I was going to announce my giveaway today. I really was. I was going to go get groceries right after taking the kids to school, then come home and write and get it organized. We walked to school as it’s finally, finally not raining, and on the way home P decided to take the long route. We explored every stick and rock on our way, and found our friends and neighbours in their driveway so we stopped for a chat. It was after 10 by the time we got home, and then I learned that two separate people close to me each lost a parent today. So, instead of getting…

Writing every day has felt harder this month. Not in the sense that I’m running out of things to say, but just finding time to actually do it has felt more challenging. Being sick for like, ever, didn’t help, nor have P’s less than stellar sleeping habits this past little bit. My favourite time to write is in the early afternoon when the house is quiet. P is down for his nap, and I still have hours ahead of me to get all the other things I need to do done. Lately though, on the days I’ve been home I’ve needed those precious hours to sleep while he sleeps. While…

Do you remember those email surveys that used to go around back in the day? When I was in high school, before the days of social media, email and messenger services were the big thing. Anybody who was anybody had email addresses with amazing names (I was ironwoman_088 back when Hotmail was cool) and I used to love those huge chain survey emails that would come around. There were seriously like a million questions to answer and nowadays my mind is seriously boggled when I consider how much time I had to both read and fill out all these surveys… but I still filled them out every. single. time. And…