Solonor's Inkwell

Apparently I was completely WRONG on my timeframe for guest blogging. I have to admit, I didn’t read the fine print in the contract I signed with Solonor. Maybe I signed on for life, I’m really not sure. (Doesn’t that scare ya to death!)

So what are we gonna review today? Let’s talk parenting…. After all, Solonor is a parent, and I’m a parent… and well, I’m feeling OVERWHELMED with the whole context of parenting…. so let’s review it.

Let’s start with boy children….. I have one of those. He’s the easiest thing in my life. If you take away the fact that he’s dyslexic and I’ve spent the last three years fighting the school corp over that fact. Oh, and we can’t forget that he’s tiny for his age, (nearly nine and 40lbs) thus requiring many many medical treatments/facilities. Well, don’t forget that by nature, he has this unexplainable fasination of bringing live animals INSIDE my house… but yeah, he’s easy.

Next, let’s review girl children….. I have one of those too. She’s a pain in the ass, like all girl children can be. Well, except when she crawls into my bed at 5:30am and snuggles up to me and says “I just missed you, Mommy.” Oh, and then there are the times she’s thrilling around the room in her “pretty dresses” asking if she will EVER be as pretty as me. And we can’t forget when she comes over with the Pledge and dust rag in hand and ASKS to clean the house… but yeah, she’s a pain in the ass.

What about your children? Easy or a pain?
–Dana

and gone!

It has been really fun playing at the Ink Well. I certainly know why Solonor enjoys his readers. You have all been so much fun.

Have a great week-end…. and feel free to pop on over to the Princess any time!

Thanks for the fun….

– Dana

IT’S FRIDAY! I mean seriously… FRIDAY………

I live for FRIDAY… two full days of no work, no people coming in talking to me about minor details that they want to make into MAJOR problems….

How much better can it get? well, I guess, it could be 5pm on FRIDAY!

– Dana

Canada, oh Canada….

I know NOTHING about Canada. You’d think that since it is just hours over my head, I might actually know something about it. I don’t!

As a child, my father drove us up through Michigan across towards “the falls” and then home again through the US. I remember a WHOLE LOT of driving. And for a long time, we looked for mailboxes… we couldn’t find mailboxes on the streets. (Go figure, my family is so exciting!)

As an adult, when I lived in the western NY area, we would drive over to get Canadian Bacon…. which, by the way, is really HAM. We’d take all the visiting friends and neighbors to the Falls.

When I was pregnant with Garrett, we went to Montreal. I was rather pukey and remember a lot of walking, seeing great restaurants, and puking… lots of puking. IT was, however, beautiful there.

So, tell me…. what is the “real” Canada like? Anyone know?
– Dana