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Letters

February 26, 2010

Dear Landlady/Realtor,
You want to show the apartment on Sunday afternoon? Don’t you realize that conflicts with the gold medal hockey game? You’re bad Canadians.
Love, Amber
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Dear Apple,
Please stop teasing me and sending me packages that are NOT my macbook. Twice now I’ve gone to FedEx thinking it was my laptop and it wasn’t. Couldn’t you have [...]

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Ten on Tuesday

February 2, 2010

I have some really deep posts swirling around in my head but I was having a lot of trouble articulating them in a blog post last night. Writers block, I suppose.
Anyways, I’ve decided to participate in another installment of Ten on Tuesday. I always love reading these and really need to participate more often!

1. What is [...]

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Goodbye 2009 and Hello 2010

December 31, 2009

{Welcoming 2010 with open arms}
Happy New Years Eve everyone! How are you ringing in the New Year?
I can’t believe it’s almost 2010. I can still remember ringing in 2000 with my family, I was 11 years old and was estatic about staying up until midnight. Wow, the last decade has flown by.
I have to admit, even [...]

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Dear January 3

December 30, 2009

Dear January 3,
I see you coming and I just want to take this opportunity to tell you to bugger off.
January 3 - also known as reality - I don’t like you and I don’t want you to come find me. I’m perfectly happy doing what I’m doing.
I know you are trying to woo me back [...]

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The Monday Meeting: Flexibility; how important is it to you?

November 16, 2009

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As you guy’s know, I just got back from a weekend at home. I’m extremely lucky to have a very flexible work schedule and when I asked my bosses for Friday off to go home and surprise Eric for his birthday they were more than happy to give it to me. They know [...]

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The Monday Meeting: Career Changes

November 9, 2009

For more information on what the Monday Meeting is, go here.
Last week we talked about the difference between a career and a job and several good points were brought up. A few people said that a career is a profession you’re in, for example, marketing. Whereas a job is the different jobs you hold [...]

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My First Magazine Article

October 23, 2009

I was having a crappy, bummy, grouchy day yesterday, which is NOT like me at all. I felt like I had a permanent frown on my face and I knew that I NEEDED to snap out of it but didn’t know how.
After class I decided to hit up the YMCA for a little yoga. After [...]

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Current Obsessions

October 22, 2009

I’ve seen these types of posts floating around on lots of blogs, including Your Wishcake and Oh! How Lovely, to name a few, so I thought I’d join in.
I’m currently obsessed with…

Lighting those beautiful j’adore candles. They make my apartment smell so nice.
Going to the gym. I’m loving lifting weights and going to group classes [...]

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One Year

September 2, 2009

August 30 marked one year since I moved to Kamloops. And I think I have grown more as a writer, girlfriend, daughter, friend and a person in the last year than I have any other year of my life. It was a hard year, but it was also rewarding and fun.
A new school year, possibly MY [...]

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