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Category Archives: Everyday Life
Happy 10th Birthday George
You would have been 10 today! I miss you every day and hope you’re enjoying running free! Until we meet again my lovely.
Mindset is everything
Earlier this year my longtime friend Barbara signed up for the NYC lottery Marathon. I wanted to seriously get back into running again so I thought this would be a great idea for me as well (it’s on my bucket … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Life, Fitness
Tagged covid19, half marathon, NYC lottery marathon, Ottawa Race weekend, pandemic, running
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Happy New Year 2020 \(^O^)/
The start of 2019 brought much heartache 💔…. I received news at the beginning of January of the sudden death of my dearest and beloved friend Said. Months later my lovely George crossed the rainbow bridge after a long … Continue reading
Posted in Deafness, Everyday Life, Family
Tagged birch haven rescue, danes in distress, DCM, deafgirl, doxie, dragon boat, great dane, lady ink tattoo, mud girl, mud hero, ottawa FC fury, veteran
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Riding the LRT and finding my Disney princess
Last Saturday we decided to take part in the Grand opening of the Ottawa LRT and take a ride to the Rideau Centre for some shopping and adventures. My grandson Gabriel who is an avid train enthusiast absolutely loved it! … Continue reading
Posted in Deafness, Everyday Life
Tagged byward market, deaf princess, deafgirl, disney, Gabrielle, jeff leiper, kitchissippi ward, LRT, o-train, ottawalrt
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It’s a new day and a new week with new goals and new challenges!
Last Friday I renewed my membership at Movati Trainyards as I had let my membership lapse for a couple of years. It was time to spread my wings and finally do this on my own again, but this time, so … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Life, Fitness
Tagged Fitness, getfitwithles, movati, personaltrainer, positive, prime, primepersonaltraining
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Depression and Hearing Loss
It’s Bell Let’s Talk Day! It’s okay to not be okay! If you or someone you know needs help, reach out! #BellLetsTalk #endthestigma It was first discovered I had significant hearing loss after my Leadership course in 1990 (Now called DLP … Continue reading
Posted in Deafness, Everyday Life, Family
Tagged audiogram, clinic, Deafness, ENT, hearing loss
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My blog turns 5 today!
5 years ago I launched my blog. My original thoughts behind this blog would be to help people understand my deafness and perhaps, a little deafness education. (see #5) As I was reflecting this morning on what to write, I … Continue reading
Posted in Alerts, Deafness, Dog Guide, Everyday Life, Family
Tagged 5 year anniversary, adventures, cycling, Deafness, Dogguides, duvine, duvine style, hard of hearing, lions foundation canada
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Walker – Reflections on death
It has been one year since you crossed over the Rainbow Bridge and not a day goes by that I don’t think of you. It was difficult during the first little while. I kept seeing you everywhere, almost like your … Continue reading
Posted in Deafness, Dog Guide, Everyday Life, Family
Tagged death, Dog Guide, Hearing Ear Dog, rainbow bridge, talking about death
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Hearing aid woes
My right Oticon hearing aid stopped working yesterday…all of a sudden I could hear…tock, tock, tock in my ear. I knew that didn’t sound right, so I took it out and did my best to trouble-shooting the issue…I blew in … Continue reading
Posted in Deafness, Everyday Life
Tagged Davidson's Hearing Aid Centres, deaf girl, deafened, Encouraging, Hearing aid repair, Oticon, Overcome, SpeakUp
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World Hello Day
Today is the 45th annual World Hello day! Anyone can participate in World Hello Day simply by greeting ten people. This demonstrates the importance of personal communication for preserving peace! You can view letters from people ALL over the World, participating … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Deafness, Everyday Life
Tagged asl, bonjour, ciao, deafgirl, hello, world hello day
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