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It seems that there are issues with comments on various blogs. I have no way to comment on a blog that has the embedded comments form. And Mago cannot comment on my blog because of word verification. I've switched to the new blogger format and have not been able to find the place to disable word verification. It is not on the comments settings page. That would be the logical place, one would

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Yesterday, after another exhausting three hour stint of nurse-y type work at the local hospital, I trundled off to the physiotherapist for my weekly appointment. Given that everything was wound up tight, the lovely (and at times pleasantly brutal) Sarah dug her amazingly strong fingers in and around the muscles and tendons of my shoulder and upper back. She prodded and pulled, twisted and turned

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I am in my second week of being back at work. That means, of course, that there are early mornings again, rising well before the dawn. (Well, at this time of year, anyway... summer is an entirely different animal.) So no longer can I just crawl back into bed after a trip to the toilet to empty that tiny bladder of mine at 5:30 a.m. That's the time the alarm goes off, so up I get. But this week,

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(Sunday, Jan. 15th just before 4:00 p.m.) This is the view outside my window right now. A wintery whiteout. It's rather how my heart feels right now too. The last post depicted a woman watching a man walk away. That's pretty much what happened to me last Wednesday, as the MoS told me that he was wanting a way out. He has issues with commitment, stemming from a devastating end to his

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Sort of. I had a meeting with all interested (or not) parties today to set up my "graduated return to work". That may sound a bit pretentious, as if I've finished some kind of fancy yearlong training program, but it's just being cautious. After all, the last thing I want to do is re-injure that shoulder. Or any other body part, for that matter. So I have the next four all weeks laid out. Next

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Wishing all of you and your families the very best that 2012 can possibly bring. May you be happy and healthy in whatever you choose to do with your lives. xoxoxo

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I was going through my list of posts and found a few drafts that I'd never published. Most were too old but I found this little video of Lila and Zoë, from June of 2009. Lila is all of 8 weeks old in this! I can't believe how tiny she is! A fearless little ball of fluff. Now, 2 1/2 years later, she is a 10 lb. ball of gorgeous fluff, loaded with attitude and antics! She drives me crazy

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As one's children become adults, one usually expects to have the odd grandchild here and there. Well, perhaps I should rephrase that. Because not too many people want odd grandchildren. But it seems rather okay to have some grandchildren. But how would you like to have 100? At the age of 62 yet. That is what has happened to a Russian couple who emigrated to Canada 17 years ago. With all of

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Every year there are more and more videos of people who have decorated their houses and yards with light that are synchronized to music. I think my all time favourite is the one played to that TransSiberian Orchestra tune, but I've put that up here in the past, so this year, I've found a new one that I like. When I watched this on youtube, I read the comments below and discovered that

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In the past week or so, I've been having problems commenting on some blogs. For some reason, the box where you choose your account is very tiny and nothing happens when I click on it. This is only on some blogs, not all. Consequently, it keeps telling me to select an account, which I can't do. So I can't comment. Grrrrr! I know it's not caused by this... although I have had that kind

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It's lightly snowing and the temperature is a seasonable -7C. The wind is a steady breeze at 19 km/h, which makes it feel like -14 out there. A huge sight better than yesterday when the ambient temperature got up to -2 (early evening) but with the howling gales (50 gusting to 70 km/h), it felt like the north pole had come down to grab us in its icy clutches. I've Christmas shopping to do. Things

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I have this tendency to have single hiccups. Just one. Several times a day at times, and other days I can go by without one at all. But I almost never get a case of the hiccups that goes on and on. On Saturday, the MoS and I were driving around town when one of these little hiccups escaped. I had my mouth closed so it was just a little sound. He turned and looked at me and said, "What the hell

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I realized the other day that I never posted the final photos of my bike "tree". It took a while to find the right 'ground cover' for the bottom and when I finally did order it from the US, we had a mail strike up here in Canada so it took even longer to get here! And then I had to hurry up and get it done before my shoulder surgery. I think I did it a couple of nights before. I know that was in

