5 Sickies

by Nicole on January 21, 2012

3 sick kids + 2 sick parents = loads of TV

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Directionless

by Nicole on January 20, 2012

The deeper I delve into the social media landscape, the more I realize the beauty that exists in a blog set aside simply for journalling. Five years ago I wrote my first blog post (not here, but on an old Blogger blog that has since gone private). K was 5 months old. I knew nothing [...]

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And write another post. And then I caught another stupid illness. I feel cruddy. Any energy I have needs to go toward the work that needs to be done for My Real Review this week. (If you haven’t checked it out recently, stop by and take a look . . . I slept very little [...]

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December 19, 2011

Our Adoption Story

We were going to name her Deste. It’s an Ethiopian name meaning “joy”. In the fall of 2007, Corey and I began our adoption journey. We always dreamed of having a family that would include both biological and adopted children. In 2008, we completed the educational requirements for becoming adoptive parents (we experienced a miscarriage [...]

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December 8, 2011

What is Nicole doing these days?

I know, I know . . . regular blogging #fail once again. My apologies especially to those of you have asked to be added to my Canadian blogroll -I haven’t forgotten. I have 3 good excuses for kinda ignoring this blog lately: 1. I’m completely reconfiguring and rebranding my Canadian product review website over the [...]

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November 24, 2011

Kid Drawings

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This is a picture of me. I’m hugging K and holding E (the other child is E when she’s bigger according to K). The pink circles surrounding us are hearts. I must be doing something right to deserve such a happy picture!

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November 6, 2011

Swiper, No Swiping!

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At the grocery store checkout, I discovered that M was holding a couple extra cans that I knew I didn’t grab. Because we don’t have a dog. I looked at my adorable little thief and said, “Swiper, no swiping!!” He replied, “Oh, man!” I was kinda hoping that watching Dora the Explorer would teach him [...]

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