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Such a SHAM!
Late Sunday afternoon, I mournfully packed up after two weeks at the cottage. Heavy heart? Hmmmm, maybe just the newly formed lard ass I am lugging around now that the potato chips are gone. I...
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Creases and wrinkles….
The 2010-11 hockey season, now officially over, was continually pierced with apprehension and worry. Not because the Sens and the Leafs struggle for a playoffs berth, much to absolutely no one’s...
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Ceasefire!!
That’s right, I said ceasefire! Now that the kids’ hockey seasons are over, I can briefly back off firing on all cylinders. Do you know how I know that the kids’ hockey season is over? Well, in the...
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The Dishwasher Doctrine – Tips from a teenager…
In these days of entitlement and helicopter parenting, I feel it is of vital importance to teach our youth about responsibility and independence. Like any well-intentioned (and disillusioned) parent,...
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The Cool Caf Credo
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation is ramping up its labour action once again. My kids’ after-school clubs and sports have already been curtailed as a result of the labour action...
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Domestic Labour Unrest …
It seems I am surrounded by labour strife. The contentious replacement of NFL officials, the tiresome lack of progress in the negotiations between NHL owners and the NHLPA, and the squabbling between...
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I’ll never shake hands with the vet again.
My dog Koda has a problem with impacted anal glands. Wait … don’t leave. I swear that’s what the vet told me! Let’s just say, she could have told me he needed canine breast implants, and I would have...
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The New Year is a Time for Purification
I keep all my New Year’s resolutions to myself – that way no one can hold me to them. As many of my friends know, every January I abstain from alcohol. Stop laughing, I’m serious. This annual...
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Thawstruck
You can tell an awful lot about a woman by the contents of her freezer. I have a friend who, despite having three kids, has a truly immaculate home, unlike my own home with three kids which seems to be...
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CSI – the drama I could do without
My three children are all teenagers now and like many today, they are home from school before my husband or I are home from work. I am generally the last to return home at the end of the day, and...
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Creases and wrinkles….
The 2010-11 hockey season, now officially over, was continually pierced with apprehension and worry. Not because the Sens and the Leafs struggle for a playoffs berth, much to absolutely no one’s...
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Ceasefire!!
That’s right, I said ceasefire! Now that the kids’ hockey seasons are over, I can briefly back off firing on all cylinders. Do you know how I know that the kids’ hockey season is over? Well, in the...
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The Dishwasher Doctrine – Tips from a teenager…
In these days of entitlement and helicopter parenting, I feel it is of vital importance to teach our youth about responsibility and independence. Like any well-intentioned (and disillusioned) parent,...
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Dorm Move-In, Part II
It is time The time has come. It has been eighteen years in the making, but the time has definitely come: my second son and middle child has left for university. I safely delivered his brother to...
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