The Buzz Queen

So if you haven’t already noticed, I blew NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month). I gave it an honest try, but then real life sort of took precedent, and well…. shit happens I guess.
If you read my other blog, then you’ll know that my best friend from high school just recently found out she has […]

I ordered a Spanish course online last week, and it arrived today!
I realize that yes, most of the people who I’ll come in contact with in Mexico will more than likely speak very good English. But that’s not the point. I’m of the opinion that I’m traveling to another country, and will be […]

I’ve decided I’m not going to step on the scale until Friday. I’m the type that gets discouraged quickly, so I want to give it enough time for me to see a drop in the numbers.
So stay tuned for Friday (unless you die of boredom first!) when I will either be jumping for joy […]

I was talking on the phone this morning to my girlfriend Barb, and was telling her about my diet and exercise, what I might attempt to wear on the beach in Mexico etc., and we were talking about the get-ups she has seen people wearing on the beach during some of her holidays to the […]

You may have noticed that I didn’t post an update for diet days #3 & #4. There’s a very good reason for that - they weren’t very good diet days.
We were invited over to friends for dinner Saturday night, and I did fantastic….. right up until she asked if I wanted a piece of […]

I can’t believe that this day almost ended without me wishing Mattie a Happy Birthday!
Here he is with his brother’s and sister’s at one day old:

And here he is at about 6 weeks old - still with his Mother of course:

And now he’s a big strong Mama’s boy!

He was terrified of the Mountie in his […]

The West coast was true to form this morning, and poured cats and dogs down on the ceremony. I was frozen to the bone after about 5 min even with my nice down jacket, gloves and umbrella. I couldn’t help but think about all the soldiers who endured conditions far worse for weeks […]

So today I really put my mind to staying out of the leftover Halloween candy and those delicious granola bars that are supposed to be for the girls lunches.
I used a free website called SparkPeople to track my calories and exercise a couple years ago, and it really worked for me. All you have […]

I was doing some filing and organizing in my office today (since that stupid Scrabulous wasn’t working!!), and found this interesting little piece of paper tucked away in my ‘current bills’ folder:

Well, well, well. It seems that ’someone’ got himself a hefty parking ticket when he was away for court last month. I […]

For those of you who don’t know, we’ll be heading to Cozumel, Mexico for our Christmas holidays this year. We’ve never been on a vacation like this as a family, so we’re all very excited!
I’ve been reading up on how not to be a stupid tourist, and apparently Mexicans are very helpful and patient, […]