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Forbes Family Christmas 1985Originally uploaded by Julep67Today is my nana's birthday. She passed away in 1997 but I still miss her, every day. I've been going through my old photos again and found an album containing photos from Christmas 1985. They would have been taken mostly by me, with my first 35 mm camera. This particular photo is one I'd forgotten about, all of my cousins with my Nana

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Sam has now been drug-free for a week. Hopefully the drugs are now out of his system by now. He was given his last dose of antibiotics a week ago. At breakfast and dinner, for three weeks, I crushed up pills and put them into a tiny bit of wet dog food for him. Of course, Gracie had to have some wet food too, just to keep things fair. His poor bum really went through the ringer in January.

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Double Rainbow Saturday Originally uploaded by Julep67I feel like I start almost every post with an apology for not having posted recently. This time, I'm not apologizing, I'll just acknowledge it. It's been a while, hasn't it? I decided that it may be easier to do a category driven update, it'll be easier for me that way and I'm all about keeping things easy / simple for me. Work Stuff

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We awoke to a winter wonderland this morning (as you can see by this photo I snapped with my phone this morning, there wasn't a lot on the ground).  I was sort of surprised by it but not as surprised at the dogs were.  As we were falling asleep last night, I could hear the beginning of freezing rain.  I hate freezing rain.  I fear ice in a big way.  I've often said that I don't fear death but I

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American thanksgiving is happening later this week and that always seems to signal the official start of the holiday season for our neighbours south of the border. For Canadians though, it's less strict, or at least it seems that way. Officially or unofficially, when is it too early to put your holiday decorations at home? I know that some stores (Dollarama, I'm looking at you), had their

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Blissdom Canada Cards Originally uploaded by Julep67Last week, I wrote a post about my goals for the upcoming Blissdom Canada conference I was getting ready to attend. When I was writing my post, I was quite nervous. I wasn’t sure what to expect or if I’d fit in anywhere, given how spotty my blogging has been over the past few years. On Friday morning, upon arriving at the Toronto Hilton to

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It's been a bit of a whirlwind around here over the past few weeks. Sitting down right now, with a few minutes to reflect upon the last little while (while I wait for the washing machine to finish spinning) I can't even really pinpoint anything specific we did. There wasn't anything new or weird or strange or different going on, just more of the usual stuff I guess. Work is very busy right now

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I'm a bit pissed and really sad today. It's about two things: 1. I do not support the death penalty. I was beyond sad this morning to awake to the news that the State of Georgia had killed Troy Davis, an innocent man. When we went to bed last night, we heard that his execution had been delayed "1 to 7 days" so we went to sleep, never thinking that they would actually kill last night. It's

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gorgeous gracie Originally uploaded by Julep67So we had Gracie to the vet yesterday. Last Saturday, when we got home from the dog park, we noticed that one of her front legs was really swollen on the “wrist” joint (not 100% up on my dog anatomy – sorry!). This was the same leg she’d injured in 2009. At that time, she’d been diagnosed with soft tissue damage and was prescribed with some NSAIDs

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A few months ago, I either got an email or saw something via twitter about a blogger conference in Toronto. Now, I hear about blogger conferences all the time, the big ones in the states that some of the writers of my favourite blogs go to. I never considered going to one because, over the past few years anyway, I've not exactly been "blogging it up” and thought I’d feel out of place around

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Summer of 1968 Originally uploaded by Julep67When you are the first born child in a family, your first real friends are your cousins. My first friend was my cousin Kathy Forbes. She was two years older than me and she was also the first born child in her family. Eventually, we would both become big sisters to younger brothers named Patrick. I've been thinking about Kathy a lot this week.

