From there to here, from here to there, Funny things are everywhere
It’s midafternoon on Christmas day. The boys have been up since 5:25, after having stayed up many hours past their bedtime on Christmas Eve. Presents have been played with, DVDs have been watched, and no healthy food has been consumed. They are, in a word, done. And yet, they are refusing to nap. I wouldn’t … Continue reading “The price of a Christmas coffee”
It’s not the snow that does it. It’s not the Christmas lights. It’s not the parades, it’s not the Christmas muzak in the malls. I do love all those signs of the season, but it really doesn’t feel like Christmas until you get that first festive paper cup from Tim Hortons. As I’ve previously lamented, … Continue reading “Christmas coffee tea cups”
I have been playing in the referral logs again. (I suppose this is an unintentional segue from my last post on guilty online pleasures.) It continues to amaze me the questions that people ask the Internet. A lot of the hits I get are on infertility, low morphology, IUI and IVF. Searchers came by this … Continue reading “Google as oracle”
Sorry about yesterday’s blatant cry for sympathy. I’m a little bit stressed out these days, in the same way Tim Hortons sells a little bit of coffee each day. You know what triggered my waterworks? My time sheets. We have this intranet thingee where we complete our time sheets, and mine has been screwed up … Continue reading “Don’t mind me, I’m just ranting”
It was a bad weekend for icons of Canadian culture. First, on Friday it was announced that the Hudson’s Bay Company is being sold to an American businessman. The history of Canada and the Hudson’s Bay Company are irrevocably intertwined, and the idea of this titan of Canadian culture and history being owned by American … Continue reading “Rough weekend for Canadian culture”
It’s the last morning before the loooong Christmas weekend, and I’m having one of *those* days. While standing waiting my turn to board the bus, I realized that I had left my pass at home. Luckily, the driver waived me on to the bus anyway. It pays to be a regular, I guess. So I’m … Continue reading “One of those days”
I was sitting in the car, waiting to make a left-hand turn into the queue for Tim Hortons, getting a couple of extra-large coffees as a Saturday morning treat for Beloved and myself. It was mid-morning on Saturday, when all of suburbia is also in the drive-thru line. I was feeling stellar, having already been … Continue reading “Spirit of the season – and more reasons to cheer!”
I think by now my affection for Tim Hortons is no secret. (Did you know Timmy’s has its own Wikipedia page? It was there I read about “the Gretzky” – a coffee with nine creams and nine sugars. That can’t be good for you. Is there still room in the cup for coffee after all … Continue reading “Hot smoothies?”
It’s 9:55 am on a Sunday, and Tristan and I are standing on the wet tile deck of the local public pool. Excited children in bathing suits hop from foot to foot beside tired-looking parents in sweats and jeans. More than one parent looks like they wish Tim Hortons had a cantina window at the … Continue reading “Swimming lessons”
I’ve been peeking in the referral logs again. I tell ya, there be some weird people walking around out there. I can only imagine how disappointed some of these people were when they found blog, based on their search criteria. Despite the inherent ick factor, my favourite google this month is “free videos of tickly … Continue reading “Endless hours of entertainment”