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Welcome back everyone. Although there are still a whole bunch of great comics out there, this week I wanted to talk about a platform that is a must for indie creators and avid comic readers. Today I want to talk about POP Comics, a mobile app for com...

Thanksgiving in my family has always meant one big thing:Grandma was making corn pudding.Out of everything, my grandmother used to saute, bake, fry, etc, my favorite thing on that Thanksgiving plate was corn pudding.  There's other family faves...

Finding the perfect gift for your pets can be just as much fun as buying gifts for the rest of your family.  Gifts that will keep them busy for hours, promote healthy gums and keep them fit.  Here are some ideas for your dog this holiday.Na...

I mentioned in my welcome-back post in July that during my six month break from blogging Justin and I competed in our first triathlon. We weren't the fastest on the road but we weren't the slowest either. The distances were a little longer than...

I mentioned in my welcome-back post in July that during my six month break from blogging Justin and I competed in our first triathlon. We weren't the fastest on the road but we weren't the slowest either. The distances were a little longer than...

Two years. Today. Him, me, wedded bliss. Blending families, adoption, senior years, graduations, reality TV show filming, custody stuff, former spouses, straddling bills, heaving taxes, occasional injuries, sick kids, freshmen years, kindergarten thr...

Last Thursday my almost 18-year-old son finally took his driver's test. He'd been working on the book  training while driving at his leisure for the last year. And through all that time, I have been dreaming of the day when I wouldn't have to drive...

A few months ago, Justin's grandma moved in to a mother-in-law suite which had been added on to Justin's aunt's house specifically for Grandma. It was a bittersweet time for many family members and one of the hardest parts was choosing what to keep a...

For those of you who haven't met my sidekick Daisy, consider this your formal introduction. {You} meet my car Daisy. Daisy meet {you}. This past weekend, as we traveled up to Minneapolis for my friend Jessie's smashing wedding, Daisy hit a large...

Have you ever wondered what you and your spouse's future bambinos will look like? (Don't lie, everyone has.) Well I have some good news for you! The Bump has teamed up with makemebabies.com  to create this fun-albeit-kinda-creepy application they ca...

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Last Saturday Justin and I participated in the second annual Ottawa Moose Miles 5K run (3.1 miles). Last year was the first time either of us ran a 5K race and we didn't do too bad. I placed third in my gender age group with 27:22 and Justin placed t...

Over Easter weekend we adopted a quirky wing chair from my grandma and added it to our furniture collection. In our extended family this chair has been lovingly referred to as Ugly Chair, but I say no more! Because I acquired it on Easter and the co...

A few years ago, I learned that Joann Fabric stores carry a small selection of home decor items that typically changes each season, meaning lots of good clearance finds. But contrary to what you are imagining right now, the items are actually modern...

I got host family pictures today.  For the privacy of my family, I won’t be posting them online, but I will say they look quite…perfect.  I’ll probably post pictures of the family eventually when I, myself, have taken the pictures...

Hmm. I thought for sure that if I made a post regarding the fact I don’t have a family I would soon get a family. Because that’s just how things always seem to work out for me. And of course, because I made this post, I have assured

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