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... when I learned of the sudden and very public death of Hickstead, beloved and very talented stallion of Canada's Eric Lamaze. Yesterday in Verona, Italy, while at a world cup jumping event, Hickstead collapsed in the show ring shortly after having completed a jumping round. Eric and Hickstead took the individual gold medal for jumping at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. They won many

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It is Friday. The beginning of the weekend with the MoS. He's had a busy week at work, with lots of little things accomplished, and two days spent teaching a group of workers safety stuff. It will be time to kick back and relax tonight when he gets home and I get to his place. Yay! I've made good progress in my physio this week. Things have been kicked up a notch or two and I am pushing for more

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She wanted to know what my scar looks like. It's nothing much to look at. In fact, I have three on my shoulder but one was so small, it has all but disappeared. The other two are a bit more evident but the larger is barely a half inch in length. The other, even smaller. But here is a photo nonetheless. The lower one is the one that gave me all the grief with rejecting the suture and getting

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I had my three month follow-up appointment with the surgeon today. Has it been three months already? Or, at times, it feels like it's been way longer than three months. What's up with that? A rift in the time-space continuum, perhaps? He's pleased with the progress I am making in my rehab, and says I am where he would expect me to be, if I was doing physio the way I should be. So that was good

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While on the computer today, I became aware of a scratching noise coming from behind my keyboard. Having the camera handy, I recorded the attempted theft in progress. This is the stuff I have to put up with on a daily (no, make that hourly, or even minutely) basis. *sigh*

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Time certainly gets past me these days. Just now, I realized it has been seven days since I last posted anything. But I guess when every weekend is spent at the MoS's place and not mine, I don't spend much time on the computer at all. I do a quick check of emails, and zip through facebook for the latest, but that is all. It was Thanksgiving this past weekend up here in Canada. My American

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"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.They somehow already know what you truly want to become.Everything else is secondary.” ~ Steve Jobs

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(Fall on the hobby farm I lived on a few years ago. Isn't that gorgeous?) It's officially Fall. Although you'd not know it by the weather here. It's been unseasonably warm. In fact, we've had days where the high was a good 10+ degrees C above the norm!!! I am sooooo not going to complain about that! Winter will be here soon enough, requiring multiple layers of fleece and down to ward off frost

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Long Term Forecast Updated: Friday, September 30, 2011, 6:00 CDTDay Night  SaturdayOct 1SundayOct 2MondayOct 3TuesdayOct 4WednesdayOct 5ThursdayOct 6 Conditions 6am - 6pm  SunnyMainly sunnyCloudy periodsSunnyCloudy periodsMainly sunny P.O.P.0%10%20%0%10%10% High22°C26°C23°C25°C26°C28°C Low7°C12°C12°C8°C16°C18°C WindS 25 km/hS 20 km/hS 10 km/hSE 10 km/hS 20 km/hS 25 km/h

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Recently, over at Boxer's place, there was a discussion on smoking pot. Lots of lengthy comments on that post! I'm going to add my little bit on smoking... turkeys. I admit, they are difficult to roll, keep falling outta the paper... and don't stay lit either. But it was an experience for me! First time in my life I'd smoked a turkey. Well, two actually. Okay, I know what you're thinking.

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Fall has fallen. With a thud. One day it is 29C (whatever in the 80sF) and the next day, we get up to a high of 16C (61F). No transition. No gradual decrease in the daily high temperature. Just smacked in the face with cooler temps. But last week... Well!!! The weather was spectacular! It was hothothot and blazingly sunny. I think we hit 33C one day and the rest were pretty close to that. The

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From wearing my sling, that is. Nothing to do with breasts or milk or anything like that. Although I do have breasts... And milk... (in the fridge). But no, I am now allowed to forego wearing the much hated but entirely necessary sling that kept my arm from moving around when it shouldn't. Today was the first day I went out in public without it. Yes, I felt a bit naked, and I was very

