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Sleeping kid

Sleeping kid

November 7, 2015 | Blog

My first thought this morning, after opening the two year old’s bedroom door to wake her for breakfast, was how cozy she must be under all those covers. I can’t even see her little head! Haha. My second thought was, how long have you been under the bed?

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Parenting and growing up

Parenting and growing up

November 2, 2015 | Blog

An attractive young couple stopped me on the street the other day, as they seem to do from time to time, to ask me what it’s like when your youngest baby isn’t really a baby anymore.

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Douglas Adams on reality

Douglas Adams on reality

June 3, 2015 | Blog

It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as […]

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Chives

Chives

May 30, 2015 | Blog

I’d like to take a moment to talk about these chives.

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Lender bender

Lender bender

May 16, 2015 | Blog

The bank gave us a better mortgage rate after I misremembered the offer from a competing lender as lower than it actually was. I am the Accidental Negotiator!

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Lawn care less

Lawn care less

May 14, 2015 | Blog

Lawn mower has a new battery, oil change, new spark plugs, new air filter, sharpened blades, and inflated tires. Bought a new grass trimmer today, too. So now I can cut the lawn, you know, ugh, whenever. I don’t know. Sometime?

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Jazzy Iron Maiden

Jazzy Iron Maiden

April 27, 2015 | Blog

Sometimes I like to whistle jazzy versions of Iron Maiden songs because I blew out 3 tons of crusty mucus through my nose at 4:30 this morning and that’s the sort of thing you do when your brain is remote viewing Mars on a work day.

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Hero to mail carriers everywhere, no doubt

Hero to mail carriers everywhere, no doubt

April 15, 2015 | Blog

In the five years we’ve been here Canada Post has never inspected our mail box, because if they had, we would’ve got this notice that the mailbox post is too tall long before now.

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New sump pump day!

New sump pump day!

April 9, 2015 | Blog

It’s new sump pump day! Celebrate by sleeping through the night without hearing clickclickclickclickclick or brrrrrrrrrrrrrssssssshhhhhhhppppttttttttt or brrrrsht THUNK THUNK coming from your (not nearly old enough) pos sump pump every 30 seconds all night long. May all your basements be dry. HAPPY NEW SUMP PUMP DAY!

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