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I'm on vacation this week, home with the dogs. Mark will be off next week so this week I've been puttering around the house and doing some reading. Just got back from a walk with the dogs and thought I'd put a movie on while I sorted out some papers in my office. "Eat Pray Love" was available on demand. Started to watch it, got about 9 minutes in before I had to shut it off. Admittedly, I

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Our federal election is on Monday. This election, our riding is actually in play and as a result, I have voted (we voted at the advance polls last weekend) strategically rather than the way I would have preferred to. Things are getting REALLY nasty in our riding and I received the following email tonight about just how nasty it's getting. If you're in the Kingston & the Islands riding, or have

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This past weekend, I got a text from my brother telling me that he was watching a Harry Nilsson documentary on Netflix. In short order, I found "Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?" and we started to watch. It was so good, a really lovely tribute to a completely under-appreciated artist. I was introduced to Harry Nilsson as a very little girl. We lived in a bungalow

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I meant to post this yesterday when I first heard about the death of Gerry Rafferty but the day got away from me before I could do it. The song "Baker Street" always brings a particulary sweet childhood memory back to me whenever I hear it. I recall going on an errand with my dad in our 1974 Dodge Dart. I think we had to go Canadian Tire, the long-gone one down on Rideau Street. I was

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Do you think they meant to say hungry man? Originally uploaded by Julep67I still haven't finished my post about the Roger shows, I likely will get it done sometime but am not sure when. Procrastination seems to be my middle name these days. I had many great plans and long to do lists to get through this weekend. The plans went by the wayside. I spent the weekend doing my normal weekend

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Roger Waters - The Wall 2010 Originally uploaded by Julep67I'm a big dummy. At lunch today, I started a blog post. I ran out of time so I saved it and thought "I'll send this home to myself and finish it tonight." Unfortunately, I forgot to send it home and I don't feel like trying to remember what I was saying so, it'll not be posted until tomorrow at the earliest. It may be boring unless

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Back to Cruel - Kingston Derby GirlsOriginally uploaded by Julep67I'm back at work today after a delicious four day weekend. The weather was amazing and we had a nice, relaxing time. In the middle of it all, we got our yard all sorted out and ready for winter. The lawn is cut, the patio furniture has been put away, the shrubs and bushes have been trimmed back. Mark even pulled out the snow

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the raveonettesOriginally uploaded by Julep67love in a trashcan This ditty is currently playing on my MP3 player and swirling around in my brain between my headphones. It never fails to make me happy. it's an oldie but a goodie. all hail the raveonettes, please and thank yousinus meds I've been fighting a cold (I think it's a cold) for a couple of weeks now. The symptoms are just there,

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nervous girlOriginally uploaded by Julep67workshops about social media - I seem to get a lot of emails at work, promoting workshops and courses which promise to help folks use social media to build their business/brand/whatever. Social media stuff to me, you either get it or you don't and going to a conference or workshop to try to figure it out seems futile. If you really think your

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This blog is now located at http://shanksalot.blogspot.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to http://shanksalot.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.

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gazebo lightsOriginally uploaded by Julep67so it's been a while huh?I think about writing frequently but recently, I feel like I have the attention span of a goldfish (and trust me, I know from experience, gold fish have a short attention span). Sitting down and writing hasn't been top of my list but I thought I would check in.Spring arrived very early around this part of the world this year and

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sweet red peppersOriginally uploaded by Julep67We've been able to barbecue twice this week. not once, but twice. it's so wonderful to be able to do that without having to either shovel out the barbecue or stand on the ice while doing it.The weather is incredibly beautiful and it feels really springy around here.My work week was really busy. I think I got lots of stuff done but it is hard to

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pretty smiling gracieOriginally uploaded by Julep67I'm finally feeling like I'm back to "normal" after that bad bug I had a couple of weeks ago.Last week, I made it through the whole week at work although, by the end of the day each day, I was pretty fried. As you can imagine, having missed four days of work had left me pretty behind. The gals in my office were super awesome about it though.

