I'm different. I'm not like you.  I don't share your faith, your beliefs, your religion. And I am perfectly okay with that.  I'm not against your praying for me.  I'm not against your quoting the bible  to me.  I'm not even against your talking to me about your faith. I'm happy for you that you have something that you wholeheartedly believe in, that gives you comfort, that makes you happy.  I experience the same feelings when I practice my l...

Today is the fifth day that my boy Jake has been on Concerta for his ADD. It's been going remarkably well so far.  Day one, his teacher sent him home with a note saying that she had used his math worksheet as an example for the rest of the class.  Usually Jake's work is all over the page; this time, though, he had lined all his equations up neatly and had written them clearly.  A total turnaround from his usual work. Day two, she sent yet another note home saying that sh...

I knit. I knit hats, I knit socks, gloves, sweaters, scarves, blankets, bags...I even knitted a bikini once. I knit when I'm sad.  I knit when I'm happy.  I knit when I'm frustrated.  I knit when I'm exuberant.  I knit to not think.  It's become almost a meditation for me....nothing but me, my needles and the yarn.  The quiet click clack of needles making knots....the feel of the yarn between my fingers, the miracle of one thread being woven and knotted ba...

I just re-watched 'The Other Sister'. I forgot how good it was....how good it is . Never mind the stellar performaces from Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribinisi (which I just have to mention because they're so damn awesome) The simplicity of the story, of the plot.  The simplicity of the characters.... ...it served as a reminder to me that sometimes all you really do need is love.  

 I wrote this article recently Link about how I was going to try and gain some weight because I felt I was too skinny. Of all the men who replied, not-a-one of them said they preferred skinny, scrawny chicks.  In fact, most of them said they preferred women who were 'curvy'. I find this revelation very curious.  It makes me happy, but I find it intriguing. Why, if American men like women who have some shape to them, are we women going to extreme lengths to make our...

I got myself a new pair of shoes. These shoes are totally out of character for me. If you could tell the type of personality someone has by the shoes they wear..well, I'd be a birkenstock clog.  Comfortable, sturdy, and sensible. These shoes I just got.....wow!  They're cherry red, patent leather pointy-toed stiletto heeled pumps.  They have a little T strap across the toe and a 2 " heel...high enough to be 'heels', but low enough to be comfortable. These shoes, if...

I had yet another interview at the chiropractor's office this afternoon.  The doctor and I talked about the job, about chiro, about my spiritual philosophy, we compared tattoos and then we talked about Zen.  It was very cool...very informal. He said "if this doesn't work out, this front office job I mean, we have a position available for a therapist that I think you'd be very interested in.  We'd train you, of course." Hmmm.  I don't know what that means, if anythin...

I overheard a conversation about swinging today.  Not swinging like playground swinging, but swinging as in having sex with mutiple partners at the same time. Now I'm no prude, but swinging and having sex with someone else and my husband disgusts me.  I can't get my head around the mindset....the women I overheard talking today mentioned that there was a lot of 'emotional love' involved.  How?  If you love someone enough to want to spend the rest of you life with t...

It's official.  My concerns and doubts about Jake's behaviour have been right...he has ADD. He starts taking Concerta tomorrow morning.  The doc started him out at the lowest dose, 18 mg, with the option to increase if necessary.  He doesn't have to take it on the weekends if we don't want him to, nor during school holidays, but she said that we should give it to him every day for a couple of weeks before we think about giving him a weekend break. We talked about the possibi...

Today is the day my boy Jake has an appointment with the pediatrician and psychologist to review his ADD score results. I saw the questionnaire that his teacher completed; she scored him really high too. So, we go talk to the professionals this afternoon and see what they want to do. I've been given some hope by my friend Rob (Hi, Rob!!) who's son AJ also has ADD and recently started taking Concerta.  Rob says it's like night and day....but also says that he's been given the option...

I don't have anything to write about, so I'm going to write about nothing. This weekend was an exercise in relaxation.  We ordered chinese takeout, watched TV, slept in.  We were going to take the kids to the movies to see 'The Incredibles', but one of them decided to be obnoxious - so we decided that we weren't going to reward bad behaviour and we all stayed home. D and I spent some quality time together after the kids had gone to bed Friday and Saturday night.  Things have...

My husband got himself a blogging ID a few months back.  He did it so that he could respond to my articles when he was in the Arctic and I was in the US...it was another method of communication for us. Since he got back, he hasn't used it. I'm trying to persuade him to start.  I think that there are some fabulous folks here, people that he'd do really well with.  I think that he's incredibly intelligent and that more than a few people here would be interested in what he...

I think that I must be some kind of mutant.  I must have a deformed physique, it must be horribly abnormal. I cannot find pants that fit. I'm 5'1 3/4", and I weigh 120lbs.   I thought that I wore a size 5 petite.  Apparently that's not so anymore.  This afternoon I went shopping for pants for work. The first pair I tried on were a size 5 petite, only to find that the waist was too big and the bottoms flapped around my ankles like flags at half-mast. ...