tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25087744735336000792024-03-13T09:16:18.193-04:00Robyn's NestA Robyn in a relationship, caring for her two darling blue eggs.
I try to maintain the Nest as a cozy commemorative place for our adventures, our struggles, our highlights and even some of the lows. Speckled within, there will be some shout outs, a favourite recipe, lots of photos and a chuckle or two.
In the end, I LOVE my blog because it is a collage of our memories. Whether a few visit the Nest or many, the Nest will be here. Welcome.Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger612125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-62894939098553299532019-11-26T05:53:00.001-05:002019-11-26T05:53:40.841-05:00Sometimes...<img id="id_826e_28f8_a1ee_850c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/23M37ZGQ6sRiUrMZEqUlOlsWI4TqKeK2g93HGR8EUwNpxRmErWJ-lZegshM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 300px; height: auto;"><br><br> Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-86275674268838500972019-11-19T05:59:00.001-05:002019-11-19T06:01:01.171-05:00 Things that make you go hmmmmm.... <div><br></div><div><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">To whom it may concern</span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">I would like to let you know that I am very grateful for Gyslain Danis and the help he gave me when I was looking to purchase and install laminate flooring. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He was very helpful and we arranged for Proinstallers to come and give an estimate for installation. I paid the $40 fee for Proinstallers to come to measure, provide a detailed list of materials needed based on these measurements. Gyslain was also informative when I expressed that I would like to save as much as I could. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Based on his recommendations I picked up all the flooring and supplies needed. </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">The estimate I received was a lot higher then I had expected even with the installation special of 50% off.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">In the end, we installed the flooring ourselves but imagine my surprise at how much flooring I had leftover. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>13 boxes plus 100 square feet of underlay and the order called for 24 quarter round (we did it with 10). Yes it was an estimate but to mis-measure or over-estimate 13 boxes and an entire roll of underlay and 14 extra quarter round...????</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">I really feel that I was taken advantage and this over-estimation would not have been left for me to return if I had Proinstallers (contracted by Lowe’s) to install it. In addition, the labour costs that I was charged based on this extra material. This over estimation inflated the overall cost.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">The over payment of the instillation charge also would not have been returned to me. </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">This experience was very disappointing and as a company that has a good reputation, I feel should be aware of situations like this.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">As a single woman, experiences like this make me think twice about doing any more business with Lowe’s and will not have me recommending Lowe’s to anyone. I believe it is important that you know who you are contracting to and that it is causing you to lose customers.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">******************************</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><img id="id_548b_bfea_818c_e0a0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/uN72yTh-JEQIh0d1Hwzzdse2RZCdGyW1pl4DhPdQi1gdUs7oHEwDOy3Frns" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 298px; height: auto;"><br><br></span><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><br></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">We will see where this goes....</span></p></div>Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-65305169858127758352019-10-28T13:54:00.001-04:002019-11-09T16:56:50.732-05:00Date NitePaul and I are dating.<div>We have been dating for four years.</div><div>Once a week we have a date nite.</div><div><br></div><div>Our dates range from cooking together then watching some TV to these:</div><div>Dinners @ T&T, Ikea (one of my favourite date nites), Costco (turkey pesto sandwich yum!), being one of the youngest couples at the Rideau Carleton Race Way buffet</div><div><br></div><div><div>Cooking class @ loblaws</div><div><br></div><div>Partner Yoga</div><div><br></div><div>canoeing Biking & Running usually not all in one date night...separate date nites </div><div><br></div><div>3 Guys brewery- very early dating date</div><div><br></div><div>Thai Flame - anniversary dinners</div><div><br></div><div>Skating on the Canal and sandwiches from <a href="http://www.dirienzodeli.ca/">http://www.dirienzodeli.ca/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Greek from <a href="http://cozmossouvlaki.com/">http://cozmossouvlaki.com/</a> we take it to Chapman Mills Conservation and ate by the water</div><div>We also took our Frank’s sandwiches toBluesfest, had planned to sit outside the festival and listen to Elle King but after we finished the sandwiches we found out she canceled. It was a nice walk though from Tunney’s Pasture to the War Museum</div><div><br></div><div>Frank’s sandwiches:<a href="https://www.franksfoods.ca/our-me">https://www.franksfoods.ca</a></div><div><br></div><div>Movie night - last movie we saw was the Queen one- we rocked out</div><div><br></div><div>During the Snow Season our date nights consist of Skiing @ <a href="https://campfortune.com/en/">https://campfortune.com/en/</a></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_fb93_a027_5aa0_dffe" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/MlmkdJAdbrUPXCPVo2EJFfxGd3I9claPJ1aVRsszjZ9lZ6OgTnNpdABzpEo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 298px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div><div><br></div><div>Paul’s