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 <title>I don&#039;t want directions...</title> 
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 <id>tag:www.globaljunkdrawer.com,2010-08-23:129</id>
 <title>The Circle of Voice Acting Life</title> 
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 <modified>2010-08-23T20:13:33-03:00</modified> 
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 <title>Family picnic and park romp.</title> 
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We headed down to the lakeshore to have a packed supper and park time down at the lakeshore.
 
 
This is the first time we have been able to play with Grandma for a few long weeks.&amp;nbsp; ...</summary> 
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We headed down to the lakeshore to have a packed supper and park time down at the lakeshore.
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This is the first time we have been able to play with Grandma for a few long weeks.&amp;nbsp;
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 <title>Nate is home!</title> 
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 <modified>2010-08-06T11:47:44-03:00</modified> 
 <issued>2010-08-06T11:47:44-03:00</issued> 
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Picked up Nate and Mic from Sick Kids early Friday evening.
 
 
Welcome home! 
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Picked up Nate and Mic from Sick Kids early Friday evening.
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Welcome home! 
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 <id>tag:www.globaljunkdrawer.com,2010-07-31:121</id>
 <title>Nate has good spirits - but still not home</title> 
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 <issued>2010-07-31T10:17:22-03:00</issued> 
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Was hoping he would be home by now, but it doesn&#039;t look like it.
 
 
He was getting better - they had him on antibiotics through the IV and he was keeping food down.&amp;nbsp; Last night, ...</summary> 
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Was hoping he would be home by now, but it doesn&#039;t look like it.
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He was getting better - they had him on antibiotics through the IV and he was keeping food down.&amp;nbsp; Last night, however, he started regressing.&amp;nbsp; He was taken off the IV yesterday and the antibiotics were given orally, so this seemed like a positive step.&amp;nbsp; However, last night he threw up his dinner and lost his medicine as well.&amp;nbsp; Over night he threw up two more times.&amp;nbsp; They may just put him back on IV to continue treatments.
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 <title>Okay seriously.. a municipal ordinance fine?</title> 
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I mowed the lawns last Thursday - just before we headed out to my Sister&#039;s for the weekend.
 
 
I haven&#039;t had the chance to mow the lawn since, because Nate went into the hospital and I ...</summary> 
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I mowed the lawns last Thursday - just before we headed out to my Sister&#039;s for the weekend.
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I haven&#039;t had the chance to mow the lawn since, because Nate went into the hospital and I can&#039;t leave Cam alone while I can&#039;t hear him to mow.&amp;nbsp; Not a big deal - wait until his nap this weekend and blitz through it.
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Got home last night to find a notice on the door that we will be fined for having grass and weeds over 6 inches.&amp;nbsp; Don&#039;t we live across the street from a fallow field that has growth over two feet in height?&amp;nbsp; Wow.&amp;nbsp; Way to go. 
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 <title>Coffee Shop etiquette</title> 
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What is the polite method of cutting someone off in the drive through line at the coffee shop?
 
 
The coffee shop I go to each morning on my way into the office has two entrances to the ...</summary> 
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What is the polite method of cutting someone off in the drive through line at the coffee shop?
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The coffee shop I go to each morning on my way into the office has two entrances to the drive through lane.&amp;nbsp; One is from the parking lot and the other enters directly from the street.&amp;nbsp; When you are on the street side, you can&#039;t see who is lined up in the drive parking lot.&amp;nbsp; I always come in through the parking lot because I don&#039;t want to block traffic - in the parking lot you kinda expect to be blocked by other customers.&amp;nbsp; People driving on the road shouldn&#039;t have to stop for us caffeine junkies. 
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This brings me to my morning dilemma&amp;nbsp; - who do I cut off to get in line? &amp;nbsp; I can see who is moving and who isn&#039;t on the road, so I can easily figure out who was in line before I got there, but they usually can&#039;t see me/us so when they think they have the right-of-way, they are probably three or four cars behind all of us.&amp;nbsp; I usually let one in just so I don&#039;t feel guilty - but that doesn&#039;t always work. 
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Even though I am in the right - it still feels bad knowing they think I just cut them off.&amp;nbsp; It&#039;s even better when they start yelling and cursing through their windows.
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It&#039;s a fantastic way to start the day.
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GRRRRR. 
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 <title>Nate&#039;s back at Sick Kids</title> 
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Took him in to the Emerg of Sick Kids today - had just got to work when Mic called me.
 
 
He was like a wet noodle this morning when he first got up.&amp;nbsp; Not normal - he just slumped in ...</summary> 
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Took him in to the Emerg of Sick Kids today - had just got to work when Mic called me.
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He was like a wet noodle this morning when he first got up.&amp;nbsp; Not normal - he just slumped in my arms and if you picked up his arm and droped it - he just let if fall completly limp. &amp;nbsp;
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They kept him in - put him on IV because he was throwing up and not keeping liquids in. 
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 <title>Weekend at Kelly&#039;s - Fantastic time.  Thanks Kelly!!</title> 
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 <id>tag:www.globaljunkdrawer.com,2010-07-21:124</id>
 <title>Nate on the porch</title> 
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 <issued>2010-07-21T00:26:23-03:00</issued> 
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