Ridiculous Girl

“Are you sitting comfortably??   ….then we’ll begin.” Song:    It Doesn’t Really Matter. Artist:   Platinum Blonde. It was a quiet afternoon at the cottage.  Lola was reading on the hammock outside and Molly and I were coloring at the kitchen table. My cousin Julie suddenly barged in.  “Do you know who’s playing in town tonight??” she announced. Molly and I looked up startled. Julie yelled, “PLATINUM BLONDE!!” I gasped and dropped my fuschia-coloured crayon. Next to Guns N’ Roses, Platinum Blonde was a close second on my favorite bands list.   Songs like Standing in the Dark , It Doesn’t Really Matter and Situation Critical  were the theme songs of my youth as I regularly blasted them on my boom box in the 80's. I couldn’t believe that this iconic band would be playing in our tiny town of Haliburton!?  I could only hope that my...

  Facts you will need to know for this blog post:   Fact 1.   In 2010, I tore all of the ligaments in my left knee while sparring in Taekwondo. Fact 2.  It was very painful. Fact 3.  I saw Dr.Korkola, specialist in orthopaedic surgery, who advised that I go for surgery immediately, followed by months of intense physiotherapy and rehab. Fact 4.  I said no to his suggestion.  Not because I am scared of surgery, but because I am deathly allergic to working out. Fact 5.  So I have lived with a damaged knee for 8 years.  It’s been annoying, but has not really impaired my life much (probably because I am deathly allergic to working out and will not do so under any circumstance.) Fact 6.  Dr.Korkola is VERY handsome. Fact 7.  I’m not quite sure why Fact 6 is important, but knowing me, I feel like it’s something that will come up later in this blog.     Ok.  Now that those facts ...

Do you ever crave change? Crave it so bad that it's all you can think about? Well..... I was the living, breathing result of change. In the last 5 years, there had not been a single day in which my life wasn't changing.   Looking back over those years, I had gone through almost every major life-changing event that one could possibly go through.  Divorce, a new home, going back to work, a new car, starting dating again, new friendships, new relationships.......the list went on and on.   Add all of this on top of learning how to be the best possible single mommy I could be to 2 wild and crazy gals, and you've got a woman who pretty much defined the word "change". But I have to say that there was ONE thing that didn't change.  One thing that continued to be a consistency in my life year after year. And that, ladies and gentlemen, was my hair. My long, crazy, mommy-messy, tangled, ridiculous platinum hair.   It was the one thing that co...