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today I went outside.I also got dressed (in something other than pjs or sweats) and went to work. I was at work all day!! AND we did errands after that.We got home quite late and I'm pretty tired at the moment but still, tired is terrific because I'm not sick. I know I'll feel a little weak and tired for a few more days but the difference between today and last Monday, well I can't describe

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wow, what a difference a day makes.last night, slept all the way through the night. I'm not even sure that I moved at all.today, ate bland meals but still, actual solid food including scrambled egg and melon!feel really weak but otherwise good. cannot believe that I missed this entire week at work, looking forward to getting back to a normal routine again on Monday.it is my hope that I never

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went to bed last night feeling hopeful that I'd be back to work today. 2 hours into my sleep, I awoke after having had weird dreams (lots and lots of them) and a seriously lurching stomach. I thought I'd try to ignore it but realized that I couldn't. I jumped out of bed, woke up Sam (who was sleeping very sweetly at the foot of our bed, blocking my path to the bathroom), ran into the bathroom

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I woke up this morning feeling hungry. hungry. like for food. actual food, toast. for breakfast I had toast and sprite and watched The Philadelphia Story from under the covers.I felt pretty good this afternoon, much better than I had in days. Right now, I feel weak and very tired and a little nauseous. My thought is that it's that end of the day thing. You know how when you're sick and the

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the sickness lingers on.for the past 48 hours I have felt absolutely horrible. for the past 36 hours or so I've been running to the bathroom at very close intervals. some intervals were a little too close for comfort. For the past couple of hours the intervals have been increasing, although my giant meal of chicken noodle soup (the only thing besides a couple of soda crackers) has once again

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Last night I was pretty sure that I would die in the night sometime. I actually started telling Mark where the insurance stuff was, I felt that bad.All weekend, I've had a weird headache. Sort of like a pressure on my forehead. It got so bad yesterday afternoon that I fell asleep with the dogs for two hours. When I woke up I felt a little better, we had dinner and I didn't feel so

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on the sofanot watching the olympicsjust half watching Sam as he snoozes on the floor near my feet.He lays next to the magical ball which is full of kibble.The trick to unleashing the kibble is to push it along the floor with your nose until the kibble pops out.Gracie has it figured out. She's a smartie. She pushes the ball gently along until the kibble pops out and she eats it. Sammy is

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Today I felt like I really should post an update. It's been a while since I did. I guess I haven't felt much like writing lately. I've been spending my writing time reading blogs from folks who are down in Haiti. The situation down there just doesn't seem to be improving at a pace that I figured it would. I know that there are always hiccups and weirdness which mess up the best laid plans of

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Hey Canadians, if you want to help the folks in Haiti but aren't sure how to go about it, why not make a donation through the Canadian Red Cross. Click here to make a donation to their Haiti Earthquake Relief fund. It doesn't have to be a huge amount (goodness knows that our donation wasn't huge), they can take as little as $5 online. It literally takes 2 minutes and the money will help those

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snow covered led lightsOriginally uploaded by Julep67We're still living in a winter wonderland in these parts, over a week after the snow first fell. Now that the snow has finally stopped and the sun is shining, I don't mind it as much. It's bright and pretty and the roads are generally good so, yay winter.Of course, the wind is an issue at times. Over the weekend, we took the dogs to the dog

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One of the things I hate most about this time of the year is the increase in the number of house fires you hear about. Most of them seem to be caused by faulty or overused space heaters. I have been shocked at the number of fires I've read about this week and saddened by the number of people who have been killed in them. While my heart goes out to the members of families who have lost loved

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I like that Tim Allen has a sense of humour about his movies and television shows. They suck big time, in my opinion anyway. enjoy!Arbor Daze with Tim Allen from Tim Allen

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winter lights and paw printsOriginally uploaded by Julep67I guess all of the snow we didn't get in November had decided to visit us all at once. It feels like it hasn't stopped snowing since Sunday morning but I actually know that this isn't true. Winter. It's definitely here and it looks like it'll be here for a while. Good thing I gots me some new boots huh?? My old ones were literally

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poopedOriginally uploaded by Julep67I stole this from Denise (thanks Denise!) because I liked it and thought it was a neat way to wrap up 2009.1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? Had a pedicure2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I normally don't make them so I can't recall making any last year and I haven't made any for this

