http://amanda.pietersma.ca Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:47:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a quick note to indicate that we do indeed have a big birthday bash coming up on June 20th!    Celebrating birthdays are William (11), Eleanor (39) and David and James (2).  We are also going to chuck in a special deal and celebrate Father's Day as well for Harry ... http://amanda.pietersma.ca/?p=42 Today, I was subjected to extreme heat, a working over on my neck and having my feet dunked in paraffin.   It sounds like a rather unique torture method doesn't it? My lovely in-laws, being the charming and thoughtful creatures that they are, decided as a Christmas present to give me a ... http://amanda.pietersma.ca/?p=39 Today I have re-discovered the joy of not doing anything.  Now believe me, there are plenty of things I could be doing, and I've been moving very s-l-o-w-l-y at getting some necessities accomplished, but otherwise I am fairly inert. Why am I sitting about like Lady Muckbucket while those piles of ... http://amanda.pietersma.ca/?p=38 There seems to have been a lot that has gone on between posts and yet not much of anything substantial.  My days have been crammed with to-ing and fro-ing and while there has been a return on that amount of activity I feel drained rather than glowing with fulfillment.  Go ... http://amanda.pietersma.ca/?p=37 Right.  I should have been in bed early tonight as I'd promised myself I would be.  But, you see, my Google Reader was full up with all sorts of musical tidbits and various celebrity gossip segments (I am ashamed.  Very ashamed of this.  Seeking treatment as we speak) so I ... http://amanda.pietersma.ca/?p=35 Crikey, a whole 24 hour period without the boys...what was a girl to do?!! To be honest, I do enjoy some time without the children - all of them.  I don't feel too guilty in saying it.  Well.......maybe just a bit.  It does afford you some time to get things accomplished ... http://amanda.pietersma.ca/?p=34 I was just recently told off for not updating my blog more often.  It is true that I seem to be a smidge busy these days, but it's really not the total reason I haven't been writing.  In truth, I haven't really felt compelled to say much of anything because ... http://amanda.pietersma.ca/?p=33 Rose came to us in the year 1997. At that time, we had Daisy. Daisy had been named after a character in a British comedy (Keeping Up Appearances) and in keeping with this theme, we named our new acquistion Rose - the leggy sister to Daisy. Rose came to us ... http://amanda.pietersma.ca/?p=18 Today marked the first episode in what will - no doubt - be a long love affair with the rumblings of a 4-wheeled bit of machinery. Yes, the twins rode around with Dad in the neighbour's tractor; expressions of awe and (in the case of David) mild hysteria etched on ... http://amanda.pietersma.ca/?p=19 It was with great surprise and sadness that we learned of the passing of our friend and neighbour Pat Coyne this week. I happened to be at work when I heard the news which made dealing with it incredibly difficult. Nobody really wanted to listen to my Pat stories there, ... http://amanda.pietersma.ca/?p=17