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A thousand words

SImon’s birthday party

4 February 2007 A thousand words

Have you been breathlessly waiting for the update from Simon’s birthday party yesterday? I know, you haven’t been able to sleep for the suspense. Well, I’m thrilled to be able to report that despite the words you never want to hear your husband say when you have more than a dozen friends and family in [...]

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Baby it’s cold outside

21 January 2007 A thousand words

Back in the day, before we had kids, we lived in a townhouse on the edge of a fairly large urban woods. One of my favourite times to go walking through the trails with my constant companion Katie the Dog was on a sparkling cold winter day. The fresh snow made the world clean and [...]

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More post-scripts to the home-improvement frenzy

19 January 2007 A thousand words

Apparently, I need to add still more post script photos to my home improvement extravaganza post. As if it didn’t have enough pictures already! Claudette talks in the comments to this post about the idea for home-made marble magnets inspired by this post of Andrea’s. (Convoluted enough for you?) Ahem, anyway, I made these over [...]

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Christmas Lights on Parliament Hill

8 December 2006 A thousand words

It was cold. Damn cold. Somewhere around minus 17C with the windchill, I think. And yet, we bundled up the kids, and coerced a few friends, and headed out to see the Christmas Light Ceremony on Parliament Hill last night. I’ve lived in Ottawa for 18 Christmases now, and this is the first time I’ve [...]

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A Happy Halloween

1 November 2006 A thousand words

The boys had a terrific halloween, and by extension, so did I. A few thoughts on halloween this year: I have to admit, I was a little disappointed when I heard that Tristan’s school had a ‘no costumes’ policy. The kids are invited to wear black and orange, but costumes are not allowed. I was [...]

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This just in – Motherlode photos!

30 October 2006 A thousand words

As if I didn’t have enough reasons to love and admire Andrea: smart, witty, crafty, an excellent wordsmith, a wonderful road-trip companion, and an awesome photographer to boot. Check out her collection of Motherlode photos. Aren’t they great???

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