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On playing hookie
I’m a big believer in the importance of education. I consider my family to be extremely fortunate to be educated in French in BC. We’re privileged enough to have small classrooms, outstanding...
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Rubble Creek and random thoughts
Rubble Creek Classic Last week, Jen and I, accompanied by 30 friends/strangers ran the Rubble Creek Classic . Chicks in the Sticks go racing! We’ve been wanting to do this run for years and we...
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Musings
I’m happy Hallowe’en is OVER for another year. I suppose I don’t hate it as much as I used to now that we have kids, but it’s still one of my least favourite “holidays” of the year. I didn’t like it...
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On accomplishments, grief and a confession
Standing on the beach in Kona, it was such a tremendous feeling to watch Will accomplish something he was initially so nervous to try. He’s never been the bravest kid around water and it took him a...
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Progress report
Yeah, you’re all dying to know. Did I or didn’t I bail on the week 1 cooking challenge do-over? I attempted a few new recipes and re-jigged a few kid favourites (to their ABSOLUTE HORROR.) Among other...
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Road tripping, Ho Ho Ho.
A few months ago and for a variety of reasons, I decided that I did not want to spend Christmas at home this year. Last year, I missed the buildup to the holidays due to the fact that I was in the...
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In which I blab on about a variety of topics.
I spent the weekend in Vancouver with the kids, the plan being to take in the Stanley Park Christmas train, city lights and the Santa Claus Parade. Then, this happened: Being sick when you are little...
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Packing up and logging off…
Tonight, we head to Vancouver to begin our Christmas road trip. We’ll have an early Christmas dinner with the family and in the morning we’ll load up the kids and our gear and start heading south…...
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Tales from the road
Alternate blog titles: -WTF was I thinking; -wow, this is further than I thought; -”hey, it’s only 36 more miles to Mexico!” Well, we made it. Road trip chronicles: day 1 I set the bar pretty low in...
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Wherein I ramble.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, mainly because I’ve been mopey. Nobody wants to hang around mopey, much less read about mopey. So I’m trying to move past mopey into more hopeful. Mopeful,...
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QOTD
Walking the dogs after dinner. Anja: “I feel sick”. Rory: “I feel a bit tired”. Will: “I feel… perfect”. And there you have it, in a nutshell.
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I knew I was on to something!
http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/02/kids-who-walk-or-bike-school-concentrate-better-study-shows/4585/ Keep riding, boys. I’ll have less to worry about.
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One love.
It’s funny what you remember about certain people in your life. I’ve known Julian for over 20 years now, and I knew who he was long before we’d actually met. He was a big shot bike racer and I was a...
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Let’s run.
Spring has truly sprung here… 32C last weekend?! A little early for scorchers, but I’ll take it. June-uary will be here soon enough to remind me not to put away the puffy coats so soon. With...
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QOTD and weekend foreboding
Tomorrow, I’ll be throwing a leg over my mountain bike and doing my first “real” mountain bike race in probably 8 years. The Nimby 50 is tomorrow morning and seeing as it’s about 50ft from the...
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The Mar-Lors: Joining forces.
What better sight to come home to than this? Our kids have transformed the driveway into a mini bike park and in doing so, seem to have further cemented the merging of families with the neighbors....
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Whistler Half Marathon: a comparison report.
Whistler Half-Marathon 2012. Day before: -Collect my own race package. Keep feet up, hydrate, eat right. Night before: -Pack my own bag, lay out clothes, check that the sitter is coming at 6:30am, go...
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Flattered.
And that? Is a total understatement. Thanks for the time, Lisa Richardson. http://choosepemberton.com/2013/06/13/a-local-take-on-iron-man-christine-cogger-digs-deep/
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Monday wrap
I’m starting to understand more and more what people mean when they say that weekends go by too weekly. Seriously, how does that happen? One minute it’s Friday night and I’m relishing 48 hours off...
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Summer.
Has finally arrived in all its hot, sunny glory in Pemberton. Combine the fact that when possible, I choose to be outdoors rather than indoors with a self-imposed screen/virtual/social media/internet...
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