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We had a low pressure system move in today. It made my shoulder ache something fierce all day! And it made me almost weepy, which is sooooo not like me. And that made me mad. Tonight the Man of Steel and I went to see a man about a gargoyle. He's my cousin (the man, not the gargoyle) and he's an artist. A soap stone carver, painter, sculptor... he spends the school year travelling around the

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Come Thursday next week, I'll be rising before the chickens... in the dark... bleary eyed but excited. We get some pretty spectacular sunrises... and sunsets too... here on the Prairies. Having enough space for the colours to spread out and be their best on display makes for some pretty cool early mornings, coffee clutched in hand. You see, the Man of Steel is on holidays next week and told me

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Today is going to be a hot one here... The forecast high is 35C, which is in the mid 90sF, for you south of the 49th. I am going for my walk early today to beat the heat. I will be closing the windows and turning on the a/c soon, to prevent my south facing apartment from turning into a toaster oven. Crispy kitties are not on the menu! However... I fervently hope that UB and Hope did not

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I listen to the chorus of crickets outside my window as the evening settles in. The sky is clouding sporadically, although nothing threatening. The temperature dips a bit as the sun's warmth fades with the light. I await the arrival of my oldest friend and her eldest daughter as they are driving up from Texas to come visit her mum who fell last Sunday and fractured a hip. Given that the old one

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I've been asked if I have a broken arm, or if I hurt my arm riding a horse, or if I fell down. I still have to wear the damn sling most of the time, although at home I am slowly spending time without it. It has gotten very old, let me tell you! I swear my shoulder muscles have gone on permanent hiatus to Mexico or some place south. And my tricep muscle has shrunk to the size of Wales (

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To settle the bet between (the "real") Jimmy and Mapstew, as Jimmy has mentioned on my previous post, I have decided to show you all what my Man of Steel (aka the New Beau) actually looks like. He is a handsome example of a fine Canadian Steelworker, who chops wood on the side for extra cash. (He's gotta pay for all that beer somehow.) He's shown me his tools. No, I mean tools. That go in a

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Wait. That's not right. It's been nine days since my last post. There. That's more like it. Do you know how tedious it is to type and use the mouse with your "other" hand? I admit to cheating a bit the past couple days with the typing bit, but I have to stop that cuz it's making my shoulder ache a bit more. Not a good thing. And along with the suture abcess, which I now have to take

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I am one week post surgery now and last night was the first time I slept through the night. I have spent that week of nights propped up on the couch, as lying down hurts waaaaaaay too much and I think the longest I've lasted is about 5 minutes. I'm back home after spending the weekend at the New Beau's (on his couch) so tonight I will try the bed and use lots of pillows if propping is necessary.

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Well, I'm back, although my activity will be greatly reduced for a while I suspect. Left handed typing is not my forte... I'm stuck in a sling for three weeks, not allowed to use my arm at all. I do have to let it dangle everyday, andswing it passively like a pendulum to keep the joint mobile but that's about it. Pain killers are on the menu every 5 hours, along with something to counteract the

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Twice now in the past few posts here on my blog, some Anonymous person has made rude comments that just don't need to be made. They are aimed at being hurtful and are of a personal nature. I've deleted them but I do know a number of you read the first one and came to my defense. I honestly don't know who the person is but it seems to be someone who thinks they know me. I have no idea who this

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It looks like we are finally having the hot summer weather that I remember from my childhood. The past decade, most summers have been too cool, too wet and just too damn short. But we are in for a toasty weekend... and well into next week, if the weather pretenders are correct. And I am sooooo okay with that! Right now, it is 30C (feels like 38). Tomorrow's high is 34 and sunny, so I am going

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FERNANDO BUSTAMANTE / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In the annual Bulls to the Sea competition, diablo demonstrates, once again, his award winning form to take the gold cup. dialbo credits his unbroken winning streak of seven years to plenty of crimped oats, a gallon of imported guinness daily and a small personal herd of cows to maintain proper bodily fluid levels.

