So the kids and the husband came back and it was lovely and emotional and then I immediately got annoyed. The house was overturned in minutes, as suitcases exploded on impact with the floor. Shrapnel everywhere. I hate you. The kids suddenly needed things all the time, and besides that, were still on England time. [...]

Last March, I was wearing capris and sandals and sunglasses. I remember it distinctly. Of course, I was in Cuba at the time. This year, there was no need to go south for March Break, and it actually got to summer temperatures this week. So yesterday I was in Toronto, wearing capris and sandals and [...]

The older two kids recently brought home their midterm report cards.  I’m not very fussed about report cards at this stage – they are so young, they are frankly smart enough (sometimes TOO smart), and we’ll worry about serious academia later on when it matters a lot more. However, it is always nice to see [...]

There was a trending topic on twitter the other night, something like #2011in3words, and I briefly pondered using the hashtag and summarizing my own year in a few words. And then I realized it was totally impossible because just way, way too much stuff happened this year. We managed to cram a lot in. In [...]