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  • 06 Mar
    Today's Great Gadget: Toast Tongs

    The right gadget makes the job easier and more fun. Great gadgets should be celebrated. Today, I want to tell you about my Toast Tongs. Since I use...

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  • 27 Jan
    One Size Cannot Fit All

    Petite doesn’t mean tiny in the fashion industry; it means short. Petite clothes are designed for people shorter than 5’4” in height. I try to...

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  • 11 Dec
    Making Heirlooms Meaningful

    My husband has been brilliant at creating unique gifts for me throughout our fifty-year marriage. One year, when we were barely making ends meet, he...

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  • 09 Nov
    This Purse Was Once a Coat

    I wore my red leather swing coat and matching skirt for decades, but the huge shoulder pads were out of style, and the skirt had lost its shape....

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  • 05 Oct
    The Magic of Madame Chic

    My husband and I follow a daily schedule filled with delightful moments. This way, we are sure to experience the best of life. Each day, we converse...

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  • 09 Sep
    Welcome to Glamour for Grandmothers

    In the late nineteen fifties, I was ill with scarlet fever. My temperature was alarmingly high, and my mother was worried. I was in and out of a...

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  • 11 Aug
    We've Got News

    In a few days, we will be launching a new design for our Get a Bigger Wagon website. On the home page of the redesigned site, visitors can watch a...

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  • 27 Feb
    Happy Leap Day, 2020

    Each Leap Year has an extra day added to the calendar to synchronize it with the seasons. Babies born on February 29th are considered Leaplings....

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  • 10 Feb
    The Secrets of My Writing Box

    On Valentine’s Day, 2018, I wrote an email to a friend of mine thanking him for transforming a wooden box, originally for silverware, into the...

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  • 29 Oct
    Halloween - Over the Decades

    Halloween is here, again, and my brain seems haunted by past Octobers…MUAHAHA!  I remember going out to collect Halloween treats as a...

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  • 05 Sep
    Remembering Romance Comics

    In the early sixties, I often walked home from school with Gordie, the boy I married a few years later. We would part ways at his family drug store,...

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  • 05 Jul
    Transplanting Grandpa John

    In the late afternoon, on the chaotic day that my father-in-law died, this fig tree came into our lives, offering joy, laughter, and friendship....

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  • 04 Jun
    The Autograph Project

    The Autograph Project was introduced in November of 2018 when I enthusiastically donated 30 autograph books to a class of grade four students. I have...

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  • 13 May
    Tea for Two or Just for You

    I smile every time I walk past a display of tea-for-ones. They sit proudly, wherever you place them, their double handles making them look a bit...

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  • 28 Mar
    Dear Bloomex, Something Went Wrong

    Almost a year ago, I received a sympathy bouquet from a dear friend in another province. She and her husband had ordered from a company called...

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  • 11 Feb
    The Trouble With Getting High

    Not so long ago, I experienced two cooking disasters in one week! How is that possible for a veteran cook like me? It happened while I was...

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  • 21 Nov
    Breakfast Tea

    I remember, vividly, being thirteen. Gord, the boy, Haddock had given me an ID bracelet for my thirteenth birthday. It had my name on it but opened...

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  • 20 Sep
    Small Town Treasures

    Almost everyone we meet, at home or away, knows someone we know, and it only takes a short conversation to discover the connection. Saskatchewan...

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  • 25 Jul
    Before Google, there was The Universal Handbook

    This leather-bound book, published in 1938, was always on the coffee table in my mother-in-law’s home. Towards the end of her 98 years on the...

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  • 03 May
    Clues for Solving the Great Hosiery Mystery

    The word hosiery refers to stockings, tights, and socks collectively. I use the word tights when I am speaking about opaque or semi-opaque hosiery....

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  • 06 Apr
    Controversial Names for Vintage Recipes

    I have changed the name of my husband’s favourite cookies since a British friend informed me that Nig Nog Cookies might be offensive. I...

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  • 14 Mar
    Honouring Saskatchewan Artisans

    I have a small collection of handmade fashion pieces, and each item has a story. Creative people with amazing hands have made these treasures. Some...