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Gracie vs the tripodOriginally uploaded by Julep67So far this morning, I have not seen any ships come sailing in. Our neighbourhood seems very quiet and dark. We are up early by some standards but actually slept in this morning (for us anyway). The dogs are having some kibble as I type this and I think Mark is in his office checking his mail.In a little while, we'll take our cups of coffee

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So, I'm on holidays/vacation. Today is day 3. I don't have to go back to the office until January 4. Feels a little strange but I'm enjoying it. The first day (Tuesday), I stayed home and puttered around the house. I had a tonne of laundry to do so I got through that and hung out with the dogs (who still haven't quite figured out what's going on with the holidays and stuff). I still haven't

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It's been a while since I've posted and I wish I could say that the delay is because of some really exciting stuff but honestly, it's just been sort of busy at work (where I usually post from) lately and when I do have a spare moment for farting around, I'm playing Farmville. Yep, Farmville.My cousin's 10 year old son invited me to play it with him during the summer and I said yes. At first, I

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us health insurance reformAm I the only one who thinks it's interesting that the grandfather of one of the "greatest American heroes" (Jack Bauer) is also the father of socialized health care in our lovely country? I was happy to see that the folks in Washington took one step closer to pulling their heads completely out of their asses on the weekend.pretty puppiesWe took the dogs to petsmart

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it's funny and sad, all at the same time. Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck

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happy faceOriginally uploaded by Julep67As I was flipping over calendars at work this morning, after having traveled to work in the sunshine (last week the street lights were still on when I was en route to the office), it was a bit of a surprise for me that October was over already.I mean, I know it's the end of October when little kids stand on my front porch and I reward their cuteness with

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going in for a kissOriginally uploaded by Julep67happiness is......putting up all of my Halloween decorations at home...watching Gracie growl at the skeleton in the living room because she thinks he's an intruder...a cold which is almost gone except for a little cough once in a while...pretty leaves on the trees and sunshine that lights them up ...smoochy puppies when I get home from work...work

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the face of graceOriginally uploaded by Julep67I hate snot.I hate that my nose is sore from blowing it too much.I hate coughing.I hate not being able to sleep because my nose won't stop running.Fortunately, some of these symptoms have improved for me over the past 24 hours and I'm back at work today.On Friday, I had a sore throat (one of my colleagues was sick last week) and on Saturday morning,

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chef markOriginally uploaded by Julep67Summer is hanging around in our part of the world and that has allowed us to continue barbecuing. We have a natural gas barbecue with a permanent hook up on our deck so it's really only when the barbecue is frozen totally solid that we can't use it but it's far more pleasant to use it when you can enjoy the deck and the sounds of the bugs being zapped in

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where's the water?Originally uploaded by Julep67Last night, Mark took me for the last official ice cream cone of the summer. Summer's officially over later today but it feels like it's going to stick around for a while and I'm not complaining. The ice cream cone was pretty yummy, we just went to the DQ near our house while we were out doing some errands last night. The big indicator to me that

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JoeOriginally uploaded by Julep67Last week's birthday celebrations did not got exactly as I'd thought that they would.First of all, birthday Tiffany was out of the country on her birthday. She was whooping it up in Vegas, lucky girl. This meant though that I did not get to talk to her on her birthday or wish her a happy birthday, in person, 2 days late, at Lucia's birthday party.Speaking of

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first all ages showOriginally uploaded by Julep67Tiffany (the lovely girl on the right in this photo) is having a birthday today. Happy Birthday Tiffy!! this photo of her is about 14 years old but her face is still as sweet as it was when she went to her first all ages show (cue Juliana Hatfield's "My Sister" here - although it was a cub show).Also celebrating a birthday this week (already!) is

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lanternOriginally uploaded by Julep67For our wedding, we bought a bunch of little battery operated, paper lanterns which were hung in the tents. They just offered a little splash of colour to an otherwise drab canopy. We also bought the pictured larger version of the lanterns and hung it in our gazebo (with strings of teeny tiny paper lanterns hung around the perimeter). It was simple and, I

