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Categories!

by admin

For those sharp of the eye, you will notice that the tagline for the blog has changed. Instead of a snappy quip, now present are links by which you can filter the content of the site by category. So, if you were only interested in reading, say, the book reports, you could click on Book Reports in the tagline and be confronted with all the posts that fall into that category.

Lemme know what you think.

Thanks,

–The Management

Summer Blog Challenge Weekend Edition

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This weekend was filled with great and not great things. Since I didn’t synopsisize the posts for those days, here they are. Thirty glorious synopses for your enjoyment.

Day 12

  • Natasha shows off her folk fest memories.
  • Zita talks about cookie cutters.
  • Meaghan details her trip to the land of sand and bankruptcy.
  • April doesn’t think you’re very funny.
  • Aramelle knows true love when she sees it.
  • Cliff gives us two minutes of our day back.
  • Peter with the return of the mighty muggs.
  • Tammy is a very grounded person.
  • Liam TALKS about typing.
  • Jessica pulls something forward from the past for this day’s post.

Day 13

  • Natasha decides to starve out her negativity.
  • Zita, tired, keeps it positive.
  • Meaghan: so much to do, so little time.
  • April makes a change.
  • Aramelle writes a letter to her son.
  • Cliff likes bad movies.
  • Peter got a thing in a box.
  • Tammy took a trip to the lake.
  • Liam had people over and sped through the posting.
  • Jessica celebrates a milestone.

Day 14

  • Natasha turns to social media to recommend her next book.
  • Zita tries to figure out: what next?
  • Meaghan plans her next getaway.
  • April wants us to all just get along.
  • Aramelle tries to find the positive in a week of solo-parenting.
  • Cliff anticipates a new game.
  • Peter hopes to land a Calrissian signature.
  • Tammy takes on the shadow man.
  • Liam mails it in.
  • Jessica: Lessons from her perfect teacher.

I hope you enjoy this extended look at the Summer Blog Challenge.
I have learned to stay on top of things, which is a lesson I’m sure I’ll forget by the time this weekend rolls around.

The Management

Summer Blog Challenge Day 11 Digest

by admin

Here’s today’s list:

  • Natasha loves beer and grass.
  • Zita on her sleeping arrangements.
  • Meaghan home safe and sound (and presumably fed).
  • April doesn’t know.
  • Aramelle has looked at clouds from both sides now.
  • Cliff assembles a crack commando unit.
  • Peter shows us more moving photographs of the love of his life.
  • Tammy lobbies for change.
  • Liam TALKS about writing.
  • Jessica feels the persistence of time.

Have a good weekend,

Liam

Summer Blog Challenge Day 9 Digest

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It’s getting harder and harder to keep track of all of the posts and when people are posting them. I’m just going to go one after the other and if someone misses a day, then I’ll just use the next day’s one. Unless there isn’t one, then I’ll mention that.

Without further ado:

  • Natasha tests out blogging from her phone.
  • Zita makes a random admission.
  • Meaghan slowly makes her way back home.
  • April can help with “Mom Guilt”
  • Aramelle also mis-spells “blog.”
  • Cliff is torn asunder by the plummeting quality of television.
  • Peter finally gets some Dragonball Z.
  • Tammy shares a touching story of pet ownership.
  • Liam listens to talk radio sometimes.
  • Jessica shares a glass with a friend.

Enjoy the bloggy goodness.

Summer Blog Challenge Day 8 Digest

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Featuring the first mistake in Summer Blog Challenge Digest history. See if you can spot it!

  • Natasha mis-spells “blog.”
  • Zita sends good thoughts to an injured friend.
  • Meaghan cops out with a healed soul.
  • April: These are a few of her favourite things.
  • Aramelle: Even though I mixed up the days, she talks about her transformation to momma-hood.
  • Cliff on the logistics of board game pieces.
  • Peter gets started on his model.
  • Tammy is at odds with the city’s nether regions.
  • Liam is putting his Torch out to pasture.
  • Jessica knows she can’t do it all herself.

Good luck with my little game!

The Management

Summer Blog Challenge Day 7 Digest

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First week is done! Good job to everyone, and good luck going forward. The second week’s always the hardest.

  • Natasha is a “bad” feminist.
  • Zita likes her husband.
  • Meaghan bends the space time continuum using the time-honoured “Vegas” rule.
  • April hates exercise.
  • Aramelle takes a look at herself.
  • Cliff is expected to be clairvoyant.
  • Peter pictures himself behind the wheel.
  • Tammy shares an easy cheat recipe.
  • Liam found some new bands.
  • Jessica wants an end to the wars.

In The Now Day 5 Digest

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Happy Saturday!

  • Natasha stumbles a bit but perseveres.
  • Zita fulfills the requirements of World Breastfeeding Week.
  • Meaghan scales back for her health and (half) her sanity.
  • April has friends who are coocoo for coconuts.
  • Aramelle has a busy child.
  • Cliff and his solo-mission challenge.
  • Peter models his car.
  • Tammy loves her fun and games.
  • Liam has a little more vertical space.
  • Jessica stays positive in the wake of terrible news.

Summer Blog Challenge Day 4 Digest

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For your consideration:

  • Natasha discusses the cost of free formula.
  • Zita on how she spent her summer staycation.
  • Meaghan introduces her kids to the ukelele.
  • April moves away from negativity and doesn’t pack any baggage.
  • Aramelle honours her great teachers.
  • Cliff reads lots of books.
  • Peter with the deal of the century (so far).
  • Tammy fights the temptation.
  • Liam lies to the police (not recently, though).
  • Jessica and her boys. (Probably would have been inappropriate to put something about poor Jessica)

Thank you,

The Management

You May Notice [I'm Dumb Version]

by admin

Apparently, yours truly has been asleep at the switch. Reading Peter’s blog (read: waiting around for the latest post so I could write the digest and go to bed), I noticed there was a link on his blogroll that I didn’t recognize. Then it hit me: I am an idiot. Someone had snuck in under the wire, and I completely missed it.
Fortunately, we’re basically three days in, and it was not terribly difficult to add her name and synopsis to the digest post. However, I am not going to edit the two digests of which she is not a part. I will, however, synopsisize the two posts that she wrote right here.

  • Jessica: Better late than never.
  • Jessica takes something away from the SBC right off.

So there you have it. A fully participating participant in the summer blog challenge that I never even knew about. AND she’s learning stuff!

Welcome, Jessica, and I’m sorry I missed you out of the gate.

-The Management

Summer Blog Challenge Day 3 Digest

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Submitted for your blog-reading pleasure:

  • Natasha shares her passion for a worthy cause.
  • Zita gets (stays?) away from it all.
  • Meaghan shows her appreciation for the work done by the police force.
  • Aprils a-themed post makes someones day.
  • Aramelle shares a touching memory.
  • Cliff handles some precious cargo.
  • Peter shows off the carnage with he hath bought.
  • Tammy keeps it close to home.
  • Liam presents the then and now of his goals.
  • Jessica wants to learn how to slow down and enjoy suppertime.

What’s that? You notice a new bloggist on the list? That will be addressed in the next post.

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