I had a panic attack around 10pm last night - I was feeling a little down beforehand but nothing really bad or unusal, and I putting sheets on the bed, then suddenly PANIC! HYPERVENTILATION! UNCONTROLLABLE CRYING! FALLING DOWN! TINGLING! WORLD CRUMBLING! I have no idea what caused it - I know what *triggered* it but I don't consider that the cause ( Read more... )

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1: looking regal like there's nothing to it

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A short selection of what we did the first 5 days in photo format.
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Argentina was great. Photos to come, but here's a quick written recapitulation in bullet point format:

• We arrived in Buenos Aires on the 13th. It's mid-summer and hot. Our hotel is nice, but a little out of the way. Buenos Aires is cheap. We eat well and drink malbec. We wander the city. Buenos Aires is huge. Buenos Aires is also late: dinner ( Read more... )

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I've been holiday shopping early this year so my family in Canada don't get their presents in the new year instead of at Christmas. So I've also been noticing some upcoming local fairs. I will begin listing them here for the head-starters like myself -- because gifting local-and-hand-made items is preferable to made-in-China-bought-on-Amazon for ( Read more... )

My new obsession is saving on fancy groceries using coupons on already-discounted items ( Read more... )

Here's why I love it ( Read more... )

It's been decided - I'm finally going to cut my hair. There's just too much of it, it's unmanageable and heavy ( Read more... )