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  • 13 Feb
    A Leather Postcard Romance

    I began collecting postcards in fourth grade when my mother, finally, allowed me to participate in a chain letter. The invitation chain letter...

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  • 25 Jan
    Remembering One Perfect Day

    After the Christmas decorations are put away, and before the Valentine’s Day decorations fill our house with love, there is time to look...

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  • 12 Dec
    Christmas Pudding: A Museum Kitchen Mystery

    In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, eight members of the Cratchit family shared a tiny plum pudding. One taste was enough to inspire...

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  • 24 Nov
    A Time to Remember: Part Three

    I dedicate approximately one third of my blog space to memories, because I have almost seven decades of living to share. My husband and I love...

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  • 05 Nov
    A Time to Remember: Part Two

    As long as I live, I will think of Rob Wurzer every November. Rob, our friend and business partner, passed away on November 4, 2016. We held his...

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  • 27 Oct
    A Time to Remember: Part One

    As people dash about, picking up Halloween treats and costumes, this weekend, they may notice that memorial Poppies are for sale. The last Friday of...

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  • 28 Aug
    Lessons from a Leaky Teapot

    My father was in his mid-eighties, and living in an assisted living apartment, when he began mentioning that he wanted to have a little metal teapot...

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  • 31 Jul
    The Travelling Tea Party

    I am comfortable transporting a tea party to almost any location. Once, I even took a tea party, up a ladder, into a tree house. I have a dear,...

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  • 10 Jul
    Jigsaw Puzzles Hold Precious Memories

    I love sorting through bins and boxes, no matter where they’re stored. If you have ever spent time at a summer cabin you know there are comic...

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  • 08 Mar
    One Can Never Have Too Many Scarves

    My mother-in-law, at 97, still loves to buy a new scarf. One time when we were going through her closet we counted 88 scarves. She loves to give a...

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  • 18 Nov
    Do Traditions Have an Expiry Date?

    For forty years, at our house, we have celebrated Sadie Hawkins Day, albeit on the wrong day. Every February 29th, we created a Sadie Hawkins party....

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  • 20 Oct
    Just Give It Away

    Today, I want to introduce you to the purposefully happy Mandy Ross. She has an artist's soul, and she sees the beauty in almost everything. I...

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  • 17 Aug
    Gordie and Me and Crohn’s – Makes Three

    When my husband, Gord “the boy” Haddock, was thirteen, he told me he always felt better when he was standing beside me. It was a sweet...

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  • 06 Jul
    A Purse with a Story

    One of my favourite accessories is a practical little purse made by SheNative, a company headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. This...

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  • 12 Apr
    Fondue, Fun, and Friendship

      When our good friends, Tony and Tracy, told us they’d like to have us to their house for fondue, my mind travelled back to our...

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  • 11 Mar
    Dressing from the Drinkle

    Although my title sounds like the beginning of a nursery rhyme, it is, more accurately, an invitation to a treasure hunt. I am referring to the...

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  • 25 Feb
    My Erroneous Leap Year Tradition

      In 1980, in small-town Saskatchewan, I decided to celebrate February 29, as the gift it was, a once-in-four-years bonus day. At the time, I...

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  • 04 Jan
    Happily Ever After

      Have you ever watched a series of events unfold before you and known, instinctively, how the story would end, if it were a fairy tale? True...

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  • 15 Dec
    History Has Been Altered

      This Christmas, my husband, the boy from the Get a Bigger Wagon stories, has been able to right a wrong from his past. Thanks to technology,...

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  • 04 Nov
    I Love Poppies

    Years ago, after the snow melted around our first house, I discovered a border of poppies that promised to come to life every spring. I was...

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  • 15 Oct
    Smoking Hot, But Still Smoke-Free

      My husband and I met when we were twelve years old, and, unbeknownst to me, he was already smoking cigarettes. I have known him for six...

