"Shepherd Book once said to me, If you can't do something smart, do something right." ~ Jayne Cobb (Serenity, 2005)
What I do in my "spare time"
Shinny of Champions
BLAST - Beer League Adult Skills Training
California Browncoats
Alberta Browncoats Society
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Translation: LunaStone Designs is responsible for all the good stuff. I'm responsible for screwing up her work.
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Poppy count charitable donation grand plan
Each year since returning to Canada full-time in 2007, I have counted the poppies I see people wearing from the day the poppy campaign begins until 11am on November 11th. I'd tally up the count, donate 0.10$ per poppy, and send a cheque to a local veterans organization.
It used to be a sizeable donation.
In recent years, I've noticed my poppy count decreasing. I worry sometimes that people have begun to forget the past. I worry that we will soon relive their horrors in our future.
I don't base my donation on poppy counts anymore. And I no longer wait until Remembrance Day arrives to make them.
I am changing too. Hopefully, for the better.
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I’d be upset, but I’m still younger than the hubby – and haven’t yet followed him to the land of salt & pepper grey hair – so life is good. My parents provided the best birthday present on the planet this year, shipping me home to Edmonton to spend the week in the mouse house with friends, family and our four footed children.
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August 21st, 2006 at 3:06 am
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY
give drew a big kiss and rub it in that he is older
love mum
August 23rd, 2006 at 2:38 am
OK. I tried it. Hope it was a good birthday. Paul says he reads it too.
Wendy