The Lost Soul Stroll
Last night we went on London’s annual Lost Soul Stroll. Â It’s live, moving theatre centred on the city’s history and it happens on weekends throughout October. Â …
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Personal Life
A Life in Limbo
This is a cautionary tale about what happens when you try to do something good and it goes bad and could have been much worse. Â …
My Addiction is Good for Me
I have only one vice left.  I’m an ex-smoker and ex-drinker but I’ve still got my coffee.  And unless I start growing deadly tumours that have actual coffee inside them, I’m not giving it up. …
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A Mouse in the House
We had to leave the bathroom window open during the recent resurfacing job. The technician removed the screen and we just left it like that overnight. I had a fleeting thought that a bird could fly right in but dismissed it as silly. …
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She’s Gotta Have It
You have to wonder why some products don’t make it over the border.  Last night we met our friend Eddie for dinner in Port Huron – Ed lives in Detroit – and that meant a trip to Target to pick up the laundry potion upon which I’ve come to rely. …
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Miracle Method Part III
So I’ve shown you the before and the midway point in our main bathroom makeover by Miracle Method.  Today we see the finished product. …
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Miracle Method Part II
Yesterday I showed you the “before” from our main floor bathroom.  Today, the project begins.  Scott from Miracle Method was hard at work when we got home around noon on Thursday.  They need two consecutive half-days in order to do the work.  We had Thursday morning and Friday afternoon, when we would conveniently be on a road trip to Hamilton. …
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Miracle Method Part I
This is the story of our bathroom makeover. We considered everything from ripping out the countertop, tub and surround to Bath Fitter to what-have-you in order to deal with the ugly and worn-out state of the home’s original, main-floor bathroom. The cultured marble counter was still in good shape but it was wearing away around the sink stopper and its colour matched the original fixtures: 1960’s almond. …
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A Real Treasure
Lots of guys collect gas station memorabilia and for the one in this house, it’s Supertest, a company born in London and no longer in existence. …
Only Once A Year
London’s annual Western Fair is on. Â It’s a 10-day extravaganza much like the CNE but appropriately sized for this area. For us, it’s huge. Â And every year they offer a different deep-fried delight and Derek and I believe it is our duty to try it. Â …
A Do-Over
Often times people talk about what they’d like to do if they had a second go-round at this crazy thing called life. I’ve always said I’d try to become a stand-up comic. Â But something I would like to do now? Have my own retail store. Â …
M is for Man, Am I Ever Glad That’s Over
I didn’t say a word about it. Â I didn’t want anyone else getting nervous for me because I was nervous enough and being wished good luck and given nuggets of advice would only add to my anxiety. Â But yesterday I took the road test to exit M2 and get my full M license. Â And I passed! Â …
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Our Camping Adventure
Derek comes from a family that camped.  They loved to camp and they did it together, all 112 of them.  Well it must have seemed like that many to their parents. …
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Taking Today Off
I’m afraid I’m too mentally exhausted today to form an opinion about anything except perhaps that iTunes is the work of the devil.  But that’s a story for another day.  So today I present to you someone I miss.  Stan the cat. …
The Ultimate Cosmo Girl
Helen Gurley Brown died yesterday after a brief illness.  She was 90.  As editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine for 32 years, Brown helped guide and shape young women’s views on sex and relationships.  I know. I was one of them. …
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Encounter Near the Old Cheddar
On my mammoth grocery shopping trip Saturday morning a woman waved me over in the cheese aisle and asked me to look at her recipe card. …
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Verbal Crutches
Lots of people have them. Â In radio they’re particularly irritating. Â There’s a news anchor (and there have been others) who starts every story with a “well”. Â But it comes out: wool. It gets so you brace yourself for it. Â And it never fails to arrive. …
Peanut Butter Protein Balls
Our Free-FM colleague Pasqualina brought in some peanut butter balls the other day. Â I thought I’d died and gone to protein heaven. Â So I asked for the recipe. It’s from the Oxygen Network. I use about 1/2 the honey it calls for (as does she) and I don’t add the chocolate chips at all and they’re delicious. Â The trouble is with trying to eat just one. Â …
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