My New Favourite Cookies – No Flour, No Sugar
Could it be that the dreams of cookie lovers the world over have finally come true? …
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Personal Life
Too Young to be This Old
I don’t know how many other people caught this yesterday but it jumped out at me from the computer screen. Â The London couple that won $17-million in Saturday’s Lotto 6/49 came forward. Â He is 73 and she is 60 and CTV, the Free Press and others called them “elderly.” …
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They’re Popping Up Like Dandelions
The idiot motorcycle riders, that is.  The ones who give the rest of us safety-conscious, law-abiding riders a bad name. …
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Generation Gap
We went to a nostalgia show last weekend in Komoka.  We love those things. Old people poking around old stuff owned by other old people.  I only bought one thing. …
Fashions for Spring Leave me Cold
Every few springs I walk through the clothing stores and see nothing I want to wear. …
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My Liver Guy
I’m not sure why but I’ve been having some pretty vivid flashbacks to two years ago when I was very ill. Â …
Much Ado About Target
Checked out a new Canadian Target store this week. Â On a scale of skip-it to wow, it’s better than okay. Â Â …
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Laminate Me
My little penny floor drew a lot of interest and attention but the big project in our home has been the laminate floor Derek laid in the living room. I knew very little about laminate flooring except that you get what you pay for. Â So we decided to go big or go home with the Pergo flooring we bought for our living room. Â …
Fast Fat Facts
We’re a fat nation on a fat planet.  Well, the first world countries are fat while the third world countries starve. That’s an atrocity but a different discussion. …
Border Jumpers
Last weekend on one of my infrequent trips to Port Huron I once again purchased only items not allowed to cross the border into the Great White North. Â …
Bewildered and Bereaved
This is not an easy post to write or a simple story to tell.  Derek’s cousin’s teenage son has died, apparently from a self-inflicted shot with his Dad’s shotgun.  Charlie was 16. …
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Pennies From Mother!
No one was happier than my Mom about my decision to tile a piece of floor with pennies! …
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Pictorial Proof
An author I know (Kevin Shea) posted a thread on Facebook last week, asking about the biggest celebrity moment his friends have had. Â …
DIY Wall Hook Takes Flight
Poking through the junk and treasures of a nostalgia show in Woodstock, I happened upon some trophy tops. They were weighty, brass airplane-themed toppers selling for five bucks each. …
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A Day Late and a Pancake Short
Free-FM’s commercial and imaging producer Rob brought a recipe to our attention and if hubby had his way he would ask me to make it every day. Â …
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