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We were talking on the phone last night and my New Beau was telling me of his conversation earlier in the day with a friend he hadn't seen in a few weeks. When asked what was new, if he was seeing anyone, New Beau said he'd met someone (that'd be me, in case you hadn't caught on yet) that he reallyreally likes, and that we've been spending time together that he's reallyreally enjoyed, and he'd

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The new man in my life (and yes, we have gotten to the point of deciding we really want to see where this takes us) has introduced me to Adele. I've downloaded "21" from iTunes and have it on my iPod. I love this young woman's voice! The power and talent, not to mention the raw emotion, make her a wonder to listen to. So far, this is my favourite of that album. I hear she is working on a third

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I am half Icelandic... a Viking woman... and I've started taking more of an interest in my heritage recently. My exposure growing up was minimal, as I spent a good portion of my childhood away from Manitoba, where the largest population of Icelanders outside of Iceland exists, in what was first called New Iceland. The university here offers an undergraduate degree in Icelandic Studies. No, I am

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... warms me, even though the temperature is about 6 degrees below normal for this time of year. (Normal starts up again tomorrow so I'm good with that.) I walk daily to maintain some semblance of fitness, and to gain some semblance of sanity as I go stir-crazy alone in my apartment. The attention of a new man warms what is left of my heart, after the LHB fiasco that dragged on for so long. I am

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I've pretty much had it with this year. I mean, it's a write-off, after all. The past 5 months have been spent carting an almost useless arm around like some spare appendage that likes to cause me great discomfort at the most inopportune times. Ever try to scratch your left shoulder when your right one won't let you move said arm that far? How about getting into and out of clothing that

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...the Junebugs are out and thwacking my windows with such regularity that even Lila has given up paying attention to them. When she's asleep, that is... They are harmless. They don't bite. They do fly but not their steering seems to lack in accuracy. And they can get pretty big (like 35mm in length at times). They are a fact of life on the Prairies. They hurt if you are on a motorcycle and

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In fact, life is rather dull and boring. Other than walloping my knuckle on the door frame Sunday night and spending the ensuing days watching the colour changes, that is. It looks rather like a bruised apple right now. But doesn't hurt, and functions quite normally, so I am not in the least concerned. I went out on a date Tuesday evening, with a man I had dated briefly in early 2010. We had

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Given that I will be temporarily incapacitated once my shoulder is operated on next month, I have been taking steps to be as prepared as possible for forcibly becoming left-handed, albeit (somewhat) temporarily. I have been practicing things with my left hand. I can brush my teeth quite handily... although having an electric toothbrush certainly helps in that regard. It's rather awkward with a

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A while back, I did a post about how I had to store my mountain bike, as my shoulder injury precludes using it at all this year. As you may recall, my sister and I spent a Friday evening sticking a big brown vinyl tree on the wall in my dining room. With the bike hanging by its front wheel from a bracket high on the wall, the tree was my attempt to "disguise" the fact that there is a bike

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1) ONE OF YOUR SCARS. HOW DID YOU GET IT? Two inch scar along the meaty part of my right thumb. Was working in a restaurant, it was a Sunday and there were only two of us on. I was bringing freshly washed plates up to the front, slipped on some water in the doorway and fell on my side, smashing all 15 plates.  I didn't feel it at first, only saw all the blood pouring down my arm. My first

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Well, I finally have a surgery date for the repair of my shoulder. July 26th is it! That will be exactly seven months to the day I injured it. I've been doing the exercises the doctor gave me, which are done with my other arm assisting, and even then it still hurts. I've also been using an 8 lb weight to do bicep and triceps work. (Very light, I know... I use 15 lbs for my good arm, but the

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I've become a tea drinker. Not because I particularly like tea. And what I drink is not black tea... except for the odd chai. No, I drink tea that doesn't taste like tea. Like Chocolaty Chai, or Rooibos. I do have the odd green tea once in a while. And every cup of tea is sweetened with two packets of Sugar Twin. I am sure some of you are recoiling in horror! Why would I not use something like