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Uncle Rod and Aunt MaryOriginally uploaded by Julep67So, it's September. How awesome is that!? There are many things to love about September:- sunny lovely amazing weather- tomatoes are tasting better now than they do all year- new lunch boxes (my old one finally bit the dust after 10 years and I broke down and bought myself a snazzy new one)- babies - a friend of mine had a baby girl yesterday

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battle of the photographersOriginally uploaded by Julep67My weekend was so nice that I really wish it didn't have to end.We didn't do anything too terribly exciting but we did get a lot of stuff done and even had some time to do very little, which was awesome.For about 5 minutes we discussed going "somewhere" to do "something" because we felt like we should but in the end, we hung out with the

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marco and lovely luciaOriginally uploaded by Julep67Just to let you know that I don't only talk about weather when it's not being my friend, today is gorgeous. Sunny, breezy, hot but you can actually breathe so, yay!Also, Mark went back to work today. I'm not entirely convinced that his stomach bug wasn't related to the heat and the migraines from last week but whatever the case, he seems to be

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sunny sammyOriginally uploaded by Julep67I know that many folks around our little corner of the world complained about how cool and wet the July weather was. I wasn't one of them. I don't complain about cool weather because I cannot function when we get stuck in one of our humid heat waves.Right now, we're in the middle of a doozy. It's been going on for several days now and the air quality is

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current weatherOriginally uploaded by Julep67The current weather here is gross.Hot, sticky, smelly and gross. We've spent the biggest chunk of today, cowering in the air conditioning. The breeze outside died mid-morning. Not fun.Both dogs celebrated birthdays this weekend, Gracie on Thursday, Sammy on Saturday. They are both now 2. For their birthdays they got extra trips to the dog park and

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the tentsOriginally uploaded by Julep67So, our anniversary party was actually a little backyard wedding. Yeah, Mark and I finally did it up legally with some friends and family looking on. We've been busy putting the house and yard back together since the weekend but I did write a little post for a bridal advice site that I've been hanging out on for a while. Thought I'd share it with y'all.

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We've been on vacation this week and have been very very busy getting ready for the party we're having tomorrow.Tomorrow, August 6, is the 10th anniversary of the day Mark and I met. As I mentioned before, to celebrate, we're having a biggish (for us) house party. The little tents we bought are now up in the back yard. The sparkly twinkle lights are all hooked up. The table and chairs we

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hey!this has been a busy week and a particularly crazy day is going on right now.I'm working at getting everything cleared off my desk because I start my vacation this afternoon. When I arrived at work this morning, we couldn't access our network files - not good.Fortunately, it was resolved mid-morning so I'm now just in the home stretch of my last-day scramble. Should be able to leave on time

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waiting for squirrelsOriginally uploaded by Julep67Just got back from running an errand on campus and cannot get over how hot the midday sun is today. We're in the midst of a humid spell and I'd love nothing more than some lungs full of fresh cool air.I think the weather is getting to the dogs too. They have access to the air conditioned house, lots of shade in the yard, water and ice cubes but

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I've mentioned here before that Mark and I are fans of American Idol. Our favourite part of the show is the early auditions. This past season, I was really happy to see Alexis Cohen, one of our favourites from last season, return and try again.We loved her attitude and spirit and spunk and mostly, her reaction to being dismissed. I was saddened this morning, to read that she'd been killed in an

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new patio lanternsOriginally uploaded by Julep67I'd like to swat the nose of the news with a newspaper right now and say "bad! bad news!"Lots of weird stuff has been happening in our sleepy little town recently. Over the weekend, a woman and her two daughters mysteriously drowned in the swimming pool of a hotel in Gananoque. Yesterday, we learned that members of a Montreal family have been

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sammyOriginally uploaded by Julep67How cute is Sam? Pretty cute huh? Boy howdy but it feels like time has been speeding up lately. We've been busy for the past few weeks, getting ready for a big party we're having at our place next month, while we are on holidays. The idea is to get as much stuff done before our vacation actually starts as is humanly possible so we won't have to do much while