best date night: Queen concert, at the Lac Leamy casino... cover band of course but sooooo good!! Only complaint: everyone just sat there:( grab the last back row and rock out next time) Lots of variety in shows at Lac Leamy</div><div><a href="https://www.secureboxoffice.com/V/v-11173?mkwid=s%7Cpcrid%7C330630666622%7Cpkw%7Ccasino%20du%20lac%20leamy%20gatineau%7Cpmt%7Cb%7Cpdv%7Cm%7C&st-t=google&vt-k=casino%20du%20lac%20leamy%20gatineau&gclid=CjwKCAjwo9rtBRAdEiwA_WXcFlrZ0Ux2LS9RDOLcGNseyrRaJLy6jrOOJQgpKlSLkUydC8nqXmxc_xoCHUQQAvD_BwE" id="id_a32a_5681_5e62_bbca">https://www.secureboxoffice.com/V/v-11173?mkwid=s%7Cpcrid%7C330630666622%7Cpkw%7Ccasino%20du%20lac%20leamy%20gatineau%7Cpmt%7Cb%7Cpdv%7Cm%7C&st-t=google&vt-k=casino%20du%20lac%20leamy%20gatineau&gclid=CjwKCAjwo9rtBRAdEiwA_WXcFlrZ0Ux2LS9RDOLcGNseyrRaJLy6jrOOJQgpKlSLkUydC8nqXmxc_xoCHUQQAvD_BwE</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>I think it is uber important to make time for your special someone. </div>Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-49317289904657377112019-09-30T01:00:00.000-04:002019-09-30T06:28:48.835-04:00Me & Breast Cancer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am participating in the CIBC Run For A Cure again this year. I have done the Run for over 18 years. Please sponsor me. Funds go towards research to find a cure.<br />
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Breast cancer did not only take my Mom but also<br />
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❤️ devastated my family’s world for a second time but with the research from the funds raised at CIBC Run For A Cure the outcome is much different ❤️<br />
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-it was always the elephant in the room for 11 years. I was in Gr 8 when she was diagnosed and when she lost her battle I had been graduated from university for 3 years<br />
-took a Christmas spent together away. Mom had her first surgery over the holiday.<br />
-took a family trip to Florida away<br />
-I turned a job down because it would have taken me away from home<br />
-it gave me trips to the Dr's so I can go for yearly mammograms which I have been doing since I was 35<br />
-took my children's Baba from them<br />
-gave us years of stress and worry and lots of tears<br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">But this doesn't even compare to the moment a woman hears that she has been diagnosed. I can only imagine the feeling of devastation and despair.</span><br />
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If you wish to sponsor me please go to <a href="http://www.cibcrunforthecure.com/">www.CIBCrunforthecure.com</a>. My page is under Robyn Smith.<br />
I thank you for your donation.</div>
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Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-49512653469986258662019-09-20T06:25:00.001-04:002019-09-20T18:28:42.018-04:00Fall FunI did this art project this week in my Toddler class.<div><img id="id_7d7b_ceda_afaa_b2bc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9aSAIhqkQ5PStdwxlU2CYqmyW3T9AZI0PXlVarEWXcNP0K-EL5yJ8nV0TXE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 298px; height: auto;"><br><br>Apple 🍎 Pie if you do the cross over pieces and Apple 🍏 Crisp if you do the other 😋</div><div><br></div><div>Why?</div><div><br></div><div>It’s fall and apple picking season but also I wanted to incorporate different textures (the oats) and smell (the cinnamon).</div><div>When does an art project incorporate your sense of smell? In our class it may only be if your friend doing the art project has a poopy diaper 😯. So cinnamon is my favourite scent and it was kind of like baking but not baking.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_1d43_3c33_1df5_3f2c" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/npPvk0SHR-MTNBNfuRm9Vgp-0PejQo3sj3hnkK42sVnzsTcUTrQPB5kquCo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 298px; height: auto;"><br><br>I used a tray, to keep the mess somewhat contained. We used a paint brush to put the glue on. I showed them how to do circles with the paint brush, to spread the glue, as if stirring the glue on. </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d4ec_5700_c5ad_136d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VB1XpAYkDbYj6xui5_5UOJBZZfIbOTBiQ0bSjJ6B3b2ExAy2ymAywvhheyE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 298px; height: auto;"><br><br>Ripped red paper was used as the apples. Sprinkle sprinkle sprinkle was how we put the oats on after another application of stirring the glue on again. Then shake shake the cinnamon on.</div><div><br></div><div>Best smelling art ever!!!</div><div><br><img id="id_7d4b_7453_b2cd_3a64" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/19SG6e-BGRu-zwG4fjfh4w0e7ohhhjClqQtSIyNGOw_RuQNXTgEveZjjDQU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 298px; height: auto;"><br><br>One of my little friends really loved putting the oats on and shaking the cinnamon.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Within Montessori there is the Sensorial Area (learning through the 5 senses). I felt this art reinforced this aspect of the Montessori Method.</i></div>Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-980637990012536732019-09-01T16:06:00.000-04:002019-09-01T16:11:07.378-04:00A Comparison of Robyn and the Rock<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I am a fan of the Rock. I have to admit I have not seen all his movies nor did I really root for him in his wrestling days (I was a Steve Austin fan) but come on... he ain’t too hard on the eyes;)</span><br>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But besides both starting with an "R" (Rock/Robyn) we have a few other things in common:</span><br>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">*He is a boy. I am a girl.</span><br>
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">*He wrestled and played football. I never did either.</span><br>
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">*He has been to Hawaii. I have not but on my Bucketlist. Dwayne :) actually just got married there...</span><br>
