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The ugly face of reality

Last dose

Well, it was supposed to be. Sophie’s courses of antibiotics finished late yesterday. Her temp spiked again today, though, and she started feeling kind of crappy this afternoon, so we may not be out of the woods yet. Poor kid.

Miranda February 12, 2010February 3, 2016 Main, The ugly face of reality

Insurance Gratitude

It was almost as an afterthought that Chuck bought travel medical insurance for our family as we headed out on our first out-of-country holiday. As Canadians we take universal medicare for granted. Our kids are healthy. Other than Noah’s croup

Miranda February 5, 2010February 3, 2016 Main, Miscellaneous, The ugly face of reality

Nine days

We had a family meeting a little over a week ago. It was a more significant meeting than usual, because Chuck was part of it: he wanted to express some concerns he’s had about how people in this house are

Miranda November 21, 2009February 3, 2016 Family Matters, Homeschooling, Main, The ugly face of reality

Viral trends

This is the story of our past week and a half. Lovely, isn’t it? Three of the kids have been sick twice. Erin had the worst of it initially — likely the H1N1 thing, contracted in transit back from Calgary

Miranda November 9, 2009February 3, 2016 Main, The ugly face of reality

Stupid run

Once a week I do an LSD, a “long slow distance” for my run. Yesterday I went looking for a flattish 13 miler and decided to run a loop out a secondary highway I know well and back along a

Miranda August 2, 2009February 3, 2016 Main, Running, The Natural World, The ugly face of reality

Flooring prep

It’s happening! After my escalating complaints about the grotty carpet, and my impulsive removal of most of it from the piano room, and a bit of uncharacteristic leadership from me in terms of contacting suppliers and installers, we are now

Miranda July 1, 2009February 3, 2016 Main, Miscellaneous, The ugly face of reality

Under the vile carpet

The dog peed on the carpet yet again. The kids said “ooh, you get to cut another hole!” I had cut away a corner of the carpet under the piano a couple of months ago when she’d peed there a

Miranda April 26, 2009February 3, 2016 Main, The ugly face of reality

Cat-doodler and slush

I’m excited. In four days I leave to drive to the coast to pick up my girl. The time has flown by for us. I wonder if it has seemed the same for her? She is prone to doodle cats.

Miranda February 25, 2009February 3, 2016 Main, The ugly face of reality, Travel

Oh right, it’s February

I have not been much inspired to blog lately. I prefer to blog about growth, novelty, progress, discoveries, creative energy and fresh ideas. There hasn’t been much of any of that. Lately I have felt mired in a swamp of

Miranda February 17, 2009February 3, 2016 Main, The ugly face of reality

Look up

Please don’t look down. Please don’t see the carpet. When we moved into our home 15 years ago there was a really grotty carpet in the big room, the room which at that time served as a bedroom for three,

Miranda January 30, 2009February 3, 2016 Main, The ugly face of reality

Roads closed

This is the road to our house. Two of the three roads out of our area have been closed for a day already, the third in treacherously poor condition. We drive around this avalanche arm to get home — the

Miranda January 8, 2009February 3, 2016 Main, The Natural World, The ugly face of reality

Snowed in

We’ve had a lot of snow in the last couple of days. There’s now more on the ground than we’ve had at any point during the past twelve years, I think. This photo looks out from the kitchen window over

Miranda January 7, 2009February 3, 2016 Main, The Natural World, The ugly face of reality

Tight quarters

These days our house seems really small. There are a few factors. We’re (yay!) taking the week off from our regular out-of-home commitments, so we’re here a lot more than usual. Erin is not at school during the day. She’s

Miranda December 22, 2008February 3, 2016 Living simply, Main, The ugly face of reality

Acoustics

Both the piano room and the music-teaching room in our house are carpeted with low 7-foot ceilings covered in acoustic tile. “Acoustic” as in “none.” Meaning they’re totally sound-deadening. In addition the rooms are carpeted and too small to begin

Miranda November 21, 2008February 3, 2016 Main, Music education, The ugly face of reality

Opting out of Hallowe’en

About four years ago I realized we were “doing Hallowe’en” entirely out of a sense of obligation. I felt obligated to create unique costumes for the kids, they felt obligated to wear them and wander around in the typical almost-freezing

Miranda October 31, 2008February 3, 2016 Main, The ugly face of reality
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