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 MondayMay. 16TuesdayMay. 17WednesdayMay. 18ThursdayMay. 19FridayMay. 20SaturdayMay. 21 Conditions 6am - 6pm  SunnyMainly sunnySunnyCloudy periodsCloudy periodsVariable cloudiness P.O.P.0%0%0%10%0%40% High22°C22°C22°C24°C25°C24°C Low5°C8°C9°C11°C15°C15°C WindSE 10 km/hS 25 km/hSE 15 km/hE 10 km/hE 5 km/hS 10 km/h Things are finally looking up here in what was called "Winterpeg" just a short

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Today I traded in my sort-of gas guzzling Chevy Blazer. I'm gonna miss the high and dry ride that an SUV with 4 wheel drive gives, but I sure won't miss filling the gas tank, considering the price of gas just shot up to $1.32 here (well, 131.9 but all you non Canadians wouldn't know what that meant). And for those south of the border, I think that works out to about $5 a gallon. It's lots. The

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Well... perhaps "lady" is a stretch. I prefer to think of myself as all woman, with a touch of tomboy thrown in for good measure. But the waiting part is all too real. Today I received a letter from my surgeon. I was anticipating getting my surgery date in the mail and hoped this would be it. He had told me at the office that there was a two month wait. No, this was not it. It was to inform

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There's just not enough room on my tiny 4'x12' balcony for the bike. Actually, the usable space on the balcony is more like 4'x9', as the air conditioner sits in one corner. So between my two chairs and the BBQ, the bike needed a different home. And I wanted it out of the elements as well, as it's not going to get used this summer. Given that the laundry room's 6'5"x13' space is allocated

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Having a flood of near epic proportions doesn't seem to be enough for Mother Nature to inflict up those of us who reside in Manitoba. Yesterday brought rain. Which, in springtime, isn't a necessarily bad thing as it cleans up the grit from winter, allowing things to green up a bit faster. But this morning, this is what I awoke to find outside my window. Add to it a temperature of -5C and it's

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When Kim was taking photos of his daughter blowing the dandelion fluff into the spring breeze, he mentioned it took 167 shots to get the right one. Which was a good thing, as they ran out of dandelions. If he wants to repeat that effort, and does not want to run out, I would suggest he come to the farm I used to live on. We had acres of dandelions, the above only being a very small sampling!

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Okay, so I had to put up a new post so as not to have those overly busy eyebrows staring me in the face every time I looked at my blog. It's not that I have anything specific to say, it's just that I needed to fill up the space to lower Mr. Bushy Brows out of the limelight. The past few days have been a bit on the warmer side, with temps between 15C and 22C. And sunshine, which Manitoba is

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Is anyone else creeped out by those eyebrows??Is it necessary for a man in such a "prestigious" position to be so unkempt??? That's a synopsis of an observation made while catching the highlights ofWill and Kate's wedding this evening. Gak.

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I saw the surgeon today. He's pleased with the little bit of improvement there has been in my shoulder since I first saw him. He gave me some exercises to do, and I have been, but because it's only been a minor improvement, I told him I want it fixed. It's been three months already! So I am on the list for an OR date. I've been told there is about a 2 month wait for the surgery and they will

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Went for my walk today in sandals... for the first time this year! Yay! It was 18C out there and while not sunny, the clouds were high and thin so it was bright enough for shades. My sandals are Keen Newports. I love those things! I've had them for a couple years now and spend a lot of the summer in them. (And no, they are not worn out at all.) Today however, was a bit much for the first wear of

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"On Monday, the Red flowed past the well-fortified town of Emerson at a rate of 83,000 cubic feet per second, the equivalent of an Olympic swimming pool rushing by with every tick of the clock." Winnipeg Free Press, April 26/11 Emerson is the town at the border crossing between Canada and the US in my province of Manitoba. I cannot imagine that much water! But given that I drove a bit south

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Sooooo... that means I am NOT a figment of anyone's imagination... except perhaps my own. ;-)

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http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/multimedia/pov/Flood--120335069.html Here is a link to a local photojournalist's bird's eye view of the flooding in our province. Most of these photos are around the area of two towns in southern Manitoba but the extent of the flooding is much greater. It is not just affecting the southern part of the province, but farther north as well, as the entire river

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There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.~ Marshall McLuhan ~

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Lila just does this, except she doesn't care of the box is empty or full!!!

