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a moose in the garden
Kaylie came into the house Saturday morning and said that someone had dug holes in the garden. I obviously panicked, and ran outside with her. As I was walking closer to the garden I thought maybe a...
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breaking gender stereotypes
Liliana had her ballet recital on Sunday afternoon, which means, to her, that she now has permission to wear her butterfly costume whenever she wants, whereas before it had to sit in the closet...
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a race and a bike train
I’ve been in a coding coma for the last two weeks. As soon as the boys go down for their nap, I pull out the laptop, press play on Buffy, and type code till my fingers don’t know which keys are which...
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let’s boogie (and weed)
Kaylie participated in her second race in three days on Sunday. The Bridge City Boogie. We’d never participated in this race before, and I purposely didn’t participate because Kaylie was with her...
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once more, with feeling
I love musicals. I’ve loved them for as long as I can remember. I was in two in high school (West Side Story, Anything Goes) and loved every minute of them. I just finished watching Buffy for the...
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Clean Apple Cinnamon Protein Pancakes
In an effort to improve my mental health, I’ve been working to improve my physical health in hopes that the latter will help the former. I’ve been running, I’ve been working out, and I’ve been eating...
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7 Days :: 3 :: the pacific
It’s really quite convenient that this 7 Days run is happening while I’m down here. I mean, in reality, Bethany orchestrated it so it did happen while I was here. Or, rather, while we were at LeakyCon....
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7 days :: 4 :: my first time driving in the US of A
So, you’ll be happy to know that I didn’t kill Bethany today. I came close once. (Allegedly.) We were on the road for about 15 hours today and now we are ready to sleep for 15 hours (though really we...
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7 days :: 5 :: CHICKENS!
So, I’ve been in an I-want-chickens kind of … mood? for a while, as, you know, their poop makes great fertilizer and they can take care of garden scraps and they lay eggs and they taste delicious....
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7 days :: 6 :: accio 7 days photo!
So, Bethany and I made it to Portland! We attended our first day of LeakyCon today and it was even more awesome than I could have imagined. The opening ceremonies concluded with Anthony Rapp (of Rent...
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7 days :: 7 :: rainbow
Have you ever had the chance to meet the author who wrote one of your very favourite books? I got to do that this weekend. Have you heard of Eleanor & Park? Rainbow Rowell, the gorgeous lady in...
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globetrottingmama.com
In all this travel craziness I haven’t yet mentioned a project that Schmutzie and I completed together: globetrottingmama.com. Does it look amazing from the outside? That’s all Elan/Schmutzie. Does it...
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a lot can happen in two weeks
When I left for LeakyCon, it had been raining here in Saskatoon for two straight weeks. This is what my biggest pumpkin plant looked like: Here is that exact same plant today, after two straight weeks...
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a camping we will go
A friend of mine is celebrating her 30th birthday with a camping trip, and invited us. I was stoked right away, but a bit nervous as to what Noah’s reaction would be. He’s, uh, not really the outdoorsy...
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the ants go marching
I was attempting to clear out some of the dang weeds that have been taking over my garden when I came upon an ant nest. I think they love the covering on the soil. Though they also congregate in places...
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the one where potty training kills me
I’m quite certain that potty training is the worst, most stressful thing a parent has to go through in the first 18 years of a child’s life. Though I say that in the midst of it, in the trenches of wet...
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dunzo
That 3-Day potty-training method? It works. It worked. We are done with diapers. Completely. We have none left and we never have to buy any ever again. I think Preston’s displayed happiness speaks for...
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we’ll be geeky through and through
Here’s the thing about hitting the ground running after returning from a vacation: there’s not a lot of time to blog about said vacation. I will, though, eventually, because my time away was something...
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30
July marks many milestones for us: three years of living in Saskatoon, five years of living in Saskatchewan, eight years since Noah proposed, nine years since we started dating, twelve years of...
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the rest of the story
So, you know what happens when you write about things going well? Things start not going well. So! I always wanted to visit Sioux Falls, North Dakota. Except not. Smoke in the cabin, emergency landing,...
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