A Thousand Miles From The Place I Was Born

So I’m posting late tonight, but by god, I’M POSTING! I had a crazy day that started with taking Lauren to school and heading to work. I planned to work about 4 or 5 hours, but ended up staying for 8. Part of that was because my computer kept shutting down every [...]

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Five years ago today, CCB became a Dad.

And you know what?  He became an awesome one.  He has raised this cutie pie to love hockey (she has a cute pink Leafs jersey and moans about the loss of Mats Sundin like all Torontonians), to love music (her favorite song is “Firecracker” by Ryan Adams) and [...]

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The lovely Laurie at Tip Junkie is once again issuing a challenge to everyone to try to choose one word that sums up what you want for yourself in 2009. It didn’t take me long to think of my word, and although it’s hardly original, it adequately covers all of my issues this year.
The [...]

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When I fell in love with CCB, the first thing that occurred to both of us was “How on earth are we going to make this work?” I mean, we were in different cities… hell, different countries! Who moves where? Who is designated to sacrifice more than the other? I am [...]

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CCB’s Birthday is coming up (60 days from today) and although I already had a gift lined up for him, I think I have stumbled upon something EVEN BETTER! CCB, if you are reading, don’t watch the video. It will spoil the surprise!!
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You know, when I started this blog it was mainly because all my friends and family were like “You’re so funny! You should write a book about your life!” And I thought, “Well, first, let’s see if anyone ELSE thinks I’m funny, and if they’d even read this stuff.” As it turns [...]

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Note: Photos of Andi’s bedhead forthcoming. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
For the past several weeks, Lauren has been obsessed with the midnight hour. It started when she announced that she wanted to wake up before me so she could make breakfast for a change. When she found out that I was [...]

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NaBloPoMo #29/30 and Grace #5/6
This challenge should have been posted yesterday, but circumstances prevented me from getting to the computer. As a result, I’ve not only missed the Daring Bakers deadline, but (gasp!) totally blew the whole NaBloPoMo thing. I cannot tell you how disappointed I am about this. To screw up [...]

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NaBloPoMo #28 and Grace #4
Hello from cold, drizzly Toronto!! Lauren and I managed our trip just fine yesterday and other than struggling to get two giggly girls in bed at a decent time, last night was relaxing and calm.
Today I am preparing our Thanksgiving meal, but my heart isn’t in it. [...]

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NaBloPoMo #27 and Grace #3
Rather than spending the holiday overeating and then falling asleep in front of the TV, today will be spent in airports as we travel to see CCB and Beth in Toronto. Lauren had a rough time falling asleep last night because she was so excited! And as much as I am also excited [...]

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