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iced gracieOriginally uploaded by Julep67. how much would I love to be home, on the deck, with Gracie and her bowl of ice cubes right now? Well, lots.. she was not impressed with me when I left for work this morning. I've been spending parts of my morning (before heading out to work) on the deck with the dogs. they love it when you're with them, they aren't so happy when you go. if only they

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Sam in pre-bark modeOriginally uploaded by Julep67. Sam can go from zero to bat-shit crazy barking in the blink of the eye. other times, he's on a slow boil and I can tell when he's going to get loose and bark . he doesn't bark for the sake of barking. Sam barks with purpose, usually to let folks walking on the sidewalk in front of our house know that they don't have his permission to be on his

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I love summer, I'm particularly loving this summer.It's not too hot, not too cold.Not too dry, not too wet.Berries are great, doggies are awesome.Barbecues are plentiful and we're having one this afternoon with work folks.A good time should be had by all and I have it on good authority that seedless watermelon is being served.nice!

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icy gracieOriginally uploaded by Julep67. I have many names for our Miss Gracie: Gracie, Princess Grace of my Heart, Peanut, Peanut Butter, Princess Peanut. happily, I can report that she's much better today, almost too much better. too much because she's wrestling like crazy with Sam and I'd like to see taking it easy but you can't always tell her what to do. she's still on her meds (every night

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knot my problemOriginally uploaded by Julep67. I'm slightly over tired tonight. it's not surprising . we were shaken out of bed on Sunday night by a massive thunder storm. last night, we both slept with one ear open, listening for Gracie. poor Gracie hurt herself and had to go to the vet last night. still not 100% sure what is wrong, seems like some soft tissue damage, the vet thought that

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This isn't going to be a multi-part post but I have just completed part 1 of my summer vacation. I went back to work this morning after a week's holiday. Technically, because of Canada Day, I only needed to book off 4 days. I'm taking two weeks at the beginning of August (hence the part one of two).Last week, we got a tonne of stuff done around the house. I have had a list of stuff that I've

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Sammy's got a new dooOriginally uploaded by Julep67. I'll admit that it took me almost an entire day to adjust to Sam with his new, cool, summer hair cut. The only fluffy bits left on him are his tail and behind his ear. Gracie had to sniff his but a bunch of extra times when he got home to make sure it was Sam. . Today is my last day in the office for a week. That's right kiddos, I'm off

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meeting XavierOriginally uploaded by Julep67. holy smokes but isn't Xavier cute? he's so alert for one so tiny, I think he realizes already that there's a lot to do and see here on Earth and he's digging right in. the local berries this year are much better than I'd anticipated. we had a bit of an odd spring 'round here and I didn't think it would be a good thing for my beloved berries but

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gracieOriginally uploaded by Julep67. 3 and a bit days until my vacation starts (but who's counting). 1 and a bit hours until my dad delivers some fresh, local strawberries to me at the office. 3 and a bit hours until I get to go home and play with the puppies. good things definitely do come to folks who wait for them

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happy faceOriginally uploaded by Julep67. weekends fly by far too quickly. water restrictions are tough on new sod. Gracie loves to play in the mud. tiny muddy paw prints aren't as cute when they are on your bedspread as they are when you notice them on a sidewalk. Xavier is the cutest baby I've seen in a good long while. summer arrived, bringing lovely warm weather with it. thanks summer! we

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puppy wrestling on the deckOriginally uploaded by Julep67. I'm always a little surprised to see folks walking down the street smoking cigarettes. . it's raining today because I watered my garden last night. you're welcome.. everyone should tape record themselves in conversation once in a while. you'll probably be surprised by how many "ums" you say.. my friends are totally awesome and are easy

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hey, where are my ice cubes?Originally uploaded by Julep67I just read a story about a lovely old gent in the UK who won a massive lottery. He plans to spend part of the money on his allotment (apparently he's had no luck growing carrots). I thought that this was unbelievably cute.I would probably think a little bigger and buy a house that had a garden but hey, to each his own, right?Simple is

