Author Archives: cheesefairy

Notes From Mother’s Journal: How to Defeat a Cold In Five Easy Steps

Posted on 9/22/2010 by cheesefairy

1. Take vitamins If the magic juice with four grillion micrograms of vitamin C is half price, buy it and drink it. It’s so magic, it says on the bottle not to drink more than a cup a day. Believe … Continue reading →

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Dark and Light

Posted on 9/17/2010 by cheesefairy

Trigger warning for rape, domestic violence. I saw it yesterday, the headline at the CBC news website. I read the story, which said there had been a gang rape in Pitt Meadows (a suburb of Vancouver). It said someone had … Continue reading →

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I Gotcher Bullets Right Here

Posted on 9/15/2010 by cheesefairy

Jeggings! Whenever I say the word ‘jeggings,’ SA squirms a little and kills a kitten. (no, not really, kitten-lovers) I was sort of ‘enh, things are weird in the world, see also: open toed booties’ but then I saw a … Continue reading →

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Acceptable Risk Also Ends in Death. Eventually.

Posted on 9/13/2010 by cheesefairy

I was going to participate in ControverSunday this week but I thought about the topic – To Protect or Not to Protect – (children, not car insurance or condoms) and realized that I don’t have any strong opinions. (you can … Continue reading →

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The Beach

Posted on 9/3/2010 by cheesefairy

Now that we live in the Mizzle, I no longer make a pilgrimage to Second Beach at English Bay. Vancouver beaches are too far to go with kids. One kid, maybe. Two kids, no. It’s OK, we have our own … Continue reading →

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