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  • 17 Sep
    I Miss My Mother-in-law

      My mother-in-law has been experiencing excruciating pain in her mid-to-lower back. She can barely walk, and, at ninety-five, her entire body...

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  • 28 Jul
    Conquering My Bully

      When I was nine years old, our family home caught fire. The little girl that I was, then, still surprises the adult that I am today. She...

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  • 27 May
    Talking Shoes Guest Blog for Third Time

    I am back home and ready to do a guest blog for Maureen Haddock, as she recovers from her latest Viking travel experience.  For those of you who...

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  • 18 Mar
    Canada's First TV Celebrity Chef?

    Madame Benoit was a household name during my childhood and my early married years. She was born in March of 1904 (111 years ago this month), and she...

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  • 19 Feb
    Love and Entrepreneurism

      My husband and I met when we were twelve, married when we were twenty-one, and recently celebrated our forty-fourth wedding anniversary. We...

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  • 06 Jan
    The Power of Perfume

      Over Christmas, I enjoyed some very special hugs. In most cases, as the hug ended, the recipient of my hug inhaled deeply and...

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  • 10 Dec
    A Christmas Tradition in Saskatchewan

      Journal Entry: 1996 Tomorrow, my mother-in-law will be wearing green or red. I will wear my old red coat with the big, fuzzy cuffs and...

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  • 17 Sep
    The Gift of Doing Without

      I am grateful that I didn’t have everything as a child. Receiving whatever you ask for can stifle the development of your creativity and your...

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  • 11 Aug
    See and Be Seen

    "See and Be Seen" was first published in From the Cookie Jar on August 11, 2014 @Get a Bigger Wagon. This summer, I have spent many hours with my...

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  • 09 Jul
    These Shoes Were Meant to Travel

      I am back!! Every now and then, I guest blog for Maureen Haddock, unbeknownst to her, of course (click here to read my last blog)....

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  • 09 May
    The Pantyhose Controversy

      One day, not so long ago, I typed the word pantyhose into Google search, and pages of emotional comments erupted onto my screen. I was...

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  • 04 Apr
    Hunting for Treasure

      There is something about getting away from home that allows my entrepreneurial husband to get back in touch with his exploratory nature....

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  • 04 Mar
    Chain Letters Without a Curse

      My mother saved pretty boxes from chocolates, baby shoes, lingerie, and cigars. I still have some of them tucked, here and there, in my home....

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  • 27 Jan
    The Power of the Human Voice

      Maya Angelou once said, “Do read to someone. When words are infused by the human voice, they come alive.” I’ve experienced this first...

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  • 07 Jan
    Recipes are my Currency

      I give and receive recipes with enthusiasm. A recipe that is complete and reliable is extremely valuable. It is a nice way to share family...

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  • 24 Nov
    My Gratitude Jar

    One morning this week I sat in the dark, at the computer, with tears streaming down my cheeks. Christmas music was playing softly, and I began to...

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  • 13 Nov
    The Mare's Egg

    As your Halloween pumpkins begin to decay, see if you can find a copy of a colourful storybook called The Mare’s Egg. While growing up, my children...

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  • 18 Oct
    My Kitchen is as Personal as my Underwear

    I love to entertain in my home, but I am a bit possessive about my kitchen. I consider my kitchen to be as personal as my underwear. My kitchen...

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  • 10 Sep
    These Shoes Speak Volumes

    I am guest blogging for Maureen Haddock today. Yes, I know I am only a pair of shoes, but Maureen hasn’t been keeping up with Glamour for...

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  • 23 Jul
    What if Future Generations Don't Want Your Stuff

      Like most of you, I cherish many items that once belonged to my ancestors. I also have unique pieces from my own life I'd like to share,...

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  • 03 Jul
    Autograph Albums Might Outlast Facebook

    I love to curl up in a big chair with one of our family autograph books. My late mother’s album was given to her by her sister in 1934. The...

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  • 03 Jun
    Do Bookworms Prefer Pulp Fiction?

    The other day, while dusting, I stopped to open some of my favourite old books. As always, I was fascinated by the tiny tunnels in the pages which...

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