<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from nadia.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 nadia.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-04T22:57:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2009-07-16:links.412176962</id><title>Camryn Lamers aka Dr. Seuss</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/camryn_lamers_aka_dr_seuss.htm"><![CDATA[So, I decide I&#39;m taking the girls tenting at Sibley last weekend. I got a variety of responses to this: everything from &quot;Oh that will be so fun!&quot; to &quot;You realize that &#39;tenting&#39; means sleeping in a tent, right Princess?&quot]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/camryn_lamers_aka_dr_seuss.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2009-07-16T02:27:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-16T02:27:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2009-04-01:links.412161270</id><title>Air Canada...no more?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/air_canadano_more.htm"><![CDATA[It seems like my favorite topic of discussion is Air Canada. I flew Westjet yesterday, out of a snowstorm in Thunder Bay and landed in Toronto a hilarious THREE HOURS before the suckers on the Jazz flight that was scheduled to leave at the same time.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/air_canadano_more.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2009-04-01T14:15:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-01T14:15:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2008-08-29:links.412125619</id><title>Flyers Please</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/flyers_please.htm"><![CDATA[My mother has been on a rampage about flyer delivery for the past five years.Not that she gets too many flyers and her recycle bin is overflowing, but that she DOESN&#39;T get the flyers.&nbsp; She wants them.&nbsp; I told her she could have mine, bu]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/flyers_please.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2008-08-29T14:54:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-29T14:54:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2008-08-07:links.412120436</id><title>The Happenings of Nadia</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/the_happenings_of_nadia.htm"><![CDATA[Well, don&#39;t I just have a ton of stuff to do. Lessee here: Three sets of financial statements, two corporate tax returns, a whole year of posting for a client, 12 GST returns, three assignments, four exams to study for and lets not even get into]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/the_happenings_of_nadia.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2008-08-07T21:08:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-07T21:08:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2008-05-12:links.412102534</id><title>Adventures in Motorcycle Training</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/adventures_in_motorcycle_training.htm"><![CDATA[This past weekend I participated in a Motorcycle Training Course. The Motorcycle Riding Program, as it is officially called, is held at Confederation College each weekend from May until September. Due to the reputation of the course, it sells out qui]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/adventures_in_motorcycle_training.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2008-05-12T10:56:00Z</updated><published>2008-05-12T10:56:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2008-02-29:links.412087033</id><title>One Night Live</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/one_night_live.htm"><![CDATA[Yesterday I flew to Toronto and attended a benefit called &quot;One Night Live.&quot; This was a spectacular event held as a fundraiser for the Sunnybrook Women and Babies Hospital Expansion. See, right now, Sunnybrook is home to the second highest h]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/one_night_live.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2008-02-29T13:12:00Z</updated><published>2008-02-29T13:12:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2008-02-27:links.412086644</id><title>Welcome Tax Season 2008</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/welcome_tax_season_2008.htm"><![CDATA[There are about 30 reasons why I should not be writing a blog entry right now. Tax season has arrived with it&#39;s usual sense of complete urgency, the feeling of always being rushed and the oh-so-wonderful errors that make you have to do everything]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/welcome_tax_season_2008.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2008-02-27T17:55:00Z</updated><published>2008-02-27T17:55:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2008-01-27:links.412079463</id><title>Life in Complex</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/life_in_complex.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;m going through one of those phases in my life where I feel like I&#39;m losing grasp on things that I once had total control over.It&#39;s an odd feeling for me, a switch from the normal &quot;Nadia is running the show&quot; level that I opera]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/life_in_complex.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2008-01-27T18:37:00Z</updated><published>2008-01-27T18:37:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-11-16:links.412061065</id><title>The Complexities of Baggage</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/the_complexities_of_baggage.htm"><![CDATA[I don&#39;t think I will ever understand, or even know, the rules of air travel. Regulations seem to pop up at random in the most bizzare situations. Take mine, for instance. Mike and I went to Kansas City on Sunday to see Garth Brooks in concert (Si]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/the_complexities_of_baggage.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-11-16T15:24:00Z</updated><published>2007-11-16T15:24:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-11-06:links.412057754</id><title>Tim&apos;s Card</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/tims_card.htm"><![CDATA[Welcome, Tim Hortons, to the 21st century.Me, and all the others out there who are addicted to the half-coffee-half-heroin-mix of Tim Hortons, can say goodbye to the days of rummaging under the seat, in pockets and cupholders while simulatenously try]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/tims_card.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-11-06T11:45:00Z</updated><published>2007-11-06T11:45:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-09-15:links.412041178</id><title>Gimme More</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/gimme_more.htm"><![CDATA[I don&#39;t understand the recent uproar directed at Britney Spears.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/gimme_more.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-09-15T19:13:00Z</updated><published>2007-09-15T19:13:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-08-27:links.412035121</id><title>The Journey</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/the_journey.htm"><![CDATA[And so it begins...or rather, maybe it continues.Andria has recently been diagnosed with an intellectual disability. It answers alot of questions for us, and at the same time it creates so many more. Since late July, when I was told the news, I have]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/the_journey.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-08-27T17:46:00Z</updated><published>2007-08-27T17:46:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-08-14:links.412030648</id><title>Snippets of Condo Renovation....in no particular order</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/snippets_of_condo_renovationin_no_particular_order.htm"><![CDATA[Characters Nadia: &nbsp;MeMike: &nbsp;My husband.Tamara: &nbsp;My friend that lives in Burlington. Chief painter. Chris&rsquo; wife.Chris: &nbsp;Project Coordinator. Tamara&rsquo;s husband.Rudy: &nbsp;Random friend of Chris and Tamara that is REALLY]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/snippets_of_condo_renovationin_no_particular_order.