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In the Kitchen: Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken

Preparing healthy meals takes a LOT of work. Most nights — before my decision to get back into my healthy ways — I would take out chicken, or steak, or some kind of protein from the freezer for...

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Photography: What Canada Looks Like

Okay, the title may be a bit misleading because I’m sure not ALL of Canada looks like this, but in the wintertime, this is what every day seems to look like after a while. Mind you, this photo was...

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Book Review: How to Tell If Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You, by Matthew Inman

TheOatmeal.com’s most popular cat jokes, including “How to Pet a Kitty” and “The Bobcats,” plus 15 new and never-before-seen catthemed comics, are presented in this hilarious collection from New York...

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And Now it’s Sunday (3) & Reading Through the Stacks

I’m currently… Watching…  What I’m NOT watching, however, is Glee and The Walking Dead. Both of these are shows I’ve watched for a while now and it’s time we parted ways. I’m not liking the direction...

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Addicted To: Jon Klassen

My addictions change weekly. One week I’ll be obsessed with a TV show, another week with a book or author, and another week with a piece of music. It’s a never-ending thing, but it’s something I love....

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TV & Movies: Oz: The Great and Powerful

Image from IMDb When I was younger, I loved The Wizard of Oz. It was one of my favourite movies and I loved singing along with all of the songs and watching Dorothy and her entourage make their way...

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Recommend the Most

I recommend books a lot. Generally, if you ask me what book you should read, I go crazy and raid my shelves, throwing books at you. And I will ask you A LOT if you’ve read them yet. BUT this was a...

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Audiobook Review: The Stone Rose (Doctor Who, New Series Adventures #7), by...

Add This Book on Goodreads Mickey is startled to find a statue of Rose in a museum – a statue that is 2,000 years old. The Doctor realizes that this means the TARDIS will shortly take them to Ancient...

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Adventures With Yarn: Travel Mug Cozy

I love travel mugs. I use them all the time, if I’m traveling or not. I mean, really, it’s kind of like a grown up sippy cup. Kind of. At any rate, I received this travel mug from my husband’s work....

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The Confessions of Rachel and Elyen: Week Two

Read Week One of this story … My dear friend Rachel, You’re right. This sounds way too formal! This is a blog — let’s break out the gifs! You know I’m not as tech savvy as I’d like to be, but I DO have...

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And Now it’s Sunday (4) & Reading Through the Stacks

I’m currently… Watching…  DOCTOR WHO!!!!! I was so happy to watch this last night that I was singing the theme song to the dogs. They ran pretty fast away from me. Wanting… To catch up. I am SO...

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Musing On: What Kind Of Obsessor Are You?

There are a lot of things that I’ve gotten obsessed with over the years. From TV shows, to books, to just random hobbies — it can get a little crazy being inside my head when I am obsessed with...

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Book Review: Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare

Add This Book on Goodreads Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story if a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and...

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Characters I Would Crush on If I Were Also a...

As I typed the long title for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, I wondered … MUST I be a fictional character to crush on other fictional characters? I don’t think so. I fall in love with characters EVERY...

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Book Review: Stardust, by Neil Gaiman

Add This Book on Goodreads Hopelessly crossed in love, a boy of half-fairy parentage leaves his mundane Victorian-English village on a quest for a fallen star in the magical realm. The star proves to...

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TV & Movies: Sally Lockhart Mysteries (Ruby in the Smoke)

View this movie on IMDb The reason I had decided to watch the Sally Lockhart mysteries was mainly because Billie Piper (who played Rose on Doctor Who) was in it. I was very interested to check out...

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Photography: Those Puppy Dog Eyes

My dogs are the biggest sucks. The instant you say ‘no!’ to them, they turn around to you with these BIG PUPPY DOG EYES, kind of like this: I mean, how can you say no to that? Alright, up on the couch...

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And Now it’s Sunday (5) & Reading Through the Stacks

I’m currently… Watching…  SO MANY THINGS! Last week I raved about Doctor Who, but seeing as a lot of my shows are ending, I decided to start *just a couple* more shows. Like, 4. TOTALLY DOABLE. I’ve...

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Addicted To: Hans Zimmer’s ‘I Never Woke Up In Handcuffs Before’ (Sherlock...

My addictions change weekly. One week I’ll be obsessed with a TV show, another week with a book or author, and another week with a piece of music. It’s a never-ending thing, but it’s something I love....

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Book Review: I Could Pee On This (And Other Poems by Cats) by Franceso...

Add This Book On Goodreads Cat lovers will laugh out loud at the quirkiness of their feline friends with these insightful and curious poems from the singular minds of housecats. In this hilarious book...

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