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Still Here!

In charity, holidays, homeless, stevens johnson syndrome, volunteer on 20 February 2011 with 3 comments

I’m happy to say I survived another Valentine’s Day, neurotically avoiding all candies offered to me. This has proven to be an even larger challenge than last year, due to my new job. In December, I started to volunteer at the Community Assistance Center, working the resource center front desk and distributing mail for our [...]

A Happy Happy New Year to You!

In holidays on 31 December 2010 with 2 comments

I really enjoyed 2010, and I’m happy to ring in 2011 and all it promises to bring. A few of my favorite highlights of 2010 include (in no particular order) our 5500+ mile road trip and all the awesome people we met and stayed with. I still need to finish my travelogue Annabel’s 7th birthday, [...]

Happy Holidays

In family, holidays, reno on 27 December 2010 with 2 comments

I hope everyone is having a fun holiday season! Annabel has been enjoying her time at the ice rink downtown on the river, so much so that she doesn’t even need anyone to skate with! Whew! My ankles aren’t what they used to be. I sit on the sidelines and guard the shoes & hot [...]

Slackers!

In charity, crochet, holidays, homeless, reno, volunteer on 9 December 2010 with 2 comments

I’ve been pretty slack on the blog lately – holiday time is always busy, but fun! My biggest commitment right now has been making cards & collecting gifts for the Downtown Angel Tree… we have 161 kids to take care of this year, wow! It is a little bit scary when everyone likes to wait [...]