A Harry Potter Christmas!

December 28, 2011 Books and Reading

Happy holidays, everyone! I’m still in the middle of festive celebrations, as we have some family “dos” scheduled this week. And then, of course, there’s New Year’s, although Ward and I have been so busy, we haven’t actually figured out what we’re going to be doing on New Year’s Eve.
My Christmas Day was all [...]

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Planning for 2012

December 14, 2011 Creativity

It’s that time of the year, when the new year approaches and you find yourself sitting back and taking a look at what you want to accomplish in the twelve blank, fresh-and-new months ahead of you.
Except that I normally don’t feel this way until I’m actually IN the new year. Usually, right around this time, [...]

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A Life Lesson from Decluttering

December 9, 2011 Life

My new office – with lots of bookshelves!
We have finally finished the massive amount of decluttering we had to do because of our move into the city. (Well, okay, maybe “finished” is a bit optimistic; there are still bits and pieces at the house waiting for disposal.)
It’s been quite a chaotic six weeks (including [...]

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The Big Catch-Up Post

November 12, 2011 Life

It’s been six days since we moved into our new place in the city, and while I’ve been active on Twitter, I haven’t been here on the blog at all. So I thought it was time for The Big Catch-up Post!
The Move
The actual move itself went quite well. We hired a fabulous moving company that [...]

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Saving the Cat This NaNoWriMo

November 1, 2011 Writing

Yes, it’s true.
Big Move + Busy Work Season + NaNoWriMo = Total Chaos and Crazy Making
It’s not that I’m a glutton for punishment. The truth is, the past four or five months have been so chaotic, I haven’t really written much of anything.
And that, in itself, has been driving me crazy. Not writing [...]

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Yes, Im Food-Obsessed

October 29, 2011 Food

In the midst of all the busy busy busy of my life these past few months, one thing has become very clear to me.
I’m kind of food obsessed. I take a short trip to L.A. and what do I bring back with me? Food memories. I mean, really – who goes to L.A. and comes [...]

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You Know You’re a Big Fantasy Reader When …

October 26, 2011 Books and Reading

One of Ward’s students invited him to a guy’s movie night on the weekend. Ward has been to this student’s house quite a few times before, but that night I received a call from him, asking me to look up the student’s address in his records.
So I did. And then I asked, “Did you forget [...]

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Holy Lobster Mashed Potatoes, Batman!

October 23, 2011 Food

Last weekend I flew to L.A. for a workshop, and unfortunately, I haven’t written up about my trip there yet. Because I came back to an avalanche of work deadlines and all the busy-doing of packing up for our Big Move.
Can you say, Massive Overwhelm?
Needless to say, in the midst of all of this busyness, [...]

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Thanksgiving: What’s On the Menu

October 8, 2011 Food

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, everyone! We’re holding our Thanksgiving feast tomorrow, and since I probably won’t have time to write up my Weekend Cooking post after our celebrations, I thought I’d fill you all in on our menu today.
This year’s Thanksgiving dinner will be somewhat poignant, as it will be the last big family celebration [...]

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My Burning Frozen Meatballs Question

October 2, 2011 Food

This Weekend Cooking post wasn’t supposed to be only about frozen meatballs.
You see, during my ten-day takeover of the kitchen while my home chef husband was away doing heavy-duty martial arts training in Okinawa (at the end of which he graded for his 6th degree black belt), I kept coming up with random questions and [...]

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