Flat-Out Friday: Just Plain Tired

A joyous Easter weekend to all my readers! I hope each of you have time to spend with your families this long weekend, as our loved ones are the most important things in our lives. This Friday I'd like to relay some events of the last few days, and attempt to explain why I get tired so very easily, even from the simpliest of things. Our houseguest...

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Flower Photo Mania!

Hello everyone! As this week's Wednesday Whimsy, I thought I'd share with you some of the photos I took at the Muttart Conservatory. I have used Adobe Lightroom to enhance them, and I think they have turned out fantastic. I hope you all enjoy them!  ** Please note that this is an image heavy post, so it may be slower to load than normal....

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Week in Review: Friendship is Pretty

Earlier this week, I mentioned that my cousin Nicole was coming to visit. This weekend, I kept her busy. We visited the West Edmonton Mall because if you're from Ontario, when you mention that you've been to Edmonton it's the first thing everyone always asks you. We also attended the Edmonton Pop Culture Fair, and walked through the Muttart Conservatory. Twilight,...

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Flat-Out Friday: Honouring the Fallen

The 95th anniversary of the Battle of Moreuil Wood was celebrated yesterday by the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) regiment. My cousin Nicole and I had the privilege to watch the parade in the morning and see the annual regimental awards being given out. Can you see Matt? He is standing in formation as the second-in-command of A Squadron....

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On the Road Again

Wanna know what I did this morning? Do ya? Do ya? Huh? HUH? I drove from home to the base to the airport to home. That's a round trip of 120km. Follow the purple line! "A" is also where "D" is located, which is home. It is the furthest I've driven in forever! And all in one shot. It makes me proud to see it outlined on a map like this. Part of...

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Week in Review: Heroine Addict

It's time again for another Week in Review! (If you're old enough to remember the sketch on The Muppet Show, try saying "Week in Review" like "Pigs in Space". It's totally fun.) First, I'd like to thank everyone for their comments and expressions of love following Friday's Flat-Out post. As hard as it was to write (and I imagine to read), I needed...

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Flat-Out Friday: The Great Baby Debate

Fair warning: today's post is gonna be emotional. Since it is spring soon (it's somewhere under all that snow), and spring is that magical time of year when rabbits, deer, lambs, chickens, and people have babies, I figured that this was a pretty good time to bring up that inevitable question all old people ask you after you tell them you're newlyweds:...

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Philosophically Waxing Awake

But not even they get today's crazy. You know that post a bit ago about my zombie dreams? Yeah, they struck again. I counted off a total of 5.5 sleeping hours last night. Now, I'm quite awake but physically exhausted, sitting in front of my computer in the dark, wearing Matt's bathrobe and wondering how in the world it has come to this. I started...

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Week in Review: Kitchen Epiphanies

Okay, so I have a confession to make. When I started this whole eating healthy and getting exercise thing, I was resistant. Okay, 'resistant' isn't quite accurate; I was utterly against it. Now that I'm just over 3 weeks in I'd like to apologize. I'm sorry I was so hard on this idea, so down and unconfident that it would even make a difference....

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Flat-Out Friday: Q&A, Take 1

I'm going to keep it as vague as possible for privacy and legal reasons, but today I'll answer the non-health-related questions everyone asks after I tell them about the accident. Yes, there is legal action pending. I originally engaged a lawyer in Medicine Hat, but quickly realized that he was not interested in helping me get better, only in getting...

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The Bucket List

Wednesday's blog posts are typically different from the other two, in that I very seldom talk about myself - it's more of an opportunity to share with you things that I find fun/amusing/inspiring, etc. I unofficially call them "Wednesday Whimsies" when I plan my posts. It's unlikely this will ever change. This week I'd like to share with you my...

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Week in Review: Keep Moving Forward

I love my new header for the "Week in Review" posts: I combined a vintage recipe book with some Photoshop pizazz, and voila! Now to make something suitable for "Flat-Out Fridays". If you've been following along, this past week was spent without Matt as he was off in Wainwright doing manoeuvers, or as they call it in the Canadian Forces, "on exercise"....

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