Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
We’ve all been there: drowning in work, juggling doctor’s appointments and parent-teacher meetings, chauffeuring kids to activities, keeping up with the laundry and groceries so that the family is reasonably clothed and fed, multitasking every minute of every day, when suddenly, we hit a bump in the road. Maybe it’s a sick kid who needs …
Last night my eight-year-old daughter Lola and I were lucky enough to attend Broadway Across Canada’s musical production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. This Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is currently playing at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre from October 25th until October 30th. Having attended a Broadway Across Canada performance before, I knew to expect all …
I originally wanted to write a post about women in technology, but the numbers aren’t good and my research findings were just too depressing. But there’s hope for the future of women in tech with a new generation, so I focused on girls in tech instead — those stats are promising — and specifically, on two teenaged …
Halloween can be a bit of a dichotomy, when you have young children. They are old enough to understand the concept of dressing up to be someone or something else, and the understand that when they do this on Halloween and go to other people’s homes, they get free candy. Excitement! What they likely won’t …
When I was in my mid-twenties I was diagnosed with HPV. Precancerous cells were found in my cervix and that led to many uncomfortable pap smears and years of worry. At the time I’d never even heard of HPV and I certainly didn’t know it was sexually transmitted. It was a horrible way to find …
I have opinions about French toast. Passionate opinions some might say, because to me French Toast is one of the world’s most perfect breakfast foods. I’m going to share a Freezer French Toast recipe with you today that is SO good you’ll probably love me forever. Just sayin’. But first, let’s talk about the most …
Clicking through the news today I came across this article titled Gangs of Clowns Terrorize Drivers. What fresh hell is this I wondered and clicked on the link. LIKE AN IDIOT. Oh well, misery loves company and I hate being alone, so welcome. Let’s discuss this nightmare of clowns scaring people shall we? It would appear that …
My kids get home from school at 2:30 p.m. That leaves a crazy amount of time between the end of school and dinner. In order to keep them from eating everything in their path as soon as they walk through the door, I need to be prepared with fast snacks that they can grab as …
