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January 26, 2019January 26, 2019Snowbird of Paradise

Panic. Panic. Don’t Panic. Re-panic.

I was in shock a couple of weeks ago because I received a Notice of Reassessment from the Canada Revenue Agency stating that I owed a lot of taxes on my 2017 tax return, and it had to be paid within twenty days. Yikes! I panicked. I couldn’t think straight. I couldn’t figure it out. […]

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Queen Mary with Ladies-in-Waiting 1911 by J. Fortesque via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
June 10, 2017June 9, 2017Snowbird of Paradise

When A Bad Memory Can Be A Good Thing

On Wednesday, I was a lady-in-waiting. I’m not so well-connected as a royal lady-in-waiting, but I am right up there with the waiting skills. First, I spent almost two hours waiting at the car dealership for “just a quick fix” on my vehicle, and then I spent another hour waiting to get a police information […]

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February 1, 2012July 8, 2014Snowbird of Paradise

Turning In

“Well, I’m turning in now” means so much less than “Well, I’m turning myself in now.” I just read about a  man who turned himself in to the police because he was responsible for accidentally starting a brush fire that ultimately burned down several houses. He had disposed of fireplace ashes that were still hot. […]

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