I’m in the homeland enjoying a four-day weekend before the start of my final (three-day) work week. And as it happens to be Pioneer Days…
Today is my baby sister’s 29th birthday. And in about a month, my second-eldest sister will turn 39. And it makes me realise that women…
Bloomsday 2011 is over and I’m alive to tell the story! And after little-to-no training, that is a success in itself. Yay! I’ll not bore…
OK, I admit that I’m generally pretty rubbish at math[s], but I think I’ve done the calculations right this time! You see, tomorrow morning is…
I beat two children today. I didn’t plan to do it. I mean, I expected to beat one, but the other just happened. I also…
The second annual “Freeze Your Fanny and Burns’ Supper Extravaganza” weekend is officially over and I think it was a great success! There were 18 of us…
Oh my, oh my, oh my! My normally quiet home has transcended into a madhouse! But it’s a happy madhouse. Yep, the house is chock-a-block…
I think it was Celeste’s wedding when we started the tradition of doing the Hokey Pokey at Cook Girl weddings. I remember all of us…
This Thanksgiving I have much to be thankful for. I have amazing parents; five sisters who’ve supplied me with loads and loads of fantastic nieces…
WooHoo! I made a trip to the homeland this weekend to make blagenda with my folks and one of my sisters. Her kids and my…
I’m in the homeland this weekend, staying at my sister’s so that we can make blagenda. Sleeping arrangements are pretty simple when I’m here: Sis…
Yay! Pickle-making weekend has finally arrived. And just in time, as I was out of pickles. My folks arrived Friday night with freshly-picked cucumbers from…
At 36 years of age, I’ve finally attended my first girls’ weekend. And you know what? It was pretty fun! (Yay!) I was never invited…
So I’m sitting here drinking a proper beer with my sister and her partner. (He is drinking Bud Light, which is almost proper beer, so…
I would like to introduce myself as one who suffers from SUBS syndrome. Well, I guess I don’t really suffer from it, but the people…
I am a Cook Girl. The preantepenultimate Cook Girl, to be precise. Growing up in a small town with five sisters who could easily be…
It was the inaugural “Freeze Your Fanny, Scrabble Showdown, and Burns’ Supper Extravaganza” at the Ryan house! Read the original story here on RyanCentric or go…