Buck Martinez has announced his retirement. What a career, what a man, what a friend. When he was traded to the #BlueJays in 1981, he thought that was the end of the road. Today, he retires as one of the most important people in this country's baseball history. To Buck 🥃

He will be missed, but also good! It's about time! Go enjoy retirement, Buck. www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/...

I had one cat on me and was bemoaning my fate. Trapped forever. Now there are two and they are grooming each other. I guess I'm chewing this leg off if I need to move

I don't know what this shirt is going to look like, but I want it.

Toronto Bike Lanes So Snow Covered Drivers Not Even Parking In Them. c/o @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

I just went out for what I think will be the second last shovel of the night, it seems to be slowing down. My backyard snowbanks are reaching critical mass

"with my history in the Air Force, I feel confident in my ability to decipher alphanumerics" Reality TV always provides the best quotes.

Ah, snow days. When daycare and the doctor's office shut down because of weather, but all the retail workers still manage to make it in to work.

Tomorrow my toddler starts COOKING CLASS. It is going to be ridiculous chaos and I am so excited.

I had a dream last night that I was discussing the best baby wipes to use while potty training with my group of mom friends. So that's how my brain is doing these days 🙃

We are deep in the weeds of potty training and never in my life have I been this excited about poop. I hope to never again be this excited about poop.

Oh no. Why is that an option? I wanted optimism!

Oh, CBC countdown, never change. It's such a weird mishmash of mostly just talking to people in various places who are at parties.

I feel like I have no room in my brain for anything other than parenting and maybe reality TV these days. Good thing I have a really great kid.

December has been an absolute frenzy of gifting. From December 14th through to today there was only one day where the toddler didn't get at least one gift. And that is... never getting better? Hanukkah+ Christmas + birthday that falls on Boxing Day = endless presents.

The toddler mixed the batter and then decorated his own birthday cake. Two year olds are pretty rad.

Having a baby on Boxing Day was a terrible idea. I'm spending my Christmas day evening assembling an IKEA play kitchen for tomorrow's birthday present.

There's something very poetic about the last night of Hanukkah falling on the winter solstice. It's a good night for many candles.

Emirates Air is advertising in weird places. I'm seeing Emirates business class ads on Crave. Where I only see ads at all because it saves me roughly $10/month. I am not their target audience.

—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter —Infanta? —No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly

Ladies, get you somebody who thinks about you as much as Doug Ford thinks about Ferris Wheels. You deserve it. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Is it still a thing that you don't really need to go to the hospital for a broken toe? Asking for a friend who should not be allowed in rooms with furniture.

The toddler is unpacking the loot bag of cheap plastic from his daycare Christmas party. This is the thing that got a "woowwww". A plain, sharpened stick. I guess they know what kids like?

The weather called for something hearty and delicious and I had time to spend an hour caramelizing onions. If you find yourself in a similar position, I highly recommend this.

I got no good pictures but I ended up with a Very Good Outfit.

Just found out that he doesn't get any more shots now until kindergarten and idk that seems suspicious. (Except for the yearly boosters, but those aren't on a tidy schedule in a booklet!)

Shopping is terrible. All trendy shirts look terrible. All I want is a kinda sparkly, kinda sexy sweaterish top, in a colour, for less than one hundred dollars. I miss Le Chateau.

Me at the doctor's office with my baby like I'm 20 years old at a dive bar. "Shots! Shots! Shots!"

I don't know how to dress anymore. Can I wear pants and a sweater to a semi-formal office holiday party? Or does that need a dress?

TFW the toddler is being suspiciously quiet. Do I get up and look and risk interrupting some nice wholesome independent play, or do I stay put and hope he isn't quietly emptying a giant sack of flour onto the floor. I think right now, ignorance is bliss.

k.d. lang Florence and the Machine Blondie w Garbage Lido Pimienta, Jeremy Dutcher & Cadence Weapon jamming together for an hour on a stage Tori Amos (And an honourable mention for the Raffi at Massey Hall tickets I have but the show has not yet happened)

In today's toddler adventures, I was in the bedroom sorting laundry when I heard the espresso machine start running. Followed shortly by "owwwwieeee"

Command strip endorsement, I think? We have hooks on the wall for the toddler's coats. He's pretty mediocre still at figuring out how to get coats on and off hooks, they get pulled on a lot. They're rated for 3lbs. He pulls straight down on them pretty regularly. They haven't budged. Great!

Got tickets to take the toddler to see @raffic.bsky.social at Massey Hall! It is literally 11 months away and I will be singing Baby Beluga every single day until then.

The toddler has discovered storing rocks in his pockets and this feels like a significant milestone

I remain amazed that, not only can he tell the difference between a bus, a subway train, and a streetcar, but that he has very strong opinions about them. The kid is a Toronto urbanist.

Having a toddler means that announcing a trip to the bathroom is not a request for privacy, it's to prevent a meltdown if he notices halfway through that he didn't get to open the lid for me.

I just hauled my toddler to go look out the window at the snow falling, and he watched for a few moments then exclaimed "bubbles!"

I had an "I don't know how to toddler parent" moment a few days ago. So I did what I do when I have a sudden need to learn things and put too many books on hold at the library. They have started to come in 😅

Waiting on 3 people to return my phone calls, so I am of course completely paralyzed and unable to do any tasks 🙃

That was a wild ride. I love this team and I'm so fucking proud of how well they did. Nobody thought they'd get this far and it was incredible fun to watch.

Pulling Bo was 200% the right move but damn I wish he was hitting right now

Part of my brain is an outside observer who is confused and entertained by how much the rest of me is consumed by absolutely losing my shit right now.

I cannot deal with how bad Rojas' hair is

EJECT HIM

Really drives home how much the Jays are an everybody contributes team when I hear that the Dodgers have 2 players on their bench who haven't played at all in this series.

The #BlueJays are three outs away from winning the World Series... and Jeff Hoffman will need to go through Shohei Ohtani. This is as good at baseball gets.

Sportsnet is not going to a commercial break before the top of the 9th. I appreciate their commitment to nurturing the tension.

Clement now has more postseason hits than ANYONE EVER