other families. It’s an annual trip that we’ve been taking, in various incarnations, for close to 10 years now. We missed last year’s trip, because baby C was born the day before. We had reserved our […]
Today, Mommy is a Goddamn Saint
In the past, I have admitted to my daughter that I can be an asshole. That I am less than perfect, as a mom, and that I have a lot to apologize and feel guilty for. Today is not that day. Dear sweet, lovely daughter of mine, Today, Mommy is a goddamn saint. This morning, […]
Things Overheard This Week, episode 19
So it’s been a while. I’m sorry. Things kind of got crazy for a while, between the end of school for the Teen, baby C’s first birthday, trying to move my site to self-hosted, going camping, continuing to try and move my site to self-hosted, toilet training the Threenager, getting new jobs, and life. But […]
14 Signs You’re a Sleep-Deprived Parent
I know I’m not the first person out there to write about being a sleep-deprived parent. If you have kids, there is a 99% chance that you’ve had a period of time where you weren’t getting enough sleep. And if that’s not true, I don’t want to hear about it from you; you and your […]