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musical memories – the speeding ticket
Do you ever hear a song and it immediately takes you back to the past? Back to a moment in time? It brings back the memory so vividly that you can see it, hear it, feel it and maybe even smell it. It could be a happy memory or a sad…
8 things I learned from my first job
Do you remember your first job? I do. I was 15 years old and it was at a restaurant called “The Ponderosa Steakhouse”. It was a weird concept of a restaurant – steak served cafeteria style. It doesn’t exist in Canada anymore but I think…
beware the fine print – even online
Okay. This story is embarrassing. SO embarrassing that I really don’t want to tell it. But as much as I don’t want the world to know that I could be this stupid, I NEED to tell the story so I can help prevent someone else from making the…
remember when life was a workout
When we were growing up, we didn’t need to join a gym or sign up for Zumba classes. Life was a workout. We were moving all day long. We walked to school; home for lunch; back to school and back home again. In every kind of weather – sun,…
or is that just February talking?
Well. It’s just about February in Canada. I do not do February well. I get bored and restless in February and yet I don’t want to do anything. So I sit. I sit in front of the computer, scrolling endlessly through funny youtube videos. I…
thankful for quality car time
Why is it that the only quality time I get with my teenage daughter is in the car? Is it because she is trapped now and, if she doesn’t talk to me, there is a real possibility that she won’t get where she wants to go? In the car, we are…
inheritance? don’t count on it.
Do you think about how much you’re going to be able to leave your kids when you go? I don’t. Am I bad mother? I don’t think so. I just don’t think that inheritance is something you should count on. I also don’t believe that inheritance is…
Facebook makes me feel inadequate
Do you know what I did today? > I cleaned the kids bathroom, walked the dog and took a nap. I wonder what my Facebook friends did today?! > Steve and Kellee are posting pictures from Amsterdam > Debi is on her boat with a cocktail Hmmm. A…
learn to enjoy your own company
I’ll never forget the first time I went to a movie by myself. I think I was 20 years old and they were playing “Life of Bryan” at the University theatre. I really wanted to see it but I couldn’t find anyone to go with me. Finally, I said…
feeling like a 5 year old
I was on a flight home recently from an exceptionally grueling couple of days of crisis management meetings with a client. The week was done and I just wanted to get in the air and sleep all the way to Canadian air space. But, of course, I…
can we have a hand for the late bloomer!
Late bloomer – a person whose talents or capabilities are not visible to themselves or others until later than usual. I’ve had a lot of trouble keeping up with my blog posts this past year. It’s not that I don’t love doing it or that I’ve…
a senior moment – I paid for the other lady’s gas
Yes, another gas station senior moment. Stopping for gas, I put in $40. I always put in $40. I don’t know why, I just do. I feel somehow that if I put in the same amount every time, I am keeping to some sort of budget. It’s psychological;…
