a peek inside the fishbowl

On April 2 I posted an update with the gleeful news that we’d finished the Whole 30 dietary reset and that I was feeling pretty good AND hit my goal weight. Well, I couldn’t let that be the last thing you heard about our Whole 30 because what happened afterwards deserves a mention. It was […]

The last days of Whole 30 were probably the hardest, not because I was ready to throw in the towel, but because there were more obstacles than usual. Good Friday was officially our Day 30. We had Easter dinner at my inlaws and I ate as per the plan although I was sorely tempted to slather […]

Day 29! Day 29! You’ll have to imagine me jumping up and down SHOUTING THIS FROM THE ROOFTOPS. I am feeling pretty good. If you look at what I’ve eaten this month I think you’ll see that I’ve been doing ok from a dietary perspective (aside from all of that bacon, of course. Sigh.) As […]

Last night I attended a special event at the Ottawa-Gatineau Auto Show that was hosted by Ford Canada. It was an opportunity to mix and mingle, learn a little bit about new additions to their fleet, and of course, check out the hundreds of vehicles on display at the Shaw Centre. (Which, by the way, I […]

I am weary today, but I blame the pre-dawn wakeups I’ve had these last two days. First, I was up early yesterday to bring the youngest to take her G1. (Yes, really!) Surprisingly, there aren’t that many places in Ottawa to do a driver’s test. I wanted to beat the crowd so we motored out […]