My paternal grandma was an outrageously good cook. Her desserts were so legendary, a few were included in the program for her funeral a few years ago. I actually made her fresh raspberry cake for the holiday potluck at my office this last Christmas (with my own addition of white chocolate cream cheese icing) and left…

Party pooper. It's not like it hurt Boris Yeltsin:

CBT stands for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The basic premise is that rather than talking about your life and all the things that happened to you to make you feel so lousy, it trains you to dismantle and defuse dysfunctional patterns of thinking in the present that are contributing to your depression, regardless of…

cool.

Last night I dreamt I was on a flight with my husband and he lost something. Then he got angry at me because I couldn't find it. Then we discovered that we were both dreaming that same dream (but I'm still dreaming- you follow?) and I start reading him the riot act for being an asshole and he says "Hey! We were…

I have a friend whose mother is a nurse, and she has attended similar seminars. In her case, it seemed to be a generational thing. Older nurses were more likely to do the job properly - as in, water as warm as you can stand, fronts, backs, wrists, under nails, etc. The young ones would just rush through the whole…

We just came back from a vacation where we used VRBO in Paris (our host had a video, too) and Airbnb in Rotterdam. Renting an apartment is really the only way to go when you are a family with kids, otherwise it's crazy expensive or you'll end up killing each other stuck in the same hotel room every night. The property…

For what it's worth, I'm not a fan of having them touched either, but I wasn't uncomfortable with nursing. They're pretty much the same as they were pre-babies (2) aside from a bit of sagginess that might just be age-related, to be honest. They didn't grow much during pregnancy, they swelled up quite a bit when the…

You know, I don't like it when classic characters like this get changed to CGI. It just doesn't seem right. I hate, hate, that the Pillsbury Doughboy is no longer claymation. For one thing, it seriously dampered my fantasies of smushing him and hearing a muffled, sad, "hmm-hmm!"

Uncle Phil feels your pain.

Nooo! Don't tell me that! I'm headed to Paris for a few days in about a month and I just decided that the only shopping I will do for myself is lingerie. I have already pinned my favourites from Darjeeling and Princesse Tam Tam and Etam! Unless those are the type of 'specialty' shops you were referring to?

My favourite part is, without a doubt, the end where they answer the question from the girl who's embarrassed about her scar. When Thom started talking about his eye my heart exploded.

I grew up with cavvies, my parents still have them. The big one reminds me so much of the much-loved tricolour we had when I was a kid. He lived to be almost 15. They're not the brightest breed around, but they are so sweet and patient, and I have found tricolours to be the most gregarious for some reason.

Awww. I wish. But hey - potential new decor theme.

In my house people are known as either Doozers or Fraggles. My husband is a Doozer (the man cannot turn off his mind, I swear), as is my older daughter (she is constantly tidying her room or working on some other project). I'm a Fraggle (head in the clouds, easily distracted, admittedly lazy), and I think my younger…

But on the other hand, Earth Wind and Fire.

It's so easy to get discouraged. I've been on the Cipralex (Lexapro) my GP prescribed me for over a year now for Generalized Anxiety (I get a secondary mild depression because my episodes just leave me so drained and frustrated) and I'm not convinced it's doing anything. I think therapy and mindfulness are helping a…

I googled, and it seems we may have Oprah to blame for poop shoes. http://quotingquotes.com/40244/

This is a thing? I'm sitting here laughing silently at my desk over the thought of 'poop shoes'.

I am certain that an old puberty booklet from Tampax ("Accent on You") told me that the paper wrapper, applicator and tampon itself were all flushable. But if they're not, they're not. I'll avoid doing it in the future.