You may think that parents in the city have a whole lot more to worry about and hence the hidden teddy bear cams and the need to supervise your teens but that is just not so.  (more…

I read somewhere that sending your partner a text in the morning was not just a way of saying good morning ... it was a way of telling the person that you love them. After my nose stopped burning from the coffee I snorted when I read this ... I had a wee rethink. I know I am in great need of social coaching so I thought well ... maybe there is something…

You know when they make the big valentine box at school and all the kids bring their valentines to put in the box?? And then, you all make little valentine baskets to take your valentines home??? Ya well that sucked.  (more…

I was a deprived child. Please re-read that. It says deprIved and not deprAved. Subtle difference and proof that little mistakes can put people in prison or give permission for other people to firehose them and up their meds. (more…

There is an auction in the neighbourhood this weekend and I am insisting that we make a huge costume block party and make our potential new neighbours feel welcome. (more…

When I got here to Australia I could not believe the school uniforms. (more here ....)

Young girls are very impressionable you know. Growing up reading those romance novels and seeing those movies (forced to because that is all my brother would read and watch and I always got his hand me downs) ... I wanted to recreate the whole thing. I am not completely sure but I think my underdeveloped chest (okay completely flat - are you happy…

I have been forced to be in bed the last few weeks for way more time than I ever wanted to be in bed. I mean lingerie and chocolates fail miserably when you are on pain killers and cannot move - lets face it ... THOSE two items are definitely much more fun when participating in a contact sport!!  (more…

I think parents should consider the nicknames they give their kids ...  (more here ...)

I asked my hubby this morning if he thought, after 11 years of marriage that the honeymoon was over.  (more here ...)

Trains are new to me ... in Canada we use trains mainly for cattle and grain. Here in Australia they use it for people.  (more…

Growing up on the farm we were not close to any 7-11's so we had to improvise. Of course, on a farm, any improvisation included livestock. (more…

I got up this morning and put on my prettiest lingerie and laid down on the settee with my box of bonbons and some champagne and some fashion magazines and my husband had the nerve to some in all sweaty from working in the yard and ask me what I thought I was doing.  (more…

According to experts only women refer to the men in glowing terms of "and he makes me laugh." Men seldom, if ever, see this an asset worth explaining to other men about their love interest.  (more…

When you grow up on a farm it can be tough to figure out all the feminine stuff you have to know to compete in the big city. (more here...…

There is a show on television that evidently reveals that there is a dark sinister side to all those fairy tales - that they are real and we should all be very afraid ... (more here ...…

I always hate it when you go places and some woman is yacking about her prize winning roses or her steroid pumped veggies that won first place at some "fair." (more here...…

I like to police the lives of others ... mainly because I just like to arrive at places, put on a uniform and take charge ... AND I like strapping on a gun and having tear gas at my finger tip.  (more here...…

I found that people have aversions to "study's" and so they make terrific places to make out ... (more here ... )

My Romance with fur began at an early age ...  (more here ...)