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I don't have time for a real post today as Big A is home with a bad case of strep throat.  It's the third time she's had it and apparently if she gets it too many more times it may be that she needs to get her tonsils out.  Oy!

It's been a trying week for other reasons too: our internet service has been very intermittent since last Saturday.  I've been on the phone with Bell Canada at least 5 times and they've even sent someone to our house and each time they claim they've fixed the problem and then it goes down again.  So I'm writing this as fast as I can before it conks out again.

I hope you have a lovely weekend and that I am back online - for good - by Monday.  If not, you can bet I will be SCREAMING at the Bell Canada folks and perhaps considering a different service provider.
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  1. JoanneDecember 15, 2012 at 4:28 AM

    good luck with everything and i hope big A feels better!! having to deal with internet providers is the worst!

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  2. LeslieDecember 16, 2012 at 5:09 PM

    Hope she feels better. E had Hand Foot Mouth (Coxackie) this past week with 102.8 F fever - so I feel your pain! Oh and BTW we switched from our cable to AT7T U-verse which is all digital service and we are So. Much. Happier! Never goes out on us and great customer svc...not that we've needed it much! Hoping you find something similar there.

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