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5 to 10 a day, en francaisOriginally uploaded by Julep67As a child growing up in Ontario in the 1970's, I recall that we didn't take French until grade 5 or 6. I think kids start much earlier these days. In high school I took it in grade 9 (I think it was my homeroom class actually) and then didn't really bother with it until grade 13 (there were extra seats available on the trip to Montreal

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merry marketOriginally uploaded by Julep67Last night, Mark had an eye appointment and I went along because he was getting drops and needed me to drive him home. In the end, his appointment took so long that he was okay to drive by the time he'd finished but I waited, all the same.Not wanting to sit in the waiting room, I decided to sit in the van with the windows down and enjoy the first really

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It's finally starting to feel actually summery here. Did I say "finally" cuz it's been a long time coming!! Don't think that I'm a huge fan of really hot steamy weather but I like it to be at least warm enough to be able to wear sandals to work. And not having to turn the office furnace, in mid-June, is also nice.Convocation has been happening for the past couple of weeks and it's a lot of fun

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Last night, for some reason, we were talking about Kukla, Fran and Ollie. I'm old, you may not be. I remember them, you may not. In any case, it's camping season so here's a good message from your pals Kukla & Ollie.

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foot and grateOriginally uploaded by Julep67A shiny new dollar store opened up near our house recently. Last night I had to get some greeting cards so we stopped in there on our way home. It's so nice and new. The shelves are packed with awesome bargains and it's very handy to our house. so nice!Potentially not so nice is the markings I noticed on our way home. It appeared that someone from

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imagine: the peace ballad of john & yokoOriginally uploaded by Julep67Last month, well, actually two months ago now, in April, I promised Mark that we'd travel to Montreal to see "imagine: the peace ballad of john & yoko" as a birthday gift. Finally, on Friday, in the fog and through the rain, we made it to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to see Yoko's wonderful exhibit.After learning about the

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I'm feeling a little bit all over the place today.This week, I'm taking Friday off, in lieu for working over the weekend. Subsequently, it's been a busy week so far as I try to get stuff done in a four day week. Also been working harder than normal in the evenings at home. I'd really love to not have any housework to do over the weekend. Wouldn't that be nice? I did three loads of laundry

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Queen's University Spring Reunion Weekend 2009Originally uploaded by Julep67The inaugural Spring Reunion Weekend was held on campus over the weekend and it appears to have been a huge success. I would have been surprised if it hadn't been though. Kingston and campus are at their very best, at this time of the year and many grads have never seen either in full bloom. Lots of neat, new events

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I'm not overly thrilled by the clouds which have gathered and are currently hanging out over my office right now. I'm working at some events this afternoon / evening and tomorrow and I really had hoped for sunny and warm. If we're lucky, it'll clear up!I can not get over how quickly the week has gone by. The whole month of May actually. I knew, because of what we had going on at work, that

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skepticalOriginally uploaded by Julep67This morning on my way to work, the town in general, and campus specifically, felt spookily quiet. not sure if the nice weather has folks playing hooky and heading to the cottage today or if it was just me thinking it was quiet. Either way, it was pretty peaceful.I say was because that stopped at around 9:30 a.m. when some guys showed up to weed whack the

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sevenOriginally uploaded by Julep67With all of the other stuff we had going on over the weekend, I forgot to mention that poor little seven died on the weekend. She'd been pretty lethargic over the past couple of weeks and really started to fail at the end of last week. Sunday morning, she passed away. We called her Seven because we got her on our 7th anniversary. We'd have had her 3 years in

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sun bathingOriginally uploaded by Julep67the dogs and I spent a fair chunk of time hanging out on the deck, in the sunshine, over the weekend. I took their bed outside Sunday and Monday so they could get comfortable.Mark and Andy spent a big chunk of their time working on the deck. Sam and Gracie and I did our best to stay out of their way and not interrupt the terrific railing installation

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A Picture/Video Message!Originally uploaded by taxicheferAll last night, I kept hearing something creaking.I thought that the gate was open.I thought that the shed door was open.I thought that our neighbour's tree was rubbing against our fence and creaking.turns out, something was creaking but it was the big old Manitoba Maple on our front lawn. We've been in the house for 4 years and I've never

