Changing weather = Changing moods

Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain."  ~Author Unknown

Here, here. Or is that hear, hear? Having danced in the rain in Paris I couldn't agree more.

Being Canadian means being obsessed with weather. There are a few people I have come across that wouldn't know how to start a conversation without the weather to rely on. We (Canadians) are fortunate to have such a variety in our weather and landscapes to choose from in which to surround ourselves. Side note: So glad not to be in the Calgary region today - SNOW! Yikes!

The weather this spring has been great (more rain for the gardens would be nice). I have noticed around Casa McKnight that the mood of the house definitely reflects the weather. On sunny days the kids, dogs, parents are little more easy going, life doesn't seem so rushed. The occasional rainy day is marked by slight increase in the whine factor (which could lead to an increase in the wine factor :), but as long as it is only a day or two, it is survivable. But when we get a string of days where we are more or less stuck inside due to extremes (rain, cold, wind, heat) the house harmony tends towards more of a cacophony.

While I am not a big fan of the heat waves we get in the GTA (I am one of the few who loved last summer's more temperate weather), I can easily weather a few extreme heat alerts knowing that in a few weeks cooler nights will prevail, with the days to follow shortly there after.

So mother nature bring it on ... just make sure that more often than not make sure we can all get outside for at least a little of time each day.

Mom-isms rock.

I usually start my blog off with a quote. Some obvious, others a little more obtuse. Today, in honour of Moms everywhere, I thought I would throw out a list of common quotes we Moms toss out on a regular basis.

Please feel free to add your own via comments.

• Money does not grow on trees.
• Don’t make that face or it’ll freeze in that position.
• Always change your underwear; you never know when you’ll have an accident.
• Be careful or you’ll put your eye out.
• What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too?
• If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
• Don’t put that in your mouth; you don’t know where it’s been!
• Be careful what you wish for, it might come true.
• Don’t eat those, they will stunt your growth.
• If you don’t eat those, you will stunt your growth.
• What’s meant to be, is meant to be.
• Life happens.
• It doesn’t matter what you accomplish, I’ll always be proud of you.
• I hope that when you grow up, you have kids “Just Like you”!
• Because I’m your mother, and I said so. That’s why.
• If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times.
• If you fall out of that tree and break your leg, don’t come running to me.
• Because I said so.
• Just wait till your father gets home.
• I brought you into this world and I can take you OUT!!
• I’ve got eyes in the back of my head, that’s how.
• Does this look like a restaurant?
• Honestly… You’d lose your head if it wasn’t screwed on!
• Bored! How can you be bored?

Happy Mother's Day!