Postcards from the Mothership

Project 365: Sigh. Again. I know. I’m sick of it, too. on Nov 6, 2009 in Project 365 Ugh. November. If there were a contest for the least-photographic month on the calendar, November would win it hands-down. Grey, barren, sleety. Ugh. Usually, I love writing up this weekly summary of my 365 pictures, but I’m so abysmally lac...

Holiday cards – your preferences? on Nov 6, 2009 in Yes, it’s early. I know, not even the second week of November and it’s my second post about Christmas — third if you count the Christmas light in my 365 post! But I’m trying to wrench a little organization into my life and p...

Lucas speaks on Nov 5, 2009 in Lucas Toddler time Yesterday, Lucas said his first sentence, complete with subject, verb, object and preposition: “I play with Lego!” (Yes, the exclamation point was obviously in there.) Funny, he is exactly the same age – not quite 21 months ̵...

The Internet scares me on Nov 3, 2009 in How I love the Interwebs Sideblog I’m not even sure where to start deconstructing this search query that led some poor confused soul to my blog this morning. Related posts (automatically generated):Solidarity, sistaThe mothership believes in the lower case, tooHalf decent? O...

DaniGirl versus the Mouse, round 1 on Nov 3, 2009 in It may or may not be coincidence, but it was right around the time we had to put down our 17 year old cat this summer that the first mouse appeared. I would have liked to type “when the mouse first appeared” but I’ve come to believ...

The Giant Christmas Parade Post, 2009 edition on Nov 1, 2009 in Ottawa Family Fun This is an exciting year for Santa Parades in Ottawa — for the first time ever, the main Ottawa Help Santa Toy Parade will be held in the evening, and the new route will bring it past Parliament Hill. How cool is that? I can’t wait! Thi...

Project 365: Enough with the dead leaves already! on Oct 30, 2009 in Project 365 Okay, seriously? I am so sick of taking pictures. Really, really sick of taking pictures. So unbelievably sick of looking for pictures, finding pictures, taking pictures, processing pictures, posting pictures, talking about pictures, thinking abou...