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Thoughtful Tuesday: Being a Taxi-Driver

Each Tuesday, I’m going to share something I am either: a) thankful for, b) something I witnessed that was an act of kindness, or c) something I did to “pay it forward” (via JJ) Whenever I need a car, one … Continue reading

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Thoughtful Tuesday: My Family

I’m following JJ’s example and starting the Thoughtful Tuesday: Each Tuesday, I’m going to share something I am either: a) thankful for, b) something I witnessed that was an act of kindness, or c) something I did to “pay it … Continue reading

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"The C-Word" by Lisa Lynch

Post #01 of NaBloPoMo in May 2010. This month’s theme is: Look Up My twitter followers were probably very soon fed up with my whinging about the delay with which play.com delivered “The C-Word” to me. Or with tweets about … Continue reading

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Tales From My Life…

I had an insanely busy week at work. I guess that happens when your colleague is out of the office for most of the week and lots of assignments turn up. There alsow as a lot to do in my … Continue reading

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Oh, What A Day (Or To Be More Precise… What A Week)

I can’t remember having felt so drained at the end of my work week before. The MS attack last week and the sideffects of the corticoidsteroids definitely took their toll even this week. There were also quite a few tiny … Continue reading

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I’m Feeling Really Lucky Today…

Today is the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women”. Various female activists from woman rights groups, politics, help centers and the police campaigned today at our town’s market place to raise money for our county’s women’s shelter … Continue reading

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All is well so far…

My mom is doing fine again. Tests have shown that it’s not a cardiac problem (like arrhythmias or blocked arteries again), but that her blood pressure sometimes is too high and sometimes too low and that it either spikes or … Continue reading

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And once again…

I was just starting to read about Hai_di‘s new “firebolt” , when my mom called me on the phone. She wasn’t feeling well (nausea, cardiac arrhythmia) and didn’t know what to do and asked me  to come over. Oh well… … Continue reading

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Lunch At The Lake…

There are a couple of water reservoirs south of were I live and due to my job I knew that the restaurant at one of them had re-opened and was pretty good and had a nice patio with a beautiful view of the lake. So today I took my mom there for lunch (well, I drove, she paid *g*) and we had a lovely time. Continue reading

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All The Things I Have To Deal With…

Let’s see what’s keeping me busy at the moment. Work. Two jobs and in both there is a lot going on right. There is a lot to organize and deadlines to keep and just a lot of things to get … Continue reading

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