Snow, firewood and giggles
Today was me squeaking in the smallest of chores, getting ready for hosting dinner with my cousin and her family, playing with Mallory and enjoying life. All in all a…
Today was me squeaking in the smallest of chores, getting ready for hosting dinner with my cousin and her family, playing with Mallory and enjoying life. All in all a…
I was quite bummed to arrive yesterday and find the farm almost completely snow-free. Mother nature sorted that for us today. It snowed pretty much all day.
Mallory and I threw a bunch of stuff into the car and drove off to visit Grandpa Mike today. Despite the Ottawa area getting 30 cm or so of snow…
For the first time ever, Mallory gave Irene and I presents. And handmade ones at that. I got a paper snowflake and Irene got a bunch of ghosts. I love…
Mallory got to open a present tonight. Think she looks excited? She was pretty keen on going to bed, too. Sooner she sleeps, sooner Christmas comes. There are probably a…
So today was my last day of work for this year. I’m back in early January, but I’m quite relieved to be having a bit of non-work time, however busy…
This Postmedia item has had me in a lather all day. It’s not just that they’re whipping up the faithful against the people I work for. That always bothers me…
Well I had the most amazing insightful post compete with witty turns of phrase pathos and a gritty authenticity that I was prepared to post, but then the power went…
Well I feel better now, knowing that provincial governments have now joined the ranks of the scorned and disenfranchised. Unions now have some company. That whole no negotiation this is…
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So last night Mallory went to bed at the usual time. As often happens, I hear her fumbling for her water bottle. This is followed by a short period of…
And lights on the house. First time ever. We’re uh… really getting into this Christmas thing.
So this is me talking from a great distance, I hedge. I remember when CEP was formed in 1992. It was, itself the product of a merger of three unions:…
Cheers to all. Hope you are enjoying your evenings. Even Peter Kent you climate change denying piece of shit.
The video is about cuts to federal food inspection programs which were found wanting by an inquest into the 2008 deaths of 22 people from eating contaminated meat. Watch til…
I’ve been anticipating the relaunch of Alterna, the former CS-Co-op which bought some of the Capital Community Credit Union, where I do most of my banking for some time now.…
First there was this. Combining flag waving patriotism with Islamophobia and use it to take a stab at “the other”. The Globe item has 1779 comments on it. I’m going…
She was talking about going to summer camp at dinner time tonight too. Afterward, she wanted us all to go watch TV together. We said ‘sure, but daddy will join…
At first I thought it was because I’d done a lot of talking over loud music at the office Christmas party Thursday evening. But now it’s definitely a cold. Or…