family

  • The progress on the current novel or WIP (Work In Progress) aka ms (short for manuscript) continues. Sort of. I’ve handed in the most recent round of revisions, and now will find something else to do until I hear back from my agent. For me, I’m gonna hang out with the Minions, probably watch a…

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  • Scaring A Normie

    I often describe our family as the not-wealthy, Canadian version of the Addams family. It’s a short form that most folks instantly understand, and is more accurate than anything else I’ve been able to come up with. I genuinely wish we had the house, to be honest. There’s something about the Victorian style houses that…

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  • If you haven’t read part one, you can find it here So. We had a new vehicle, finally, and were on our way to purchase a new washer and dryer at a local store. I’d reviewed everything online, knew what set we wanted, and we strode in, ready to drop a chunk o’change on a…

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  • To be honest, the entire month of July had me wanting to pull a blanket up over my head and hide under my desk for days at a time. The first issue is our Bessie. Allow me to reassure folks that Bessie is not a person or pet. Bessie is our well loved van. I…

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  • Happy Birthday To Me!

    That’s probably the big news, having a birthday. Wheee! Many thanks to my family, for making it a memorable day. Lovely gifts, and plans to watch the Perseid Meteor Shower one evening this week. In celebration (or acknowledgement) of the occasion, I’m setting some goals for the next year. Goals Before my next birthday, I…

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  • Week’s End

    Whew. It’s been a heck of a week here. Sunday saw us loaded into the people mover to travel two hours away to an ‘entertainment centre’ to celebrate the youngest’s birthday. I put ‘entertainment centre’ in quotes, because I’m fairly certain that if you’re over the age of, say, twenty-five, it’s more like a full-on…

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  • Idioms, Not Idiots

    In our family, The Husband and I take turns reading bedtime stories to the Littles, who aren’t as little as they used to be, but are still willing to be read to. Right now, they like old Garfield comics. Since I’ve already read ALL the Captain Underpants books and ALL the spinoffs multiple times, it’s…

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