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Getting Back on Track: the Repost

,7:27 am

Since it is spring I have de-cluttering, cleaning and redecorating on my mind. Twin visions dance in my head. In the future, I’d love a smaller, more manageable home, here in the Great White North i.e. being in a position to sell our current home in the years ahead. For now, I’d love to create a […]

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Little Tikes Kitchen: Pass it On

,9:03 pm

Today saw the passing on of a much-loved Little Tikes kitchen set, complete with dishes and real fake food. Sigh. When the kids were toddlers, playing make-believe with pretend foodstuffs (or worse, Barbies) made me see double, made me want to lie down on the carpet and go to sleep.  So you’d think maybe I […]

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White Towels, High Heat

,1:21 am

“Mom, what are you doing?” my daughter asks.  I am kneeling in the upstairs hall, peering through the viewfinder of our SLR camera, taking photos of the laundry hanging over the foyer railing.   “I’m taking pictures for my blog. I’m going to write about the laundry.”   “Right,” she says. She heads back into her […]

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Knitting Class

,5:12 pm

Do you remember Home Ec class? You know, sewing, cooking, domestic stuff. “Home Economics”. That’s what they called it in the early 80s. A year or two after I started high school, they started calling it “Family Studies” as if that made some kind of difference. Reminds me of how they changed the names of […]

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Things I Gave Away: Today’s Shortlist

,10:22 pm

• Parenting books, some of which I never read. In some cases, the title alone was lesson enough: “How To Behave So Your Children Will Too” by Sal Severe. Well-put Sal. • Booking appointments back-to-back, especially if any of the timing is contingent on my teenager getting out of bed on time. • Multi-tasking in […]

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From Thermos to Whine

,12:01 am

I dare not bore anyone to death with today’s toss list of torn lunchbags, old sunglasses and half-burnt birthday candles. The sheer agony of trying to decide – should I keep just four or five Thermoses – given their different sizes and accessories, just about puts me over the edge. Seriously? The left side of my brain […]

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Lawyerisms

,11:28 am

Lawyerisms: turns of phrase used by lawyers, including me, that cause members of the general public to furrow their brow in response, as in can you not say that in plain English? Therefore, I hereby undertake to cease and desist from their further use.

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