I never wanted to be one of 'those moms'.  You know the ones that can take the topic of a conversation and somehow squeeze in a cute little anecdote about their kid? Sara - 'Did you hear the new White Stripes?  It's awesome.' Crazy Mom - 'If you want to talk awesome and white, you should see the painting that Little Billy did at school of this sheep.  Kill-ah.' Sara - 'Waiter - beer please'. Well, I guess considering I'm writing this blog, that I'm one of those moms.  I tend to do this most often at work, I think... More »

After completing my happy dance when I found out I was carrying a boy, one nagging thought entered into my head.  Who the hell was going to teach this kid to pee standing up???  Okay, maybe it's ridiculous but I kid you not, I think about it.  You see, I'm not good at it - the whole 'going to the can but not on a can' thing.  It's not for me.  I went on an Outward Bound mountain climbing trek a few years ago and I was the joke of the camp.  I always had to erect some sort of makeshift... More »

Will and I went to a pig roast last weekend.  Yup - a pig on a spit - apologies to all you vegeterians out there.    I choose to live by the creed that everything tastes better with bacon.  It was an awsome day - sunny, everyone was skating, old friends, new friends - it was truly great.   Later in the day, my boy got hungry so we went inside to eat and take it down a few notches.  Pretty quickly after all the kids did the same.  Will, being obsessed with going up and down the stairs, decided to... More »

Thank God the Olympics are over.  I've cried so many times over the last couple of weeks, I'm spent.  Tonight I saw the Dan Jansen Visa ad...have you seen it?  That put me over the edge.  Seriously. Alex Bilodeau and his brother - incredible.  But Joannie.  Oh Joannie, how I cried for you, and cheered for you and then cried for you some more.  I know what it's like to achieve the greatest thing you've ever done and not had the one person there that you truly want to share it with.  And I cried harder when I saw you... More »

A few summers ago I was at a folk festival with some friends.  My friend Simon was a newlywed at the time and while we lounged in the grass waiting for his wife to grab us beers (I mentioned newlywed right?) we were watching this dad playfully tossing his kid in the air.  Simon was watching intently and I said, 'I guess that'll be you soon.'  He beamed.  Two minutes later an old lady wheeled by us in her motorized wheelchair, with a box of wine in her basket and a smoke hanging out of her mouth.  Simon and I... More »

I got pregnant with Will about two and a half years ago so it's safe to say until two and a half years ago, I was a party girl.  Good god - I was even interviewed in a bar and identified as a 'party girl' in the caption underneath on Global News!  Humiliating when your boss sees that.  I spent countless weekends nursing brutal hangovers, lying on my couch watching Overboard on TBS.  I thought when I got pregnant that the thing I would miss the most was drinking.  I admit, having to spend the Christmas holidays sober sucked... More »

It's very early in the morning on Family Day.  A long weekend in February.  It's so awesome - if you live in Ontario - or if you're not me who has been up all night worrying about work.  This is new for me since I've had Will.  I used to work a lot.  It was easy since I didn't have any responsibilities.  I could just work when I felt like it.  Go in on the weekend and stay really late.  Now, I'm in the office at 8 and I leave at 4:30.  This weekend, I planned on working when he... More »

Will's school asked for a family photo a couple days ago.  It made me melancholy.  Only for a moment but it did.  I pictured what I had always pictured as a family.  The parentS, the multiple siblings, toss in a labrador.  Oh what the hell, let's put everyone in matching jeans and white shirts just to round out the perfection.  Then I thought of our family picture.  The two of us.  That's when the melancholy ended because I thought about photoshopping in ALL of Will's family.  His grandparents; aunts and uncles.  His crew at the coffee shop.  All of his... More »

I promise, I swear, I'm going to introduce myself to you.  I wrote it in my head on the drive home and then I got home.  Yup...home..to the sound of Niagara Falls, well okay maybe the Humber River.  I admit it.  There are certain times when I really, really wish I had a boyfriend or a husband.  It's not Valentine's Day or on my birthday.  It's not when I'm lying around on a leisurely weekend morning (what the hell is that again??).  It's when something breaks down.  Let me set women's lib back here.  I don't have a clue how... More »

I assumed that I'd start my blog on UrbanMoms by giving you the lowdown on me, my son Will and our somewhat crazy existence together up to now.  But you should know - when something gets to me, I like to take to my blog and vent about it.  So you may as well get to know me like that right off the hop. I took a coffee break today at my local shop and the first article I read was about a new book being released, just in time for Valentine's Day, for all us single chicks out there.  The... More »