Thursday, February 28, 2008

It could be worse

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About the passports? I think I am finally calm about things because I know that as of Monday, I'd done everything humanly possible to en...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Skip Bakes

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Although I didn't let Mr. Health Teacher know about these, there are 2 more videos up on MeTube.  It took ages and forever-ages to uploa...
Sunday, February 24, 2008

Nate's Rite of Passage

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Last night, we  were getting ready to go out for sushi in celebration of Skip completing the World Vision 30 Hour Famine, when Nate came up ...

Skippia Child

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So this last week, the schools have been off for "Ski Week" in our district.  Ski week, Reading week, Presidents' Day Extended...
Friday, February 22, 2008

Why I love the DHL man

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The doorbell just rang. Ooh, excitement! It's the DHL man! And he's got a little envelope. When I got to the door, I was grinning ...
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Nervous Knitting

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So, when I'm nervous, what do I do? Well, if I can get away with it, I spend every waking moment playing Scrubbles and Bejeweled2, and c...

I used to think I could knit...

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And then I saw this.... Egads!  I just hope some of this knitting was done on a machine, because honestly?  That's a TONNE of knitting. ...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

On hold with Passport Canada

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After chatting with the 'emergency toll free number' person in Quebec (found on the list of consulates online) who told me they can...

Passport Update

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The DHL guy just came. Good news? Nope. Bad. Skip's passport application was rejected. His "neutral" expression in the photo ...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

DHL. Sorry we missed you.

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Skip and Kelly are off school this week. So don't call Child Protective Services, but I left them at home this morning with long lists o...
Friday, February 15, 2008

My Pet Book

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Nate came home from school today with his first published book. He's pretty darned proud of it. I am too. Here's the text Title: My...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Happy Valentine's Day

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Seen tonight on my online Visa Card Tracking Page: 2/13/2008 2/14/2008 PASSPORT/PASSEPORT GATINEAU ON $97.21 2/14/2008 2/14/2008 INTL S...

Hello Betsy. Redux

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Skip and I went out for lunch today with neither of the other siblings. Because we could. He decided that maybe the spicy tuna roll wasn...

Phone Karma... or not.

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OK, I just had a great note, from someone VERY astute on the last entry to the effect of.. "You lost your cell phone? Phone Karma, per...

Annnnnnnd... she fainted

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Because today is one of those days where everything has to fall into place or the house of cards comes tumbling down, and coordinating almos...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Lying liars, and the lies they tell.

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Skip seems to be on track to have a half-decent "No Tobacco" presentation ready to go at 8:30 tomorrow morning. It's gonna be...

Putting on the Power Lipstick

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Skip jumped into the van on Monday with a grin on his face. "Mom, we've got another Extra Credit Assignment in Health Class" h...
Saturday, February 09, 2008

Hello, Betsy

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Kelly came bouncing home from school on Thursday with news. News! "Guess what? On Valentine's Day, we all get to dress up like our ...
Friday, February 01, 2008

In Other News

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I heard from Skip's teacher. He could bring in glue-sticks for 'extra credit'. Apparently, every assignment is produced on a ha...
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Quadruple Eek

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Well, Skip's and my passport renewal applications went into a Fed Ex envelope at 9:45 this morning, and are now on their way to Gatineau...