Well, I made it through the trial by fire that was last Saturday. And I wish I could say that things are going to go smoother from here on out. But the truth is that this is just the beginning of the busiest 6 months. Hockey season. So much to do, just pass the caffeine. […]
A Safe Space to Land
My father grew up in the same space he still lives. Built in 1920 by my grandmother’s father on 525 acres of rocky farmland, it was my grandparents until my dad married and started his family. They then built a cute bungalow less than one kilometre away and that’s the only place I ever knew […]
Meal Planning: Week 1
Ever have one of those weeks where you are running at a break neck pace only to find out that come the weekend, you have to take it up a notch? Or maybe one of those weeks that you finish the week looking longingly at your couch knowing that you and it will not get […]
Reasons I Need Caffeine This Week: Week 4
As I mentioned last week, we had a brief reprieve in the hockey schedule. It gave me a ton of time to get things done. Which is probably good because the full blown schedule starts this weekend and I’ll be spending 9 hours at rinks this weekend. Actually, now that I mention it, I should […]
Stories from a Small Town: The Road that Leads You Home
This past Tuesday, I had enough of trying to assemble IKEA furniture and decided to take the boys out to visit their grandfather. We drove the back roads to the highway that had been, in my youth, just two lanes but recently had been upgraded to four. My brain still screams at me that I’m […]
Farm Wife with No Farm
If I had a dollar for every time someone told me “I don’t know how you do it all”, I wouldn’t have to go to work in the morning. Ok, truth is I might be able to buy myself a decent dinner with the amount, but you hear things enough times and you kind of […]
Reasons I Need Caffeine This Week: Week 3
Hello my fine feathered friends. I am currently running on endorphins having woke up at 5am to run. This makes me friendly and might keep me that way until I reach the caffeine source. Also in good news, Boy #1 does not have to participate in the Bubble Games this weekend to determine what novice […]
Hockey Practice Packing List
I did the math on the weekend. With three kids in hockey, I will be spending between 3-7 hours per weekend in hockey arenas. That’s a lot of sitting time. And it doesn’t factor in commuting time or the amount of time it takes me to get my player dressed and on the ice. In […]
Things I Would Tell a New Hockey Parent
Yesterday I got the email for the IP hockey program information night. Given that this is our third consecutive year with IP hockey, I am pretty sure I can skip it. That said, there are some things that the hockey information night doesn’t tell you that I feel are just as important. 1- The hockey […]
Reasons I Need Caffeine This Week: Week 2
Welcome another adventure in Copious Amounts of Caffeine. While the younger two have been living it up at the cottage this week, Boy #1 and I have been running around like crazy people. I honestly don’t really know how that happened. And at this point, I don’t even remember Monday. But I present the reasons I […]