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How do you stop the caring when your heart belongs to another? How do you stop the wanting when it cannot be? How do you stop the tears in the silence of the night? How do you stop your heart from breaking?

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While Spring is usually an eagerly anticipated time of year in most places, here in Manitoba, it means flood season. And this year is by all standards a bumper year when it comes to water. It's everywhere. And this is a good week or so before the two rivers crest. Yes, I said two. We have The mighty Red, which is the only major waterway that flows south to north here on this continent. This

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Well, I am all moved in.... but I am plum worn out... and once I've had a chance to recuperate and gain back some strength (and get some sleep), I'll be back. The unpacking is just going to have to wait.

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I'm in the midst of a move... downsizing from a house to an apartment. I've donated/sold/given away so much stuff, you'd think I'd be possessionless! Such is not the case, however. I still feel like I have way too much stuff for a 2 bedroom apartment, but once I get everything unpacked and put away, perhaps it will all fit. The cats have enjoyed the ever changing playground of boxes. Little

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WARNING: Graphic and disturbing images and descriptions follow in this post about cruelty to animals. Please be forewarned that this post may very well make any grown man cry, not just the women. I came across a case of animal cruelty yesterday while reading the paper online. I have time on my hands and tend to spend some of it in front of this infernal machine. If I had an axe (I do have a

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It is now spring here in Winnipeg. Skeins of geese wend their way northward across the sky in ever increasing numbers, honking sporadically as they survey the massive remnants of snow that still cover most areas. The river is on the rise, as is the temperature, with the impending flood causing scurries of preparation work with dyke building and sandbagging of low lying properties in the city.

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Here in Manitoba, we have a government monopoly that runs the auto insurance industry. There's only one place to get it, and they have you by the short ones if you balk at paying what they charge. Several times over the past few years, they've had a surplus in their coffers at the end of the year and all insured vehicle owners have gotten about a 10% rebate cheque in the mail. Considering I pay

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I saw the surgeon today for the first time. He reviewed my chart, poked and prodded, asked questions and had me move my arm around on my own. Then he got one of those little plastic body part models out and started showing me where things were bad and what areas needed to be worked on. He told me (and this is something I did not realize) that MRIs are not very good at telling you what

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I have a sore cheek. The right one. Yes, that one down there. I had a minor slip on the ice today as my nephew and I were loading stuff to take from my place to his... my donation to the younger generation, so to speak. And because I actually remembered to not flail with my right arm as my left foot whipped out across the ice, said butt cheek had to clench mighty hard to maintain my balance.

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Two weeks today, I pick up the keys for the new apartment and do a pre-move-in walk-through with the property agent. I will be the very first tenant in this apartment. I don't think I have ever in my life lived in a brand new anything! So this will be an experience. I've picked up more boxes, to pack up the last of things. I'll start moving the smaller, lighter stuff, with the aid of my eldest

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I was finding it all a bit too dark. Too depressing. So I changed the background on my blog to something a little more uplifting... lighter in flavour. After hunting through all the backgrounds available, and peering at the tiny bits to see what caught my fancy, I decided on the handmade paper look. I like flowers, but gardening is beyond me. I tend to kill most everything in a planter. I like

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There's a chain of stores here in Canadia that has put out the quintessential Canadian commercial. At least to me, it speaks volumes of what we Canucks are all about. Never mind that it's a store I frequent frequently, because they have all the auto stuff you'd ever need (including a service department), sections for housewares, lighting, plumbing, gardening, pets, camping, sports, etc, etc, etc.

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There's a war of sorts going on in Canada.... against the telecom companies that are upping their internet usage rate to... *ahem*... try and keep up with increased bandwidth use by people who download movies and such. Which they charge by the month for, when they pay by the second... Now what's wrong with this picture? Plain and simple massive gouging is all I see!!! Apparently, all technology

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I have an ancient version of Photoshop Elements on my computer that came with a digital camera I no longer have. Every once in a while, I open a photo in there and fiddle around with it. This is just the latest... I was bored. What can I say? ;-)

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I wish I had the energy to deal with this situation. I wish things were not as they are. I wish you would make that damn phone call!

