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Learning How to Say No*
It’s one of the smallest words in the English language, and yet I struggle with it constantly. No. It’s so easy to write, but so difficult for me to say. I had a minor meltdown today. I was on the brink of tears, but the Hubster caught me just in time and sat me down for a talk. After a long discussion, I’ve realized that I can’t do everything and that I need to stop being afraid to say “no”. You see, I sort of have a full plate these days. During the week I spend most of my days at work, then come home to make dinner, clean up…
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Simple Saturdays*
Ahhh… Saturdays. There is just something lovely about having a Saturday at home. It started early–much earlier than I would have liked–but it was lovely nonetheless. The Hubster and I decided to have our Valentine’s date out today, as I know restaurants on Monday will be a zoo, and he has to work that night anyway. We’ll exchange our gifts on Monday, but wanted to go out today. We decided we to go out for sushi, and I knew right away where we had to go… That’s right. I went to Sushit & T Sushi T&T. (And don’t worry, we didn’t park at the rear.) Any apprehensions I had about…
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Dear Nephew*
Well, as my nephew still hasn’t made his grand appearance, I thought I’d tell you a little story about Princess Pea while we wait. I’m fairly certain of two things: 1) I have the cutest niece in the world. 2) She loves me. Princess Pea began speaking a few months ago. At first it was just “Mum mum” and “Dad”, but she soon added “More”, “Help” and “kitty” to her expanding vocabulary. Naturally, as soon as we realized she was learning to speak, my entire family began trying to teach her how to say our names. Big Dad succeeded in teaching her how to say “Gumpo”, and I believe she’s…
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Thrifty Thursday – Grammy’s Closet*
Earlier this week, I mentioned on my Facebook page that I was going in a bit of a different direction with my Thrifty Thursday post this week. Before I begin, you should probably meet my wonderful, lovely Grammy P: Grammy just celebrated her 95th birthday in December, and I’m pretty sure that she still has more of a social life than I do. She is intelligent, hilarious, sassy and stylish. Just before Christmas, I traveled to the Great White North with my family to visit Grammy. I always love going to see her, and there is always something going on at her house when we go so it’s always an…
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Bedtime Blogging*
Oh goodness. When on earth did life get so impossibly busy?? When I was in university, I had so much free time I didn’t know what to do with myself. Now that I’m an old lady grown up, time flies by faster than I can handle and my days always seem so full. It’s 10:06pm, and I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve sat down today. Well… I wasn’t evaluated today. I was so sure that it was going to happen, and then it didn’t. It was a great day all the same–I had three grade 12 classes and they were all completely amazing. Great kids, great courses…