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the polyphonic spree always make me smile and they have, on occasion, made me feel happier than a band should probably be allowed to do. It's hard to explain how awesome they are when you experience them in a live environment to someone who is unfamiliar with the wonderfulness that is the spree. It's even more difficult to explain to a dog. Band leader Tim tries, valiantly. I don't know if

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favourite perchOriginally uploaded by Julep67Our lilac bush looks like it's just about ready to get very pretty. The flower bud thingys started to appear on the weekend and today, they got very dark purple looking. If the sun stays out tomorrow, we may have actual lovely, beautiful smelling, lilacs in the yard on the weekend. I hope so, I do love them. I can see them from my kitchen window (

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We had a great weekend, really nice. We had time to chill out, time to play and time to do chores and errands. I came back to work this morning feeling really good. The house is in good shape as far as it's cleanliness level goes, which is something considering how bad I let it get while I was a sick a couple of weeks ago. The yard could use some TLC but it was either rainy or really cold

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it's Mark!Originally uploaded by Julep67I love having my teeth cleaned but hate how your head feels like someone kicked it in afterwards.Having said that, I saw a new hygienist this morning and she's awesome. She also has 2 dogs so, when I didn't have a bunch of stuff in my mouth, we could talk about dogs. yay!Mark was at the dentist on Monday, I was there today, the dogs were at the vet on

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hanging on the new deckOriginally uploaded by Julep67Last night the dogs visited the vet. It was the first time we had booked them both in at the same time and we had a discount applied to our bill, I guess, because we brought them both in together. It was tough though because it was about a million degrees in the exam room and Gracie had blood work done and got micro chipped so Sam had to wait

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rewarding MarkOriginally uploaded by Julep67the fog rolled down University Avenue in a crazy, almost movie like way this morning. then, as quickly as it appeared, it was gone.strange.for the first time since the deck extension was added, we had a rain storm last night. our gazebo is now on the extension, which is just outside our bedroom window so the wind howling and the rain pounding was

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kingston general hospitalOriginally uploaded by Julep67I always carry a camera with me wherever I go. Sometimes I have my big Nikon but I always have a small point and shoot olympus with me.Whenever Joe would be in the hospital (and during the last few years of his life he was in and out of hospital a few times a year), inevitably, we'd spend hours waiting. Waiting to find out what was wrong,

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It never ceases to amaze me, just exactly how much mucous your body can produce when you're sick. I filled up our kitchen composting container today with the tissues I've used. That doesn't include the ones I used at work while I was there this morning. It's gross but fascinating all at the same time.My nose hurts like crazy, so does my throat and my ribs. I've been covering my nose with

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baby boyOriginally uploaded by Julep67We had a really lovely little shower for a colleague yesterday. Her mat leave starts on Monday and I'm really going to miss her while she's gone. It'll be a long year without her around.I've been struggling with a really bad cold all week. I woke up with it on Saturday morning and can't shake it. I'm heading to see my doctor this afternoon about it. I'm

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me and my grandpaOriginally uploaded by Julep67Today is the birthday of my grandfather, Lawrence Shanks. I've been thinking about him a lot more than I usually do lately. Partly because today is his birthday and partly because of a review I read about the coffee shop at St Joseph's Oratory.. Thanks Ralph!I often think about my grandfather. He was a really cool and smart guy and he was a

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You would have to have a heart made out of dirt or stone or something very hard and cold to not enjoy this video.Imagine how cool it would have been to have witnessed this in the middle of a travel day. I don't really care that it was a publicity stunt for a tv show, it still made me smile and it will probably make you smile too!

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I can so drive the vanOriginally uploaded by Julep67Have I mentioned lately how much I love sleeping with the windows open? No!? Well. I love sleeping with the windows open.For some reason, over the weekend, when I saw the weather forecast was for sunny days, I wrongly thought sunshine = warm. I forgot how cold it can be in April. On Saturday, when we were doing errands, it was cold as, well

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