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This Week: Heart Health, Anniversary & New Jeans

April 20, 2013 in Anecdotes, Comedy, Fashion, Food & Recipes, Health, Humour, Marriage, Nutrition, Stories, Style, Wedding

This week has been, and will continue to be, a busy one. After pulling on my jeans last Thursday morning only to discover they were ripped right in the crotch (stylish, no?) I began my search for the ‘right’ jeans. I had pretty specific ideas of what I wanted in this pair of jeans. They had to be tight, stretchy enough that I could move comfortably, long enough to scrunch a little at the ankle, dark blue in colour, super skinny and high waisted. Not a long list of requirements at all! It took 3 different shopping trips with the [...]

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This Week: Easter Eggs and New Contributors

March 16, 2013 in Food & Recipes, Lifestyle, Meta

It’s been a bit of a weird week for me, and apparently the weather agreed with me – going from muggy and hot to freezing in about 20 minutes, then back again. But I’m still here, so that’s got to be good right? It’s been an exciting one for the site as we welcomed two new contributors Caroline from Present Imperfection and Rachel from Parenting Central. I’m excited to see the site growing and am looking forward to welcoming a few more contributors soon. On to my week in pics: The pics: I discovered Ferrero Rocher makes easter eggs. I [...]

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Mothers Are Amazing (even animal ones)

April 30, 2012 in Anecdotes, Mothers, Pets, Stories

Isobel (Belle, Bella), my cat, used to be a breeding queen. She was a very good mother. Patient, caring, protective. To this day if you play the sound of a crying kitten, she will try to find it. If you put her with a human child, she will tolerate being poked, prodded and annoyed. As I watched my nieces pick her up, manhandle her, poke her and prod her, it got me thinking about what a good mother she had always been. And one time she really proved to me how amazing mothers are. A woman brought her son to [...]

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