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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Grateful for: health, the gym
I just last week decided that I simply had to find a way to get to the gym. I kind of hate that whole sentence because it sounds like some horrid thing my brain contains where remarkably fit blonde women … Continue reading
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I should start a ‘fun quotes’ category
Best quote I saw today on my voyages around the ‘net: “I also think that characters that started out in children’s literature are a bit different. Like Pooh, Curious George, Cat in the Hat, etc. The only Disney books I’ve … Continue reading
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Grateful for: work
Back to some gratitude (I’m going to have to extend that as I didn’t write one every day!) I’m grateful for my job. I signed on permanently this month, with no probationary period, so I’m officially full-time now. There was … Continue reading
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Generation gaps
A moment from my work day: I am getting my too-many-th cup of coffee. Beautiful 20-something comments, nicely, that she doesn’t drink coffee because caffeine is bad for you. (And she’s right!) So I remember sneaking across the street from … Continue reading
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Soucouyant and peep
Someday really I will put my database-savvy husband on uploading my too-many-megs d-x archives. Really. But meanwhile I will just have to tell you that in the summer of 2004, people may remember, I attended a seriously amazing week-long workshop … Continue reading
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Grief, neo-natal loss, and why God doesn’t hate babies
Tertia over at So Close asked about posts on grieving, and I thought I would contribute. Everyone else: Cecily, Billie, Alida,Snickolett, and Vanessa have posted (will try to keep editing if more specific posts appear) has said a lot. (They … Continue reading
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Gratitude: Mac love
My promised post is still in the ether – ok, it’s actually on my personal laptop, which I was using for work, but now work has given me a lovely Macbook. For years Carl has been saying, each time it … Continue reading
Critical parenting error
There comes a time in every parent’s life, I’m sure, when they look back at something they did and realize that it was not just a mistake, but a decision from which they will have to recover over time. Perhaps … Continue reading
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I do have a gratitude thing to add…
But right now just a ramble. I’m working from home today which usually works pretty well but today I am was finding it hard to get settled down. That actually sort of summarizes the weekend too: hard to get settled … Continue reading
Grateful for: Emily
Today I bought my lunch (decadent and disorganized!) and the fast-lunch-counter-server-person asked me if I wanted to make a $2 donation to the Sick Kids Foundation. This one charity will always have a hold over my wallet now, and I … Continue reading





