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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Traveling With Kids – Victoria
The First Day Before I get to the three valuable lessons I learned on the first day, let me bring you up-to -date. On Friday, all we had to do was take a ferry, drive to Victoria, check-in to our … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Parenting, Travel, Traveling with kids, Victoria, writing
Tagged accent inn, breakfast, calvin and hobbs, chaos, clash of clans, fagin, hillside mall, iphone, iphone case, latte, lego, starbucks, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, tim hortons, timmies, victoria, wi-fi
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Traveling With Kids – BC Ferry Crossing
It’s All New Again Sticking with the plan – a proper balance for the visit to Victoria – Friday consisted of catching the ferry and getting to the island. Nothing more. Nothing grand. A simple trip I’ve done a hundred … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Parenting, Travel, Traveling with kids, Victoria, writing
Tagged angie, bad leroy, BC Ferries, dexter, fluffy, fluffy jr, fluffy sr, fudge, jasmine, jeff, loki, the flash, the lego movie, the oldest, the youngest, victoria
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Traveling With Kids – Victoria
Victoria Trip Every trip has its exciting adventures and possible challenges. Sort of like landing a person on Mars. This time, we’re off to Victoria. The garden city. My home town. A quiet oasis of gourmet restaurants, hanging flower baskets … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Travel, Victoria, writing
Tagged bc, beacon hill, buskers, capital of bc, clash of clans, san diego, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, Traveling with children, victoria
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Self-Publishing – 5 Questions To Start
It’s not what it used to be. Self-Publishing – 5 Questions To Start.
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Adventures in Parenting – Home Alone
Being By Yourself Hey, this is not an easy skill to learn. There are many adults who haven’t mastered it. But The-Oldest is taking this one on. He’s been booted out of daycare for the crime of being too old. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Parenting, writing
Tagged bridge over the river kwai, Home Alone, pokemon, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world
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Adventures in Parenting – Swimming Lessons
Pool Party A week has passed. It’s time to see if the boys can swim, if they’ve passed their tests. The youngest, as always, is pretty sure he passed, but he’s also pretty sure he should be teaching swimming to … Continue reading
What Makes a Writer a Writer?
Yes, there is an answer. via What Makes a Writer a Writer?.
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Adventures in Parenting – Swimming Lessons
Sink or Swim Literally. After the pool experience in San Diego, where the youngest claimed he could swim and basically dog paddled his way to the bottom of the pool, it was clear that proper training would be required. So … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Parenting, Sports, Swimming, writing
Tagged humor, humour, langley, learning to swim, pool, swimming lessons, the oldest, the youngest, walnut grove, walnut grove community center
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And the Band Played Ball of Confusion
And the Band Played Ball of Confusion Ok, so just because school is out doesn’t mean that there aren’t stories still to be told. This one was from early June. Going to a school band concert is like drowning in … Continue reading
Posted in Band, Blogging, Parenting, School, writing
Tagged band, band concert, iphones, school band, the oldest, trumpet
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