tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56068346037738521102026-02-07T15:12:16.353-08:00Holistic Mommy - The Teen YearsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606834603773852110.post-82040359632135714112024-12-18T19:17:00.000-08:002026-02-07T11:28:37.858-08:00

So... Just 2.5 months ago, I returned to the $10/day childcare program which I quit back in the spring. The predator that had recently been hired was finally fired (shame on the organization for allowing that to happen for as long as it did) and I brought a new manager back with me. She's fun.Upon my return, I found that the infant/toddler childcare program I had been spending most of my time in

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You'd think with AI becoming a thing over the past 365 days that adults wouldn't be posting their kids info and photos online. Here we are, however, in the first week of school of 2024; adults are logging into Facebook to relentlessly share their kids, age, year, name and photo are shared for all the world to see.Some people will tell you, "Facebook is just for my friends and family" ...Uhh, no

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I've really gotten into the new whitegirl trend -- refinishing furniture. You know how it goes... The trend found me. You see, I don't buy anything new -- as everyone knows. Clothing is from swaps, sewing machine bought on consignment, furniture pulled off the side of the road, art supplies from Facebook Marketplace and house paint? It's from the recycle depot.There is such good paint being

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So a girl walks into a bar, and... It's open mic comedy night.She has one of the 25 spots, and... Only three of the comics are female.23 male comics talk about their penises, and... They're gross.These aren't her people, and... She contemplates that it's four hours to better comedy clubs.Not sure she wants to invest that much into healthier venues, so... Through anger and cognitive dissonance she

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This is a satisfying. I used up an entire palette of watercolour paint. It takes a very long time to use up paint. I think I've had this for 15 years... I can't believe this day has finally come. The satisfaction in my soul right now is explosive. Now what will I do with my next 15 years?

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A friend had a good idea not too long ago. "You should do face painting at the kangaroo farm! My friend did it one year and made a ton of money!"I happened to be receptive to this at the time. I have actually gone through great lengths to learn about face painting in the past. In fact, I still have a sealed box of Snazzaroo face paint sitting at home waiting for it's moment to be opened. I

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Right now I'm watching comedy, writing comedy, blogging and sewing a fish. I don't mean I'm doing these things today -- or this week. I'm doing all of these things right now.Watching comedy is a part of my homework for writing comedy. I am sitting on my yoga mat -- which doubles as my pattern cutting and pinning area. I have jokes coming through, finally, but now we're onto Bernie Mac and his

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I kept a blog for nearly six years. The entire time, I wanted, I asked -- I begged for people to leave comments. Comments are validating and fun and when I saw notification of a new comment, or best case, three comments received, it was an exciting morning. This is what I blog for -- the comments.Now, it is 2018. The internet has sucked all of humanity out of our communities and households.

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In celebration of my new job I made bean bags today.This is my second attempt at creating these little corn holes. I made a set last year for other children I work with... Those ones didn't turn out so well. Eventually the corners gave way and beans began to slip out. A true sensory experience to randomly find beans throughout our space over a period of a month and  half. Eventually we

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My first art submission.Overdose Awareness Response Team booth at Arts Alive.I sewed patio cushions.              One of my portal dreams. We lived herefor three weeks in the Fall.I returned to stand-up comedyafter exactly one year away.

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I think I'm supposed to move over to WordPress. What do you think? In the meantime, I have this to share:I went for a hike today. My friend took a couple of pictures of me because it was my first time up there. Both pictures have something going on around my head... Do you also notice the monkey in front of me in the second picture? Here are zoomed in shots: 

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Mortgages, hey? I dunno. I let go of home ownership when Little One was young. A home at that time was over $800,000. I couldn't even cover groceries let alone build savings. We got through it though and over the years, I stayed true to my value of providing for her a magical childhood filled with incredible memories. Now she is older... I get to revisit home ownership.I am currently petsitting

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I realize that sewing has been something big inside of me for a lot of my adult life. My mom (Little One's grammy) was a seamstress; thus, sewing was a part of our lives growing up. She didn't teach us to sew (and none of us were too interested in sewing). Sometime around my early 30s, however, as I got into graphic design, typography and screen printing, I developed an incredible love of working

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So here is a fun story:When I was very pregnant and living very, very far away in buttfuck nowhere, I signed up for a quilting class. I wanted to make Little One a quilt. I hadn't much sewing experience, however, my mom was a seamstress -- so I knew I had it in me.The class was held over three weekly sessions. It was an ongoing wonder if I would make it to the end or go into labour before that

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As many of you know, I like food and I like healthy food. I went years without eating sugar. From around my child's first year of life until six years ago (about 9 years total), if sugar was on the label I did not purchase it; I didn't bake with it and I just didn't eat it. (I did, however, have organic, dark fair trade on hand at all times.)Through this, I got to the point where sugar was

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Over the course of her lifetime, we have gone up to the headwater to collect spring water. This came about after going hiking and adventuring with a friend who wanted to show me the spring. With very simple access, it is just on the side of the road of one of our favorite outdoor play places. We've been passed it numerous times and I had never even realized it!After being shown this spring, I

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We carved pumpkins today! I wanted to make an evil gerbil. I needed a reference and our gerbil, Sparkle, provided a great one. Little One also got to work on something awesome -- I call hers, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'. She says it has acne.

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This bike is, by far, the best item a housemate has left behind. It is a Nirve Aloha Beach Cruiser. Let me tell you this kid absolutely rocks it. If my phone wasn't broken I would be able to share pictures of her riding it in true confident-kid-on-a-beach-cruiser style with her big floppy hat and sundress.

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Through thick and through thin, we got Little One up to the top of a mountain everyday for a week this summer. She volunteered in tbe outdoor recreation program where I was working.Can I tell you how incredible it is to witness your growing youth out in the world. Such a kind, aware, filled-with-life human she is -- she turned heads up at that camp this week. She received big kudos from managers

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'Motherload' is a ski documentary about two single mom's, Izzy Lynch and Tessa Treadway. My friend, a solo mother of two and I, a solo mama of one, are this story. We are the reason we each get up to the hill. We wait for each other in parking lots, let each other cry in our vehicles, but in the end we get each other to the hill. She is the reason my child can now ski black diamonds and landed a

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The neighbourhood cat comes inside. Of all the rooms, and all the floors in the house...    He wanders upstairs and right into the bathroom.A t-shirt is hanging up. The cat sniffs the shirt...    He jumps directly up, up into the shirt -- and falls directly back down. With a thud he lands. He is in the shirt.   He tumbles around...   And

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Well that was a day. There is no school today.  I paid my cell phone bill at midnight last night. Today I woke up to no cell phone service. I know I literally waited until the last minute to pay it -- but something's not lining up.We took her and a friend to the lake. I liked the crowd at the lake today, I would refer to them as the early spring beach crowd. These are the folks, like

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We had the best day skiing yesterday. It is spring skiing and one of our last days on the hill for this year.Getting back on the hills, with ski passes and emergence into mountain life is what I've been working on all her life. And yesterday we really hit it!! She can ski the whole mountain. It was an exhilarating moment when I realized, we are skiing together now! No longer teaching my kiddo to

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We have just gone two weeks of spring break (yes, spring break around here is two weeks long) and we did it! Exactly what I had envisioned: low tech and sticking to a normal weekly budget.The first week she was with her Dad. I spent every single day outdoors, ski instructing. The second week she was with mama. It was laid back and wholesome to the point that it is a stretch for me to pull out

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