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Welcome to GennyLand: August 2012
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I am pleased to report that I can now answer all of those people who, upon hearing that hubby and I were building a cottage, said “you live in the country. Why do you need a cottage? Ways in which our house is not a cottage:. Drinking water comes out of the tap. Our road is being paved as I write this. In any given hour, approximately 9 cars will drive quickly right past my house. My dog might get hit by one of those 9 cars that drive quickly past my house. My well has its limits. There is no limit to th...
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Welcome to GennyLand: February 2012
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The glory of speech. It's finally arrived: the phase I've been waiting so impatiently for: Nora is talking. I mean, she's had words for awhile now – mama, daddy, Sasha, and random ones like knee, door and moon – but lately she has so many words that I feel like she will soon start stringing them together, that she's merely being coy and economical with them. She will solemnly nod and then scamper off, returning with her. She will either say 'No', or she will say 'Baba', usually urgently, eyebrows raised.
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Welcome to GennyLand: July 2011
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I miss her already. I have to keep thinking of the silver linings. And the paycheque, always the paycheque. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Canada Council for the Arts. Diary of a Food Whore. In My Kitchen Garden. Stuff White People Like. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Welcome to GennyLand: September 2011
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Mama’s got a new ride. Last week a mechanic told me not to invest more money into repairing my truck. This news came at a particularly bad time, as I have recently (as you know) re-entered the work force and started commuting to the city with my girlfriend. We share the driving – two weeks on, two weeks off – and we were just coming on my weeks when the truck noises led me to the mechanic's door. Freedom from worry (i.e. a new model). All-wheel or four-wheel drive. When I approach my car in parking garag...
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Welcome to GennyLand: August 2011
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Benefits of returning to work:. I can wear nice clothes again. I mean, I could’ve worn my nice clothes while on mat leave, but why bother cleaning barf and dog hair off of them unecessarily? Today I wrote a note with a pen and nobody was grabbing it while I was writing. Also, all the keys on this computer are intact because nobody has flicked them off with their little fingers. Yet. I get to ride with one of my oldest friends. Today we talked about pig slaughtering! There are some pretty fun people worki...
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Welcome to GennyLand: January 2012
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I Don’t Like Mondays. I am at work, sitting in my office in comfortably low light, looking at a photo of my beautiful daughter taken back in the summer. I have just finished a bowl of oatmeal, garnished with blueberries, dried cranberries, and coconut. So far, this has been one of those days that I will think about later on when I'm wrestling with the work/life balance question. When I look back at "that January when Nora was 16 months old.". Cleansing vs. Cleaning. I really do, I really hope they can ma...
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Welcome to GennyLand: All Work and No Play
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All Work and No Play. Here is a post i drafted a long time ago and never hit 'publish'. I have been reeeeal quiet lately. I mean I haven’t actually been quiet – I have in fact been making quite a ruckus in my house, stomping around, dismantling things, making use of every spare inch of space that my place does not have and making a real unholy mess. But I haven’t felt compelled to write about it just yet. These days, I am working three jobs. Can you put the giraffe’s ears inside this easter egg! Subscrib...
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Welcome to GennyLand: May 2012
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Yesterday, May 2, 2012, work on our cottage began in earnest. Soon after that, we are having the piers put in. We will be using these things called 'Technopiers' as our foundation – they are like big metal screws that are drilled about 5 or 6 feet into the ground, with metal posts welded on top. Then you put wooden posts on top of those. It's relatively easy peasy to install; apparently it should take two days due to the welding. After that, the floors go in. Soon after that, the walls go up. I want to g...
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Welcome to GennyLand: February 2014
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There is one issue that pops up here and there in response to all the mommy-blogging going on: I read an article earlier today saying that it seems like parents do nothing but complain on the internet about how hard their lives are. I would like to chime in on this one, because I do feel it’s relevant in my situation. 8221; (I am supposed to*) and “what are your plans for the weekend” and I start to answer honestly, their eyes glaze over. YOU DID IT JUST NOW! And so I nod and smile and ask about the movi...
