Boys will be boys
It’s Super Bowl time and for some people I know, that’s exciting. For me it’s just a day without the husband.
HOW TO MAKE A VIDEO VIRAL
About five years ago one of my business associates told me that he spent at least an hour a day watching YouTube. At the time I had no idea what in the heck he was talking about and wasn’t the least bit curious to check it out. These days, I’m regularly posting videos of my own.
COUCH POTATO VERSUS MOUSE POTATO
Like many men I know, my husband has no problem with lying on the couch for hours on end watching television. He’s not watching shows that hold any interest for me, mind you. He watches the stuff that would put me to sleep within seconds.
FOOTSY ETIQUETTE
If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, is the way to a woman’s heart through her feet? In my case, the answer is a resounding yes.
SINGING DOWN FEAR
My eight year old daughter did something recently that I’ve never done in my life: she sang all alone on stage.
A FRESH START TO A NEW YEAR
Staring at a blank page before typing the first word for my column this week reminded me of what I love about New Years: a clean slate and a fresh start. Okay, so the slate of life can’t be completely clean when we begin a new year, I know that. But it can be tidied up so the fresh start is stronger.
THE TRUE MEANING OF BOXING DAY
I never wondered how Boxing Day got its name until this year, when one of my kids asked me. Naturally, I had no idea. So, as I always do whenever I need to look up information, I turned to Google.
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
Years ago, as a typical little kid with a toothless grin, I remember the song my friends and I sang with great delight in class: “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth.” I thought it was written just for us.
PREPARING TO PREPARE FOR CHRISTMAS
One of my Facebook friends suggested I write a column and produce a video about preparing to prepare for Christmas. I now have. But my guess is that it’s light years away from what she had in mind.
COMMUNITY SPIRIT SCORES GOALS
Canadians are known for their love of hockey, and if my family is any example, that perception is bang-on. It’s a little less so with the black sheep of our family, namely the one whose words you’re reading right now.
Thanks to the candidates
I grew up believing that all politicians were egotistical, thieving liars. Not because my parents taught me so, but because that was a common societal perception. I’m not sure when I recognized that this was not actually true, I only know that once I did, I felt compelled to defend them, much like kids who get picked on in the schoolyard.
CHOOSE TO SNOOZE
I am a night owl who yearns to be a morning person.
When my children were really young they would awaken early, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. I would admire how they were so excited to get on with their day from the very moment they opened their eyes. I wished I could be like that too. But more than that I wished they’d go back to sleep for another 10 minutes.
WHY BOTHER VOTING?
The municipal elections are only a week away and I’ve been telling people in my community of West Kelowna that I’m running for mayor. A surprising number of them have believed me.
“I’m not really running,” I said to a lady I know when she started telling me her concerns. “There are two mayoral candidates, but I’m not one of them.”
GRIN AND SHARE IT
Chatting and smiling away at people at a recent event, I eventually went to the bathroom to discover an obvious smear of lipstick on my front tooth.
“Did you notice this?” I asked my friend, pointing it out as she joined me at the sink.
TRICK OR TREAT
Before I became a mother I was the type of person who made a big deal out of Halloween. I’d go to significant lengths to create a fairly unique costume and then wear it to work regardless of the level of Halloween spirit at my workplace that particular year.
