Ordinary Canary

Here in NYC, it has become impossible to deny the fact that autumn is upon us. The temperatures have dropped significantly and I find myself wearing a sweater to and from work. Not yet a coat, thank goodness. I dread winter like nothing else.
I’ve been thinking a lot about my garden. [...]

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The most amazing thing I saw all weekend.
Yes, we went in person. And yes, I desperately need to go to the gym now.
Such grace!

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Well, happy belated birthday to me!
I had the loveliest of birthdays last Saturday. The weather was lovely and I started the day with a yoga class, lounged about a bit, made ice cream with the new Kitchen Aid, then went to dinner with a couple of people that I like very much. Drinks [...]

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I noticed the other day that today is my 2 year anniversary of joining Sparkpeople.com, which is a website dedicated to helping people eat right and exercise. Weight loss is a major goal for most people on there. When I joined, it was definitely one of mine.
When I started there, I had a [...]

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I have had the flu.  But since I am such an amazing overachiever, yesterday I actually fainted as a result of it.  Not only did I faint, I managed to faint into my bathtub, knocking my shower curtain right off the wall and on top of me.
Fortunately, fainting being what fainting is, I have no [...]

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New York is being blanketed with her first snowstorm. This is particularly appropriate timing, since I spent yesterday hanging up holiday lights for the first time in my life. I’ve never had an outside to decorate before, but now that I have a house, the situation has changed. I even wrenched my [...]

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My mother died of MRSA last December at the age of 48, for recent readers of my blog.
Today, now that I’m situated in the Netherlands at the house of a friend and not traveling around the UK, I was catching up on my RSS feeds. I was glad to read the Irish Times reporting [...]

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I went to the doctor today because the contact lenses that I have a prescription for are no longer being made. I’ve just moved and I don’t have vision insurance, so she was a new doctor that I found mainly because I was mailed a coupon.
Coupons are good!
As it happens, the office is approximately [...]

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Okay, I’m done with the politics. Now back to me, me, me.
One of the problems with being in a happy relationship, having finally bought my house that I’ve dreamed of and having landed a great job is…I’m so happy that I celebrate by shoveling food in my mouth. Good food. Really, really [...]

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Last night I was in the grocery store and I picked up two cans of chick peas, or as the can and my mother always called them, Garbanzo beans. And in my head, I could hear my mother laughing hysterically at the fact that I was actually voluntarily buying them, because she could [...]

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