Written by
Carine
Thursday September 30, 2010
I'm not such a big city girl after all. I loved every minute we spent up in the mountains, away from road noise, away from white noise and free from pollution. We were in bed before midnight every night and ...
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Written by
Carine
Wednesday September 29, 2010
While I am sick and tired of hearing myself diss the competency level of Canadian Civil Servants, I must say that I was rudely disappointed with the Immigration Officer who had the fortune of greeting me upon my return to ...
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Written by
Carine
Tuesday September 14, 2010
“Honey I’m home!” my sister called out as she came in. She had said the same thing to me earlier in the afternoon when she had stepped out to the garage only to come back for something else, so I ...
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Written by
Carine
Monday September 13, 2010
Obviously one of the joys of tai-tai-dom is the ability to have all the time in the world to do all the things you want to do without worrying about where the money behind the wall is coming from.
After paying ...
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Written by
Carine
Monday September 6, 2010
It's our anniversary! Another successful year of life together. Another year of tackling challenges and coming out stronger and deeper in love with each other.
What did we do to commemorate this joyous occasion? We shared a kiss while hanging ...
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Written by
Carine
Sunday September 5, 2010
Jeggings. The hybrid of jeans and leggings, it is known to be super comfortable. I read about them but didn’t give them much thought because I’m not much of a leggings girl to begin with. I find leggings underneath miniskirts ...
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Written by
Carine
Saturday September 4, 2010
Lately I’ve been doing quite a bit of crafts, and I’ve always been fond of alphabet stamps and die-cuts. So I invested a hefty sum into a set of wood-mounted alphabet stamps only to be sorely disappointed. The stamps were ...
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Written by
Carine
Friday September 3, 2010
I had the privilege of being in a room full of people eagerly waiting to be sworn into the family of Canada where I noticed a disturbing behaviour.
These grown men and women have either very poor listening skills or do ...
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Written by
Carine
Thursday September 2, 2010
Apparently, further back than my memory can go, I did not like a joint birthday celebration with my sister. But my parents had it that way and threw us big joint birthday parties because our birthdays are only a week ...
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Written by
Carine
Wednesday September 1, 2010
Yesterday was a glorious day. A day made glorious by the absence of the computer.
Undeniably, computers and the internet have made a lot of things possible in my life. But without it, I can also do a lot of things.
I ...
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