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Personal Musings

Jasper: Our Newest Travel Companion

by Rosalind Gardner on April 9, 2010

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We have a new family member and travel companion – Buddha Boy Jasper (Jasper) – an 8 week old Chocolate Labrador retriever that we picked up yesterday from White Robin Kennels in Princeton, B.C. The photo (above right) was taken during the hour-long ride home, during which he cried just a little and then slept [...]

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Help Me Name the Puppy

by Rosalind Gardner on March 8, 2010

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Note: Comments are now closed as the puppy has arrived and has been named. Click here to find out what we call him. Thanks to everyone who suggested names!! Although I’ve really wanted one, I haven’t had a dog of my own since I was in my early teens. My excuses included being single,  constantly [...]

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Wasn’t That a Party?

by Rosalind Gardner on March 1, 2010

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Although I was much too busy working on my new affiliate blogger training program over the past 17 days to take in much of the Olympics, I did watch enough coverage (opening ceremonies, skating, snowboard cross, grand slaloms, hockey games and the closing ceremonies) to not only be amazed by the stunning athletic feats but [...]

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Olympic Ceremony Coverage and a Very Proud Canadian

by Rosalind Gardner on February 13, 2010

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The Olympic ceremonies have just concluded and as much as I was thrilled to see Wayne Gretzky light the final torch, the most moving moments occurred for me during the reading of this poem by Shane Koyczan. Click more to get the words to Shane’s poem.

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No Blogging from the Beach for Me

by Rosalind Gardner on February 12, 2010

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I just got back from a 19-day trip to Hawaii, during which I spent a grand total of 2 hours online — not by choice, or, at least not initially. The first place at which we stayed, a vacation rental by owner on Kauai, had advertised the accomodation as having an Internet connection. They lied. [...]

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Haiti: How You Can Help

by Rosalind Gardner on January 14, 2010

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No doubt your thoughts and prayers have been with the people of Haiti since the devastating earthquake there on January 12th. Stick with the prayers to be sure, but I hope you’ll direct your thoughts towards helping in a material way. Charitable organizations need money to help the Haitian people now. Personally, I’m a big [...]

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My Monitor Died… Hurray!

by Rosalind Gardner on January 11, 2010

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It was early Sunday afternoon, and I was in the midst of an intense content-producing session for AffiliateBloggerPro when my monitor suddenly just went black. You can imagine the immediate and intense fear that races through an internet marketer’s heart during such an occurrence. Always hoping for the best (in this case that it was [...]

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