Lotto Max Jackpot $50 Million
The Lotto Max jackpot for this coming Friday is estimated to be $50 million. Imagine $50 million!! What would you do with your Lotto Max winnings? Other than deposit your new cheque…and do the banks actually accept those massive cheques they present you with when you win the Lotto jackpot? But even then if you [...]
Follow-up to our Night at the Opera; Madama Butterfly
Well it is the morning after the night before. We are home and the twins are safe and sound having survived an evening with my Sweetheart and I out of the house. So some thoughts on the opening night of Madama Butterfly… Exquisite…beautiful…simple and yet beautiful beyond words…moving…heart-breaking and it all hit so close to [...]
Live-Blogging Vancouver Opera Madama Butterfly
6:30pm We have now arrived at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver and are settling in for the Vancouver Opera performance of Madama Butterfly. We will be taking a backstage tour in a few minutes. 7pm We have completed our tour of the backstage of the opera set. My colleague blogger, The Anthology said that [...]
Live-Blogging the Vancouver Opera’s Madama Butterfly
Hey did I tell you that tomorrow evening I am going to be live-blogging the Vancouver opera production of Madama Butterfly?! So sweet. I will have backstage access and I am invited to the post-production party for the opening night!! Dontcha know StaceyRobinsmith.com is the newest opera live-blogger!!! Stay tuned folks!! (All the exclamation marks are a [...]
Raising Vegetarian Kids
My Sweetheart and I are vegetarians; we eat fish now and then but who can resist sushi out here on the west-coast? So the strident rule-followers say we are not actually vegetarians. My mother calls us “pescatarians.” And just because we are vegetarians does not mean that we hate meat. I drool as I drive by [...]
Wordless Wednesday
The Girls Get Their Own Playground
Today, as usual the twins were standing in the front window as I walked up the winding drive of our city estate. As I approached our manor house they both began to jump up and down, squealing with obvious delight. The cause of their excitement? Our very own personal playground.
Blogging About SERIOUS Issues
Just in case you thought that bloggers were social misfits who sit around their parents’ basements eating cold pizza while only wearing their underpants (categoriacally not true no matter what rumopurs you may have heard or read in the blogosphere) get a load of the important discussion taking place on one of my blogger colleague’s blog; [...]
No Longer Dateable?
Today’s post is compliments of a guest blogger…the inimitable Kelsey Keller. Like our family, Kelsey and her family are graduates of the Royal Columbian Hospital NICU. For a more steady supply of Kelsey’s antics and ramblings, visit Kelsey Keller dot com. Without further ado, here is a taste of Kelsey’s ramblings. When Stacey asked me if I wanted to guest blog on [...]
A Random Facebook Wall Post Provides Some Perspective
Today my day began at 4:10am. Annalie let out her Aretha Franklin-style howl, a howl that refuses to be ignored at 4:10. To placate her I jumped out of my bed, raced to the nursery and picked her up. With my mind begging for more sleep, I stumbled back to my bed with her in my arms and [...]
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