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I find dimes on the ground all the time. Especially since they phased out the penny a few years back, here in Canada. Occasionally I’ll find a nickle or a quarter. But 99% of the time, I find dimes. Exciting stuff, I know. My husband always humours me when I proudly announce that I found another dime that day. And I get it. It’s 10 cents. If I saved up...
As long as I can remember, I’ve always had a pet. Growing up, we had an amazing dog, a bunch of hamsters and gerbils, and a wild mouse that my dad rescued from a garbage can at his work. I was 11 years old when we got our first cat. She was a beautiful Siamese that we got through an ad in the newspaper. My mom taught music lessons from...
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve already noticed that I broke my new year’s resolution and personal goal of posting at least once a week on my blog. Although I missed two weeks along the way, I was doing a pretty good job until the middle of May. That’s when life started to get more complicated and more stressful for me. And blogging became the least of my worries. Things...
This is my life: Friend: “Hey Amanda, I’m having a super awesome birthday party this weekend. Do you wanna come?”Me: “Maybe.” Colleague: “Hey Amanda, volunteering 5 minutes of your time for this cause that you care about will guarantee that bad thing will never happen again. Can you be there?”Me: “Maybe.” Ryan Gosling: “Hey girl… wanna go out Friday night?”Me: “Maybe. Please.” (Ok, so I might have paraphrased a...