by thadmin | May 27, 2007 | Joy
Finney was just here… She said she had some ‘Roast beef chocolate tea’ for me. There were two lumps of brownie in a small teacup. I was encouraged to eat one, which I did. I then suggested Owen could have the other one. She promptly popped it in her...
by thadmin | May 5, 2007 | Joy
by thadmin | Mar 22, 2007 | Joy
Conversation with Finney over dinner tonight: Finn: Dada, I can’t finish my dinni (sic) tonight because my feelings are hurt. Me: Oh! Sweetheart, why are your feelings hurt? Finn: I no no. (Trans: “I don’t know”) Finn: Well, they are hurt in...
by thadmin | Mar 17, 2007 | Joy
Last weekend we had two dear friends out to visit, Garrick and Monica, and we made an impromptu dinner of pasta, carrots and orange peppers… and… some other yummy things. As the pasta was cooking I walked behind the steam cloud and was transfixed by the...
by thadmin | Mar 1, 2007 | Travel
Major snowstorm hit Toronto today and there was a major (freight) train deraillement at one of the stations along the line to get home, so my company is putting me up in a shmancy hotel for the night. Woohoo! Room service is on its way up as I type (peppercorn steak...
by thadmin | Feb 28, 2007 | INFO
Each night we read a story (or portion thereof) to the kids, then tell a made-up-on-the-spot story about anything, and then sing one or two songs to the kids (each). If you haven’t tried it, its damned hard to come up with a new made-up story each and every...
by thadmin | Feb 26, 2007 | Navel
What is interesting to read on these things? What is interesting to write about? I’ve entitled this post to capture that essence… Stuff I find interesting during my rather mundane days these days: 1) The wheel assemblies on the GO trains I take each day...
by thadmin | Feb 8, 2007 | Joy
Tonight as I kissed my sleeping and now three-year-old daughter in her sleep, I whispered a question: “Are you still my baby girl?” To my utter love and surrendering, she nodded three times and smiled. Oh my heart.
by thadmin | Feb 8, 2007 | INFO
This is another image I have submitted to the magazine: This ‘JPG Magazine’ is an interesting project. All images are user-submitted and user-voted upon. Top contenders are run by some editors and then the issue is glossy-published. I knew right away it...
by thadmin | Feb 8, 2007 | Joy
It is Finn’s birthday today:
