Monthly Archives: December 2008

Wordless Wednesday: An Airplane On The Highway?

It’s not everyday that highway traffic is held up by part of an airplane…

How SMART Are Your Goals?

6 am Monday morning, your alarm rings waking you up from a deep slumber.  Without much thought you change into your running gear, lace up your runners, chug a cup of coffee and head out for your morning run.  You do this every day.  Mindlessly you run the same route day after day after day. …

Get Off That Fat Ass and RUN!

After lazing around the house for 3 hours this morning, I finally worked up my motivation, charged up my ipod nano, dusted off my running shoes and headed out for a run.  Here’s the proof: My ass is killing me now.  I need to lose some weight. Not a lot of weight, just about 10-15…

Home Sweet Messy Home

After a 7 hour drive yesterday that should have taken 5.5 hrs or at the most 6 hrs, we are finally home safe and sound from our Christmas extravaganza at my in-laws place in Ottawa.  Brooke didn’t scream as much as she did on the way up to Ottawa, as we had learned that she…

The Grinch May Have Stolen Christmas But At Least I Look Amazing

I got my pay stub as I was leaving for Christmas vacation all excited about my Christmas bonus as I got missed last year.  I was promised that I’d get it with the last pay of this year along with this year’s bonus and some retro pay because it was discovered that my salary wasn’t…

Wordless Wednesday: Thanks For Shovelling The Snow Brookie

17 month old Brooke shows how happy she is to play in the snow for the first time…

Race To The Mall

Yesterday we had our official Christmas Warm-Up…  What’s a Christmas Warm-Up?  Its what you call Christmas before Christmas.  My hubby’s family is truly from the Great White North, otherwise known as Ottawa, Ontario Canada.  And my family is from the Florida of Canada, otherwise known as Toronto, Ontario, Canada (though if you’re my in-laws you…

Do Bloggy Give-Aways Translate Into More Readers?

Almost every blog I visit these days is having some sort of give-a-way – gift cards, hand made crafts, blog candy, children’s products and some bloggers are even giving away computers!  It seems just about everyone has something to give.  Product review blogs, particularly by mommy bloggers are popping up everywhere!  How these mommies are…