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What's Up With Play-dates?

Am I the only Mom who groans a little bit when I hear a message on my voicemail about arranging a play-date?  Am I the only one who finds the term "play-date" slightly annoying? I suppose this could be my own introvert tendencies coming to the surface but frankly, I think we parents could afford to relax a little bit about having our kids' days scheduled to account for every single minute and worrying that they won't acquire the social skills they need in life if they don't have at least two play-dates per week.    I drop my son off at daycare at 7:30am and I pick him up between 4:30 and 5:00pm most days. That means he gets about 30 minutes of time to play with his daycare buddies before leaving for school, 20ish minutes walking to school with his buddies, 20ish minutes walking back to the daycare centre with his buddies and then at least an hour to play with his pals before I pick him up. That is roughly two hours of playtime with friends outside of school t
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10 Things I Have Learned From My Dad's Life and Death

    My Dad should be turning 79 today.  I can see the backyard party at my parent's house now.  Hot dogs, Mum's homemade potato salad and a huge cake lit up with a ton of candles for the old fella.  Unfortunately though, my Dad passed away 16 years ago and we won't be celebrating his day today.  The thing that makes me saddest is that he will never meet his Grandchildren.  He would have been the best Grandpa a kid could ever ask for.  My son actually calls him "Papa" and talks as if he knows him, but that is a whole different post!  I figure today is a great day to spend some time reflecting on how my Dad and his death shaped who I am today.  He was so many things to everyone in our family.  I know that there are many, many more things I learned from my Dad and his death then just ten, just get me started.... 1. Family is #1:   My Dad used to call home on his lunch break everyday, just to see what we were all up to.  He took pride in his work for sure but we all
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To Costgo or not to Costgo

Here I sit on a peaceful Saturday morning, sipping coffee and debating whether or not to brave  frightening Costco on the weekend.  I normally make it a Friday night stop, doing a cheap dinner and fairly calm shop without much fuss.  Except that, as I wrote in a past post, during the summer my schedule goes out the window.  So now I am faced with the decision between the need to get some things done and the fear of Saturday Costco. The first negative will be the parking lot.  It isn't even that difficult to find a spot.  The frustrating part is navigating a giant metal death machine through the shoppers who feel like they can walk here there and right down the centre of the road,  just because they have an overflowing cart of bulk buys.  Then there are the shoppers who will step out in front of the car without a second thought and shoot you a grumpy "I-just-spent-two-hours-in-weekend-Costco-I-dare-you-to-mess-with-me" look.    Don't even get me started on try
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