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FedEx lost my present

FedEx, poor customer service, diesel, gift to myself, diesel wallet
I don’t spend a lot of money on myself.  Most of my clothes are a few years old (but well cared for!) and I only ever have one handbag at a time.  I am even having a hard time thinking of what I want for my birthday!  But when I started my new job, I decided to splurge on something that I’ve been coveting for a long time… a Diesel wallet. Photo Credit: Original photo by David Shankbone...

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July garden update

The Vancouver weather has not been conductive to growing a garden. The sun has been slow to appear this year and instead of warm, bright days, we’ve had a continuation of the dreary grey rain that characterizes most of the year. However, the temperature has slowly inched up the last few weeks and my garden is responding! When we last looked at the garden, my basil had failed, my beans were stagnant...

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Happy Canada Day

Happy Canada Day everyone! Brian and I are enjoying the lovely, rainy holiday Monday in Vancouver post-Canada Day fun yesterday.  We spent Canada Day selling glowsticks and other novelty items downtown where we had a great first hand view of the music, food and fireworks. Two moments stood out for me: The first occurred while selling glowing plastic swords.  A Vancouver police officer came up to...

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Update: February 18 – 25

Seattle is a great place. It’s absurd to me that ‘Happy Hour’ is illegal in BC, although there does seem to be weekly news on liquor reform in this province. Let’s hope! I enjoyed $3 happy hour specials of many west coast craft breweries including Deschutes Black Butte Porter and Elysian “Immortal” IPA. Good stuff. There was also habanero infused tabiko spicy tuna...

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