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Archive for March, 2008
Where You’ve Come From to Where You Now Are
This past weekend I was reminded of the challenges of leaving South Africa and moving to another country.
When I moved to Canada, it felt easy — I was young, in love and excited about everything a new country had to offer. But it was not without its challenges. Probably the biggest three being learning to […]
Let Me Say It Once …
Taking a big breath, holding my nose, jumping into the deep end.
I often talk about wanting eLuckypacket to be a place for us to share the good and the bad. But then I know that this means allowing you to say what’s really on your mind and so, up to this point, I haven’t raised […]
eLuckyfocus: Picnik!
It’s rare that free software totally blows me away!
I’m not a graphic artist by any stretch of the imagination but I do end up doing a lot of image and photo editing, both as part of my work and for fun at home.
I’m always juggling computers and software (read: kicking my husband off the computer […]
Easter at Our House
It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.
~Katherine Lee Bates
Happy Easter and belated wishes for those of you who celebrated Purim last week!
We spent Easter Sunday yesterday with Dave’s sister Trish (eLuckypacket reader!), who was visiting with her family. Tau loves haves having his teenage cousins Greg and Jess […]
Coming at You in 3D - Quick and Easy!
Sometimes I need to send a quick ecard but can’t find quite the right thing online. Other times I need to send a photo to someone but want to make it a bit more personal than just slapping a .jpg on an email.
The 3D Postcard Generator does just that. It allows you to upload a […]
Reader Focus: Cook Sister
“From her I learned that it’s OK to use shortcuts sometimes, provided you jazz it up a little, and that life is usually too short to hold down a job and bake your own bread regularly.”
Jeanne at Cook Sister,
about her mom.
For those of you who haven’t met her, Jeanne at Cook Sister has […]
What We Had With Dinner Friday Night
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It’s not every day you come home to mail from the United States Government. Especially when you’ve been waiting to hear from them for seven years.
Friday we got official notification that our green card application has been approved. We are now permanent residents of the United States […]
A Little About You This Time
When you visit eLuckypacket, it’s a bit like all of us sitting in my virtual kitchen — the whole bunch of us, gathered from all over the world with a cup of tea balanced on one knee, passing round a plate of biscuits.
The weird thing about blogs is that you never know who’s sharing […]
You’ve Got Mail
Ever wonder what Omaha, Nebraska or Kobe, Japan look like?
In a couple weeks, I’d like to do our first eLuckypacket postcard swap. I think there are enough of us reading from countries all over the world now that this could be a lot of fun!
How would it work? You send me an email or […]
eLuckyfocus: Urban Sprout
Need to know the best places to buy and eat organic in Joburg or Cape Town?
Want to learn how to green your furniture choices, baby products, your car, your make-up bag?
Or are your ears (like mine sometimes) stuffed with cotton wool and when magazines or radio shows start talking green, all you hear is blah-blah-emissions-blah-di-carbon-footprint-blah-blah-renewable?
Regardless […]
5 Things to Tell My Son
One of my favourite bloggers, Aimee at Greeblemonkey, recently wrote about the rejection she faced from other kids as a child and how that has affected her ability to make friendships as an adult. Comments on Aimee’s post were filled with reader’s stories from childhood.
We all have those painful stories. I clearly remember being the […]
There Were Only 24 Candles in the Box, I Swear!
We had a wonderful time in Palm Springs for my 40th birthday this past weekend.
Dave rented a gorgeous place with a pool and a hot tub, and we spent the weekend relaxing, sleeping in, going for coffee and yes, the three of us ate that whole cake! It was mostly fruit and sponge cake, or […]
Reader Focus: Cookie (Not Cheffy)
As I’ve mentioned, one of my hopes for eLuckypacket is that we can build an online community for South-African women. Connecting those who are in the country with those spread across the globe.
Recently, when I read a reader’s comment, I noticed that she had her own domain name at michellematthews.co.za. Turns out Michelle is an […]
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