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Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

Tonight is my first night in my new apartment! I'm surrounded by boxes and cockeyed furniture and piles of pillows and I'm happy as can be. :-)Mums and I organized my kitchen on my lunch break, then she and Pa surprised me by working like troopers this afternoon...

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Date Night and Moving

Date Night and Moving

Merciful heavens, am I ever tired. 🙂 Between physical therapy, moving and working two jobs, I am tuckered out! Thank goodness I'm not alone in this crazy life of mine or I'd be an absolute wreck. 🙂 Tonight Mums, my pal Deborah and I started moving, getting as many...

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Persian Dinner in Munich

Persian Dinner in Munich

This past fall I spent a lovely couple of weeks in Europe visiting my brother Ry, his girlfriend Melissa and our sister-in-law Kendra. After a jolly afternoon spent tasting our way through Volksfest in Stuttgart, Germany, we drove to Munich where Ry and Kendra were...

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Wintry Gluten-Free Fondue

Wintry Gluten-Free Fondue

There are few things more warming and comforting to me on a cold winter's eve than to gather around fondue pots with dear friends, dipping lovely bits of bread, meat and fruit into bubbling cauldrons of cheese, oil and dark chocolate.My wish came true when CEC chose...

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O Canada, and A Bit of Olympic Magic

O Canada, and A Bit of Olympic Magic

To my absolute delight I was able to make it to the Olympics this Saturday! HOORAY! HOORAY! 🙂 A good sleep, pain pills and someone else doing the driving helped tremendously. :-)The weather was an absolute dream with clear blue skies, brilliantly warm sunshine and...

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