Materfamilias Writes

Nana Time (subtitle: coaxing meals from near-empty pantries)

Nana Time (subtitle: coaxing meals from near-empty pantries)

Anticipating my granddaughter’s sleepover, I assumed we’d go out for sushi dinner last night and then out for bacon and eggs or pancakes this morning.  I’d underestimated how much she’d been looking forward to playing…

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Monday, Monday, and a Daughter’s Advice

Monday, Monday, and a Daughter’s Advice

I took the weekend off, blogging-wise, focussing on time with my guy, with two little cuties and their mama, and on some self-care. So I’m scrambling to post something for you this morning, even though…

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Postcard from Rome

Postcard from Rome

  I thought I would have posted by now, but the flight was long and delayed and I missed a connection…and the little one’s been sick since I got here, so I’ve been trying to…

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More Vancouver Eats and What I Wore to the Panto

More Vancouver Eats and What I Wore to the Panto

I still haven’t sorted how to coax my most recent iPhone photos into the Blogger platform via my new MacBook Air, so I’m using BlogGo on the iPhone itself to post this. Ah, learning curves!…

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Merry Christmas on a (just hectic enough) Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas on a (just hectic enough) Christmas Eve

Found this treasure when sorting through drawers last week: a Nativity scene drawn by my daughter when she was 5. Such fun to show it to her daughter!   7:36 AM on Christmas Eve. One…

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