Our Nontraditional Thanksgiving

As many of you know, my husband and I are Canadian, born and raised. We've lived here in the US only since 2000. Therefore, American Thanksgiving isn't something we grew up with. (In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated in October.) For many of the last few years (not all) we have travelled to Victoria to visit my parents during Thanksgiving break. The main reason is that the kids have time off from school and J has time off from work. We don't have a traditional thanksgiving meal with turkey and all the trimmings. This year one of my kids had a bit of a hard time reconciling this fact. We assured him that he would still be eating well and the main point of thanksgiving is being with your family and being thankful. Don't you Americans get exhausted by making a big meal in November and then another one only one month later? :)

I plan on blogging more about our trip (including photos) but Blogger says that I've reached my limit for photo storage. Boo! I've been blogging for seven years! I hope to find a way around giving money to Google in order to solve this problem. :)





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My blog is NOT dangerous!

I'm sorry if you saw a warning message if you tried to visit my blog.
I removed my pretty background. Boo hoo! 

Apparently the free background I was using (from Shabby Blogs) had some virus threat. 

Sigh.

I'll search for something new in the meantime.

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Do you like the new look?

I finally upgraded my blog to something pretty. :)

I promise I have a post coming with some actual content as well.Pin It

I changed my name!

Well, of my blog, that is. I've been unhappy with the name for a long time and today was the day. I asked for suggestions and received many great ones. I decided to go with Dodging Raindrops while holding little hands. Thank you, Jennifer, for the fantastic suggestion!

Welcome to my new blog. Now I just need a fancier background.Pin It

Works for Me Wednesday - backwards edition

Today is Backwards Day at Works-For-Me Wednesday. Instead of sharing a tip that has worked for me, it's time to ask for advice! I couldn't think of any problem to ask about that was simple or straight-forward. :)

Then, I got an idea. I've been thinking of renaming my blog for ages but haven't come up with a catchy title. It seems that all the good ones are taken! So, here's my question, can anyone think of a better blog title? One I thought of yesterday was "Dodging Raindrops" since I live in a very rainy place. I'd love any and all ideas. If you think I *shouldn't* change it, tell me that too. I just think my blog name is too long.

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Addicted to blogging?

Who me? :)

70%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?

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Catchin' up with my blogging friends

I'm back. We went on a mini vacation to visit my parents for Mother's Day. A good time was had by all.

I'm catching up with laundry and in between that - reading blogs. 222 new posts while I was gone! I read 39 blogs on a regular basis.

I *though* I'd want to post while I was gone or maybe check my blogs. I didn't have that urge. I finished my CBS lesson *really* early in the week which is a first for me. Staying in a hotel room with the boys meant that my DH and I had to either go to bed when they did or hang out in the bathroom or take turns going to the hotel lobby. A couple hours spent in the quiet lobby and I was done my lesson!Pin It

Playing with blog settings again.

I think it worked this time. I'm not crazy about the colour but that's a task for another night.Pin It

Check out my new header

My hubby did it for me. It still needs some tweaking but it is fun to have my boys' picture there.Pin It