comfort food

I haven't been sick once all winter, and I guess I must have somehow cursed myself talking/bragging about it, because the other day, I came down with a whopper of a headcold. Sneezing, wheezing, and coughing along with the body aches and pains. And yes, I do tend to moan and groan alot. ;p

As is usually the case when I'm ailing with a cold or flu, I totally lose my appetite for everything except for this- Lipton's chicken noodle soup. It's something I've eaten since I was a child, and now my kids love it too. With lots of soda crackers, of course! One of the perks of having a hubby who works for Unilever is that I have a never ending supply of the stuff in my cupboard, and that made me pretty happy yesterday when I was feeling miserable and sorry for myself.

I'm bogged down with assignments over the weekend, and I need to just hole myself up in my room until they're done. Wish me luck, b/c it's hard to scrap when you'd rather be in bed!

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Awwww.....

yeah, he's adorable.

But a little bit of a hellion.

Meet my neighbour's dog, Cody. He's part beagle, part Jack Russell, and has the weirdest yelp/bark/howl I've ever heard. He'll take off in a split second if he manages to break free from the leash, and he isn't too too house trained either. But cuteness saves his hide every time, as evidenced by this photo. He apparently likes to pose too, unlike my dog Lily, who won't look into the camera lens. And how is it that I can get such good catchlights in a dog's eyes, and not my kids?

I wanted to say thanks for all your great comments on the blog. I'm unsure of how to respond to each of you individually, as I don't think Blogger gives me that option, but I'll figure it out one day, promise.

Happy Wednesday!

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Happy Easter!

Hope it was warmer where you are! I'm still waiting on Spring here. We're in a deep freeze, and it doesn't look like it's going to end anytime soon. In the meantime, I'm fantasizing that it's warm out, wearing my new cute polka dotted flip-flops ( thanks Linda!) around the house, and drinking smoothies with the boys. And lots of chocolate doesn't hurt to take away the chill either. ;p

I don't remember ever getting this stir-crazy for winter to end, but it's been a long haul with 4 solid months of snow. Ugh, enough already!

Here's a layout I did this weekend of my littlest dude. Simple and not very original, but at least I scrapped, right?

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Where is Spring?

It sure hasn't sprung here. We're getting yet ANOTHER snowstorm. I'm beginning to understand why so many people fly south for the winter.
Winter has been really long this year, and we've had WAY too much snow. I'm SO ready for Spring to get here!

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a test run

Hello.
Testing, one, two, three...
another blog, this one free. :)

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