Category Archives: family

Street signs

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My sister and I had very active imaginations when we were kids. We acted out plays with our stuffed animals, pretended we were time travellers, and frequently visited Narnia – but what we really loved was solving mysteries. Fuelled by … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, family, photos, silliness, Vancouver | 3 Comments

Puerto Rico, my heart’s devotion

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

While helping Mr E Man book the final leg of our upcoming vacation yesterday, I realised that it’s been almost a whole year since we went to Puerto Rico and I still haven’t blogged about it. BAD blogger! We flew … Continue reading →

Posted in drunkenness, family, fun with language, personal, photos, travel | 4 Comments

Cath, 2038

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

It was her toenails I noticed first, as I bent over to push my bag under my chair in a restaurant a few days ago; they were painted the same colour as mine, a funky metallic turquoise. “Ooh, nice sandals”, … Continue reading →

Posted in family, personal | 8 Comments

Happy Canada Day!

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I hope all my Canadian readers are having an awesome long weekend! (And that everyone else had an awesome normal weekend!) Ours has involved spending time with various friends on patios, roller coasters, log flumes, beaches, ocean swims, picnics in … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, drunkenness, family, silliness, sport, travel, UK, videos | 5 Comments

Present tense

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

It was my Dad’s birthday a couple of weeks ago, and after some thought and some time on the Amazon website I decided to buy him the History of the World in 100 Objects book; I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the radio … Continue reading →

Posted in family, personal, shopping | 9 Comments

Facebook, grammar, and sisterly love

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Back in 2010, I wrote a blog post about how although my sister and I took very different career paths, we’ve ended up with similar kinds of job. I am sad to have to report that since then, we have … Continue reading →

Posted in English language, family, screenshots, silliness | 30 Comments

Whining and opining

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

We (well, mostly Mr E Man) have spent the last couple of weeks booking flights and accommodation for a much-needed vacation in Puerto Rico. We’ve now got everything sorted except the car rental and the last night’s hotel and are … Continue reading →

Posted in bad people, family, idiocy, silliness, travel, whining | 20 Comments

A Song of the Hunger Compass: it’s book review time!

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(This got really long – sorry. You probably shouldn’t try to read all of it in one go). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was all Bean Mom’s fault. She posted a review of George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, book review, embarrassing fan girl, family, movie review, rants, television | 42 Comments

FIRST!

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

So last night, I was enjoying a friendly Twitter argument with @ScientistMother and @27andaphd about Tim Hortons commercials. During the course of our conversation, it transpired that both ScientistMother (born in Canada to foreign-born parents) and I (born in the … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, Canada, English language, family, fun with language, rants | 28 Comments

The joy(ride) of delayed gratification

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The first music I loved was my parents’ music – The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, all that. The first music I loved that was my own was, embarrassingly enough, Stock Aitken Waterman pap. In my late teens came Nirvana, Blur, … Continue reading →

Posted in embarrassing fan girl, family, music, personal, videos | 14 Comments