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Not Your Typical Travel Video

July 20, 2011 Life

My daughter Hayley went to Europe earlier this month with her friend Meaghan and Meaghan’s mother. She had a blast, and most of her souvenirs were in the form of pictures and videos. She definitely put her camera to good use!
Here’s what she’s done with some of the clips she captured on her camera while [...]

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A Magical (Reading and Writing) Turning Point

June 14, 2011 Books and Reading

Today I’m marveling at how rapidly kids change. I swear, sometimes these changes take place overnight, and they can be quite amazing.
Back in March of this year, I set up a GoodReads account for my son Dylan. He was seven at the time (he recently turned eight), and since we’re homeschooling him and books play [...]

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Saturday Snapshot: N is for Nostalgia

April 16, 2011 Blogging and Blog Events

They were just so adorable back then. And they’ve stayed adorable throughout the years.
This September, both my two older kids will be in university.
It feels a little strange; I often hear people say, “It feels like it was just yesterday” and it seems like such a cliché thing to say.
Yet … it’s true. It really [...]

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C is for Catch-up: Daughter, Early Rising and Fun (and that takes care of D, E & F)

April 8, 2011 Blogging and Blog Events

If you take a peek at the latest posts by those participating in the A to Z Challenge, you’ll see a lot of “F” posts today. As I mentioned, yes, I am woefully behind.
But Joe gave me some great advice yesterday – he suggested doing a series of small posts to get right back in [...]

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Thanksgiving Feast!

October 11, 2010 Life

This year my sister Dawn hosted Thanksgiving dinner; yesterday, we went downtown to her place, armed with our own contributions to the feast (all courtesy of my husband Ward, since, as most of you know, I’m not the cook around here).
This year, with both my husband and my daughter going vegan, the Thanksgiving table was [...]

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All Grown Up

September 7, 2010 Life

Yesterday we moved my son into residence (dorms) at the university he’s attending. I handled it quite well, really – no crying, just a lot of sighing.
During the drive there, I kept thinking about walking him into his classroom on his first day of grade one.
It feels like such a short time ago. And now, [...]

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Alice in Wonderland Music Video

March 10, 2010 Life

On Saturday my daughter Hayley saw the Alice in Wonderland movie. On Sunday, she and her best friend Heather began filming, and then she spent the rest of the day editing. This is the result – enjoy!

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Living with Teens

January 15, 2010 Life

It’s a weird sort of phenomenon. I co-exist comfortably, easily and happily with our two teenagers in this lovely household of ours. My husband also co-exists with our two teenagers in this lovely household, just not always as comfortably or as easily as I do (although he swears up and down that he is quite [...]

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Life at the Border, by Joy Wong

September 9, 2009 Life

I’ve been thinking today how much my sister Joy would have loved her birthday this year: 09/09/09.
She was a poet and an artist; she was young and beautiful, and once you met her, you never forgot her. She loved babies and children, and men were always falling in love with her.
She was my baby [...]

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[TSS] More Beach Reads, Movies and Writing (Not Really)

July 5, 2009 Books and Reading

Not very original, I know, but I can’t believe how this week has just flown by. I seem to be caught up in a routine of eating, drinking, reading and relaxing, not necessarily in that order.
My husband is on his way back from the fish market right now, with fresh lobster and deep fried clams, [...]

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