This just in: Don Mills not dead! Sinful Love lives!
Back when I wrote my very first post here at Don Mills Diva, I pointed out how ironic it is that Rob and I made our home in Don Mills.It is ironic because back in 1985 Rob was the lead singer in Sinful...
View ArticleI'm working it!
It's not that I've dropped off the face of the earth.It's just that I'm swamped over here. So swamped, in fact, that I barely had time to write this post for Work It Mom about how busy, working moms...
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Sheona
When I hit my late 20s about 10 years ago, I figured I was pretty much "full up" as far as friends were concerned.I was lucky enough to be surrounded by a ton of interesting people who I had known...
View ArticleSweet Carolina
Graham is in love.Graham is in love with a much older "woman" who every evening rules the playground just steps from our new front door. Her name is Carolina and I'd guess she's about 13 years...
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We Miss Eddie
So...umm...yeah...this sucks."We Miss Eddie. Eddie (Edgar) is our small, tabby (black and grey withwhite tummy) cat who went missing when we moved into (our new address)last week. If you have seen her,...
View ArticleOn preferring sticks and stones
Three weeks later, her words are still with me, roiling through my gut like pesky, intestinal gnats; not exactly painful but just galling and irritating enough to still sting in the quiet moments when...
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The showman
Honestly!Are there no lengths to which......a guy won't go......to impress a girl?Just out of the frame of these pictures was the object of Graham's latest obsession. Earlier this evening he climbed to...
View ArticleDamn: the potty training edition
DAMN!It's days like today that I dearly wish I had not committed myself to refraining from the use of stronger profanity on this site (and in real life, though in real life I almost never quite manage...
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First love
Many, many moons ago, before Graham developed his fixation on a certain comely neighborhood girl, he had another obsession.And this obsession. I think, may well outlast his affection for any girl he...
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How can you tell if your kid's a spoiled brat?
There are two ways of looking at the photos below: a selection of shots I took yesterday at the closing day of the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in downtown Toronto.If you just glance at the...
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Brave new world
As much as I deep down might entertain the notion that I am somehow different and perhaps even a little special, I was today humbled to learn that I am but a walking cliche.That is to say, oh yeah, I...
View ArticleForty
By all accounts today is significant, but it is especially so for me.Today is my 40th birthday.I celebrated with my family already last weekend and I enjoyed tons of well wishes and cake at work today,...
View ArticleSchooled
The call from Graham's school came on Monday, barely an hour after I had settled into a busy day at work."We have Graham here in the office," said the voice at the other end of the phone. "He's not...
View ArticleCh-ch-ch-changes
There are some life-changing events afoot here at Casa DMD: I hope to be able to tell you what's happening in the next few days.Thanks for your patience.
View ArticleFollowing my sun: the one where I say goodbye
I know my recent absence from this space has been abrupt in light of the considerable effort I have spent the last two years convincing readers to invest in my life.I know that radio silence for a...
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Well hello there
We are fine.We are more than fine; we are happy.That's not to say all of the changes we have gone through the last few months haven't been difficult and scary and enormously stressful.They have been...
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Crazy
Did I mention Graham loves his preschool here in Los Angeles?Well he does.He loves it. LOVES it.I think the fact that it indulges in "Crazy Hair Day" may be part of the reason.Also? Apparently most...
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Hello from La-La Land
Rob headed back to Toronto two weeks ago for work but Grandma has been here in his stead and we've been showing her around.La Jolla Cove...Venice (yes, Graham's obsession with balloons now officially...
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Cool
Gold medals in ice hockey aside, I think my favorite Olympic moment this year was watching snowboarder Shaun White win his gold medal for the halfpipe: dude is cool personified.And balmy weather and...
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