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Author: nadia
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Run, run, run!
January 12, 2013 170lbs C25K Progress: Week 2, Day 1 – Run 1.5 minutes, walk 2 minutes, 5 minute warmup and cooldown – 31 minutes Current Goal: Complete the C25K program. It’s a strict coincidence that I started a running program in January. Really, this isn’t a New Year’s resolution or some hokey game or…
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The Hilarity of Spam
Sometimes I sit in wonder at spammers. I like to believe that there are people sitting around trying desperatley to somehow break into my life by sending me the most outrageous of offers, clinging to the hope that I’ll actually be foolish enough to accept. Here are some of the highlights over the last week:…
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Back in Action
I miss blogging! I had one of those “moments” today where I was like “Where *IS* that girl? I miss her!” So, I decided, bring her back. The last 18 months has been a tough go, but it’s high time I kick my own butt into gear and dive into a major overhaul. I have…
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A Keynote Address by Donald Bell
I’m attending the annual Simply Accounting Conference, this year held in Vancouver, BC. I try to attend every year, despite the fact that I derive absolutely NO useful information from the conference content. I’ve been using the software for 13 years now….I pretty much have it down pat. Basically, in order to maintain my elite “Gold Certified Consultant” status, I am…
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Camryn Lamers aka Dr. Seuss
So, I decide I’m taking the girls tenting at Sibley last weekend. I got a variety of responses to this: everything from “Oh that will be so fun!” to “You realize that ‘tenting’ means sleeping in a tent, right Princess?” Truth be told I’m quite the camper. In my pre-kids days Anita and I spent…
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Air Canada – no more?
It seems like my favorite topic of discussion is Air Canada. I flew Westjet yesterday, out of a snowstorm in Thunder Bay and landed in Toronto a hilarious THREE HOURS before the suckers on the Jazz flight that was scheduled to leave at the same time. On my flight, I caught the CNN “Air Canada…
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Flyers Please
My mother has been on a rampage about flyer delivery for the past five years. Not that she gets too many flyers and her recycle bin is overflowing, but that she DOESN’T get the flyers. She wants them. I told her she could have mine, but that’s not good enough. She wants them delivered to…