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Paying for a night out on the town
Tricia's Musings | 6 hours ago by Tricia
Wow, I’m starting to slow down in my posting quite a bit aren’t I? It hasn’t been the best week for me. My Crohn’s has been acting up - the worst of the symptoms … bleh … I think I might be feeling so bad this w read more
Starting to get back into a routine
You are in My World | October 9th 2008 by Tricia
Well … about a week ago I told you guys that I was going to change my whole routine -from how I sleep, to how I blog right down to getting some regular exercise. So it’s only a week but I have made some progress. No major changes on the read more
Home alone!
Tricia's Musings | October 9th 2008 by Tricia
Chris is out of town until sometime tomorrow evening. He came home from work just before 6 p.m. and by 6:30 he was out the door ready to drive to Waterloo to help his sister and her husband move. My brother in law is allergic to dogs (even though th read more
Craving for Italian Food
joanjoyce dotcom | October 8th 2008 by joanjoyce
I have been on a juice diet for 2 or 3 weeks now but every now and then I cheat for some pasta and pizza. That is why I am having a hard time to stop my cravings for Italian recipes so I just look for some lasagna and pizza recipes that I can eat [.. read more
Sweet cats and my strange dog
Tricia's Musings | October 7th 2008 by Tricia
Wordless Wednesday Aw, isn’t that a sweet picture? Ok now just to prove that I’m still a dog person, here’s a picture I took last week of my dog while we were on a hike in the park. Midnight loves sticks, but we don’t let her read more
My PVR is getting full!
You are in My World | October 7th 2008 by Tricia
I think I’m going to get new television show burnout soon. If you watch TV you already know that most of our old favorite shows started coming back about two weeks ago, and most will be back by the end of the week. Plus there’s new show read more
Nuance Festival was a Massive success
Guitar Licks and Tips | October 5th 2008 by Tricia
As I wake up from my delightful and delirious musical hangover, I proudly proclaim this years 2008 Nuance Art Rock Festival a MASSIVE SUCCESS (and that is putting it lightly, to say the least!). The attendance numbers at this years Nuance Festival wa read more
Flowers gone to seed
You are in My World | October 5th 2008 by Tricia
Join Last Monday my husband and I took our dog for a walk through one of Toronto’s large city parks and I came across some lovely wild flowers and I thought you might be interested in seeing them this Green Thumb Sunday. I have no idea what ki read more
The elephants - natural water filtration
Tricia's Musings | October 5th 2008 by Tricia
Join Earlier in the week I told you that Chris and I and our dog Midnight went for a walk in Taylor Creek park here in Toronto … remember those muddy dog pictures? (you’ve got to see the pics if you haven’t already, I’ve never read more
Trying to decide what to have for a late dinner
You are in My World | October 4th 2008 by Tricia
Chris and I went to an afternoon concert today. No it wasn’t a concert in the park … it was in a legion hall. LOL Now that was different. The bands were really good, but I felt sorry for one of the lead singers. You could tell that he&# read more
A concert in the afternoon
Tricia's Musings | October 4th 2008 by Tricia
Chris and I did something different today. We went to a Progressive Rock concert at … of all places … the local Legion Hall. The bands played from 2:30 pm until about 8:30 pm … I know, very strange hours for a concert, but hey .. read more
No sleep - again!
You are in My World | October 3rd 2008 by Tricia
I can’t believe I had another sleepless night/day today. I just went through that on Wednesday and luckily caught up on my sleep by having a much longer than normal sleep on Thursday. Maybe that’s why I didn’t feel tired until th read more
It’s cold enough that the furnace came today!
Tricia's Musings | October 3rd 2008 by Tricia
It’s been quite cool here in Toronto all week, but I’d say that today was the coolest. It was so cold that our furnace came on for the first time this Fall. Our furnace is quite loud (and old) so when it first began rumbling at about 5 p read more
Miniature Neil Peart drum kit by Dom
Guitar Licks and Tips | October 2nd 2008 by Tricia
This drum kit was created by Domenic Nardone, a drummer who I played with back in St. John’s College in my home town. I remember this miniature work of art when he started it back in 1986. It was even put on this RUSH blog and I can’t be read more
What DID I do yesterday?
