Category: Life Musings
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Saddleback Leather travel gear
Tomorrow we leave for the Robinsmith Family Vacation Kaua’i Edition. Seeing as, I thought it best that I begin to throw together a few things to take along in my Saddleback Leather “carry-on bag.” A few years ago I discovered Saddleback Leather. They do not make or sell saddles and they do not make or…
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Sort of Wordless Wednesday
We were sorting through an old diaper bag in preparation for our trip to Kauai when we came across a couple of diapers from quite awhile ago. It is funny to think that our little angels were once so small. The small diaper is a size one (which is actually one size larger than they…
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Getting a Christmas tree for the family home
Today was the day that my Sweetheart decided that we go out and get our Christmas tree. Even though we have a beautiful artificial tree, she decided that this year we needed a live tree. So out on the road we go. First stop was the Como Lake Garden Centre on Clark Road and Como…
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Thinking about the aging process
I don’t intend for this blog post to be morbid or sad or anything that makes you unhappy, but, have you ever thought about what the last five years, I mean, the final five years of your life will be like? What about the final two years of your life? Do you ever think about…
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Backyard chickens to supplement my 100 Mile Diet
This working for a living thing is getting to be a real grind. Seeing as I no longer want to have to get up to go to work, I needed to find something different to do. And boy did I find a great way to make money! I am going to get backyard chickens. For…
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Happy Birthday Grampa Joe
If he were still alive my Grandfather would have turned 97 today. It sounds kind of funny but I remember my grandfather, Grampa Joe, as being more of a friend than anything else. Even though we lived in very different worlds we could always sit down over a cup of percolated coffee and talk. He…
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iPad for blogging; NaBloPoMo 30
This last blog post of November 2011 is being done on my new iPad, purchased at the Macstation Burnaby. I am finding it easy to use for reading blogs but a little more tricky to create blog posts and other written items. Also, the touch screen can be finicky to work with. I have relatively…
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Excerpt from the Learning from the Luminouspage; NaBloPoMo 29
Here is an excerpt from a little blog a good friend sent to me today. This is one of the closing paragraphs of the blog post but it is so beautifully written that I simply had to share it. To read the entire post (which is truly amazing) you can visit the Learning from the…
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The power of words
Okay, two video links in one day, but it is very worthwhile. The power of words …
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What motivates you? Money or … NaBloPoMo 28
Very cool little video to have a look at. It is a ten minute clip but it is a great way to spend ten minutes.