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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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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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Being Canadian

July 1, 2011 Life

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians!
 “Happy Canada Day!”
I was thinking this morning about how much I love being Canadian, how much I love living in Canada. I know the idea of a “Canadian identity” is still kind of a fuzzy thing; our identity as Canadians is more often based on all the things [...]

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The Holiday Catch-Up Post

January 1, 2011 Books and Reading

Happy new year, everyone! It was a very hectic December for me, as evidenced by the scarcity of posts here. And after I finished my last deadline for the year, I came down with the flu. Christmas week was kind of a blur for me as a result, but this past week has been great, [...]

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A-Camping We Went (Plus Some Luxury Living, and a Bit of Thomas the Tank Engine)

July 27, 2010 Life

Our camping trip at Long Point, followed by a night in Port Stanley: rain, a beautiful lightning storm, gorgeous sunny afternoons on the beach, trains and fine dining!

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Fabulous Reading Streak – Ending, or Just Beginning?

July 20, 2010 Books and Reading

Last night I finished This Body of Death, by Elizabeth George, and breathed a happy little sigh. I realized I’ve been on a wonderful reading streak, during which I’ve read one enjoyable book after another.
True, This Body of Death wasn’t quite as good as earlier George mysteries, but it was still a lovely read, [...]

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Camping (Gulp …)

April 23, 2010 Life

I’m sitting here right now, wondering, What did I just do?
You see, we just went online and booked a campsite at Long Point provincial park – for an entire week this summer.

Yes, I know – it’s a beautiful place. But I’m taking deep breaths right now, because I’m not sure I’m ready for this.
My kids [...]

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Chinese New Year

February 14, 2010 Life

Happy Chinese New Year, everyone!
When I was younger, I thought of Chinese New Year more as “red envelope time!”, because my parents’ friends would give me red envelopes containing money as part of the New Year celebrations.
So I thought a picture of a red envelope would be a fitting accompaniment to this post!
It’s the Year [...]

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Reflections

December 31, 2009 Life

It’s a tradition of mine, so I set aside some time this morning to think back over the past year.
What always astounds me is how many things happened that, on first acquaintance, seemed to be problems but turned out to be gifts in the end. This year has seen quite a few of these gifts, [...]

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Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2009 Life

Merry Christmas, everyone!
Christmas for me is one of the most beautiful times of the year. I wish you all the very best for this holiday season: lots of fun, merry-making and love!
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A Parisian Holiday: French Milk, by Lucy Knisley

December 14, 2009 Books and Reading

I moved on from reading Eye of the Crow to something completely different: French Milk, by Lucy Knisley is a memoir, written in graphic novel format, of a month-long holiday the author took with her mother in Paris, France.
I came across this novel when I was reading around the blogosphere (when I do this kind [...]

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Saturday Ramblings And Some Links

December 12, 2009 Life

It’s Tapas Night here tonight – which means I am, once again, cleaning house to get ready for the people who will be dropping by. Have you noticed I seem to do this fairly frequently?
My question is, why doesn’t the house stay clean in between get-togethers?
Anyway, I’m sitting here and procrastinating, like normal. Writing a [...]

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Linking Around: The Holiday Edition!

December 5, 2009 Books and Reading

What better thing to do on a lazy Saturday afternoon then doing some fun linking around (nope, I’m not out there battling other holiday shoppers – yet)? And it’s such holiday fun!
Holiday Card Exchange. Haley, at The Life (and Lies) of an Inanimate Flying Object is holding a Holiday Card swap. You fill out her [...]

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Three Days to Go

November 28, 2009 Life

Updates
I will keep coming back to update this post with my current word count. Doing updates here is the best way I know of keeping myself on track and getting those 13,413 words written.
Nov. 28, 4:14 pm:
Current total word count: 38,203 words. Required to complete NaNoWriMo:  11,797 words.
Nov. 29, 3:08 pm:
Current total word count: [...]

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Saturday Randomness: Halloween, NaNoWriMo, Twitter, Food and Comments

October 31, 2009 Books and Reading

Happy Halloween to everyone who celebrates Halloween! It looks very windy outside my office window right now – hopefully the wind will die down before all the trick-or-treaters hit the sidewalks tonight.
I’m feeling a little random today (have you noticed I get this way at least once a week?) So I thought I’d throw all [...]

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Leaving Procrastination Behind for Five Weeks

October 26, 2009 Life

It’s funny how a month can go by, just like that – and before you know it, the new month is literally just a handful of days away.
So, much like I realized yesterday that NaNoWriMo is nearly here, this morning I sat down and entered in all my latest work deadlines. October has been a [...]

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Thanksgiving Feast, The Beatles, and a Head Cold

October 14, 2009 Life

We had the most delightful Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday; Ward brined and roasted a turkey (the very first time I’ve had a brined turkey), and because our daughter is vegetarian, he also made two kinds of stuffing (vegetarian and regular) and two kinds of gravy (vegetarian and turkey).
Accompanying these Thanksgiving essentials were French onion soup, [...]

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Chinese Dragon Emperor, Part 2 (Or, Our Summer Vacation Video)

July 27, 2009 Life

Several of you have mentioned you would like to see more of our summer vacation photos (well, okay, two people vaguely said something about this in passing). We took 100s of photos while on holidays, most of which feature much the same elements: sand, surf and blue skies. So I thought it would be far [...]

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Writing vs. Working

July 17, 2009 Writing

Today’s word count: 2,409 words
NANTUCKET total word count: 69,816 words
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Day 4 of my goal to make my writing a priority. Yes, I worked on NANTUCKET before I blogged or worked on my paying deadlines. And yes, it feels good, as I type this post this before I go to bed, knowing my writing is already [...]

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Back from Holidays!

July 13, 2009 Life

I’m back! And of course, feeling rather like I could use a little break. Isn’t it funny how that works?
I had a grand time in Nova Scotia, and it was fun blogging about it occasionally. Thank you to everyone for your comments – I can’t tell you how lovely it was to hear from [...]

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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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Holiday Mode, The Strain, and Writing

June 29, 2009 Books and Reading

This morning two technicians from Aliant swung by and set us up with a new modem – and now we are back online. But having the bit of downtime made me realize I was being a bit unrealistic, expecting to blog regularly while on holidays. I will definitely keep blogging, but won’t stress myself about [...]

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[TSS] On the South Shores of Nova Scotia

June 28, 2009 Books and Reading

We arrived yesterday at the beach house we rented in Nova Scotia – we are on the South Shore, right on the scenic Lighthouse Route. The house is beautiful – there’s a screened in veranda so we can sit outside at any time and not worry about bugs. We’re about 100 metres from the ocean [...]

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What’s Up Saturday – June 6

June 6, 2009 Life

I can’t believe we’re already a week into June. It’s shaping up to be a very busy month for me, as I’ve shifted several deadlines from July to June so that I can actually take off for a few weeks for a holiday. One thing about being a freelancer is that a real vacation can [...]

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I’m Back, and Raring to … Read!

January 8, 2009 Books and Reading

We made it back from Disney World more or less still sane (and since we were packing two teens and a five year old with us, I assume you all know how huge an accomplishment this is) – we had a fabulous time. Disney was crazy busy over most of last week, but in the [...]

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Happy Holidays Everyone!

December 23, 2008 Books and Reading

It’s been a hectic time around here – as evidenced by my lack of posts! I’m scurrying to finish off a couple more deadlines, not just because of Christmas, but also because I’m headed off to Disney World at the end of this month; my family and I will be welcoming in the new year [...]

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