Category: Career

You CAN go home again

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

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Where the heck did the last two weeks go? Just over two weeks ago, our condo sale become official. Sorry for abandoning you guys as soon as I spilled the news! I got caught up in a crazy flurry of packing and organizing and… Continue Reading “You CAN go home again”

Category: Breastfeeding, Career, Home, It's all about me

The "long" weekend

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

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It’s Good Friday. Everyone on Facebook and Twitter is going on about how it’s a holidaaaaaay, yayyyyy, so they don’t have to worrrrrrk today, yayyyyy! Me? Um, it’s still Good Friday. But it does not feel like a holiday, and it definitely doesn’t feel… Continue Reading “The "long" weekend”

Category: Career, Holidays, How things have changed

He works (too) hard for the money

Posted on August 28, 2010 by

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So you all know about Darling Husband and two jobs and his habit of working constantly incessantly all the freaking time really, really hard? And how he was going to cut back when the baby arrived, so he could, like, get to know the… Continue Reading “He works (too) hard for the money”

Category: Career, Darling Husband, Hard times, Stress

On productivity and maternity leave

Posted on June 5, 2010 by

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Saturday, June 5, 2010 39 weeks, 6 days pregnant TWO DAYS TO GO! Still here, still pregnant. Moving right along … Since being off on maternity leave, I’ve been adjusting to the lack of PURPOSE in my life. It’s not like I love my… Continue Reading “On productivity and maternity leave”

Category: Career, Maternity leave, Third trimester, Week 40

Wrappin’ ‘er up

Posted on May 7, 2010 by

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Thursday, May 6, 2010 35 weeks, 4 days pregnant 31 DAYS TO GO Apologies for the lack of bloggy-blogging this week, dear readers. As you know, this is my last week of work before maternity leave, and it’s been a chaotic one! As much… Continue Reading “Wrappin’ ‘er up”

Category: Career, Maternity leave, Third trimester, Week 36

I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m a writer living in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have a 15-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter, I married my high school sweetheart, and this is the story of my handmade life.

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