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Mother of two imps and wife of one. Writer, photographer, pro blogger, adventure-seeker, Ottawaholic, social media evangelist and lover of STUFF. Also known as @missfish on Twitter.
If there is one phrase that hurts my ears (not to mention my head) it’s the ol’: “MOM, I’M BORED.” That’s why we started […]
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July 19th, 2011
Andrea Tomkins
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Awhile back I posted about a cool board game I found in a secondhand store. Last night my family played a round of Careers, […]
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July 12th, 2011
Andrea Tomkins
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Home decorating with UsedOttawa and PinterestLast week I wrote about some cool camping-related items from the UsedOttawa website. Well, I’m still browsing. It’s been non-stop really. As some of you […]
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July 5th, 2011
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Summer = campingAre you a camper? Or a wannabe camper? Maybe you want to dip your toe in the water and don’t quite know where to […]
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June 28th, 2011
Andrea Tomkins
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I started making coffee popsicles a couple summers ago. If you like coffee, and if you like sweet things, and if you are a […]
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June 21st, 2011
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Special things and signs from aboveAwhile ago I wrote or tweeted (or both), asking people what item they’d save if their house was on fire. I think everyone took […]
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June 14th, 2011
Andrea Tomkins
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Vintage children’s books as time capsulesOne of my favourite things to buy secondhand are children’s books. We are voracious readers and buying used saves our family a ton of […]
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June 7th, 2011
Andrea Tomkins
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A long time ago I had a friend who was the daughter of educated French parents who’d transplanted themselves to Canada. They loved their […]
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May 31st, 2011
Andrea Tomkins
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Our rain barrel is one of the best purchases we ever made around our house. It’s about ten years old and it’s still going […]
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May 24th, 2011
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I have no problem with garbage picking, both as a picker, and pickee. As a person who has obtained some cool stuff from other […]
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May 17th, 2011
Andrea Tomkins
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