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23Mar
The bread altar

The bread altar

If you have read of a few of “The Crazies” posts, you will know that my dad is quite the character. Along with his funny sayings, and quirky behaviour, my dad also has a great love of animals – sometimes annoyingly so. With that love came the bread altar.
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12Feb
How I met your father

How I met your father

In honour of the month of love, let’s talk about the love story of my parents. Since I was little, I had been asking my mom how she met my father.
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21Jan

Kalahari manners

Maybe Kalahari manners isn’t the right phrase, because I’ll be talking about the lack of manners - especially when it comes to my extended crazies. Usually when my mom and dad get into an argument the term “Kalahari manners” comes up (my dad grew up in the Kalahari). According to my mom, you can take the man out of the Kalahari, but you can’t take the Kalahari out of the man. He's such a character.
3 mins read
21Dec
Watching television with my mom

Watching television with my mom

Watching television with my mom is an adventure on its own. My mom has a weird relationship with our television.
3 mins read
23Oct
Stuff my mom says

Stuff my mom says

My mom is very much like my dad, but also, not like him at all – it’s weird. However, she does share the same tendency to say the funniest things.
4 mins read
06Oct

Stuff my dad says (part 1)

My dad is a weird and wonderful man. He is funny – as in weird and humorous (as are the rest of my crazies). The thing is, as much as my dad makes me laugh, he’s not funny when he actually tries to be funny. He is the funniest when he has his guard down and says the first thing that comes to mind.
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