Author name: Carol Tomany

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A late night call…

A while ago, I had to buy a new cell phone and get it added to our family plan, which is in my husband’s name.  Things went smoothly, although we had to extend the contract again.  Every time you make a change, you end up extending your contract for another 3 years – urrgh! I […]

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The Sky At Night…

There is always an obituary on the last page of the sports section in one of our daily papers, The Globe and Mail. The article is usually about someone who has made a significant contribution in their field or someone who was rich and famous now or sometime in the past.  Most are not sports’

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6 Blog Ideas

I just had a few ideas for blog topics, based on some blogs that I have read lately.  I thought, if I posted them here a. I would remember them. b. anyone could use them. 1. One blog I read recently did 5 Questions Friday. It seems that every Friday, the blogger posed 5 questions

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Garam Masala

I am getting ready to make that curried lamb shank recipe that I saw in the paper the other day.  One of the ingredients is Garam Masala. It’s a blend of a number of spices, such as, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, cardamon etc. all freshly ground in a spice blender.  The idea is that, when

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Roofers from the Realms of Glory…

We are in maintenance mode.  First we had plumbing work done on Christmas Day and now we have the roofers in.  Actually we knew in advance that the roof was in trouble and we finally booked a company to come in and replace the shingles. Well, of course, it’s never just the shingles, is it?

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Slow Food Made Slower

Really to get through winter, in Canada, you have to celebrate the activities that work best in winter. So you ski, skate, snowshoe, make snowmen, take snow pictures….and cook slow food. Last winter I invested in one of those enamel cast-iron Dutch Ovens. I bought one of the cheaper knock-off brands – $50.00 not $350.00.

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Live to 100

I was reading an article the other day in the newspaper by some one who had visited the site www.livingto100.com. Apparently, you can key in certain family or lifestyle characteristics and the site will estimate how long you have to live – just the cheeriest place on earth 🙂  Anyway, I have chosen not to

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Ozmopolitan

On Saturday I got to enjoy my Christmas present from my eldest son. He had bought tickets to see Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “The Wizard of Oz.” We went together with his partner.  I was thrilled. My husband isn’t a great fan of musicals so he may get tickets to a ballgame in May or June.

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On the naming of parts…or something like that…

Here are some more ideas for naming children after cars or their parts 🙂 I just had to explore this idea of choosing names for children a little more.  Celebrities often select their stage names for effect – “Lady Gaga” is one. “Madonna” happens to use her own name and some people think that Englebert

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Icicles and the things that drop from eaves

Eavesdropping is an interesting word and an interesting action.  At one point in history people were fined for listening in on the conversations of others, which happened when one stood very close to another’s home in the area where “things” dropped from the eaves. Historically, there was also a hole in the home, near the

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