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11.16.08
Pop on over to Notes From the Cookie Jar-there's a year long subscription to Every Day Food up for grabs for anyone with a Canadian mailing address. If you are from any other country, you may enter and give it as a gift to someone in Canada.
You only ...
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11.14.08
Today is World Diabetes Day.
Come on over to Notes From the Cookie Jar and hear the story of a mom (and dear old friend of mine) who is parent to not just one, but TWO children with Type 1 diabetes.
You'll be glad you did.
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11.10.08
This weekend we went to Vancouver Island for the first time since we left there about 4 years ago. I loved the Island. There was the beautiful wave pool in Courtenay, the festivals, Miracle Beach, and the good restaurants.
Well. There just wasn't jobs. So ...
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10.16.08
It's already there, taunting us at the checkout as we pick up our Thanksgiving turkeys and cranberries this weekend; just daring us to buy a box and try not to eat it before the big day.
You know what I'm talking about. Those brightly colored boxes and bags of ...
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10.11.08
Just this week Jake came home; brow furrowed, and promptly dropped his books on the floor.
Whoa, boy. Teen drama. Wonder what this one is.
"Mom, I want you to photocopy the letter that the doctor gave you with my diagnosis so that I can take it to school and prove to ...
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8.31.08
Just the other day Hubs and I decided to head over to the Mainland for the weekend.
Yes, I know. Long weekend+nice weather= HUGE ferry line ups. We decided to make a reservation. While I was plunking down my $17 to get a spot on the ferry, I ...
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8.10.08
A short while ago, Motherhood Uncensored was talking about being THAT family in a restaurant. You know, the ones that are struggling just to contain the wild beasts children so that they can...oh...eat? We've been relatively lucky because I can only think of two times in 12 years ...
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8.9.08
If there's a no-miss festival on the Sunshine Coast, for our family it's the Sleepy Hollow Show and Shine. For one day, a street in town is closed off and hot rodders park their shiny toys for pedestrians to stroll through, drool over, and take pictures off.
My guys are ...
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7.30.08
There's a carnival going on, and you're invited!
Over 700 blogs have signed on for the Bloggy Carnival Giveaways-all over the world people are offering up everything from Starbucks cards to handmade crafts, jewelry and blog make overs. You don't even have to be a blogger!
Notes from the Cookie Jar ...
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5.26.08
5:30 am. The sun is peeking through the buildings across the street, orange and pink filling the sky and glinting off the buildings.
I'm sitting behind a large espresso machine that pumps out hundreds, perhaps thousands of coffees each day and before the hoards arrive, I'm sipping my own. Beside me ...
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