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The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

First Grade

August 26, 2010 Conversations With Oliver

Though I really can’t understand why the children don’t go back to school until AFTER the Labour Day long weekend, (I mean, really!) I must admit, I’m thrilled to get back to the school schedule. I don’t love the 7:55 AM start time of the school day, which is ohmygodsofuckingearly, nor do I relish the [...]

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Mah Boyfriend is Forty

August 16, 2010 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

Okay, he’s not exactly my boyfriend… we’ve been married for almost ten years. But I’ve known him since he was about twenty-three, and let me tell you something: this man just gets better and better with time. It’s a fact. Everyone knows that forty is one of those milestone birthdays… comes replete with at least [...]

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I Just Can’t Stop Laughing About This

August 16, 2010 Random Grumbles

We were in Toronto a few weekends ago, and while hanging out with my sister one evening, being the asshats that we are, she told me about this youtube clip that’s had us in stitches ever since. Now please understand me – the premise of this news clip is no laughing matter. Some poor woman [...]

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Gifts from a Kat

July 30, 2010 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

Last Friday I signed for a package. I love signing for packages, especially when I have no idea what it could POSSIBLY be! Surprises are fun. Not to mention the fact that it arrived on the heels of a baaaad week for me. Just days earlier, I realised I was not going to New York. [...]

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Quiet.

July 25, 2010 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

The summer schedule with children and all their stuff… well, the downtime that comes in between is kinda restful. I mean “restful” in that we’re not starting our day at the ungodly hour of 6:45 AM and I’m rising for the day closer to 8 AM… I can hear the children in the corners of [...]

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The Pee-Pee Chronicles

July 11, 2010 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

Last week I decided it was time to potty-train the girl-child. She’ll be two-and-a-half in a few weeks, though this doesn’t really have anything to do with her age. We’ve I’ve been half-assed about this whole deal since Christmastime, what with the wetting and the mess… Summer weather is ideal for this kind of thing [...]

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Year One – Me on the Internets

July 2, 2010 Random Grumbles

I actually went live with this blog one year ago today. It was Martin who said I should start writing a blog, from the beginning. I had all these snippets of writing floating around… musings, and angry rants, and stories about dumb things… He did all the background stuff, setting up the WordPress software and [...]

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If It Wasn’t For This Blog, I’d Be Totally Pregnant By Now.

June 29, 2010 Random Grumbles

So, a couple of weeks ago I was engaged in a full-on five-alarm panic that my usually-like-clockwork period was two days late. Two days. Holy fuckballs. HOW THE HELL DID THIS HAPPEN?! I shrieked inside my head, wandering around my house with my arms clamped to the sides of my face, my eyes wide and [...]

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Perfect Cookies = Perfect Mum

June 2, 2010 Dirty Food

So, I don’t really bake. I blame this on my mother. What I mean is, I didn’t stand on a chair next to my mother watching her sift and stir, knead and fold, turning flour, sugar and eggs into magnificent confections. She wasn’t a baker. And she wasn’t that kind of mother – which is [...]

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