Category: Living
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Vimy Ridge
124 years ago today, July 18th 1892, my great grandfather, George Andrew McDonald, came screaming into the world. In his 24th year he enlisted with the Canadian military and entered the Great War. He volunteered likely believing the war would be over by December and thus set sail for England, I imagine, excited for adventure. […]
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Home Sweet Home
In January 2007 I completed my graduate work at the University of Alberta in Library and Information Studies. I was a newly minted librarian looking for work and desperate to take whatever I could find. It turned out that I really didn’t need to worry. As I entered my final semester in the fall of […]
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An update from Lilli
Hi everybody. It has been a long time since I last wrote. I thought I’d give everyone an update on how I am doing. We are still homeschooling. Most of my classes are online. I like sleeping in and doing my school work in my PJs… well mom doesn’t usually let me wear my PJs but […]
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Repent, Forgive & Enjoy
It has been a few event filled weeks since I last wrote. They have included a couple trips out to a local Wadi and the dedication of the first purpose built LDS chapel in the Middle East. I want to begin my post with a few words about that dedication and the visit of Elder […]
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A first night apart
Yesterday after church about 25 men and a few young men rode off into the desert for a guys night of desert camping. What happens when you send a bunch of men into the wilderness who are eager to recapture some of their youth and a few boys eager to be men? Well, potentially a […]
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Scary Possibilities
All week I’ve been thinking about what it is I want for my children. What would I need as a parent to feel successful? More importantly what do they need as children to be “successful” as adults?” In the midst of my pondering we had a small scare that really got me thinking. On Tuesday […]
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Health and Happiness
This will be the first post written on our… wait, I mean my new 27 inch iMac (I really must think more selfishly). The computer is beautiful. I can’t afford a BMW but I can eek out the cost of one of these. I ordered it December 11th and it arrived yesterday. It was a long wait. […]
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Staycation
I’m not sure when my last post was… likely nearly a month ago. This is a sure sign of the normality life has taken on here. I believe we are all doing very well. Kirsten had a real bout of serious homesickness last Friday but she seems to have rallied very well. There are some […]
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American University of Sharjah Parks
Okay there are lots of parks on campus. A few days ago I went around to some of the parks around the University and took pictures. I got lots! We play on all of them. Some have monkey bars and big slides. There are some that have tunnels. My favourite park is the K block. […]
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Family Economy
So back in mid-November, James and I attended a fireside on Parenting. The guest speakers were staying next door with our neighbours (who happen to be the Stake President and his wife). I ran into them on campus while walking home from lunch with James. “Hello, we’re the Eyres we’ve heard so much about you.” […]
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