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  • The Beauty of Nova Scotia

    One thing I have noticed on this trip, it the number of rest stops along the highway, east of Ontario. Why can’t we do that? I’m not talking about the McDonalds and Tim Hortons stops, but honest to goodness rest stops, with washrooms, pop and coffee machines, picnic tables, maps, trees, and so on. A…

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  • Visiting New Brunswick

    I always mean to pre-plan a vacation, but I usually end up making last minute arrangements because John (my husband) and I can never agree on where we’re going or what we’re going to do. And so it was again this year. At the last minute, we decided to visit the east coast. We decided…

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  • Another Day, Another Frustration

    Today was a difficult day! It started with me putting in a cancellation order to Bell Sympatico. While each of my computers keeps getting faster and faster, my service with them gets slower and slower. Everytime I said I wanted to cancel, they would tell me my service was 5Mbps with unlimited bandwidth and they’d…

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  • When a friend dies…

    When a friend dies…

    A friend died today. We hadn’t been close over the past few years, ever since my mother passed away, actually. Stuff happened; words were exchanged. It was a difficult time for both of us. I was going through the grief of losing my parents and was thrown unexpectedly into menopause; Rita had a lot of…

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  • Ethics Lost

    I’ve been thinking a lot about the ethics and morality that exist in our world today, or not. We’ve been through Bill Clinton having oral sex in the White House, the Jean Chretien’s Liberal Adscam, Stephen Harper’s Conservativea circumventing the election rules, Martha Stewart’s inside trading, the head of Canada Post forced to retire because…

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  • What is Toastmasters?

    Amazing how quickly a month goes by. I should at least set up a day of the week on which to post. It was pointed out to me (thanks Paul!) that I never really explained what Toastmasters is. Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide…

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  • What if…

    Toastmasters changes lives. I heard this phrase quite a bit when I first joined Toastmasters, but I have to admit… I didn’t believe it. Oh sure, it was something worthwhile doing, sort of an educational/social/volunteering kind of thing, but changing lives?? A stretch… or so I thought. Then I attended the Toastmasters District 60 Conference…

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  • TomTom and Garmin Lose Their Way

    An article today in the Technology section of Business Week outlines the difficulties currently faced by GPS/Navigation devices. Among my family and friends, I tend to be known as the gadget queen. If there’s a gadget out there, chances are I have it. I even have a wireless glove, connected by USB, that I can…

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  • What’s up with hairstylists?

    Just after Christmas, my longtime hairstylist moved from Ontario to New Brunswick. A bit far to travel. I really hate looking for a new hairstylist. There’s a salon not too far from me called Allure. So I made an appointment and went in. The stylist, Jenn, had bleached blonde hair, with very dark roots. Not…

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  • All GM Dealers are NOT the Same!

    I remember when I first purchased my new 2002 Pontiac Montana minivan from Slessor Motors in Newmarket. The first time I had to take it in for service, I parked at side of the building and walked into the service department. The women behind the desk referred me to the service advisor. I went out…

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