tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15259116333506485322011-12-06T13:33:58.153-08:00Do not kiss your children so they will kiss you back but so they will kiss their children and their children’s children.—Noah benSheaStephanie Milliganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017626097267287074noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525911633350648532.post-55038754808974530672011-05-07T17:07:00.000-07:002011-05-07T18:21:17.916-07:00

Skiing in Vermont.  Weather wasn't very good but the skiing and family time were terrific. . Doing Christmas cards on teh beach in Cozumel.  Believe it or not, they were mailed approx Dec 15th and were received by family in USA mid-Feb and Canda about 2 weeks later!!! Dinner out. By the end, I had to cover up.  Not complaining at all but can only take so much sun.  Here, the weather was

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It’s All Fun and Games Dog Lake  The morning after....... It has been so long since a blog post. I often sit and write posts for the blog and letters to people in my head when I am day dreaming, and especially while on holidays. Problem is, it can take months to make it onto blogger.com! Finally, on a gorgeous late summer morning, post Hurricane Earl downpour, I am once again inspired to give an

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Friend? Can I call him that? Really? As I walked to church, bundled in my leather coat, neck swathed in my cashmere "Irelandseye" scarf, from a recent trip to that inspiring nation, I came across Dave. He was standing in front of MacDonald's, looking cold, with his hands tucked into his dirty coat pockets, as they often are when he is standing along Princess or Montreal Street. "Hi! How are

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A January trip to New York City meant meeting a few friends, some online connections, some not...To the right is Bettina.  We'd had lunch at The Spotted Pig in Greenwich Village, where this picture was taken....a massive burger that neither of us could finish.  Bettina graciously took Monday off to visit, after a weekend of skiing in Vermont with the New York Swiss Ski Club. We tried to make a

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These are passages that I read in a book called, Shifting Sands by Steve Donoghue. Interwoven into the book is his story about crossing the desert as a young man, and rather than use the usual comparison with climbing mountains, he compares life's experiences to those of crossing a desert. Very interesting. Some of the passages would make more sense if you'd read what came before, but you will

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Over the Christmas holidays, I have set about finishing the summer renovations in my office that began at the end of July.  Yes, that's what I said, the end of July, when a wall was taken down!  (Hey, when you're getting things done for free and doing them yourself, that's the way it is.),  I cancelled my trip to Rhode Island because I couldn't face another day living with the mess and chaos of

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Merry Christmas 2009 Happy Holidays As most of you will know, this is a first! I can’t recall the last time I managed to get this note out BEFORE Christmas; before children perhaps? Regardless, maybe it’s the start of something new….but don’t count on it! I just have so many things that I want to make sure that I get done over the next two weeks, like having fun with the kids, going to movies,

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13 December 2009 "It's the most wonderful time of the year..." That song has been playing in my head for many days now. I just can't get it out!!! All the snow from Wednesday is just about gone and what it left is all dirty. I will post my Christmas letter here shortly, once I'm done, but I wanted to get a recent picture of the boys to you. Getting up early to go for a walk in my new Reebok

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This pic was taken on Thursday, September 15th, 2009 at the Colonnade Golf and Country Club. left to right is Tracey from Empire, Colleen from WIlkinson, myself, and Julie from Wilkinson Accounting Firm. What a great event sponsored by Kingston's Chamber and Rogers. No stone was left unturned and the food was amazing. You can imagine the din and laughter of 200 women in a room, but what you

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I’ve decided to be a brunette for a while: whatdya think? Labour Day weekend here in Canada…and oh, what a lovely one it is. How could you ask for better weather than this: 23-26C, not a cloud in the sky, and a slight breeze. The students are back in town!! I live on a busy street and I would guess that about 200 students walked by today, some are frosh on their escapades, others are just

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Red eyes, wet cheeks, quivering lips, slumped shoulders enter the vehicle. “Aren’t you going to give him heck, he nearly broke my arm!” Silence. “You always take his side you NEVER get him in trouble!” And from the back seat: “You’d better tell that kid to shut his mouth or I’m going to lose it on him!” Oh, testosterone- laden, savage boys; someone please come and help me!!!!! They argue and

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I have to say that the past few weeks have been great. The weather has taken a turn for the better. I've managed to spend time with the kids, as you can see from our boating pics, and I have had a great week relaxing and catching up with friends. Last week, the boys were on vacation with their father on a boating trip up the Rideau Canal from beginning to end: Kingston to Ottawa. I have to

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I'm beginning 2 weeks of 'somewhat' slowing down. Although I won't be at the office, I have a tonne of crap to work through, including, but not limited to, drafting a separation agreement!! Oh Joy! There's all kinds of doo going on with PSUC, so have to stay in touch. However, I will have a bathing suit on, a touch of sunscreen, and the beautiful Thousand Islands to look out on, whilst I dream

