Moments of Motherhood: Trust me, I read it on the Internet

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A new Moments of Motherhood column is up at the Armchair Mayor News and this week I discuss how we rely on the Internet perhaps a little too much when we become parents. While it has plenty of great tips and advice, it has twice as many bad ones and not-necessarily-good advice.

Here’s a preview, and as always, click on through to read the rest:

There are endless things you can look up on the Internet. Whether it is a recipe for the perfect pulled pork sandwich filling or complete lyrics to Miley Cyrus’ latest hit, the Internet is a wonderfully endless world of tip, tricks, and useless knowledge.

We as a society are drawn to the Internet these days as our go-to source for finding things out. No longer are trivial disputes drawn out over months on end; a simple visit to Wikipedia (even though its legitimacy is frequently questioned) can nip heated debates in the bud. [continue reading …]

Project 365: September 7-13

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September 7: Just scratching her back on a telephone pole. Do like you do, Isla. ♦ September 8: New mug for moi! ♦ September 9: Would you call a group of yogi’s in Crow pose a murder? ♦  September 10: A little Kamloops cloud porn. ♦ September 11: Pedicure goodies! ♦ September 12: “Ima take a peekture, Mommy!”♦ September 13: I found my place during an amazing day, in honour of two of my favourite people.

View the whole series here

TGIF v.3

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The high of my week was getting two tickets to see Maroon 5 in Vancouver in March next year! They are actually a SUPER early Christmas present from Kyle. When I heard that tickets were going on sale in Canada I told Kyle that I’d love tickets for Christmas, and he was on board! Even better? Because we’re AMEX cardholders, we were able to get presale tickets on Monday, instead of having to wait for them to go on sale to the general public tomorrow. WOO!

The low of my week was nothing! I’ve had a really great week this week, with no lows worth mentioning!

A blog post I loved was nothing is really sticking out in my mind this week. Just a lot of recaps, for the most part, which I’m totally guilty of myself. One day I’ll post something meaningful, I swear ;)

The best money I spent was getting this shirt from Target for Isla. Is it not just the cutest shirt ever? And oh, so Canadian too ;)

My favourite Isla moment was her progress on potty training. I think she’s FINALLY actually ready to really start potty training, so next week we will be diving into it. Wish me luck; it’s been one of the biggest, nagging things on my mind lately, so I hope it goes well.

The song that has been stuck in my head is “All About the Bass” by Meghan Trainor. It’s so catchy, and after watching the classroom instrument version on Jimmy Fallon, I couldn’t get it out of my head.

My favourite meal of the week was an enormous feast that I put together Wednesday. It consisted of cucumber salsa, twice-baked potatoes via The Pioneer Woman, marinated steak & chicken (with homemade marinade), and Caesar salad (not pictured):

After spending most of the day in the kitchen, I declared Thursday, “Kara Won’t Cook” day ;)

My plans for the weekend are watching two of my favourite people get married!! I’m honoured by being a bridesmaid, and Kyle is one of the groomsmen and Isla is a flower girl! It’s going to be a busy couple of days, but we’re looking forward to it!

What are your weekend plans??
If you’ve potty trained your kids (if you have any, that is), how did you go about doing it? Tell me your methods!

And now for the obligatory Isla photo:

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She’s “swimming” on the kitchen floor.