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-08-14T19:05:00Z</updated><published>2007-08-14T19:05:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-07-07:links.412016901</id><title>Adventures in Condo Renovation</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/adventures_in_condo_renovation.htm"><![CDATA[A short time ago, Mike and I purchased a condo in Toronto. It&#39;s kind of an investment-but-we-will-use-it-lots too kinda thing. When I purchased it, I realized that there was some minor renovation work to be done, so for the last month or so, I ha]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/adventures_in_condo_renovation.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-07-07T15:29:00Z</updated><published>2007-07-07T15:29:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-05-29:links.412001544</id><title>Shaving Cream</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/the_thursday_wedding.htm"><![CDATA[I have a secret - I love Thursdays.I love Thursday&#39;s for a number of reasons:1) ER is on2) It&#39;s the day before Friday, which means it&#39;s a productive day because I do just about everything I can do to not have to work on Friday nights, and]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/the_thursday_wedding.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-05-29T03:36:00Z</updated><published>2007-05-29T03:36:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-04-28:links.411988754</id><title>Facebook</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/facebook.htm"><![CDATA[Woah. What an animal.On my most recent trip to Southern Ontario, my girlfriend Tamara tells me that she is on Facebook. Now, I had junked several requests from friends about joining, etc, but participated in the conversation with Tamara. She tells me]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/facebook.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-04-28T23:22:00Z</updated><published>2007-04-28T23:22:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-04-24:links.411986721</id><title>Tax Season 2006</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/tax_season_2006.htm"><![CDATA[6 more days to go. This little joke pretty much describes my day to a T.TAX SEASON STRESS DIET5am - Breakfast:One half grapefruitOne slice whole wheat toast, plainFour ounces skim milk9am - Mid-Morning Snack:Two dried apricotsFour ounces skim milk12]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/tax_season_2006.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-04-24T16:17:00Z</updated><published>2007-04-24T16:17:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-03-23:links.411971497</id><title>To Mac or Not to Mac</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/to_mac_or_not_to_mac.htm"><![CDATA[Okay everyone, it&#39;s decision time! My pc is about three crashes away from sailing out the nearest window and into the parking lot. I cannot, CANNOT tolerate the instability, crashiness, sluggishness and the daily 20 minute boot-up.&nbsp; After ne]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/to_mac_or_not_to_mac.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-03-23T01:56:00Z</updated><published>2007-03-23T01:56:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-03-19:links.411969207</id><title>Nickelback.....or not</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/nickelbackor_not.htm"><![CDATA[Tell me, who in their right minds would go to Duluth, Georgia, for no reason at all? Why, the Lamers&#39;!What could possibly be better than fourth row seats with backstage passes to see Nickelback? Answer: NOTHING. This is why I was so excited to ge]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/nickelbackor_not.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-03-19T02:58:00Z</updated><published>2007-03-19T02:58:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-03-13:links.411966252</id><title>The Canada Revenue Agency</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/the_canada_revenue_agency.htm"><![CDATA[Well well well. It would seem that our friends at the Canada Revenue Agency have had themselves a little accident. Currently, and for the past 7 days, the fine people of this country have been unable to file our tax returns.  For people like me,]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/the_canada_revenue_agency.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-03-13T02:06:00Z</updated><published>2007-03-13T02:06:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-02-06:links.411937763</id><title>NyQuil</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/nyquil.htm"><![CDATA[I am sick.I am so sick I am wondering if death would be nicer.I have a fever. I'm hot. I'm cold. I'm coughing until I can't breathe. And the worst of all, I'm stuffed. The thing about being sick like this is you never remember wha]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/nyquil.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-02-06T21:51:00Z</updated><published>2007-02-06T21:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2007-01-23:links.411925077</id><title>Sherilyn</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/sherilyn.htm"><![CDATA[I suppose I haven&#39;t said too much about Sherilyn, and I really probably should have by now. Sherilyn is my Assistant, also known as my right hand, my left hand, and on occasion, my brain.Those of you who have Administrative Assistants know that o]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/sherilyn.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2007-01-23T14:49:00Z</updated><published>2007-01-23T14:49:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2006-12-25:links.411901685</id><title>Happy Belated Birthday to Me!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/happy_belated_birthday_to_me.htm"><![CDATA[And Merry Christmas to the rest of you :) I wanted to update my blog on my birthday with my 28 things I want to accomplish before another 28 years passes just like I did last year but TODAY - Christmas Day - is the first day since my birthday th]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/happy_belated_birthday_to_me.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2006-12-25T19:17:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-25T19:17:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2006-12-06:links.411884542</id><title>And the Winner Is.....</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/and_the_winner_is.htm"><![CDATA[Landscaper #1 - The guy who should have done it in the first place.My vote was actually Landscaper #2, since he came sniffing around my office bearing coffees the other day. But it wasn&#39;t him, nor was it Dan as he claims. It was in fact, Paul Art]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/and_the_winner_is.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2006-12-06T15:12:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-06T15:12:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nadia.blog-city.com,2006-11-26:links.411874741</id><title>The Gate Fairy</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nadia.blog-city.com/the_gate_fairy.htm"><![CDATA[Mike and I have a new gate. We have no idea why, but someone came took down our gate, and replaced it with a new gate.Now, in all honesty, the previous gate wasn't installed properly. In fact, we have withheld payment to our first landsacper beca]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nadia.blog-city.com/the_gate_fairy.htm"/><dc:creator>Nadia Lamers</dc:creator><author><name>Nadia Lamers</name></author><updated>2006-11-26T22:20:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-26T22:20:00Z</published></entry></feed>