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Yesterday was the big day! Remember when it seemed so old?! Although I'm healthy, I have to admit that I do look old, and I often feel old. I have all these creases around my eyes, grey hairs, even in my eyebrows, dints on my thighs and butt, my children jiggle the back of my upper arm (like I used to do to my mother), and when I work out for any prolonged period of time, one part of my body

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This evening, I am alone, the kids are with their father; choral music is playing in the background, I've had soup and a bagel for supper....that's why I keep losing weight. You don't cook for yourself like you do for a family and you only eat when you're hungry, not when someone else is hungry! It's much more healthy, really. Just wait, I have to listen to this piece...too beautiful to be

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It's the 15th of May, nearly the 16th, and I am finally motivated to talk about the last two days of my trip. I'm beginning to fear that if I don't do it now, I never will, and that I won't remember everything that I wanted to say. So here goes nothing: I don’t even remember where I left off in the last note, so will say that I took the train from Cork to Dublin. Enough Ryanair for me! It was

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Well, this is the weirdest Mother’s Day I’ve ever had in um……16 years. Not that it was a bad day at all. Finally, the weather was very SUNNY, yes sunny, you read that correctly!!! It wasn’t windy or cold either. OMG, I can hardly believe that I touched that combination of letters, can you? I got up at 10am. Mark is working on arranging an Irish folk tune, The Holy Ground, as a warm-up to

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Yesterday, was not a very nice day either. Funny how weather is such a part of life here in Ireland too. We have that in common with the Irish, I guess. Everyone talks about the weather every day here, so it’s hard for me not to dwell on it more than just a little bit in my notes.We left the cottage about 12 noon, and went into Waterville, to check out a few stores, some that we’d been to and

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At 730am, we, once again, left for Killarney and the Ford dealership. They needed the car for the whole day to get the side fixed up. We were dropped off in the town and spent a couple of hours walking around and looking in stores, then about 1130am, we split up and planned to meet at 4pm, just before the ride back to Ford.I made my way to the local library where I encountered my first rude Irish

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Yesterday, we took the very scenic and very windy route into Killarney. It was gorgeous but frightening from many perspectives: the road was narrow, it wound like a serpent regardless of whether or not we were actually climbing a mountain. Most of the way along the roads, there are hedgerows which obstruct your ability to see oncoming cars and don’t allow for any perspective as to where the road

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The weather today was the shits to say the least. It’s what the Irish say their weather is like. It was a slow, relaxing day. In the morning, I mentioned to Mark that I really needed a day just to do some things both personal and work-related on the computer. I tackled most of what was hanging over my head for the past week that I’d brought with me to accomplish. I will probably finish the rest

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I got up after nearly 11 hours of sleep at 1045am; a clear indication of how tired I was. I honestly could not think straight. I felt like I couldn’t concentrate for very long, and was very distractible. I felt much better after I got up and had a coffee. We went to town and found an internet café and coffee shop called Pete’s Place. Pete shaves his head, is about 50 years old, and talks really

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Mark and I met up about 10am to try to iron out his flight to Amsterdam once the west coast trip is over for us. We grabbed a cab and headed for the airport. The car rental went fine and we were able to switch the manual for an automatic transmission, having forgotten ,when I booked it, that you’d have to switch gears with the left hand. He wasn’t too keen on that.We’d been told that the trip

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I got up early to make sure that I didn’t mess up or get stuck in traffic. For the first time since arriving, I set my blackberry alarm clock and the one on the TV. I took a taxi to the bus station, where I caught my bus ride to the airport, again as part of my hop on, hop off pass. A young nurse from Calgary sat right beside me. She’s met an Irishman while working in Australia a year or so ago,

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Once again, getting to sleep was a hell of a problem. Someone said it takes a day for every hour of time change, so I have a while to put up with this yet. I spent the day doing a fair bit of walking, this time minus the computer, but with my journal, in case I felt so inclined. I toured Merrion Square, as well as St-Stephen’s Green, a lovely park, kind of like Central Park , but much smaller.

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Today, I got up at 11am, and I MADE myself do so, cause I absolutely did not want to! I had a relaxing bath and got a bit more organized than I had been…never really took the time to unpack until then. About 12noon, I left, walked around the corner from the hotel and had chicken curry for BK and lunch! The coffee here is very strong, stronger than we make it, even at Starbuck’s. I used the whole

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Subject: I'm in Dublin safe and soundDate: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:14:16 -0400Good Morning!It’s 1130am for me. I have had 3 hrs of sleep, and that thanks to a comfy pillow I bought at the airport, earplugs, and 2 tylenol PM!!! I am in my room now, and internet works!! Yahoo!!!! Most important….So far, Blackberry is not, so I am quite disappointed. I will email them next. I am going to try to sleep

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