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We are home.

April 25, 2012
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We are home.

Two full weeks in and it is official. We made cookies. Click here for the awesome recipe we used and yes, I have Appletini colored countertops! We organized the new Play Room! STUVA system from IKEA. We christened the new appliances! (Not like THAT! Minds out of the gutters Mamas!) Little C has taken it upon himself to be my official laundry sorter. (I win!!) AND I may be slightly in love with both my new washer/dryer and also having my laundry room on the main floor! We walk the dog HERE every day! This is literally steps from our front door. Ravine living FTW!! And we flipped the switch and had our first evening by the very modern fireplace. THIS is our home! Our beautiful, dream come true, Natural Urban Home! Natasha~  

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Alberta votes. What are the issues that affect you and your family?

April 5, 2012
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Alberta votes. What are the issues that affect you and your family?

Last year during the Canadian federal election I really wanted to explore the different political parties and their platforms and find out where I stood, you know… politically speaking. This is often a tough thing to do during an election with ‘propaganda’ and agendas coming at you from all angles. And then a Canadian blogger that I hold in very high regard did something wonderful. She took a good hard look at all the parties, read their platforms extensively and posted a synopsis of each on her blog. I can honestly say that I ended up making my decision based a lot on the information that Annie at Phd in Parenting posted on her site about the parties and their platforms as they related to families, parenting and women’s issues. And so, in an effort to suss out again where I stand at a provincial political  level, I am...

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48 hours

April 5, 2012
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48 hours

In less than 48 hours we will be moving into the Natural Urban Home. Yes, yes, I know, it’s all I am talking about lately, but I am getting excited. Kinda. I am also THE BIGGEST ball of stress and anxiety, that it is not even funny! Over the last few weeks I have managed to put myself into a full-fledged RA flare AND give myself what I think are the beginnings of a stomach ulcer. TUMS and my anti-inflammatory medications are my very good friends this week. The last time we moved, Little C was 6 months old. He didn’t care what was going on and was content to just be worn in a carrier while I packed up our little house. And it was June. Today I woke up to this…. Mother Nature is playing a cruel, cruel, four days late, April Fool’s  joke on me! I...

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Breaking up is hard to do.

March 23, 2012
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Breaking up is hard to do.

I think I am in denial. About moving that is. We are two weeks away from our designated move-in date to the Natural Urban Home and I have packed a grand total of 16 boxes. Every day I look around and I think to myself, “GET GOING WOMAN! What are you waiting for? All of this ‘stuff’ is not going to pack itself!” (No matter how much I wish and pray and dream for this to be true!) As I peel back the layers of US from this house, I realize that I am having a hard time “breaking up” with our home. This is the only real home that the four of us have known together and the one that has seen us grow together as a family. This is the only home my children have experienced Christmas in. The house they took their first steps in and...

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Irony and an Arrow

March 6, 2012
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Irony and an Arrow

Do you know what sucks and is also kind of ironic? I am attending a blogging conference this weekend, the inaugural Blogwest 2012 AND I am also suffering from a seemingly unending case of writer’s block! I seriously have about 10 posts sitting in my drafts folder that I started writing, got to a certain point and then just sort of lost steam. And this is starting to really piss me off! I think it is because my brain is so full of a lot of other life events right now. Selling our house, building the new house, closing the store, getting the new site up and running, prepping the family and business tax returns (whoohoo fun… NOT!!), and packing, I really have to start doing more packing. All of this has left me feeling like I may be neglecting my space and my readers here on my blog. BUT… What...

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My week with Gloria. AKA the 2012 Ford Focus.

February 16, 2012
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My week with Gloria. AKA the 2012 Ford Focus.

A few weeks ago I got to hang out with a new friend for a week. It was a good week, we didn’t go anywhere too fantastic, just toodled around town with each other, getting groceries, taking the kids to and from school and hitting up a yoga class or two. Gloria was a good companion to have around. She was smooth, easy-going, and handled herself very well everywhere I took her. And to top it all off, she has one heck of a snappy style to her. Check her out! Yes, Gloria is a car. She is in fact the 2012 Ford Focus Titanium Hatchback. When I was first asked if I wanted to drive the Focus, I thought now why would I want to drive such a small car. I have 2 kids. We need WAY more room than that. But then I started to think about...

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om…..

February 7, 2012
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Today I am running through all the phrases and sayings and meditations I can to keep my calm. “Everything happens for a reason.” “Problems are not stops signs, they are guideposts.” Robert Schuller “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.”  Epictetus “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming….” Dory It is kind of working. Although I am pretty sure I freaked my kids out real good when I broke down and started sobbing after I picked them up (25 minutes late) from school, got another phone call about the Natural Urban Home and YET another issue that is not going as planned that I have to deal with and after I yelled at them to stop the FUCKING WHINING ALREADY!! (Sad to say–that is a direct quote.) I really just have to calm down, take some deep breaths...

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it is all up here in my head

February 2, 2012
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I swear I am writing. (And not just taking silly iPhone pictures all day!) See… Writing, writing, writing. OK. Here’s the thing… I have one seriously big flaw. (Yes, yes, I know I have more than that, but this is the biggie!) I have HORRIBLE time management skills. Like, truly AWFUL! I can guarantee you that I have not been on time for more than about 5 things in the last 5 years and these were probably all flights somewhere! And every day, I get these amazing ideas for blog posts and things I want to write about and I mentally take notes and I start to “write” the posts in my head and tell myself that when I get home and the kids are napping, I will write and post all these amazing things. And then I get home and the kids decide NOT to nap, or there...

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four

January 23, 2012
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four

Day 19. Sweet. Sprinkles!!! Day 20. Someone you love. My fearless offspring. Day 21. Reflection. I don’t know, I just liked this one…. Day 22. My shoes. …while my pretty toes were drying! #JANphotoaday Challenge.

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pointing out rainbows

January 17, 2012
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This post has been a long time coming. And I don’t really know how to write it. So here goes… I have come to a realization over the past few months. (You Mamas out there with little babies, listen up!) What I have realized is this. We have all been duped. We have been duped into believing that our babies need us the most when they are brand new. And while, yes, it is true that they do need us to clothe, feed, soothe, love and protect them while they are so tiny and vulnerable, once you get into a routine and you find your mama-baby rhythm, things can get relatively easy at this point. Yes, I know, I am making some big generalizations here, but stick with me on this. Last year I went to visit a friend in Toronto who had just had her third daughter. Her...

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