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Big thanks!

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After just wiping the remnants of turkey soup from the front of my shirt, I thought this would be a good time to offer a brief recap of our Thanksgiving weekend.  We hosted - for the second year in row - with my wife's mother, sister and her two kids joining us for three nights beginning on Friday … [Read more...]

Game on

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Now that the run and my 43rd birthday are out of the way, I can now move back into the somewhat challenging and precarious role of dad. Back in 1977, Atari inc. released a video game system that is pretty much seen as the precursor to the home video game systems used in almost 50 per cent of all … [Read more...]

Worth every step

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It all started with the perfect parking spot, just a half a block from the meeting spot and completely free, a rarity in downtown Toronto.  Today was the big day, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure, the event I, among many, have been training to run and fundraising for since … [Read more...]

Clueless

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I am officially usurped by my eldest son's homework. Sure I feel like an idiot when sitting down and going over his grade five math sheets and not really coming up with a comprehensive explanation to his mental road block. I mean I get the answer, but to me the questions being asked are so vague, so … [Read more...]

Six days left!

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This was not a good couple of weeks.  First, let's get to the good news. The UrbanMoms Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure team as more than 21members and has raised over $3100, $1100 more than our initial goal. This is exciting stuff and with 6 days to go, we are hoping to add … [Read more...]

Music makes it better

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If you would have told me a month ago that I would be able to run 20 minutes, or 3.5km without buckling over and crying like an baby without its bottle, I would put down my bag of corn chips, take a sip of my beer and laugh you out of the room.  Yet, two days ago, at 6:43am, I slid on my 10 year-old … [Read more...]

Streaming, flaxen, waxen!

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So I am pretty bald.  But I wasn't born that way. Wait, maybe I was. But then my hair grew. And grew. And grew until I had a beautiful curly afro ballooning from my cranium for the majority of my adolescence. You see, I was part of what could only be described as the "burners" growing up and to be … [Read more...]

Workshop

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So the family is heading away for the weekend tomorrow night. Back to Hudson's namesake just outside of Montreal. Hudson is a bucolic treasure on the shores of the lac des Deux Montagnes and where my wife grew up and where her mother still lives. It's a visit to grandma's house for the boys and a … [Read more...]

Executing against my food plan

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So I don't know how long this will last, but I totally planned the eating options for the family for the upcoming week. As you noticed in my last post or if this your first time here, welcome!) my food-based frustrations were hitting fever pitch and I was looking to my peers for both company in my … [Read more...]