I haven’t been on the blog for a while. I just read a comment from my friend in Ottawa: “Update your blog or I’m calling your Mum!”. Oh. The shame! Mais, en fin, voila–an update. BARCELONA We went to Barcelona for a week. My cousin Nik won a cruise in the Mediterranean and she and …
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I am alive. I am fine. I’ve just had a lot going on.
To my friends and family who have inquired: “Nothing happening on your blog Jennie. What’s going on? Are you OK?” Thank you for inquiring. Yes. I am alive. I am fine. I’ve just had a lot going on. At the end of January, I drove from Whitehorse, Yukon to Healdsburg, California. We’d sold a property …
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Update: Urban Yukon Bloggy Brunch
It looks like Sunday, 03 January 2010 will be the Urban Yukon Bloggy Brunch. Put it on your calendar. Tell your blogging buddies. Most of all, come on out and meet everybody in person. Put a face on the blog!! Time: 11h00 am to whenever (probably around 2h00 pm) Place: Mary Lake subdivision. I’ll send …
Why I love the internet #2
My mum and I are upstairs. I’m working on my websites, Mum is writing out Christmas cards. My dad walks upstairs: “Dorothy, if I wanted to look this thing up on the internet, how do I do that?” I am in my bedroom, but my ears perk up. I wonder if he wants to research …
Best practical joke — part I
I ask my Dad: “What is the best practical joke you’ve played on someone?” He snorts. “Oh. There are so many!” Then he starts chuckling. “I think the best one was when I was driving your sister down to Olds College. We stopped in Fort McMurray to see my relatives. I phoned up my niece …
Request for the lemon story
It was one of my friend’s (from elementary school) birthday yesterday. I thought about her as I wrote the date on some forms at the bank. And made a mental note to check when I got back to the computer. I was surprised to get an email from her later: Hi Jen, It’s my birthday today …
Tampax?? To stop smoking????
My dad flew down to Calgary last week to help me drive my car home to Whitehorse. He visited with my sister Nat and her family. Friday evening, they all went out for dinner. Dad was sitting at one end of the table. Nat, her sister-in-law and her mother-in-law (I think) were sitting at the …
Nursery rhymes
My dad tells me: “I used to read you girls nursery rhymes.” I laugh: “Yeah. I remember your nursery rhymes!” We spend the next few minutes reciting the rhymes he taught us. Mary Mary quite contrary How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockell shells And one big F’ing onion! We snicker and …
What’s the baby of…
I am driving to the Yukon with my Dad. We have time to talk in the car. I ask him, “What made you laugh when we were kids?” He paused and thought for a moment. “Well, when Natoline was just starting school, she came home one day and said:” “We were learning about babies today. …