Recent Comments

1. almost 9 years ago on Baldo

   I find I get more out of my kids if I ask them, “What was the best part of your day?” If I ask them “How was school” I get a sarcastic “Good” or “Do we have to talk?”

2. over 9 years ago on Zack Hill

   Gluten free bread also contains carbs. Gluten free does not mean carb free. If you want to remove carbs, you need to change the flour to soya flour, or almond meal, or flax meal, or oat fibre, replace sugar with stevia or splenda. You can even add gluten to give it a stretchy texture. The gluten and the carb are completely different things. Gluten free is much easier since it is a huge fad right now. You can buy tons of gluten free products. Actual low carb bread is more difficult to come by. You really have to make it yourself.

3. almost 10 years ago on Cathy Classics

   Sounds like they work for the Canadian government. They start with 2 or 3 weeks vacation, then get 1 week personal/family days (to be used if your kid is sick). Then they get a set amount of sick days. Technically the sick days are supposed to be used when you are sick, but there is a culture of using them as vacation days. They also accumulate from year to year, so I know some people who have months of sick leave saved up. I think the personal days do not accumulate so you are encouraged to use them up or lose them. I am private sector so I don’t know in exact detail how it works. I only get a set number of weeks of vacation and sick time if I have a doctors note. This information is what I gather from listening to my public servant friends talk.

4. over 13 years ago on Imagine This

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