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	<title>Blending my life</title>
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		<title>Summer 08</title>
		<description>So I haven't been on here in a while. My summer has been crazy busy, but totally wonderful!

I've been running around with my kids, planning trips and entertaining friends and family from close by and far away. The first person to come was my niece from out west with her ...</description>
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		<title>Summer is here, and the funerals won&#8217;t stop</title>
		<description>It's Friday night and I'm sitting out on our deck alone. It is giving me some time to think and contemplate life. We hit another bump in our Blended family road this week. My kids lost their grandfather. I have to say it like that because this grandfather was my ...</description>
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		<title>Getting back on topic</title>
		<description>I thought maybe I should spend at least one post here getting back on topic. I've strayed so far lately that I've forgotten where I was. And I'm simply to lazy to go back and look...so forgive me if I leave something out.

So you know how we met and how ...</description>
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		<title>The funeral</title>
		<description>So today we laid my brother in law to rest.

The kids came over either last night or this morning, and off we went. We live outside of Waterloo Ont, and everything was happening down in the niagara region. We hit a traffic jam on the 403. Not just an average ...</description>
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		<title>Jacque Gabriel Josheph</title>
		<description>Before I begin, I want to apologize  because  I will probably ramble here. So bare with me please.

The first time I met Jack he was walking behind my sister and I nearly punch him in the face. You see my sister had just broken up with a guy ...</description>
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		<title>Rolfs surprise party!</title>
		<description>We got up Saturday morning and I had to bide my time before heading over to my sister in laws.
I told Rolf that Kurt and Barb were coming for supper after we got back. He bought it hook line and sinker.
So after tidying up the house a bit I headed ...</description>
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		<title>An amazing man!</title>
		<description>Again I am up early.

I wish I could just roll over and go back to sleep, but I have so much to do today that I'm afraid if I don't get an early start I will never get it all done. I'm throwing a surprise party for my husband tomorrow. ...</description>
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		<title>Getting to know my husband</title>
		<description>So the saga continues.

After our first date, we decided to see each other twice a week. Very traditional I know :)

We would see each other on Wed evenings after both of us were done work. Then on weekends he would come over and spend the day or after a couple ...</description>
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		<title>News break</title>
		<description>IT"S SPRING!

I'm really keeping my fingers crossed here that we won't have any more snow. I'm not a winter lover to begin with. My DH and I are both summer people. In the winter we really have no choice but to stay inside and stay warm. We have our winter ...</description>
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		<description>So after talking online with Rolf for a few weeks (yes it was only a few weeks) I asked to meet him. Yes it was all me. Thank goodness for that because I found out later that he is not a fast mover, he really likes to take his time ...</description>
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