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Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-78781003075334230932019-08-26T08:42:00.001-04:002019-08-26T08:42:01.683-04:00BALANCE<br><br><img id="id_811_1388_3e2d_9e4c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/b1oojlxi7AVEtB1qR_vpYQcfi9xguc7BiFvMwb3Fo8Xd5eQEagiAy6f3DHQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 298px; height: auto;"><br><br> <div>When you sit on the toilet in my upstairs bathroom this is what you will see.</div><div><br></div><div>It is a reminder to myself to make sure I am balancing aspects of my life. Everything from the types of food I am eating, sleeping, time to myself to being active and exercising to time spent with the people I love. I recognize for myself that when something is imbalanced in my life I suffer mentally and physically. </div><div><br></div><div>So you have been reminded</div><div>Or come sit on my toilet and ponder...</div><div>Love you ❤️😘</div>Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-81591449118892297942019-08-17T06:55:00.001-04:002019-08-17T12:05:37.575-04:00Truck Tavels<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-10536062135830074782019-07-29T01:00:00.000-04:002019-07-29T01:00:16.687-04:00Geez Robyn! Push it! Don't give up!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-68349770195173939732019-07-22T01:30:00.001-04:002019-07-22T01:30:00.346-04:00How religion turned me off of religion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let me explain: I went to a Catholic school my entire school career (excluding university). Why? because it was the one school that would pick us up by bus in our area. I stayed during high school because I had my group of friends.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Elementary school was the catalyst for turning me off religion. When you are told by your teacher (she was a peach wrote her a letter read it <a href="https://duhparenting101.blogspot.com/2015/04/i-am-better-because-of-you.html" target="_blank">here</a>) that you will never go to Heaven therefore in a child's mind, I would be going to HELL. Sequestered for the big religious events (I understand as a non-Catholic I could not make First Communion or Confirmation but I just feel it should have been handled in a more positive way, rather than not saying anything. Really felt looked down upon)and spoken to like you are dumb by your friend's mom because you might not understand the play Joesph and Technicolour Dream Coat -- uh hello I do go to a Catholic school and actually listen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yet I did get peer pressured to go to Confession in grade 4 for the first time with my classmates...and I lied in Confession?!?!? Also in Grade 4 my teacher (more about him <a href="https://duhparenting101.blogspot.com/2014/07/tim-w-do-you-remember-grade-4.html" target="_blank">here</a>) let me try the Eucharist out of the bag of them in his desk...it was ok they weren't blessed. Not sure about the Eucharist my friend gave me...after she'd gone up at Mass??? For that perhaps I should not be going to Heaven.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">High school was not so negative and self esteem crushing. I had two amazing friends who attended Church every Sunday but were the least judgmental. They were very open to discussing every aspect of the Catholic religion including its "faults". They walked the walk yet embraced me as their forever friend (xoxxox) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">....in high school I had another experience with a different religion. Not a positive one at all. It was with one of my fellow non-Catholic friends. She invited me to a weekend camp with her Pentacostal church. Mass was very different than what I had already experienced through my schooling. People talking in tongues, yelling out and in the end I really felt like I was brought there to be recruited.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As an adult, one of my children is baptised and the other is not. I have met other religious friends and we are respectful of each other. I pray, I try to treat others as I would like to be treated, there is Karma, and I feel closest to God when I am in nature.</span><br />
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Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-64428538546249588882019-07-18T12:40:00.000-04:002019-07-18T12:40:32.080-04:00La Ronde Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well I do not think they have updated La Ronde since the last time I was there :( There were a few rides that weren't even running... but those that were... were memorable:)</span></div>
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Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-88144035227999015562019-07-05T16:18:00.000-04:002019-07-05T16:18:39.496-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This was assisted by <a href="http://juliebooher.com/" target="_blank">Health Nut Julie</a> in particular her podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/healthy-and-happy-create-a-body-and-life-you-love/id1339336210" target="_blank">Healthy & Happy</a> episode <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/54-two-mantras-that-10x-my-productivity-and-happiness/id1339336210?i=1000436098144" target="_blank">54</a><br />
@healthnutjulie</div>
Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-22602348505119030222019-06-30T19:35:00.000-04:002019-06-30T20:13:35.028-04:00why i am blogging again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I have decided to blog again because:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">-Breton and Daphne are both teenagers and are not as dependent on me...so several times I have been left twiddling my thumbs because they are busy and I don't know what to do... I can only clean and cook so much. I need my "stuff" so it's my hobby and sometimes might be my therapy (Dear Diary...)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">-I am a writer. I enjoy writing. I can explain myself with my written words better than I can verbally. Have you heard me tell a story?? The written version is so much better!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">-it makes me happy</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">-now that I am not doing it in hopes of earning $$ I can do whatever i want to do! I took off the counter of how many page views I got because now the stats don't matter:)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">-maybe what I am writing will help someone else</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">-In the end it's a photo album/scrapbook/journal of my life for me, my children, my family, my grandkids to look back on. With cyberspace I think it will be around for a very very long time.</span></div>
Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-75052238130908520232019-06-24T01:00:00.000-04:002019-06-24T01:00:04.593-04:00why I stopped blogging<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">It has been almost two years that I have not blogged.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">-It is time consuming. It is like having another job. Especially when I was doing a blog a day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">-At times I am not living in the moment. I am thinking "what from this event will I blog about...do I have a good pic to go with it?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">-people used my blog to keep in contact with me. And I guess this is true now more than ever with social media but I resented the fact that they knew what I was up to yet I had no idea about them...and there was no reaching out to get in contact unless I was doing it</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">-originally I was hoping I could earn funds doing it ( <a href="http://www.yummymummyclub.ca/life/relationships/20130108/blindsided-by-the-end-of-my-relationship" target="_blank">YMC</a> <a href="http://www.yummymummyclub.ca/style/fashion/a-woman-in-mens-briefs" target="_blank">YummyMummyClub</a> <a href="https://duhparenting101.blogspot.com/2015/09/sears-great-canadian-run-wrap-up.html" target="_blank">I got paid...once</a> )but realised that the genre changes quickly and I am no computer geek/savant so it is now like a photo album/virtual scrapbook for all our memories</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">-Am I too open? I always claim I wear my heart on my sleeve but my life has many people in it who get pulled into my blog. I also share stories that can be very"open" <a href="https://duhparenting101.blogspot.com/2014/02/ppd.html" target="_blank">PPD</a> becomes more like a Dear Diary...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">-Apple iPhone stopped supporting the Blogger app. I can no longer blog via my phone, so now it takes writing my posts in my Notes then emailing them to myself and then cut and pasting them into Blogger on my Chromebook or laptop (again there maybe a faster way but I am not knowledgable...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">I need to be respected and loved</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">I need my space (alone time)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">I need exercise => good mental health</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">I need sleep and healthy food</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">I need a clean space to focus within</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">I need downtime</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;">It has been almost over two years since I blogged!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;">Here are some of my favourites from the past:</span><br />
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<a href="https://duhparenting101.blogspot.com/2015/09/this-guy.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">4 years later still The Guy</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://duhparenting101.blogspot.com/2015/09/i-run.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I run</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://duhparenting101.blogspot.com/2017/07/this-is-40.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is 40</span></a><br />
<a href="https://duhparenting101.blogspot.com/2017/07/this-is-40.html">https://duhparenting101.blogspot.com/2017/07/this-is-40.html</a><br />
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<a href="https://duhparenting101.blogspot.com/2017/08/breton-scotiabank-place.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My Hockey Star</span></a><br />
<a href="https://duhparenting101.blogspot.com/2017/08/breton-scotiabank-place.html">https://duhparenting101.blogspot.com/2017/08/breton-scotiabank-place.html</a><br />
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Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-54263556068520769622019-06-09T14:40:00.000-04:002019-06-09T14:39:59.933-04:00It's Back!!!!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-70391144486106922912017-09-12T20:47:00.001-04:002017-09-12T20:47:19.732-04:00When you lose your Mom to breast cancer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was 24 in February 1998, on February 2nd (yes Ground Hog Day) when my Mom lost her battle with breast cancer.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She had battled breast cancer for 11 yrs. I was in grade 8 when she was first diagnosed. She was 41 years old.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I turned 41, I had a bucketlist (Click here <a href="https://duhparenting101.blogspot.ca/2014/05/forty-onederful.html" target="_blank">bucketlist</a>). The list was simple but it was created just in case I ended up being diagnosed like my Mom. I don't live my life based on this <a href="https://duhparenting101.blogspot.ca/2017/07/not-my-birthday-but.html" target="_blank">list</a> today but I do make choices because of breast cancer.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is why </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I watch what I eat</span><br />
