Category Archives: Poor Kyle

Brave New World of Productivity

Guess what happened to me this weekend? PRODUCTIVITY! Productivity, indeed, in the form of a few lawn mowing machines and a bit of manual labour.  Within a few hours on Saturday afternoon, our yard went from this disaster… …to this: … Continue reading

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The Saga of Poor Kyle’s Poor Teeth

Long-time readers of Archives of Our Lives might recall that my husband, Poor Kyle, is missing his three front teeth. Here’s how the story goes: Poor Kyle was in fourth grade (Grade 4, Canadians!).  He had a bike.  He was riding … Continue reading

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Those Three Words (Continued)

I sort of think it’s funny to write “To Be Continued” posts when the outcome is obvious either way.  In fact, I’ve sort of tossed around a long-term (maybe stretched out over a few months) dramatic re-telling of how Poor … Continue reading

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Those Three Words

***Posted along with Sprite’s Keeper’s Spin Cycle, the theme of which this week is “Saying ‘I Love You.’”  Swing by the blog for more of the lovey-est dovey-est posts on the internet.*** Poor Kyle and me, Circa 2006. We’re standing … Continue reading

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Grand Cayman (of the Cayman Islands)

Image from here. Poor Kyle and I are holidaying in/on the Cayman Islands [I’m always in a quandary as to whether people stay in an island or on an island…]. It should come as no surprise that we are enjoying … Continue reading

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In An Effort to Salvage My Marriage…

Manners.  There are so many different perspectives of what constitutes “good manners,” don’t you think?  In my house growing up, I was not allowed to read at the dinner table.  Common courtesy, or so it seemed.  But these days, I … Continue reading

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This is the Song That Never Ends.

In the office {next to our bedroom where I’m typing this}, Poor Kyle is humming the tune to Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours,” which is already about as sweet as it can be, but Poor Kyle adds in all kinds of … Continue reading

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