2010 In Review

Thursday, December 30, 2010
January: January started off the shits with regular work-inspired panic attacks, sleeplessness, anxiety, etc. I discovered the joy that is wearing sweatpants. Peter and I decided to start thinking about shopping for a...

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Santa brought me a case of the crankypants pissy-faces

Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Christmas was wonderful this year. Zero drama, lots of board games, 5,000 extra calories per day, and enough booze to float a barge. And now it's over, and I've been in a steady...

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Christmas Break

Thursday, December 23, 2010
The past few weeks have been a mega-emotional, sleep-deprived sprint to the end of the year fueled by caffeine, alcohol, and apparently, based on the volume of tears shed, hormones. Every minute has...

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Why dogs are better than children: 10 of 25897234 reasons

Monday, December 20, 2010
1. Dogs do not go to university. Fun fact: if you have a baby today, the projected cost of his or her tuition at a public university for four years is $257,113 (a...

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An Ode to KD

Friday, December 17, 2010
When I was a little 'un, I loved me some Kraft Dinner. I demanded it for every meal. The way my parents tell it, I sometimes ate it for lunch and supper for...

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Creepy Lyrics: Past and Present

Wednesday, December 15, 2010
I have been listening to the 24/7 Christmas music radio channel for a week now, in the car, at work, at home, everywhere I go. This means I have heard every Christmas song...

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Ten on Tuesday.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Today's Ten on Tuesday questions can be found here!1. What is your favorite kind of cheese?I have to pick just one? But...but I don't want to hurt the others' feelings. I love my...

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11 Things

Sunday, December 12, 2010
I have been reading Reverb 10 posts on a lot of blogs since December began, half wishing I was participating and half secretly grateful I hadn't signed up for yet another venture that...

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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...

Thursday, December 09, 2010
...these are a few of my favourite things.[+] a thin-crust cheese pizza and a (big) glass of red wine after a long day at work[+] A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Grinch (the old...

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Shop Fashionably Late

Sunday, December 05, 2010
My shopping habits have changed dramatically since we moved to suburbia extraordinaire in July, and by 'changed', I mean 'disappeared'. Gone are the days of leaving our apartment building and walking for less...

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