You are in My World | October 2nd 2008 by Tricia
On my other blog, Tricia’s Musings, I just wrote a post about my really bad day yesterday. I only slept for 2.5 hours yesterday so I spent the whole day in a complete daze. Now I can’t even remember some of the things I did yesterday. read more
Trying to stay up to date in the nursing field while on medical l…
You are in My World | October 2nd 2008 by Tricia
Since I’m a nurse on extended medical leave I’ve been trying to keep up to date on health news, nursing techniques and so on so about a year ago I joined a few nursing groups and I get regular weekly or monthly newsletters. The informati read more
Yet another sleepless night and day
Tricia's Musings | October 2nd 2008 by Tricia
Yesterday I was in a daze. I didn’t sleep all night. I only fell asleep at about 7:30 in the morning when my husband was getting up to go to work and he accidentally woke me up when he was leaving for work at 9:30. I couldn’t get back to read more
My Back Hurts..
joanjoyce dotcom | October 1st 2008 by joanjoyce
I have been blogging for almost a year now and I am really having fun doing it. Visiting a lot of new blogs, discovering many funny and intellectual things online makes me stay for long hours in front of the computer. But what I did not notice is the read more
I’m ready for my interview now …
You are in My World | September 30th 2008 by Tricia
Wordless Wednesday Rocky the Bulldog got up early this morning and put on his best tie. He’s ready for his big job interview. Can you guess what kind of job Rocky is trying to get? read more
Mud Dog
Tricia's Musings | September 30th 2008 by Tricia
Wordless Wednesday On Sunday we took our puppy for a hike in Taylor Creek Park here in Toronto. As you can see she found a wet area that was more mud than water! She was playing with another dog and they disappeared on a trail in the forest for a read more
Remember those “call before you dig” commercials?
Tricia's Musings | September 30th 2008 by Tricia
Yesterday our neighborhood got a stark reminder as to why you should always call your gas, electric and or telephone company before you start digging in your yard … At about 11 a.m. the sound of police, fire and ambulance sirens filled the air read more
It seems like everyone is trying to sell their home in our area
You are in My World | September 30th 2008 by Tricia
Over the last few months it seems like 30% to 50% of our neighbors have thought about selling their homes. I’m amazed at all of the “for sale” signs that I see as I walk through the neighborhood with our dog. The house immediately read more
I Can’t believe it’s just about time to start shopping for Ch…
Tricia's Musings | September 29th 2008 by Tricia
Do you ever watch American Dad? It’s on, on Sunday nights and the season premiere was on last night. Chris and I taped the show last night on our PVR so we’re just watching it now. We both love that show, its so funny! It’s defi read more
Nuance Prog Rock Festival
Guitar Licks and Tips | September 29th 2008 by Tricia
Nuance Progressive / Rock / Experimental Art Festival is for all progressive rock lovers. It showcases alternative rock bands from southern Ontario. It is a MUST SHOW TO SEE if your a lover of progressive rock. I still can’t believe that I hav read more
I want Double Tees for my daughter!
joanjoyce dotcom | September 28th 2008 by joanjoyce
It is still seven days till my money will be transferred to my EON but I am really wanting to buy my daughter this double tees that she is longing for. I have search my multiply contacts and finally got a seller but still she have not answered my que read more
I seriously thought about getting a treadmill today
You are in My World | September 27th 2008 by Tricia
Chris and I were out earlier today doing our regular weekend shopping and while we were in a department store to get Chris a new pair of pants for work, I wandered around until I came across a sale on exercise equiptment. Good thing our money’s read more
Our name must be on a telemarketing list, grrr
You are in My World | September 27th 2008 by Tricia
I don’t know what it is lately, but in the past few weeks we keep getting calls, like 10 a day, from marketing companies. These companies are asking us to participate in surveys, offering us free products -in the form of “You just won a & read more
Israeli City uses DNA to fight dog poop?
Truly Odd Planet | September 27th 2008 by Tricia
An Israeli city is so fed up with dog droppings that it is now using DNA analysis of “found” dog droppings to reward or punish residential pet owners. A six month trial program was launched last week in the city of petah Tikva, a suburb read more
Mom allegedly uses daughter’s ID to become a high school cheerl…
Odd Planet | September 27th 2008 by Tricia
Did you hear the story about the 33 year old mom who stole her daughter’s identity so that she could attend high school, join the cheer leading squad and basically fulfill her lost teen dreams? Wendy Brown, the mom in question, is now facing a read more
That’s What Friends Are For, LOL!
joanjoyce dotcom | September 25th 2008 by joanjoyce
My friend recently bought a Laptop online and he is asking me if he can had it fix on the local service center here in the Philippines and avail of its warranty? I simple answered, I do not know, lol! First I have not purchase anything abroad to answ read more
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