Dear Husband,
If you ever manage to get out of Halifax, you'd better come bearing gifts. You're extremely exhausted wife and two needy children will only open the door if we see your arms piled high with excessive bribery. Since you have two extra days to sleep and shop, the two things I covet most these days, you will have to do night duty and change all the poopiest diapers for at least hmmmm let me see, three or four days. I also am going to need for you to cook (or order) a really nice meal so I don't have to feed you. That's all for now, but I'm sure I will come up with some other demands. You can only imagine the kinds of torture I will conceive of (and that's the only conceiving I'll be doing!!) at 4:30AM when both kids are crying and won't go back to sleep.
Bye for now,
Your loving wife
About Me
- Mamaloup
- Manitoba, Canada
- As the mamaloup (mother wolf) of my family, I decided it is necessary to document the daily thoughts and memories of this time in my life. In a confused, sleep-deprived and mildly insane state I wonder how much of this precious time I will in fact remember in the future. Therefore...the creation of this blog. I hope that this will also be an easy way to communicate with friends and family, show recent photos and put into words all the thoughts I would convey if I actually had the time to sit down and have coffee with a couple of friends.
My family
My beautiful family consists of a bright and alert baby boy, a sweet little three year old girl who is the light of my life, a very active preschool boy who is my pride and joy, and my amazing husband, who keeps me sane.
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Books I've read recently....ones I recommend are in capitals
- THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, Ken Follet
- THE TEAHOUSE FIRE, Ellis Avery
- BABY PROOF, Emily Giffin
- The Emperor's Children, Claire Messud
- A LONG WAY GONE: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah
- KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL, Deborah Rodriguez
- Knots, Nuruddin Farah
- WHERE the HEART IS, Billie Letts
- EMMA'S WAR, Deborah Scroggins
- THE SAFFRON KITCHEN, Yasmin Crowther
- HALF of a YELLOW SUN, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Road, Cormac McCarthy
- 30 Days of Night, Niles & Mariotte
- MAKE HIM LOOK GOOD, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
- SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONS, Alice Hoffman
- What the Body Remembers, Shauna Singh Baldwin
- BABYPROOFING YOUR MARRIAGE, S. Cockrell, C. O'Neill, J. Stone
- ENRIQUE'S JOURNEY, Sonia Nazario
- Suite Francais, Irene Nemirovsky
- YOU'RE NOT YOU, Michelle Wildgen
1 comment:
Dear Wife,
I am so very sorry that my last minute trip to Greenwood, NS turned out to be much longer than anticipated. I have already started gathering gifts and bribery but I know that nothing can make all the sleepless nights and hard days go away. I just hope that you will find in your heart to forgive me (but you don’t have to forgive the forces) for all this time spent away. I am looking forward to see you Quinten et Alia, but dreading next Sunday when I am going to have to leave for Greenwood for yet another week.
Your loving husband stuck in a blizzard in Halifax.
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