Ghouls, Spiders, and a Severed Foot

If there’s one thing my neighbourhood does ‘right’, it’s Hallowe’en. Summer parties, easter egg hunts, Christmas caroling, they do it all – but Hallowe’en is the big one. This is the neighbourhood where 130+ kids come trick or treating before 7:30 (my first year here I ran out of treats by then). Where people not [...]

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A Winner!

How exciting – it’s time to announce the winner of the first contest on my blog! Many, many thanks to everyone who entered, and also to everyone who popped by to see what was said. This was a neat experience for me, perhaps even an adventure, reading a book with the purpose of sharing my [...]

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Back to Blogging!

It’s back to basics tonight – back to happinesses. Not because of a lack of anything to write about. There’s lots! And not because it was a really rough day. It wasn’t. Okay, total meltdown on my part on the walk home, where I let Cameron push some buttons. But the day started wonderfully, and [...]

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Book Review and Contest: Character is the Key

Yep, you read right – contest! Read on, the contest part is at the end.
We all, as parents or perhaps future parents, want our kids to grow up with good character. Maybe this is just me assuming that everyone is like me, but I can’t imagine someone saying, “Oh man, I really want my child [...]

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Poor Neglected Blog …

I’ll be back soon, I will!
I made a promise that I would review a couple of books here. One is due Sunday and I’ve barely thought about it! So … yeah. Reading reading reading reading.
(and that gets set aside for a date tonight. Wheee! Priorities!)

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