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They were waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday - propped precariously against the front door. A birthday gift for Kidlet - or so I thought. The note taped to the plastic sleeve was addressed to me so I carefully peeled back the tape, released the bouquet from its wrapper, and opened the card. It confirmed that the flowers weren't for Kidlet -- they were from Kidlet. She gets it. So on the twentieth birthday of my youngest daughter, I received a precious gift- and not just one... Read Full Story
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February 9th is an important date in our family - the biggest birth-day of all. My mom, sister and I all had babies on February 9th - and my other sister was born on that date. What are the odds? They say things happen for a reason, and although I haven't figured that out yet, I do know that it is a pretty cool club to be in! Happy birthday dear loved ones! You are in good company. 20 and 25 - TODAY! Birthday Buddies Read Full Story
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Surprise! She's a beauty... comfy grip, light, and all shiny brown and black. But the best part is her inner beauty. She focuses in an instant, operates in candlelight, and captures live action in high definition. Hubby sensed my disappointment with my current cameras, both of which are in various states of unreliability, (maybe my teeth gnashing and shrill anguished shrieks tipped him off), and remedied that situation with a "new baby". And I LOVE it. I've already pranced around the entire... Read Full Story
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I was the kid who kept mementos from my "firsts"; stashed keepsakes in shoeboxes; and pressed shamrocks and wildflowers in pages of books. I saved the label from the bottle of musk oil from my first boyfriend; the notes I exchanged with Jilly during English class; the corsage I wore to prom and pictures of my pregnancy tests. From an early age I had the urge to preserve artifacts from and document my life. And from the very first moment my mom tossed her Brownie Hawkeye camera my way, a whole... Read Full Story
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Famjams don't just happen on their own; they take careful planning and execution! I'm in good shape for tomorrow's event. We will be fourteen in all and I am hoping I will be forgiven for holding a birthday dinner on Super Bowl Sunday. Laundry done. Groceries bought. Cupcakes baked. Leek and potato soup made. Potatoes peeled and soaking. Gifts bought and ready for wrapping. Dishwasher running. Must do's: ice the cupcakes, vacuum,. dust, wrap, toss a salad, saute some vegetables, cook the... Read Full Story
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Friday nights are delicious ; best consumed slowly, leisurely in small bites to make them last. It is the end of the week; the beginning of the weekend. Time to exhale and just be for a few hours before facing "must do's". It's a seemingly unproductive evening but frankly, I'm spent and it's enough just to wrestle these power surges - sweater on - sweater off - sweat - cold - sweat. It's been a great week - there were many gifts : impromptu dinner with sis at Dad and T's (homemade stew and... Read Full Story
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I found another reason to sit on the couch ... a new Canadian television show called Arctic Air. It is set in the high north and the story revolves around an airline in the Northwest Territories. I'm addicted. It takes me back to when my dad was working in Cambridge Bay - now called Ikaluktutiak (say that after a few drinks). Picture a six foot two beefy white man bundled in a puffy down parka moving amongst the diminuitive Inuit people. And he swears he assimilated! He lived his dream and... Read Full Story
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I had the night of a thousand dreams that kept me entangled until 6:10 am this morning. The blurry green numbers on my clock radio screamed the bad news -- I had slept in past my 5:30 get up time. And that is how my day started. not good. I wasn't late for work despite the time I took to chisel the ice off my car - upside . When I turned on my cell phone I got a red screen that warned me I had to reboot back to factory settings, which I did - only to get a big triangle and exclamation mark... Read Full Story
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It seems the seasons are as fickle as I am ... balmy and rainy one day - freezing and snowy the next. Winter can't commit! On one hand I enjoy the unpredictability of it all ... writing hearts and happy faces in the snow on my hubby's windshield and sporting my puffy sub-zero tolerant down coat one day - and the next - splashing in springlike misty rain. On the other hand, I worry about the effects of global warming and how different winters in Canada are now from those of my childhood. The... Read Full Story
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huh um *clears throat* I'm back! After a three day horizontal holiday (cable tv is the pits by the way), burning through boxes of lotion-treated Kleenex (I'm worth it) and slurping enough cups of tea to float a boat - I am here to celebrate the virtues of NyQuil! I dispensed of my nasty ailment just in time to go to work today. I started off slowly but as the hours wore on, my cold wore off. So I am back, better than ever. Just thought you'd want to know. : ) And I am going to China. Did I... Read Full Story
