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My desktop computer is so much faster than my laptop

Lately I’ve been using my desktop computer more often. We got our Laptop two years ago and I let myself fall into the habit of using the notebook pretty much 100% of the time, however lately my laptop has been slowing down and it’s becoming frustrating to work on it.
My desktop computer on the […]



Posted on 19th July 2008
Under: Blogging, Computers, Home and Lifestyle, Items to Try, software | 1 Comment »

Houses are selling like hotcakes in my neighborhood

I wrote a post on one of my other blogs about a week ago about the number of houses close to us that have gone up for sale lately. They’re selling like hotcakes it seems!
I’m pretty sure that there was a news story a few days ago where some real estate companies were saying […]



Posted on 17th July 2008
Under: Canada, Items to Try, Real Estate, The neighbors, Toronto | 3 Comments »

Midnight and Molly - tug of war

Wordless Wednesday

The other weekend we took our Lab puppy to the beach for her first swim in Lake Ontario. While we were there we met a lot of other dog owners and their dogs. We also ran into the couple that we had first met in April when we brought Midnight to Cherry Beach for […]



Posted on 16th July 2008
Under: Canada, Home and Lifestyle, Our Puppy, Pets and Wildlife, Photography, Recreation, Toronto, Wordless Wednesday | 4 Comments »

Looks like we’re expecting guests

Well as usual my brother in law’s done it again. Almost every year he visits us here in Toronto. He drives up from Chicago with one or all three of his kids - depending upon who’s going to hockey camp or whatever other reason the visit is about.
He just called us a […]



Posted on 16th July 2008
Under: Family, Home and Lifestyle, Items to Try, Life with Chris, Toronto | No Comments »

Ontario Native Plants at The Brick Works

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Rather than posting photos of my own flowers for this weekends Green Thumb Sunday post I thought I’d post some pictures of the lovely flowers that were growing at the Brick Works last weekend when we went for a visit to this nature preserve in the heart of Toronto.
I’m thankful everyday that I live in […]



Posted on 13th July 2008
Under: Canada, Green Thumb Sunday, Home and Lifestyle, Photography, Recreation, Toronto, Walking | 1 Comment »