Posts by snarky

I love building the toy train tracks. My daughter actually gets annoyed waiting for me to finish construction before she gets to play. I also am very fortunate to have a very creative design job. Last month I brought my daughter's...

I can buy an hour with: 1. Small collection of wind up toys, cars in my office 2. Colouring on the whiteboard with whiteboard markers 3. Colouring on office paper with office supplies 4. Harold and the purple crayon on hulu 5....

I have TMobile, which is great. I visit Canada a lot and it roams to Canada on the pay as you go plan. This is awesome. Tracfone is USA only.

Just wanted to make it stop, it was too much, all overwhelming.

I pay $827 a month to send my 3 year old full time (5 days) to a child care centre. That's $40/day give or take.

I'm with your DH, go to the interview. At the very least, you will practice your interview skills in a non-threatening setting (since you don't care whether or not you get the job). Since you know you'll have to leave your dead-end job...

My previous schedule was work until 6:30, home at 7. The second I walk in the door I start dinner, it's on the table at 7:30. Bath/bed at 8 pm. Recently I have been able to push this all back 30 minutes, having dinner at 7 is a...

My husband only lasted a year as a SAHD before we put my daughter in day care. His temperament was not suited to the task. My daughter was a difficult baby, she cried a lot. This really stressed him out and he was not able to deal...

My daughter (now 3) was a difficult baby. My husband nearly had a nervous breakdown looking after her. Maybe we would have another if I was the one who could stay home through infancy next time. However, I'm the high income earner, so I...

The gold standard for keeping snow out is Sorel. Ties up at the top so you can make sure the snow doesn't get in. Of course Mom didn't buy us Sorels, sometimes I had to layer plastic bags inside my boots to keep my feet from getting...