Hint #1
I bought new flip flops for the grand event.
Author Archives: Camille
Building the Suspense…
Almost every week for the past long time, I have seriously bemoaned the wretchedness that is the Monday morning. For a semi-comprehensive list of all my bitter Monday posts, see below: Semi-comprehensive List of Bitter Monday Posts: 1. Here 2. … Continue reading
DOUBLEYOU-TEE-EFF, CANADA.
Look what happened to me today: That’s right. Snow. Eight inches, to be precise. It’s April the dadgum 23rd, and we’re getting bloody snowstorms. I’m more than a little irked, in case you couldn’t tell. The highway into the city … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, It's All Good, my edjumacation and me, Overall Good Things, quickies
Tagged American Literature, Heath Ledger, Snow in April
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In An Effort to Salvage My Marriage…
Manners. There are so many different perspectives of what constitutes “good manners,” don’t you think? In my house growing up, I was not allowed to read at the dinner table. Common courtesy, or so it seemed. But these days, I … Continue reading
Posted in Cutting Back, fiascos, It's All Good, Married Life, mediocrity, oh brother what next, Poor Kyle, spin cycle
Tagged bad manners
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Get Over It—How to Love a Mother-in-Law
***Preface: This post is about my mother-in-law, a daily reader and occasional commenter here at Archives of Our Lives. See, here’s the thing about my in-laws: I love them. Dearly. I know I am lucky to have such a good … Continue reading
Posted in ask me anything, Canada, family, It's All Good, Married Life
Tagged how to love a mother-in-law, in-laws
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They Paved Paradise
I thrill at the sight of old houses, no matter what condition they’re in. I think they’re beautiful with their weathered siding, vintage bubbly-glass windows, original hardwood, old-school weather vanes, all of it. Here in Mayberry, I go out of … Continue reading
Pathetic Fallacy
On a dark and stormy night, I died. I should have expected as much, what with the dark and stormy night and all. College taught me one term of literature that will stick with me throughout my life: the pathetic … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, failures, mediocrity, mondays suck, photos
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