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Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-76193252756125128582017-09-01T01:00:00.000-04:002017-09-01T01:00:08.346-04:00Will I ever run again?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have not blogged in awhile for a few reasons but a main one is that my back is not good and it is hard to sit for long periods of time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I ended up going back for a visit to Jockvale Massage and Physio. In particular Duane the Physiotherapist. After some stretches, acupuncture in my back and bum and some heat on my lower back I am almost back to normal. I need a strong back for going back to work with my toddlers. There is a lot of bending down, lifting, carrying and cuddling. I can't wait to get back to my babies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #351c75;">In November, I put my back out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I leaned down to tie a skate and by the time
I hobbled back to the car I needed help lifting my left leg into the car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turning the steering wheel had me riling with
pain, mainly on the left side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
mentioned before I have had back/hip issues before and gone to Dr. Jeff
Lowthian, the magical chiropractor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
always fixed<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be honest the week before my lower back
was very very tight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sitting on the
floor, bending down to help little people, stress and poor posture didn’t help.
I tried yoga, heat and two trips to Dr Jeff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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and had to drive a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">When I got home after the painful drive I could barely
move.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember putting something in the
garbage and my back completely seized up again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I tried not to cry and covered it with crazy laughter because I could
see I was scaring the kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paul came
over and tried to massage me, which he had to do while I leaned against the
wall because I just could not lie down.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Took the Monday off and went and got a massage. I went to
Jockvale Massage and Physio. Immediately felt better. Thank you Dawson the
masseuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Had the day off Tuesday and
after being out and about, came home and my lovely Phoenix had gotten into the
garbage. It was all over the kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
went to grab his collar and threw my back out again!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cried out in pain, I was frozen, I could
not move.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I eventually got down on the
ground and crawled around collecting garbage – priorities!! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I called Jockvale Massage and Physio to see if
Dawson could help me again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was crying
on the phone to Paulette the receptionist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She told me to come in right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She was not sure if Dawson was available but the Physiotherapist might
be able to help me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finally made it
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not sit down in the
waiting area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could barely speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My back kept spasming and I kept crying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paulette gave me wads of Kleenex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She helped me take off my shoes (which were
my beautiful Doc Martens, lots of unlacing)and Duane Brousmiche, the physiotherapist, took
me to his therapy room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He took all my
background information then did a few exercises.</span></div>
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sessions with Duane, three types of pain relievers (which only numbed the pain
but did not fix me), some acupuncture by Duane (which was AMAZING!), lots of
rest and wearing a lovely girdle type lumbar support belt,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Duane deduced that it was my L5S disc and sacroiliac
joint that were compensating for the upper back tightness/weakness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cure=work on building my core
muscles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of my exercises were
simply squeezing my lower tummy muscles or the two sets of muscles on either
side of my spine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>Like chiropractic I was skeptical but his knowledge of the spine, bones
and muscles…I am a convert!</span></div>
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Mama Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171653165531631213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508774473533600079.post-72535285501455311852017-08-27T01:00:00.000-04:002017-08-27T01:00:11.342-04:00FREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "gungsuh" , "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">“But Officer, my son is playing at Scotiabank Place for the first time and he forgot his left skate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am just trying to get it to him before his game is over!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I would have told the police officer if I had gotten pulled over this past Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would have been pulled over for speeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes that was me, the dark blue streak going by you on the Queensway and running up your rear end on Eagleson or Terry Fox and Fallowfield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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