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Lila's new favourite perch. It's just the perfect size.

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I'm sure everyone is aware of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that has devastated Japan and affected several countries and millions of lives. I found this little bit of info while reading the online newspaper today. My thoughts are with all of those affected by this disaster. Stay safe, everyone! WASHINGTON - You won't notice it, but the day just got a tiny bit shorter because of

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Well, in some ways, I am. And then again, not... But in others, things are coming into alignment. I am sorting through all the boxes of stuff that made the last couple of moves with me, without being looked at. I've found photos from Christmases long past, relationships long gone, evidence from jobs eons ago. I have laughed over a lot of stuff, like the letters from my oldest niece when she

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Ever notice how much stuff one seems to accumulate when living in one place for a little while? Living by myself in a 3 bedroom house with a basement has meant I've never felt crowded by my stuff. Since I will shortly be moving (meaning by mid-April at the latest) into an apartment (which means no basement!), I have to get rid of quite a bit of said stuff. I went from being farm girl/horseperson

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My dog now lives in someone else's home. She moved today, along with all her accoutrement. Food, bowls, toys, beds and blankets, her entire wardrobe, collars and leashes, poop bags, stuff to clean her ears and lubricate her joints... all packed into a few bags and loaded into their car. She went willingly, tail wagging, oblivious to the major change that just occurred in her life. But they will

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If you have had the pleasure of visiting Pearl's blog, you will know she has two cats. Everyone knows Liza  Bean as the sly, smart one who's always scheming up something. And Dolly Gee Squeakers may be gorgeous but according to Pearl, she's not the sharpest tack in the box. She and my Lila are a matched pair. Literally. They look alike, and they are just as not-so-smart alike. All pretty and

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Not here, it isn't. At least not yet. Those of you who bemoan the fact that your daffodils are a bit slow coming up.... we still have several feet of snow piled everywhere!!! I spoke with LHB on the phone last night, and it was +23C where he was in South Carolina. At that time, it was -23C here.... *grumble, grumble* It is -27C here right now, and with that 22 kph wind, it feels like -40C/F.

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Did you know you can buy recycled paint? When I was at the local big box hardware/building supplies store a while back getting the stuff for my house's makeover, I was looking at a 5 gallon pail of paint and trying to decide on a neutral colour to paint every wall in the place. (Houses show and sell better when in neutral. Just don't leave your car that way unless you use the parking brake.) And

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That pretty much describes my life right now. Fluxxed... flummoxed... whatever you want to call it. A state of upheaval, changes, partings and beginnings. I've had to make some very difficult decisions of late. Because life as a homeowner on a single income hasn't been an easy one, I came to the conclusion recently that I need to take stock and make some adjustments to allow for a future

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photo by Greg Talecki A blizzard has rolled into Manitoba this evening, possibly upping the snow levels to more than we need for another catastrophic flood in a couple of months. They are calling for 5 - 10 cm of new snow overnight but it's hard to tell just how much has come down so far because the winds are gusting up to 70 kph. My yard is full of snow drifts again so I will have to enlist the

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A short while back, I noticed a blog spammer had found my blog and was leaving comments on older posts (like from a couple years ago). Over a few days, I noticed also that they were getting closer to the more recent ones, so I activated comment moderation. And then completely forgot about it and couldn't understand why no one was leaving any comments on the last few posts!!! So this morning, I

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There are times when the confusion reigns, when more questions than answers swirl through the consciousness of both. Circumstances complicated unintentionally by forces stronger than the two. Attraction not initially anticipated, but grows ever stronger with time. Endings, continuations, pauses, silences, words spilling from hearts torn, meetings, tears, touches, tenderness. It all engulfs with

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These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning? WITNESS:     He said , 'Where am I, Cathy?' ATTORNEY:  And why did

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