Aiden took his first few steps earlier this week. Just two at a time, which is really exciting the first time you see it. Chrissy and I were both in the living room when he did it, just toddled over to me from the coffee table. It wasn’t very far, but it was the first time that we had seen him take a step from a standing...
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Summer is usually bad for mining stocks, since the Canadian mining companies are usually doing their thing while it’s warm. The mergers and discovery reports that drive stock prices higher don’t usually happen until the fall or winter. Typically, the stocks drop around April and don’t come back until after...
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Chrissy and I finally got out to Portage to see the fifth Harry Potter movie. We saw it on the IMAX screen, so the last twenty minutes were in 3D. I had been looking forward to seeing it since long before it was released. Chrissy had not read the fifth book, but I had listened to the books-on-tape version from the library when it...
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Chrissy and her mom have been going for walks together all summer. I have the bad ankles, so long walks aren’t always such a good idea for me. However, Chrissy and her mom have now started going for bike rides, which I think that I can handle. Cassie was over tonight, so she stayed behind to watch Aiden while Chrissy and I...
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Chrissy got me a huge set of Generation 2 Transformers on eBay for Christmas way back in 2003. I didn’t have any G2 figures at the time, so it was a big deal for me. Included was a complete set of yellow Constructicons, construction vehicles that merged to form the super-robot, Devastator. I already had the G1 Devastator in...
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