Monthly Archives: March 2009

Sleeping Girls

After two nights of not much sleep, this was the scene in on our couch this afternoon. I, of course, did not have the luxury of napping, as I’m now sitting in a conference call with Microsoft on their Office … Continue reading

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Maple Weekend

It’s Maple Weekend, when you can venture out to my neck of the woods and tour some sugar shacks, sample maple products, attend pancake breakfasts, and of course purchase all the maple products you want! We ventured out to three … Continue reading

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Recognise Small Successes

Everyone has ‘To Do’ lists, and for some of us they are necessity.  As a new Mom, I am finding that my ‘To Do’ list keeps getting longer and longer and very rarely has many items crossed off of it.  … Continue reading

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Grape Irony

So, I got this email from Premier Wines/Prime Wines/Prestige Wines begging me to help it keep wine out of supermarkets with what has to be the weakest, most self-serving arguments ever: Don’t let “Big Box Greed” endanger your friends and … Continue reading

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Ariella’s Solid Food Journey

So Ariella has been on solid food now for about 2+ months and is enjoying every minute of it!  If you take the food away, she cries, if you don’t feed her fast enough, she whines.  I figured it was … Continue reading

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Ford developing HAL 9000 nav system

Yes, it’s true. According to Autoblog… In the near future, Ford vehicles may fire back a retort if you get cheesed off enough to yell at the car. According to the details of a patent filing, Ford is working on … Continue reading

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BarCamp Buffalo

Earlier this week I attended and presented at BarCamp Buffalo. You can see a couple quick glimpses of me presenting in this nicely done clip by WNYMedia.net. Watch Buffalo BarCamp  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com It was a fun … Continue reading

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Attention Time Warner Customers

If you get an envelope that looks like this in the mail: This is actually NOT junk mail, despite the fact that it doesn’t look like anything important. Your monthly bill is in there, right behind the full page ad … Continue reading

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