Category: Life Musings
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Coming to Chilliwack
Well the bad news is that the Travis Tritt concert planned for the Fraser Downs Raceway has been cancelled. However, the good news is that the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is still on tour and has every intention of visiting our neck of the woods. Seeing as Travis Tritt will not be coming to town,…
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New Westminster Youth Centre
Some ten years ago the youth of New Westminster started to make noise about the city’s need for a facility where young people could gather and hang out. Knowing how New Westminster is notoriously short of land to build public facilities, one of the biggest questions was where to put a Youth Centre. The solution was somewhat…
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A Night in the…
A couple of days ago I was on the Regent Seven Seas super-luxury cruise ship, the Navigator. The Navigator is a six-star luxury cruiser with suites of 1100 square feet. Suites that have a butler to make sure your eggs are cooked as you like them and to make sure your shoes are polished. What…
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The Regent Seven Seas Navigator Visits Vancouver
It is with great delight that I can say that I will be going aboard the Regent Seven Seas Navigator later this week. The Navigator is a truly amazing ship. The Seven Seas Navigator was refurbished in December 2009 and now offers guests a six-star cruise experience (did you even know there was such a…
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Computer Changes and Crashes
After a few days of computer troubles we seem to be back in business. We tried out a little netbook for a couple of days and all I will say is, don’t buy a single core processor! I had no idea what the difference between a single, double or triple core processor was until this…
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Goddess Blends Soap; Another Giveaway!!
After our twins were born and we finally had them at home we started to become much more aware of the cleaning products that we were using around our house. One of the products that we became acutely aware of was the soap that we use when bathing ourselves and our baby girls. So instead…
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Test Drive of the Ferrari Maranello 550
As I said in yesterday’s Wordless Wednesday post, we have begun our search for a new family car. Rather than simply go out and sign up for a ten year term with a characterless mini-van, I thought it would be fun to shop around and see what our options are before buying a new family…
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New Car Search Begins on Wordless Wednesday
The need for a new/larger vehicle has become more than apparent around our house. Yesterday I took the opportunity to test drive the first car that I thought might be good replacement for our family sedan. More on my observations later.
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Summer Fun in the Sun and Water Safety; Preventable Injuries
With the recent heat wave that has hit our city, many people are taking to the water to cool off. Lots of those people are out on the water, enjoying their boating leisure. Many others are sticking to the beaches and waterways around the city. The tragic side effect of both of these activities are…
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Stanley Park Day Tripping
Today I loaded the twins and my Sweetheart into the family sedan and headed out to Stanley Park. And it turned out to be a great day for touring the park! However, before we got to Stanley Park we stopped into the Vancouver Community College culinary arts retail outlet and picked ourselves up a couple…