by Andrea Mulder-Slater My daughter asked for paint and paper again this afternoon - as she often does. Several paint strokes later, this is what materialized. Me: Wow - its wonderful. The colours ar...
My 3-year-old daughter and I were traipsing through the online fields of YouTube when we discovered “Ten in the Bed” - a song, which shall forever be known as the second most persistent earworm I’ve ...
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 <![endif]--> by Andrea Mulder-Slater “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” I’ve always embraced this John Lennon quote. Ok, I’ll...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater I can’t express how happy I am to be living in the country, far away (at least 20 minutes) from civilization and the nearest Tim Hortons. The air is clean, the water is pure a...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater This week, I stubbed my toe on a hammer that had been forgotten in the previous night’s cleanup. So much for childproofing. It was early - still dark outside - but (thanks to...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater Years ago - while on vacation in Ocean City, Maryland - a photographer approached me and asked if I would pose for a shoot he was working on. The client was a surf shop and al...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater My name is Andrea and I have small veins. Truthfully, tiny blood vessels aren’t much of an inconvenience when it comes to regular day-to-day living. However, they can be a rea...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater I woke up this morning to the sounds of a calm middle-aged woman telling me that my house might be on fire. Apparently, our smoke alarm talks, which theoretically is not a bad...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater The phone rang. I picked it up. The voice on the other end didnt offer a name but he sounded like a Nick, so I think Ill refer to him as Nick. Nervous Nick. Nervous Nick: Can ...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater “Is anyone coming from your side?” Jan and I were heading to the home improvement store to pick up something for Geoff. At a stop sign, I checked to see if anyone was about to...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater Lately, my 3 year old daughters tiny dolls have been participating in an all nude revue of some sort -- the whereabouts of their clothes unknown. Until now. As I was sorting ...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater A quick peek at my blog statistics this morning revealed the real reason Ive been receiving so many emails from Russia, addressed to сексуальная женщина*. Meanwhile, I thought...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater For those of you who dont know, I am an artist. No, really. I am. I make art. I even went to school to learn how to do it. Make art I mean. Paintings, sculptures, that sort of...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater We are moving soon and so, the cleanup has begun. As I was sorting through some of my daughters toys yesterday, I came across one I had forgotten about. It was covered in dust...
When you are a stay at home (work at home) mom like I am, one day really blends into the next. Tuesday might be Sunday and Saturday could be Monday. This is why My Week in Review is coming to you tod...
Once upon a time, a guy named Ben and his friend Paul had an idea. They thought it would be phenomenal if there was a place where people could create and share virtual catalogs or bulletin boards of ...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater No, really.
by Andrea Mulder-Slater Something occurred to me recently. Im a fan of Dave Barry. Well, actually, Ive known this for a while. When I was a kid, it was a family tradition to pick up the national news...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater What do you do when you cant get to a warm, sandy beach - yknow, because its the middle of winter? Easy. You go to the home improvement store and mess with their displays. Or,...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater Geoff was up well before daylight today. The basement floor was poured at the new house two nights ago, and warmth from the fireplace heat dump is required to help it set up. ...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater Yesterday, Jannique announced that she was going to draw a girl. Next, she drew a boy. Then she drew the entire family. Later... a village. And just like that - she is drawing...
I realize it might seem strange to do a week in review at the beginning of the week, but for some reason, Ive been easily distracted lately and therefore Im all mixed up - and falling behind. For e...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater My daughter is crazy about tiny plastic toys. It’s an obsession that began just after she turned 2 years old. I blame the owners of Sundog Books in Seaside, Florida for gettin...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater Lately, between the full moon, Tim Roth and the endless stream of creative thoughts and dark imaginings that regularly occupy my mind, sleeping has been near impossible. For m...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater Tim Roth has taken over my life. It all began at the holidays when I noticed Geoff making frequent retreats to the bedroom with his laptop and a set of headphones. Me: Um, wh...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater Something dreadful happened to me in bed this morning. I woke up, turned over and stretched – like I always do. That’s when it occurred… A pain shot from my right ear, down m...
Follow my blog with Bloglovin by Andrea Mulder-Slater Now that its the second day of the new year, I figure its safe to start reminiscing a bit. With that thought, comes a list - and a craving for a ...
Heres what happened this week - online only, not in the real world. My life isnt an open book. No, really. I redesigned our Mulder Slater website and successfully removed the "web site design co...
by Andrea Mulder-Slater Christmas morning came with no immediate sign of the littlest one who slept in while Geoff, Jan and I enjoyed a quiet cup of coffee next to the child-decorated tree. When Jann...
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