Family Life

I don’t often take advantage of “Notes From the Inside” to have a real sitter-to-parent heart-to-heart but I will now attempt to do so since I have been working with a family who is on the outside, a gizzilion miles away, and therefore I do not risk offending anyone.  First a little background info. A...
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Just when I thought I couldn’t get any more organized than I already am, I have come across the best new mouse pad that just might change all that.  Over the past month I have been trying to get better systems in place throughout my house and work to make things run more smoothly. ...
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Before kids I would never have been caught dead with a store-bought desert or appetizer.  I prided myself with making things from scratch and couldn’t understand why anyone would need the convenience of bottled sauces or frozen pies.  Now I know better.  Life gets very hectic with kids and work. Today, more often than...
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If you can stand it I have one more organizational tip.  I thought I was done with organizing my life until I woke up this morning and realized I had to do something about all the hair elastics that are everywhere in the house.  Both my daughter and I have long hair.  At some...
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I have all the organizational technology available to me that I could ever need.  I have a blackberry, computer with calendar, reminder notices, email, texting and voice-mail.  I still can’t seem to keep our family’s daily schedule straight  Actually I am quite sure it is technology that has done me in.  My information comes at...
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Timmies, Tantrums & TSN Prospects: Chronicles of a Serendipitous Puck Mummy Today was just one of those days at work where I just wanted out. So I left early. Early enough to catch the last 10 minutes of Noah’s Wednesday hockey practice. Normally I am never at this practice. It totally conflicts with my work...
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It was another morning of playing ”find the lost sock” game.  We’ve all played it.  You go looking for a pair of socks but end up with a bunch of singletons.  So you start looking everywhere for that one matching sock.  You start with the dryer, then move to the laundry hamper and then in desperation...
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Monday January 18th (tomorrow) is Martin Luther King Day south of the border.  For most communities in the United States this is a holiday where there is no school and few offices are open.  This year, it is also being observed as a national day of service.  Many people will be off work but busy...
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By no means would I ever have considered myself a germaphobe. I will openly admit that there have been times in my life when I have let a dog lick-kiss with me without worrying about worms, played by the five second rule within my own home and taken kids to play zones caring more...
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6 more sleeps before the big event.  The level of excitement is high, preparations are moving at a furious pace, lists are being made and checked twice and there is much work being done by many many elves.  Nope, I am not talking about Santa’s arrival but the annual Novice Christmas Jamboree which our son’s hockey team is hosting...
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