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shaz on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 03:22 PM
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health related.
women.October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I am going pink!
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian women.
In 2007, an estimated 22,300 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,300 will die of it.
An estimated 170 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 50 will die of it.
On average, 429 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer every week.
On average, 102 Canadian women will die of breast cancer every week.
One in 9 women is expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime. One in 27 will die of it.
Breast cancer death rates have declined in all ages combined and in every age group since at least the mid 1990s.
Incidence and death rates for breast cancer have declined since 1969 in women aged 20-39.
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One of the most important things that we can do is educate ourselves about breast cancer, and try to reduce our risk of developing it. I hope you take the time to visit some of the breast cancer awareness websites, test yourself, or get tested.
Just like last year, I am doing giveaways!! And the profits from the product go towards breast cancer research.
(these are sold by a client of mine, and I will reveal the source once I’m finished with the site) 
For your chance to win one of these beautiful bracelets, either leave a comment here letting me know that you’ve gone pink or make a donation to support breast cancer research. (Open to anyone, worldwide)
To help you along, you may download Randa’s pinkforoctober WordPress theme.
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shaz on Friday, September 28, 2007 at 09:40 AM
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blogging.
life in canada.
born in trinidad.Facebook, oh how I love thee…
Back in May when I signed up for Facebook, I did it ritually… another social network site that I had to be a part of, for, you know, networking. And what I thought was that I would be able to build upon my relationships with other bloggers and my reader community. Of course some of that did happen, I do communicate with some of my readers on a more personal level through Facebook, but what I didn’t expect, was that I would connect with many people from my “real’ life.
For the past months, I have been finding old friends, classmates, colleagues, even some of those not-too-fond-off acquaintances, and as I reminisce, my husband would roll his eyes and give me his look of complete disinterest. You see, up until last week, my dear husband had no interest in finding people from his past, “why would I want to find anyone”, he naively said, trying to convince himself, I think, because this past week, I have had to listen to many, many stories of the little geeky, indian boy and his thrilling childhood misadventures! Most of the time I was on the edge of my seat with anticipation! Ummm, sort of. Needless to say, I have not uttered another word about my past.
Nostalgia people, you gotta love it!
It’s a funny Facebook phenomenon, but although we first get in touch with classmates from college or high school, it seems that the ones from elementary school are the ones that we are most excited to catch up with! Is it the innocence of those friendships that we had at 7 and 8 years of age, that make them stand the test of time? Or is it because these are the people that knew us when we were at our best, before we developed “baggage”, before we became the flawed adults that we are? Or maybe it’s only because we’ve forgotten any of those very old wounds, that clearly pale in comparison to caring for a sick child, or losing a loved one?
The most amazing part though, must be the new friendships that are emerging, and blossoming, with people I’ve only just met, or with other bloggers, but especially with old classmates who I’ve overlooked growing up, and are now so thankful to have in my life!
Ah, the magic of Facebook!
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shaz on Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 07:01 AM
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being brothers.
just for fun.
kids will be kids.My kids… pretending to be race cars!
You will notice that there are moments when you can only hear but not see them, that is because I only cleaned the corridor for this movie, and so could only film them when they were within said corridor.
Enjoy!
And yes, the baby is wearing underpants over his sleeper! (by his own request)
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shaz on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 10:18 AM
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speedlinking.We all love great kid photos, and especially us bloggers! BabyCenter has a great feature article to get the perfect photo:
Picture Perfect: 5 photographer moms share their secrets – Tip #4 has my vote for sure! I stopped using my flash a couple months ago and I think my photos look so much better!
It is Ramadan, and although we’re not eating during the day, we do like to have interesting foods at the end of each day to break our fast, so how about COCONUT-CINNAMON BUNS AND ALOO PARATHAS? Yum!
If you’re starting a new business or looking for some blog advertising, tips, or design, check out these great contests!
This stroller is so cool, it’s the feature story on
serious wheels! You’re gonna need at least $2500 if you want one, but
1% of it will support the planet!
